I knew a girl who did that, too, except with a nice little Ranger.  It was a couple years old, but had all the bells and whistles, except 4WD.  That wasn't good enough for her, so she wrecked it intentionally.  She fractured her neck and had to walk around with a cervical collar for a couple months.  

And then her parents bought her a piece of shit  1980-something Ford Escort.  