Posted on 01/22/2022 9:30:48 AM PST by george76
I won’t let ANYONE touch my cars, much less drive them.
And they’re worth next to nothing. Must be a different ‘value system’.
“WHAT caused the car to go where it didn’t belong? “
High performance car
Cold tires
Heavy foot
Thanks for Photos!
That’ll buff out. A little Bondo, some paint, good as new.
LOL.
5.56mm
“Oak tree, you’re in my way!”
high performance car + inexperienced driver showing off = disaster...
That would be “ex-mechanic”.
I agree..
Summer performance tires feature tread compounds engineered to provide traction in warm to hot ambient temperatures. They were never intended to experience near- and below-freezing temperatures, nor the wintry driving conditions that often accompany them.
As ambient temperatures get colder, typically in the 40-45° Fahrenheit range, summer performance tires lose a noticeable percentage of traction as their tread compound rubber properties change from a pliable elastic to inflexible plastic. The tire industry uses the term “glass transition” to describe the temperature where a summer performance tire’s grip/slip performance changes dramatically. This means the summer performance tires that provide predictable traction in warm to hot conditions will be found to be very challenging to drive in cold to freezing temperatures. This is especially true when the tires first begin to be driven or if the driver aggressively applies gas pedal pressure with today’s turbocharged fours or high-torque sixes and eights. Fortunately, glass transition is a reversible condition that allows the tires’ normal traction to return as the ambient temperatures climb.
If ambient temperatures drop to near- or below-freezing, driving or rolling a vehicle equipped with summer performance tires risks the possibility of tread compound cracking. Tread compound cracking is a permanent condition that requires the tires to be replaced. The other condition that can be caused by running summer performance tires in cold temperatures is the possibility of chipping away the edges of the tread blocks.
Tirerack
The owner was a dick and filed charges for auto theft.
They're used to mashing the throttle to the floor of their momma's grocery getter, to impress their friends.
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and bet when asked how this happened the dealership was stumped.
If he was convicted, must be more to the story?
Not to worry - they assured Ferris that they are professionals.
My ex BIL has the largest single Ferrari crash total in history.
This guy’s an amateur.
So who would you have work on it? This isn't like a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle that any shade-tree mechanic can turn wrenches on and every part that is needed is probably as close as your nearest auto parts store.
Anyone who can afford a car like this had better plan on spending a lot for maintenance with specialized mechanics. I've heard that Ferrari mechanics will charge you a $1,000 to operate the hood release and then their fees get unreasonable.
“So who would you have work on it? This isn’t like a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle “
If you spend $3M on a car, you sure as hell have no business driving it. And if you don’t drive it, you don’t need mechanics to crash it.
“If you spend $3M on a car, you sure as hell have no business driving it.”
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