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For the lazy:

A video of a brutal parking job has led Vancouver police to a teenager without a driver's licence who appears to have panicked after striking a parked car with his mom's "borrowed" Porsche Cayenne. The two-minute long video, taken by a neighbour, shows the motoring equivalent of putting a square peg in a round hole as the teen tries desperately to force the luxury vehicle past the walls of a narrow garage.

It ends with part of the $60,000-plus car's undercarriage lying on the ground.

"It was a bad decision to start with and then a decision made much worse by not taking responsibility," said VPD Const. Brian Montague. "He's lucky he's not facing criminal charges." Montague said police instead have charged the teenager with offences under the Motor Vehicle Act including driving without a licence and hit and run of a parked car.

The incident occurred on June 16 at about 11 a.m on West 32nd Avenue between Oak and Granville streets. Montague said the teen's mother was out of town at the time, and he appears to have decided to take her car out for a ride.

Police received a report of a white Porsche Cayenne striking a parked car, but it wasn't until someone forwarded them the video that they managed to connect the dots. The car's licence plate is exposed for some time.

"We would have eventually connected all the dots," Montague said. "But the video made it much simpler."

Montague said even police officers were stunned by the depths of the teen's driving inability.

"It clearly shows someone panicking," he said. "Someone who doesn't know what to do."

Montague said the teen would have received a $276 ticket for driving without a licence had he remained at the scene.

Instead, he now has to deal with insurers, ICBC — and the wrath of his mom.