Mario exits his high performance European sports car to enter the dry cleaners to drop off some laundry.He leaves the vehicle's motor running.Danny,a 17-year-old,happens by,sees the car,and decides to take it for a spin.Danny jumps behind the wheel and drives off.About six blocks from the dry cleaners Danny realizes this was probably a bad idea.He parks the car in the shopping mall parking lot.However,an off-duty police officer observes Danny and is suspicious that such a young man would own such an expensive car.He detains and questions Danny.Danny admits he took the car without permission.The most appropriate charge to file against Danny would be:

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Danny lacked the owner's consent to drive the car, making it an unauthorized use of a vehicle. While he did return the car, he still committed a crime by taking it without permission. It would not be considered theft because Danny did not intend to permanently deprive the owner of the car, and the value of the gasoline used would not be significant enough to warrant a charge.

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