A rented supercar, a late-night crash, and a new twist on street racing in Portland

A Portland man rented out his Mercedes-AMG GT S on Turo, a car-sharing app. The renter’s 21-year-old son crashed the car in an area known for illegal street racing.

PORTLAND, Ore. — He knows it might sound a little sappy, but James Sands says he felt an emotional attachment to his car.

“It was fast and it was fun, it felt classy, kind of James Bond-ish if you will,” Sands said about his Mercedes-AMG GT S Edition One.

“That was the car on our first date, and it was kind of special for sure,” his wife Alexa Sands added as the two reminisced in

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