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Old 05-20-2010, 07:02 PM   #1
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How Would You Punish Your Son...

If He Trashed a Brand Spanking New Porsche Turbo?

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Old 05-20-2010, 07:21 PM   #2
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I'd make him drive a VW Beetle throughout highschool.
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Old 05-20-2010, 07:33 PM   #3
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Wow I'd be pissed!
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Old 05-20-2010, 07:41 PM   #4
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Sounds like its the journalists fault.
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Old 05-20-2010, 07:49 PM   #5
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Old 05-20-2010, 07:55 PM   #6
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cant be too pissed when you let your son (who the writer admits doesn't know how to drive a stick) play with your car.
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Old 05-20-2010, 07:56 PM   #7
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Old 05-20-2010, 08:02 PM   #8
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thats why i always leave it in neutral when i park.

unless im on a really steep hill i dont see the point. the handbrake takes care of keeping it in place.

and hmm.. punishment? force him to get a job and pay the differences of everything. deductibles, increased rates, etc. something sucky too. like gas station bathroom cleaner.
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Old 05-20-2010, 08:16 PM   #9
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Looks more like the garage door took more of the punishment. But being a Porsche that will be a hefty fee to get the paint fixed. I would say why would you let your son play around in your 180k dollar car without you there? I would say its the dads fault, when I have a kid and a 180k dollar car (HAHA) they would not be playing around inside of it, inside a garage. Chaulk one up to a dumb a$$ dad.
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He even know his son cant drive stick for ****.

and he still let him get the keys ...

so if its me, I wont blame the son fully. cuz its mostly my own dumb fault.
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hahhaha i would make him come back later trip the alarm and make it look like someone tried to steal it and collect the ins money
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haha read the title and knew it was this story.



sure damn be pissed. but if i were the guy, i'd be embarrassed than pissed lol cuz thing is the porsche isn't even his
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Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

My son is now 23 yrs old. While I don't have a $186,000 Porsche, I did get the RX8 when he was 17. The author handled the situation correctly. He had to yell at the kid. That is to be expected. But, it was an accident. The kid didn't intend to drive the car. That's why we have insurance, to cover accidents.
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It gets better too, that's not his Dad's car, it was a press car on loan from Porsche!
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