Brand new Ferrari 458 spider written off..

Fozzie Bear

A Ferrari driver has been left red faced after crashing a new £165,000 Spider 458 whilst trying to overtake on an Italian motorway.

Red faced!?! I'd be at the bottom of a whiskey bottle....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9917643/Ferrari-driver-crashes-new-Spider-458-on-Italian-motorway.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OpheVlA9gs

Mr Benevolent

Sorry about that. Got distracted by something.

renofan

I seriously doubt that's a write off. And I would have thought the driver would know how to handle such a car in the wet. Obviously floored it on a damp road and the power surge threw out the back of the car. A very expensive lesson for the driver.

Kenny Logins

renofan wrote: »

I seriously doubt that's a write off. And I would have thought the driver would know how to handle such a car in the wet. Obviously floored it on a damp road and the power surge threw out the back of the car. A very expensive lesson for the driver.

It probably is, and it was just registered that morning.

listermint

Looks like he was trying to fly past an E46 if im not mistaken

Actually maybe an Audi ? has ferrari seat belt thingys on it.

68 lost souls

Ferrari seatbelt pads and the way the ferrari let the filming car infront of it at the junction lends me to believe it was his mates filming it and he was trying to show off.

unkel

Cazzo!

Kenny Logins

68 lost souls wrote: »

Ferrari seatbelt pads and the way the ferrari let the filming car infront of it at the junction lends me to believe it was his mates filming it and he was trying to show off.

Some mates they are, sharing the video with the world.. :pac:

Kenny Logins

Here's a transcript of the clip for anyone that's interested.

http://translate.google.com/#auto/en/meteo%20veneto.%0Adracula%0Aphoto%20studio%20cozze%0Aio%20no%0Aoddio%20non%20fermarti%0Amamma%20vai%20indietro%20vai%20dietro%20porca%20miseria%20mi%20amava%20indietro%0Aogni%20truman%20dietro%20los%20que%20son%20son%20corso%0Aho%20ripreso%20al%20cinema%0Avirgilio%0Aconoscenze%0Ala%20mia%20parola%20formata%0Ahhhhh

:pac:

mickdw

listermint wrote: »

Looks like he was trying to fly past an E46 if im not mistaken

Actually maybe an Audi ? has ferrari seat belt thingys on it.

Audi A6 Id say.


As always, driving ability doesnt increase in line with wallet size.

skibum

Driver of the camera car was way too eager to get in front of the ferrari at that junction, should have let the car out instead of cutting him off.......

godtabh

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Here's a transcript of the clip for anyone that's interested.

http://translate.google.com/#auto/en/meteo%20veneto.%0Adracula%0Aphoto%20studio%20cozze%0Aio%20no%0Aoddio%20non%20fermarti%0Amamma%20vai%20indietro%20vai%20dietro%20porca%20miseria%20mi%20amava%20indietro%0Aogni%20truman%20dietro%20los%20que%20son%20son%20corso%0Aho%20ripreso%20al%20cinema%0Avirgilio%0Aconoscenze%0Ala%20mia%20parola%20formata%0Ahhhhh

:pac:

Sounds like they were locked.

That is some ca to write off a couple of hours after buying

Tea 1000

skibum wrote: »

Driver of the camera car was way too eager to get in front of the ferrari at that junction, should have let the car out instead of cutting him off.......

The Ferrari guy had plenty of chance to go, so maybe someone's suggestion at them being connected to the driver somehow is correct.
Silly driver though. That'll teach him an expensive lesson

deandean

That's terrible! But surely that car has ESP+++, the driver would have to have esp etc stitched off for that to happen

robbie99

Transcript...

Eccolo - Here he comes
Vai - Go
Oh Ooh! - Oh Ooh!
Mado...
Cazzo - F**k
Mama Mia - My mother
Madonna - Holy mother of God
Oh dio mama fermati - Oh god mother stop
Mama va indietro va indietro porca miserio mama va indietro - Reverse mother reverse, goddammit mother reverse
Ah, va indietro va indietro mama sprezzo in sul corso - Ah reverse, reverse mother don't mind the traffic
Mada repressa la schina - ??
Mio dio - My God.

Interceptor

Oh I'd just vomit if that happened to me...

'c

KamiKazi

Interceptor wrote: »

Oh I'd just vomit if that happened to me...

'c

On your pink Gixxer?

'k

Stheno

Wow, some amount of damage.

I'd say he's sick.

johndaman66

Ouch expensive mistake, I hope he had better have comprehensive cover or else more money than sense...

tossy

He was acting the cock,he had loads of room to pull out but was set on letting the camera car get ahead of him.

I feel bad for the car more so than him,if he can afford that car he should be alright - people who buy brand new 458's tend not to be the "worked all my weekends doing pizza deliveries, gave up the fags and saved all my money for 15 years type" nor do they tend to be the "Hello credit union? I'd like to apply for a car loan.." types

lau1247

tossy wrote: »

He was acting the cock,he had loads of room to pull out but was set on letting the camera car get ahead of him.

I feel bad for the car more so than him,if he can afford that car he should be alright - people who buy brand new 458's tend not to be the "worked all my weekends doing pizza deliveries, gave up the fags and saved all my money for 15 years type" nor do they tend to be the "Hello credit union? I'd like to apply for a car loan.." types

might be the 'I won some money from lotto enough to buy one ferrari' type and I blew it..

Either way, expensive lesson indeed..

challengemaster

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Had to watch it twice it was so funny. What an ape

Autosport

Oh dear god what an numpty but an expensive mistake :-(

BigEejit

As someone mentioned, driver skill did not scale with wallet size. I dont know how much it cost, but I think even a multi-millionaire would be sick at the price.

I'd love to have heard the call to his insurer though.

"Um, you know that Insurance that I took out with you guys 3 hours ago?"

"Yeah"

"I'd like to make a claim"

"........"

osheen

I believe a few years ago jameriqi wrote off 2 lambos on the way to film a music video

Supergurrier

Madonna !

John_Rambo

Brand new Ferrari 458 spider written off and this is a reaction:

challengemaster wrote: »

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Is this a motoring forum?

Voodoomelon

It's all relative. It's like one us driving a new Corolla into a wall.

mickdw

Voodoomelon wrote: »

It's all relative. It's like one us driving a new Corolla into a wall.

And even to insurers its not a big deal either assuming no other cars and no injury claims.

TheUsual

osheen wrote: »

I believe a few years ago jameriqi wrote off 2 lambos on the way to film a music video

Yes, Jameriqui (spelling?) was banned for a year from driving at the time for speeding. He was filming a music video in France (driving a private road for the video) and crashed one of his cars as he hadn't driven in a while and was rusty.
Then he phoned his assistant in the UK to drive his other Ferrari down to finish the video shooting. The assistant was in a hurry and crashed the car on the way.

That's the only situation a man is allowed to cry.