Shortly after the story of 5-year-old Adrian Zamarripa driving off in his family’s SUV in Utah and heading to California to buy a Lamborghini hit headlines around the world, it’s been revealed the determined little boy’s Lamborghini dreams came true – well, not exactly, but close enough and chiefly, more appropriately for his age.
According to ABC 3340 News, the family received a number of offers from local Lamborghini owners for 5-year-old Adrian Zamarripa to sit in and experience one of the brand’s mid-engined supercars. The family took up one of these offers and Zamarripa was able to check out and take a ride in a matte black Lamborghini Huracan owned by a man named Jeremy Neves.
“Now I understand why so few kids grow up and go after their dreams! ” Neves wrote in aFacebook posting. “Every news station has posted this story and there’s thousands of comments about “rewarding bad behavior” and “this kid should be punished” and all sorts of hateful things about his parents and “the stranger with the Lambo” (me)…”
“I’m a parent! I understand the importance of educating our children… I just choose to include education and encouragement for the great qualities NOT JUST the bad choices!” he said.
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The boy may not own a Lamborghini as he wished but this may have got it out of his system. On the other hand, he may now want a Lamborghini more than ever.
When a Utah Highway Patrol trooper spotted an SUV weaving across multiple lanes on Interstate 15 earlier this week, they flashed their lights and sirens and pulled over the motorist, expecting to find an impaired driver. It wasn’t an impaired driver, however, and instead Zamarripa who had sneaked out of home with the family SUV when his parents were at work. He had $3 in his pocket and wanted to drive to California to buy a Lamborghini.
“He was sitting on the front edge of the seat so that he could reach the brake pedal to keep the car stopped while I was standing there,” said UHP trooper Rick Morgan, who pulled over the boy. “I helped him get the car into park, shut the vehicle down and then we started to look for means to contact his parents.”
Adrian’s sister Sidney Estrada was meant to be looking after the 5-year-old but claims she fell asleep and when she woke, she noticed Adrian was missing.
“I saw that the truck was gone, and he was gone, and the keys were gone … I don’t know what went through his mind,” she told local media.