Your doin' it wrong - launch control edition
 

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awww, I feel your pain. was that a "Dad can I move the car out?" Ever since I up the power I let only a selected few even know where my keys are, let alone drive it. Sorry to see and hear it.

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It could have been a lot worse.

Atleast the bird ain't totalled! And whatever repairs are needed they won't cost an arm and a leg. Since this is a press car who is covering the insurance?

Love the graffiti on the garage door, looks like it's around where I live in Bakersfield!

Also, you can see the little bugger peaking his head from outside the garage in the first photo.

Ha ha the funny part is that it looks like the passenger door caught the worst of it when it drove through the garage door hilarious

OUCH! Even commenting on this thread is painful!

Man, I remember when I was a kid 10or12 I sat on my dads motorcycle when he was not at home and tipped it, I got my ass beat, lol.

$180k car parked in da ghetto, lucky he has never had any cars stolen...

I wonder if it will sell real cheap now?

Just think, not report it, fix it out of pocket and resale right away? never show up on car fax reports, you got to wonder how many cars out there are similar situation??
But do the right and honest thing/

ouch

thats a bummer, as long as no one got hurt then no big deal...while we love these cars, they are just cars, completely replaceable...not that i want that to happen to mine!

could have been much worse - so glad the kid is ok. You would hate to have to wait until he got out of the hospital to spank his little butt!

Is it the guilty kid hiding behind the pilar? I think there would have been almost no damadge, if it werent for the BIG screw that scratched the drivers door. Why wasnt the garage door open before starting anyway?

Your doin' it wrong - valet parking edition
 

Continuing the "your doin' it wrong" theme, here's how not to hand your car over to the valet parking guy!

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