Tell me how this could happen.
OK, call me an irresponsible parent or what you may. I've been call worse. Well, not really because an irresponsible parent is really a bad thing
My 14yo son and a couple his buddies have been working on an old Chevette to make a circle track dirt race car out of. Well, this evening those boys got the Chevette running and pulled it around front. I think they had to foul the choke closed so it was idling pretty fast. There was oil squirting out from somewhere so my son stopped, where my wife usually parks the van, and got out to see where the oil was coming from and the car took off. It crashed through the next door neighbors tree, through his next door neighbors fence and tried to go through their front door.
I saw the car go by the front window with no driver. I also saw the two buddies running shoulder to shoulder chasing the car and Judd was close behind them.
My son came in half crying and said the Chevette just crashed into Eddie's house. I immediately went out and went over to Eddie's. I told Judd to apologize and tell Eddie we take full responsibility for what happened and I'm sure our homeowners insurance would cover the damage. Eddie's reply was "You shouldn't let those boys fool with that damn junk, that thing is nothing but junk! " Darla, Eddie's wife, was on the phone outside and I heard her tell someone "Those damn Queen's just destroyed my house. "(enter the joke about my last name here)
She called 911, so, the ambulance, rescue squad, the police and the fire chief all came flying in with lights and sirens blasting. Darla told the cops that they haven't had a minutes peace since we moved down here. She kept saying what if it had exploded, what if I had been sitting on the front step, what if, what if. We apologized and are sorry it happened what else can we do?
I'm sure they're going to sue because she told the boys they were going to pay and called em sons of b-tches. This couple is in their late 50's and have no kids. The guy mows his 30'x30' fenced in lawn every other day and plows it up and re-seeds it three time each summer. No hobbies, never go anywhere and never have visitors. After the wrecker company moved the car, I would expect the damage to be around $1000 but I expect them to sue for $5000-$10,000.... Such is life LoL.... After talking with a couple friends, they all said they don't think our home owners will cover the damage. What do you guys think? Seein as the car is just a stripped out hull intend for racing, no auto insurance. VW content ---> I told my son an air cooled VW would make a better circle tracker.
Dave Life really is an adventure!