Michael Klein of the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER revs up news that David Akers is suing a Florida car restorer for doing “shoddy work” on his Ford Mustang - including a $1,700 radar detector.

The Eagles kicker contends that Ronaele Inc. “applied a defective clear coat and improperly installed a high-performance exhaust system” to his Shelby GT500. He also charged the company with putting unauthorized photos of himself on their website. (The photos have since been taken down.)

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FOOTBALL BENCHWARMERS TAKE IT OUT ON COACH’S CAR: As a football player, what do you do when you’ve been stuck on the bench all year? You take your anger out on the coach’s car, of course:

KGBT-TV in Harlingen, TX, reports that seven La Joya High School students were arrested for vandalizing the vehicle. Police say the windows & taillights were smashed in, and motor oil was poured all over the car.

The judge wasn’t very lenient on the sour septet, setting the players’ bond between $25,000 to $50,000. One relative complained, “They didn’t kill nobody, you know… 50k is a lot.”

But it might not be just riding the pine that turned the players to road rage. Some of the benchwarmers may have been burned by the coach’s personal feelings.

A sister of one of the accused claimed, “He told the kids I’m going to make you quit because I don’t like your faces…that’s not right either.”However, the grudge might not be held so tightly, as the coach dropped the charges against the students.

Practice next week should be interesting.