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FBI Joy Ride Wrecks Ferrari, DOJ Refuses to Pay Damages
theNewspaper.com ^ | 05/26/2011 | n/a

Posted on 05/28/2011 10:56:22 AM PDT by Ken H

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To: Psycho_Bunny
Ya....it just started “sliding”....$500,000+ sports cars are notoriously unstable.

They can be when a "Sudden Acceleration Incident" manifests

41 posted on 05/28/2011 12:34:33 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Monarchy is the one system of government where power is exercised for the good of all - Aristotle)
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42 posted on 05/28/2011 12:40:24 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Ken H
Photobucket can I get some Peta meat with that car?
43 posted on 05/28/2011 12:42:42 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: cableguymn

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articles/027.shtml

more info


44 posted on 05/28/2011 12:48:45 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: cableguymn
Hey! That's MY car he's driving!
45 posted on 05/28/2011 12:54:49 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Cyber Liberty
Special Agent Frederick C. Kingston and Assistant US Attorney J. Hamilton Thompson? Well they are both employed by the all mighty federal government and the Just-us Department, so I guess that makes them Holders People even if their names don't give us a hint.
46 posted on 05/28/2011 12:56:18 PM PDT by Tupelo
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To: stevio

Sure, I guess. As long as the engine, which is also a stressed member of the frame, was unharmed. You could ask Ferrari to lay up another carbon-fiber frame for you. Probably wouldn’t cost more than a half million or so.


47 posted on 05/28/2011 1:11:21 PM PDT by dinodino
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To: Magic Fingers

If it’s an aluminum frame it probably is. There aren’t hardly any places here that are qualified to fix unibody aluminum frames. Plus Ferarri may have said this kind of damage requires THEM to fix it and that would mean back to Italy with the car.


48 posted on 05/28/2011 1:12:54 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Tupelo
Here's a hint: try spelling "Frederick" differently. Here's a photo of the car at the crash scene:

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Collision damage was on the driver's side. "Frederick" was the driver. He was hospitalized in Lexington, KY and received stitches on his head, due to breaking out the driver's side glass with it.

49 posted on 05/28/2011 1:13:14 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Tupelo

True dat. Holder’s gotta back up his personal army, so I imagine the race of these two is irrelevant: They’re simply thugs.


50 posted on 05/28/2011 1:17:27 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama said OBL is dead I didn't believe it. Al Qaeda says he's dead and now I do!)
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To: RegulatorCountry
Wow, that's a fancy looking Fiero.
51 posted on 05/28/2011 1:20:47 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (After the Commies take over, Moderates will become an endangered species...)
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To: Tupelo

True dat. Holder’s gotta back up his personal army, so I imagine the race of these two is irrelevant: They’re simply thugs.


52 posted on 05/28/2011 1:23:21 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama said OBL is dead I didn't believe it. Al Qaeda says he's dead and now I do!)
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To: Kickass Conservative
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Pretty serious underbody and suspension damage, from the looks of that rear wheel. It appears to have been pushed back several inches.

Oh well, such things happen while safely transporting evidence. Who knew high-centering a Ferrari on a sidewalk and popping a tree with the driver's side door would do such a thing? Certainly not the FBI. Must've had bald tires. Yep, that's it. Bald tires have been known to cause even 200 hp cars to spin wildly out of control on dry pavement at 35 to 45 mph. /s

53 posted on 05/28/2011 1:29:34 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Cyber Liberty

Does use of the term “Holder’s People” mean you think they are Black? It may surprise you, but Blacks do not have a monopoly on stupidity, and the FBI and DOJ can always manage to be institutionally arrogant no matter the skin color of the employees involved.


54 posted on 05/28/2011 1:37:15 PM PDT by blau993
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To: RegulatorCountry
Well, looks like they'll have to part out the car.

Wonder if they towed it to Pick-a-Part?

55 posted on 05/28/2011 1:39:30 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (After the Commies take over, Moderates will become an endangered species...)
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To: blau993

Somebody mentioned the term “Holder’s People,” and that has come to mean black people. I suggest that should be extended to the thugs that keep this bunch in power. But Holder himself caused the term to be coined when he assured “his people” he would err in their favor at DOJ. Don’t blame me.


56 posted on 05/28/2011 1:42:57 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama said OBL is dead I didn't believe it. Al Qaeda says he's dead and now I do!)
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To: Ken H
Basically a case of Big Government vs Big Insurance that has now turned into a pissing contest.

Unfortunately for Big Government, Big Insurance has the money & lawyers to do battle.

57 posted on 05/28/2011 1:51:14 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Kickass Conservative
Down here, it's U-Pullit.

Dial 788-9122
'n we'll come git 'at cor fer yew.
Ain't 'at a purty song?

The "song" and dialog are from their actual radio and television commercials, lol.

58 posted on 05/28/2011 1:51:24 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Secret Agent Man

“There aren’t hardly any places here that are qualified to fix unibody aluminum frames. Plus Ferarri may have said this kind of damage requires THEM to fix it and that would mean back to Italy with the car.”

It depends on what you mean by “here”. There are places that are qualified to fix unibody aluminum frames and I work directly with them on a regular basis here in Scottsdale. Their technicians were trained at various factories (for example, Audi). There’s no magic to it with the proper training, tools, and isolation techniques (to eliminate contamination of the aluminum with steel). True, Farrari may have said this kind of damage requires them to fix it, although even with transport costs it takes a lot to total a 750K vehicle on an economic basis, although vehicles are sometimes totaled for other reasons besides economics.


59 posted on 05/28/2011 1:58:56 PM PDT by Magic Fingers
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To: dinodino

“This car is an exceedingly limited production car, and is basically a racecar with just the minimum required to make it street legal. This is not a Camry.”

I appreciate you clearing that up. I must have overlooked it in my 36 years of auto physical damage appraisal and supervison.


60 posted on 05/28/2011 2:01:41 PM PDT by Magic Fingers
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