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Ferrari owner’s $260K disaster: New car goes ‘airborne,’ bursts into flames within 1 hour
Washington Times ^ | July 28, 2017 | Douglas Ernst

Posted on 07/28/2017 1:22:18 PM PDT by rdl6989

The proud British owner of a Ferrari 430 Scuderia had one hour to enjoy his $260,000 luxury vehicle this week before it was turned into a flaming pile of twisted metal. South Yorkshire Police responding to an accident on Thursday found themselves staring at the charred remains of a black Ferrari and the owner — miraculously alive with a few cuts and bruises — in a local field.

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I hate it when that happens.
1 posted on 07/28/2017 1:22:18 PM PDT by rdl6989
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Back in the day, it's reputed that 5% 0f the new Porsche 911 Turbos were crashed on the way home.
2 posted on 07/28/2017 1:25:01 PM PDT by rdcbn
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And that’s why I drive a KIA, when not cruising in my 1958 Impala.


3 posted on 07/28/2017 1:26:30 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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More money than brains. If he keeps it up however, that will no longer be true!


4 posted on 07/28/2017 1:26:47 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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“You killed the car!”


5 posted on 07/28/2017 1:26:48 PM PDT by dfwgator
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911 had nasty habit if took turn too fast back end would come around and send car into spin


6 posted on 07/28/2017 1:28:31 PM PDT by njslim
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Deserves life imprisonment. That Ferrari Scuderia is worth more than his life.


7 posted on 07/28/2017 1:30:18 PM PDT by InsidiousMongo
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I know a guy who worked at an import dealer who destroyed the body on a Porche Boxter that had six miles on the odometer.


8 posted on 07/28/2017 1:31:05 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Climate Change: The Imminent Crisis That Never Arrives and the gravy train that never ends.)
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I guess when they told him he bought a “scud” that he figured he bought a missile.


9 posted on 07/28/2017 1:31:25 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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10 posted on 07/28/2017 1:31:27 PM PDT by dfwgator
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And that’s why I drive a KIA, when not cruising in my 1958 Impala.

My dad had a 1958 Biscayne when I was a kid. Cool car but up here in WNY, the winters were tough on it and the metal over the top of the headlights rusted out. BTW, I drive a Mazda CX5, it's enough "Zoom Zoom" for me! :-)

11 posted on 07/28/2017 1:32:43 PM PDT by rochester_veteran (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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Authorities said on their Facebook page that the car “went airborne” due to wet roads.

Gotta watch out for those British raindrops. They can be as big as semi trailer loading ramps and make your car go airborne in a blink.

12 posted on 07/28/2017 1:32:58 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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The famous Gull Wing Mercedes had a reputation as a death trap. They also didn’t corner very well.


13 posted on 07/28/2017 1:33:53 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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Similar to the Corvair’s problem.

Rear-engined cars will do that...it’s just physics.


14 posted on 07/28/2017 1:36:16 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
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Note that the $260k he spent was for a USED car! Last year was 2009.


15 posted on 07/28/2017 1:38:22 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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I know a guy who worked at an import dealer who destroyed the body on a Porche Boxter that had six miles on the odometer.

...

How long did it take for them to fire him?


16 posted on 07/28/2017 1:39:07 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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The main thing is that the owner/driver escaped with minor cuts and bruises, as was reported.

Obviously he has enough money to buy another similar car.


17 posted on 07/28/2017 1:39:41 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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530 horsies. Wet road. Bad news. Gets 16 mpg on the highway. Well, it did.


18 posted on 07/28/2017 1:40:26 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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I can remember in the early sixties watching race prepared 300SL converts and Gullwings racing in SCCA. Beautiful.


19 posted on 07/28/2017 1:41:59 PM PDT by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.)
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In the 1980s I had this beat up Lincoln continental that had brakes that locked up the wheels whenever you hit them which made me the current world champion of car accidents, nobody will ever break my record in a 10000 years. I was nuts, I must have had 50 accidents in the span of a month before the car was totalled. (American quality) I even hit three cars at once at the same time. I was coming to a traffic light while it was raining, 3 cars were in front of me, one in the left lane one in the middle lane and one in the right and when I hit the brakes my car skidded sideways to the left, complete 90 degrees skid and the back of my car slammed into the car on the right, the passenger side slammed into the middle car and the front slammed into the car on the left. STTTTTEEERRRRRRIIIIIKE!!!!


20 posted on 07/28/2017 1:44:21 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan from taking office.)
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