We don't care what anyone says about 17-year-old Robert Abreu of Long Island—this kid's got true grit. Sure, the argument could be made that Abreu was too drunk to drive at 5 a.m. last Sunday, and that even if he had been sober, driving on four flat tires was not going to get him very far. But Abreu is obviously possessed of that same pioneering spirit that opened up the western territories and... built the grand Coliseum in Nassau. There's just one thing he didn't anticipate: his car catching on fire from the sparks flying up from the rims grinding on the pavement.
When a state trooper responded to a report of a car on fire on the Meadowbrook Parkway, he found the teen dutifully standing outside the burning vehicle. After failing a field sobriety test, Abreu was promptly was taken to jail, where he's no doubt kicking himself for forgetting to fireproof those rims.
