Owning the first example of a sports car is something a lot of people strive for but being the first to crash a new high performance car is something you’d rather not have on your record.
As we reported yesterday, 'About.com Cars' auto journalist Aaron Gold who's also the Vice President of the Los Angeles-based Motor Press Guild (MPG) and a consulting producer on Top Gear USA, now bears the title of being the first person outside of GM to have crashed the Camaro ZL1 during its presentation at the Virginia International Raceway.
Thankfully, no one was hurt – not even the airbags were deployed. GM told Gold that the damage was cosmetic, but as he acknowledges, maybe the company didn’t want to make him feel that bad…
“Those few times when younger journalists have asked me for advice, I have always said ‘Observe the situation, figure out who that guy is, and Don’t Be That Guy", Gold wrote on a new posting about the incident at 'About.com Cars'. “Today, I was That Guy”, he admitted.
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