Source A 5-year-old Utah boy who police caught driving his family’s SUV this week may have discovered that crime does pay. That’s because an adult who heard how Adrian Zamarripa stole the keys to his family’s Dodge Journey, then started off to California to buy a Lamborghini, decided to give the kid a taste of supercar life with a ride around the neighborhood.
Jeremy Neves, a local businessman, said he reached out to the Zamarripa family after the story of the kid’s automotive exploit went viral. “I’m absolutely inspired by the principles that he displayed of success ― knowing what he wants, going after it,” Neves told local station KSL-TV. Neves insisted he doesn’t approve of Adrian’s actions (though it kinda seems like he does).
“Absolutely, I’m not encouraging kids to go out and take their parents’ car, and do anything else that’s illegal,” he said. “I’m not advocating that at all.” Clips of the Lamborghini joyride show Adrian, sitting on someone else’s lap without a seatbelt, driving around the block with Neves behind the wheel of his dream car. “This car’s fast,” the kid exclaims.
The Utah Highway Patrol said it won’t cite anyone for Adrian’s motoring on Monday, according to Fox13Now.com. Police said they stopped the SUV after noticing it swerving on an interstate. Adrian said he was on his way to California to buy a Lamborghini because his parents refused to get him one.
Adrian’s sister, Sidney, told CNN that her little brother has been grounded for the caper and his chore list has gotten bigger. Neves sympathized with the little boy’s self-inflicted plight. “I thought it would be really cool to say, ‘Your dreams aren’t as far away as you think they are,’” he told the Deseret News.
I’m drawn to supercars the way Lizzo and Kelly Clarkson are drawn buffets – I cannot ignore them – so this story immediately got my attention! I think we should all salute young Adrian for having a dream and being completely dedicated to doing whatever it took to make that dream a reality. He was tired of cruising around his driveway in Power Wheels because he is smart and realized that shit is weak sauce and for babies. Adrian is not a baby. Adrian is a 5 year old man child who wanted to experience the power and prestige that accompany ownership of a fine Italian automobile.
So Adrian did what any smart kid would do: He asked his parents to buy him the Lambo, but they refused (freakin’ dreamkillers!). Most likely they said no and then fed him some BS line about asking Santa to gift him one for Christmas, but Adrian wasn’t fooled by that. He knew Santa is a parental scam perpetrated on gullible kids to control their behavior. Adrian wasn’t going to let anything stop him from actualizing his vision of himself as a (very) young gentleman zipping around the greater Utah area, doors up, stunting on minivans and Suburbans full of appalled polygamist families. So he skipped over asking Kris Kringle for the car and decided to do the most American thing possible: Go out and get a Lambo for himself!
Dude went full Grand Theft Auto as a 5 year old and the video of his driving was amazing. Just swerving all over the interstate in that Dodge Journey trying to get to Cali to drop his entire $3 life savings on a sweet sweet whip. That’s dedication. That’s heart. That’s overcoming insurmountable odds (and completely failing to understand the economic realities of a situation). I see you Adrian and I ain’t mad at ya.
What I am mad about is that we haven’t heard more from Adrian. The local media did us all a huge disservice by not immediately conducting a tell all interview with him. We need a full interview with Adrian and we need it now! I’m talking a full 20/20 Investigative Journal & News Magazine level of interview. This will be a ‘gather your family around the TV the oracle is about to speak’, once in a lifetime, you’ll forever remember where you were when this happened type interview.
I need to hear directly from Adrian his thoughts about what went down. I need epic quotes on par with the ones we got from 7 year old Latarian Milton when he was interviewed a few years back after stealing his grandmother’s car, taking it on a joyride, and crashing it into multiple cars and mailboxes. Many of you may remember that when asked why he did it Milton infamously said, “It’s fun to do bad things and drive into a car… I wanted to do hoodrat stuff with my friend.” That right there is the level of epic quotes I believe we could expect from a visionary like Adrian. I eagerly await a full interview with him and if and when that happens rest assured I’ll report on it here!