Look if you want to buy your kid a nice car, just get them a normal BMW 3 or like a 5 series, or a Caddy, or whatever entry level Luxury car floats your boat. But jesus really a 599 GTO? Kid with a V12, rear wheel drive?

Instant sudden oversteer.

Completely absurd. No 16-year-old kid should ever be behind the wheel of a car like this, much less actually own one. 16-year-olds barely know a damn thing about driving, parents are completely irresponsible for giving them anything more powerful than a basic Honda or Hyundai.

The BMW seems like a reasonable car to give a 16 year old given its size and the Germans reputation for safety but the 599?!?! Unless it's a gift that's only hers as an "asset" and not meant to be driven, then is the equivalent of handing a toddler a loaded machine gun because "they understand gun safety" .....Money…

This sucks for stroke victims, lispers and John Leguizamo.

Rod, is that you?

Well, with the Prius literally anything is an improvement, so I can't fault you.

I wish someone would have told me this 6 years ago. Not that I would have listened

Here I am... almost 40. I make over $80k/yr. Have a house and no other debt. And I wonder how people are able to afford cars over $40k. Yeah, I can afford one... but not very comfortably. Do people really finance their cars for 5 years at 4-6% or more?

THIS.

That's why I got the house, then I got the car.

27? Not quite pushing 30 IMHO. And the fact that he had it one whole day before wrecking it does seem to support my assumption (not that an older, more experienced person couldn't have done the same thing)

I suppose I should be more specific- those born in Dallas, of parents with affluence, in neighborhoods such as West Plano, Highland Park, etc. Obviously it's not every kid and every parent, but from my profession as well as my background, I've come to see so many people who are just completely obsessed with their…

He just drove it like a n00b, which in my opinion is just as embarrasing as wrapping it; albeit less expensive. During the one ridealong I had, he was awkward and slow in the bends and then went full retard on the straights. What a shame.

Even if I won the lottery I wouldn't buy this at first, destroy a few 650s first then you can play with the big guys

I'd give most folks the benefit of the doubt, but the stats don't look kindly on sub-30 year olds driving supercars with much semblance of restraint.

Well at least I got lucky. My first performance vehicle I did screw it up but I only shattered the suspension on the passenger side from hitting the curb. Yes it was very expensive but the insurance covered it thankfully the damage didn't go further and I learned my lesson. Take it slow, the car is not going…

I live in Dallas, and although I'm "technically" one of them, I can't stand the spoiled shits from here (I wasn't born in Texas luckily). Privileged and under appreciating of their fortunate lives, and completely materialistic and devoid of culture. It's this non-chalant, better than thou behavior of Dallas kids that…

The delusional lottery scenarios that play out in my mind do contain some reason. The first thing I do is go to goddamned driving school. I'm (definitely) a good driver but I know I can't come close to handling a car like this.

It's really a shame that so many in the media (this site included) decided to make Brown (a guilty criminal) the poster boy for police violence. Had they just waited and centered this whole issue on Cleveland where the kid was actually innocent we would have really been able to tackle police brutality. Shame on…