An angry father has hit his son where it hurts by flogging his cherished Honda Civic on Gumtree for the princely sum of a penny, after the teenager wrecked it within one week of passing his driving test.

Steve Clark stumped up £2k for the motor as a gift to his son, Nat, but within a week his good intentions had come unstuck when the 17 year old lost control on a bend near his Angus home and flipped the vehicle onto its roof.

In a sarcastic Gumtree posting Clark explained: ”Due to son thinking he’s Colin McRae I now have a 2000 Honda Civic 1.4 breaking for spares.

“He talked the talk, but certainly didn’t walk the walk (he will be walking now, for a long time).

“One FOC 17yr old Boy, complete with black eye? not from accident, administered by myself!”