Teen killed in horrible crash while test-driving Lamborghini

[MineralMan]

7. When I was 17, a friend of my father's

let me drive his 1956 Mercedes 300SL Gullwing. He was in the passenger seat. I drove it like I had a raw egg under my right foot. Never got over the speed limit, and never even goosed it at all. I fell in love with the car, of course, but was not about to drive it in any way but very, very conservatively.

After I finished my test drive, we switched seats, and my father's friend said, "Now, I'll show you what it's capable of." A thrilling ride that was, indeed. An amazing automobile with a refined but amazingly powerful performance capability. It has been my dream car, ever since, but since the remaining examples sell in the high six digits, it seems unlikely in the extreme that I will ever own one.