Australia:Ferrari wrecked in Walkerville crash (the worst way to wreck Ferrari?)

Adelaidenow ^ | 10/28/08 | DOUG ROBERTSON

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Ferrari wrecked in Walkerville crash

DOUG ROBERTSON, POLICE REPORTER

October 28, 2008 11:55pm

THIS $250,000 Ferrari was almost sliced in half yesterday, yet the two men inside astonishingly escaped serious injury.

They had "turned the streets into a racetrack" before crashing into the pole, in Walkerville, just before noon.

The driver, aged in his 30s, and his passenger were treated in Royal Adelaide Hospital for minor injuries.

See the amazing crash pictures

They remained in hospital in a stable condition yesterday. The five-year-old Modena model was wrapped around the pole on Lansdowne Ave.

The car crashed a few minutes after residents said they saw it "zinging" past their homes at high speed.

"I was outside my house talking and we heard something fly up and it was this black Ferrari," Vlado Blazeka said.

"It sounded just like, `zing, zing', as it went past," Mr Blazeka said.

He said he walked around the corner when he saw a firetruck go past and saw the Ferrari smashed against the pole.

He said the men were "lucky to be alive".

"The Stobie split the car in two and it's basically up where the gear stick should be," he said.

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Ping!

[Gator_that_eats_Dems]

Ok, wrecking a Ferrari in any way, shape or form should have you put in jail.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Ouch! I don’t think that’s going to “buff out.”

[1rudeboy]

Fail.

[MissouriConservative]

bump for later crying.

[TrueKnightGalahad]

My old man is a television repairman, he’s got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

[FlingWingFlyer]

LOL!

[Vince Ferrer]

There is an entire website devoted to Wrecked Exotics

[JennysCool]

Some people know how to handle a Ferrari.

[brityank]

Ouch! Gonna take more than Maaco to pretty that mess up!

Didn't recognise that bit about the "Stobie Pole" -- so found this in Wiki:

A Stobie pole is a power line pole made of two steel joists held apart by a slab of concrete in the middle. It was invented by Adelaide Electricity Supply Company design engineer James Cyril Stobie (1895-1953). He used the materials easily at hand due to the shortage of timber caused by the arid and treeless nature of much of South Australia. His invention of two spare pieces of railway track bolted together with cement in the middle was patented in 1924.

Its modern construction is a composite of two steel beams connected intermittently by bolts to manage compressive buckling, with the gap between the beams filled with concrete. The bolts transfer the shear, with an equal number of bolts above and below ground. The poles are tapered from ground level to the top and the toe. This construction utilises the tensile properties of the steel, giving the poles excellent properties in bending. The poles are fireproof, rotproof, and termiteproof. They are also "car proof", causing enormous amounts of damage to vehicles when collided with.

Sounds like a good idea.

[Kirkwood]

Oh my gawd! Not the Ferrari!

[Roccus]

PING!!

[spokeshave]

The best Stobie poles are made using railway track....guarented truck proof.

[Victoria_R]

Another crash for The Mythbusters to replicate!

[Oztrich Boy]

Actually, quite a good way to wreck a Ferrari

[Nailbiter]

ping

[TrueKnightGalahad]

You make Mikey cry.... :-(