Pah, young drivers eh? That would never have happened in my day. Let's face it, you'd have to run the man carrying the red flag over before you could get anywhere near fast enough to write your Dad's car off.
Mind you, my Mum's 1256cc Vauxhall Viva couldn't half motor if you gave it some stick.
that's strange, this is the 2nd thread iv commented on, and the comment hasn't appeared.
anyway... surely one look at the car in its state now will tell you he was going more than 50mph?