13-year-old boy swipes dad's Mercedes, drives across Europe

[HighestOfHigh]

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After an argument with his adoptive parents that resulted in them taking away his mobile phone, an angry 13-year-old boy ran away from his home in Italy and headed straight to Poland to meet his biological sister. But instead of taking the train or hitching a ride, like most on the run, the young man (an accomplished go-kart racer and car enthusiast) grabbed the keys to his father's Mercedes-Benz and jumped behind the wheel for an impromptu road trip.

With less than 200 euros (about $270) in his wallet and a passport in his pocket, the youngster managed to put more than 500 miles between himself and his distraught parents, crossing two international borders in the process, before German police nabbed him just shy of the Polish border. According to reports, the vehicle was tracked – it wasn't his driving that alerted authorities to his location.

Reunited with his mother and father, who traveled to Germany to retrieve both their son and the vehicle, the young man apologized and acknowledged his error. As a result of his actions, social workers will increase checks on the family and we can be sure his parents are now hiding the keys.

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- http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/16/13-year-old-boy-swipes-dads-mercedes-drives-across-europe/​

 

[LaArtist]

And they say young people do not like driving benzes

 

[Hofmeister]

And they say young people do not like driving what they have at their disposal

Joke! Ya, he'd have been much happier in a 5 Series

 

[LaArtist]

^Good thing he had a intelligent father then..haha

 

[K-A]

Joke! Ya, he'd have been much happier in a 5 Series

Rumors have it the child was thereafter upset AGAIN at his parents because "I could have made it 800 miles in the 5-Series".

All the while, reports from M-B's Boardroom state that via lots of Powerpoint and graphs, Shareholders have been assured: "We are making inroads into the younger markets we have been yearning for, for so long".

 

[Smithee]

Rumors have it the child was thereafter upset AGAIN at his parents because "I could have made it 800 miles in the 5-Series".

Rumors have it the boy's mum had a 3 series, but the boy being a car enthusiast did not like the rust in the seats and hence took the E class.

 

[Human]

Good thing his adoptive parent(s) was not celebs e,g. Simon Cowell who happens to own a Bugatti Veyron.

 

[mini_cooper4]

This boy is my idol! Would have liked a BMW more and that's for sure... in the end he's a kart-racer, not some nerd

 

[LaArtist]

^hope to hell he doesn't register on this forum then, so he can see the geekness by the BMW fans.. they could just NOT help themselves from putting BMW in a story that has no trace of BMW--

BMW is pretty cool until you register here, and start to hate it..haha

 

[mini_cooper4]

^hope to hell he doesn't register on this forum then, so he can see the geekness by the BMW fans.. they could just NOT help themselves from putting BMW in a story that has no trace of BMW--

BMW is pretty cool until you register here, and start to hate it..haha

Had the same feeling with Benz before I registered here

 

[LaArtist]

^yeaah somehow i do not believe that.. there are a few MB fans here who are vocal..

Ive been way for a long time..

 

[sanpt7777]

I should steal my dads Benz, not that I'm angry at him just... Anyway, problem is he does not own one ;(

At least he has good taste I think, he absolutely loves SLK 55 //AMG and 1 Series Coupé among other German cars. It's so bad, he loves German sporty roadsters and coupés, but drives a SUV Ford