[wnaber]

Anyone else see this?

Two killed during Dodge Challenger Hellcat test drive on airport runway | Fox News

 

[Yellow Jacket 2012]

To quote Forrest Gump, "stupid is as stupid does".
If that doesn't work, "play stupid games, win stupid prizes".
This was 100% avoidable.

 

[awolb69]

Test driving the car.....ON A RUNWAY! I mean really, every time I test drive a car that's the first thing I do is go to the local airport and see how fast it will go. WTF. Sadly, as time goes on we will see allot more of this as the price of used hellcat's gets lower and lower. People who have no business driving a car capable of going 200 mph will soon be able to get these things for the price of a used Ford F150. My local dealer right now has a used (and abused) '16 Hellcat Challenger 6 speed with 10,000 mi on it for $49,000.

 

[Evil Minion]

Honestly, I'm not surprised with this incredible amount of the bad drivers started to pop out here in Colorado lately, and nothing shocks me anymore.

RIP

 

[ChallengerBoston]

That must have been absolutely spectacular based on the article. I was a little surprised when I saw the ages of the Darwin dubbed duo.

 

[hunttriumph1500]

Well, they went out in style!!! Hmmm, will I be inclined to do something outrageous when I am in my mid-to-late 70s??!!!

 

[Evil Minion]

Well, they went out in style!!! Hmmm, will I be inclined to do something outrageous when I am in my mid-to-late 70s??!!!

Not till you keep buying a few more couple of Challengers before you go ham in them!

 

[Big Swede]

Both in their 70's. Heart attack?

 

[ChallengerR/TFan]

Thelma and Louise syndrome?

 

[MiHiHemi]

Yep, even us old dudes get stupid with a nice car sometimes. Pretty sure I'd have worked up to it and placed some decelerate zone cones first though. "Likely going more than 100"? Yea I hope so LOL. It's a mile and a half runway!

 

[mjb4450]

Hilarious comments after the article. One who took offense at them. But I'll bet the pilot and copilot would be laughing if they read them. I liked the second hand lions comment. Seems most appropriate here.

 

[Yellow Jacket 2012]

Thelma and Louise syndrome?

You never know, I read the story out loud to my brother and nephew and my brother said the same thing.
I was sadly at Raceway Park in NJ when Scott Kalitta ran out of track and was killed, the runway has an end as well, they had to know it was coming.

 

[silver scat]

They may have hit 200 started celebrating...........end of story.

 

[MeanRT]

...went out Kowalski style without risk to anyone else. I'll go with that.

 

[2015SXT]

was one of the old guys the old man in the Challenger poster with his middle finger up?
or did they think that if that 80 some thing can do it, so can 2- 70 some things do the same?

 

[silver scat]

...went out Kowalski style without risk to anyone else. I'll go with that.

YES!!! I forgot!!! Blaze of glory. I hope so. Not panicked and scared.

 

[GregCon]

Pretty old to be screwin around in a fast car....

 

[wasp392]

So much for them 6 piston brembos

 

[19johned53]

Pretty old to be screwin around in a fast car....

Never too old to die...................at least they did it safely, and not on the streets!

 

[praiseV8]

So much for them 6 piston brembos

Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't matter how many pistons you have if you aren't making contact with the ground.