Young, inexperienced drivers and high-performance machines are a dangerous combination. Fortunately, the epic failure we bring you today had the right consequences, as the alleged culprit will have to appear in court to respond to charges of dangerous driving. Better yet, there’s social media footage to ensure total embarrassment for all eternity.
Even though some might attempt to condone such behavior because it usually takes place at very low speeds, performing burnouts on public roads with lots of people in attendance can easily lead to disaster including injuries or worse.
Thus, we’re promoting this as another classic example of why such attempts need to be carried on a closed course... and only after the driver knows what he’s doing to begin with. As is mostly the case with such epic fails (look, Mustang owners aren’t the only ones doing such foolish things), all stars aligned neatly for the heated outcome.
According to a report coming from local Australian outlet 7news, a happy wedding celebration turned into a fiery disaster after one of the attendees and his social media-craving friends decided to put on a show.
They only managed to make a proper fool of themselves, especially the driver who clearly didn’t know what he was doing when trying to perform a burnout without even turning off the car’s electronic safeguards. That’s obvious from the footage – he's clearly heard asking “how do you turn it off?” before continuing to attempt (and fail) a series of burnouts.
Possibly because of the heavy acceleration, the Mercedes soon caught fire. Then, even though emergency responders were quick to arrive, the high-performance AMG (apparently a C63 S) still burned to a crisp. Cue the dangling bits from inside, which are not the latest model of masks hanging from the interior rearview mirror.
If trying to perform a burnout and ending up with the car as a write-off is not enough shaming, the young driver allegedly tried to fool the authorities into thinking the Mercedes-AMG had a mechanical problem, possibly related to an official recall.
He must have forgotten about the power of social media – and the fact that shared footage by the eyewitnesses can turn into police evidence. The law enforcement workers didn’t, and once they uncovered the videos (including the one from inside the car), they quickly went on to both publicly condemn the behavior and issue the appropriate charges.
Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution. Full profile
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