From Jettas to Maseratis

You may know that in Charlotte, I owned a 10 year old black jetta.  Yes it had many dents and actually flooded when it rained due to a design flaw, thank you VW, but did the job.  So it was interesting to me what a 10 year old in our own apartment complex did when he wanted to go for their own joy ride last week. The South China Morning Post reported: ($1.6MMHKD is about $210,000 USD)

A ten year old American boy just could not resist the temptation….His dad’s white Maserati was parked downstairs and he knew where the keys were.

The boy grabbed them from an unlocked drawer in the family’s Kennedy Road, Wan Chai, apartment (Yes Bamboo Grove.  We are so proud..doubly so as residents and of course Americans) at 5pm on Monday January 9.

He sneaked out of the flat without the family’s helper noticing and headed downstairs to the estate's car park and the Gran Turismo. His 44 year old businessman father bought the car for HK$ 1.6MM in 2009.

The boy jumped in, revved the engine and drove off, but not before hitting a car in the car park.

The lad drove the 2 door coupe downhill Kennedy Road for about 300 metres before stopping in the outside lane at Wan Chai Polyclinic. Passersby alerted police who arrested the boy.  The police said it was likely he would escape prosecution because of his age…….

2 thoughts.  #1 for the Dad: The Chinese army has a military base in central.  Maybe they could teach him some discipline. I regularly remind Maggie that they take women.  #2. Sorry Nicholas, no Maserati’s in any of your future joyrides.  Oh, and by the way Nicholas, if you ever pull a stunt like this, please refer to thought #1. I will fly you back here and enlist you.