A driver treated to a joyride in his mate’s high-powered Holden is lucky he and his friend are still alive after he was caught on camera losing control and crashing the car.
The two friends decided to take the modified Holden Commodore HSV out for a spin with the owner of the vehicle allowing his mate to get behind the wheel on a street in Adelaide.
Holden Special Vehicles (HSVs) are modified for higher performance and stronger power when compared to the mainstream Commodore range.
The cars can cost as much as $100,000 depending on their specs and features.
The friend filmed the heart-stopping moment his friend floored it down a road while the owner of the vehicle sat in the passenger seat.
The engine of the car could be heard roaring into gear as the vehicle rushed down the road.
A driver has been filmed losing control of his friend’s high-powered car before crashing it on a joyride
The driver could be seen overtaking a silver sedan before losing control of the car.
‘C***, what are you doing?’ the passenger said.
The driver frantically spun the steering wheel as he tried to regain control before the car left the road.
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Glass sprayed across the front of the car as the windows were smashed by the impact.
An airbag also deployed from the steering wheel before the car came to a stop.
‘What are you doing c***? F***, it’s gone now,’ the passenger said.
The pair stepped out of the car with the owner of the vehicle livid.
‘You dickhead. I told you not to get into it … Get the keys out,’ he said.
‘It’s written off. You’re lucky we missed that pole c***.’
Footage of the crash was uploaded to Reddit where social media users slammed the pair for their carelessness.
‘That’s the end of that friendship,’ one person wrote.
A second added: ‘Not a brain cell between them.’
The driver spins the steering wheel as he tries to regain control before the car leaves the road
