Don't look if you are sensitive!

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Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby ozzy72 » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:24 pm

Don't say I didn't warn you 'cos I did! This is a tragic, nay heartbreaking true story :'( :'( :'(

Dad, I'm Borrowing the Car... $1,000,000 FERRARI
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Ferrari hits a power pylon at 200 mph.....
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The driver only had some bruising (seat belt)
and 2 small cuts.
-car loss $1 Million bucks!
-waiting list for a new one - 2 years;
-when can I drive Dad's car again - nuclear 1/2 life;
-when will I not be grounded & see the light of day - same day the polar ice caps melt
- still alive .... Priceless

Car only had 9 miles on it! One mile of it was during the wreck.

My only question is "How did this f***ing idiot slip into the gene pool?"
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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby eno » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:39 pm

I guess the break away zones worked ....... and the passenger pod.
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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby Craig. » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:15 pm

He can be thankful that car saved his life because I now get the pleasure of beating him to death with one of his own arms after I rip it off. The whole family should be banned from owning anything more powerful than a ride on mower.
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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby Craig. » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:17 pm

I guess the break away zones worked ....... and the passenger pod.

Its safe to say F1 saved those guys life. Could you imagine having to stand infront of those guys and thanking them for the constant development in safety?
Yes thank you Mr Brawn for saving my life while I wreck one of your million dollar babies in a test of safety. ::)
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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby Sir_Crashalot » Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:28 pm

Who in the world will drive a car that only did 9 miles up to a speed of 200 miles an hour (320 Km/h) on a public road? He must be insane. Luckily he crashed, wrecking the car and thank god taking no other lives. People like that should be in prison for a very long time.

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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby TSC. » Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:29 pm

Ah yes, the Malibu crash - there's more to that than meets the eye: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me ... -headlines

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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby expat » Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:56 am

Once the police let the parts go, there would be plenty of Ferrari anoraks with poised mouse fingers just waiting for ebay. Mind you, box it up and send it back to Ferrari..........you never know.

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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby Chris_F » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:56 am

Interestingly cars like that are never really totaled.  The value of the car often exceeds the cost to produce a replica from scratch.  IIRC others who have done similar things to Enzos (seems a lot of people have ripped 'em in two in crashes) just send the box of parts back to Ferrari to be re-built.  It's cheaper than buying a new one!

I once saw an interview with someone racing a vintage Ferrari.  The car was valued at $13M (USD).  The interviewer asked if he was nervous racing such a valuable car.  His reply "Nah, it's insured and there's no way I could do $13M worth of damage to it".  In other words, the number plate on the car was worth WAY more than the parts that made it up.
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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby ATI_7500 » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:13 am

One fugly car less in the world.
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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby Chris_F » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:30 am

One fugly car less in the world.

I don't think beauty was the intent...
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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby ATI_7500 » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:57 am

I don't think beauty was the intent...


Fair enough, but there can be beautiful and fast cars, too...
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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby ozzy72 » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:14 pm

The Porsche 911 Turbo and Porsche 959 leap to mind eh Bj
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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby BFMF » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:39 pm

The second and third photos remind me of a VBIED... :-/
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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby ATI_7500 » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:27 pm

[quote]The Porsche 911 Turbo and Porsche 959 leap to mind eh Bj
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Re: Don't look if you are sensitive!

Postby ozzy72 » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:44 pm

I remember squeezing a 3 litre straight 6 Porsche engine into my friends Beetle. That thing was scary in a straight line but couldn't corner for toffee :o
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