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$300k Ferrari Run Over by Delivery Truck Backing Up
NBC News ^ | Emily Christensen-Flowers

Posted on 11/04/2013 2:53:08 PM PST by nickcarraway

If you think you had a bad day at the office, check out the misfortune of one delivery truck driver who accidentally backed into a $300,000 Ferrari FF on Columbus Avenue in New York City on Oct. 30. The driver of the Baldor Foods, Inc. truck told bystanders he “didn’t see nothing” as he put the truck in reverse, crushing the hood

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ferrari; newyorkcity; nyc; oops
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To: Paladin2

Absolutely...As American standard of living and our streets, and infrastructure decline, ya can’t beat an older pickup trucks preferably 4x4 types or older jeep type vehicle...

Looking at the condition of American roads...The low sleek little sports cars are getting chewed up by the very roads they drive on.


61 posted on 11/04/2013 4:21:15 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Vendome

natch!

That is a Ferrari.


62 posted on 11/04/2013 4:21:26 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Liberty Valance

Not parked on any ‘rat City street I see.


63 posted on 11/04/2013 4:23:44 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Now that’s a car that would turn heads. And it is, as you say, a bargain...


64 posted on 11/04/2013 4:27:32 PM PST by livius
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To: livius

It’ll do 0 to 100mph really fast. At least when it doesn’t have a truck sitting on its hood.


65 posted on 11/04/2013 4:28:28 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: livius
"What exactly makes that a $300,000 car?"

Low volume (with kool stylin') --> low investment/ $ parts --> minimal prototype testing, -->

low durability --> scarce parts, -->joining a tribe.

66 posted on 11/04/2013 4:28:32 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: dragnet2

The physics of vehicles drives Mass.


67 posted on 11/04/2013 4:30:05 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That is sweet, and the price is not too bad, relatively speaking (though I would never pay that much)


68 posted on 11/04/2013 4:31:26 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Sirius Lee

69 posted on 11/04/2013 4:34:10 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: 4rcane

So would I, if the Tesla came with an engine.


70 posted on 11/04/2013 4:56:05 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: driftdiver

That truck thing is always a problem...


71 posted on 11/04/2013 5:01:29 PM PST by livius
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To: All
No wonder he didn't see it, everyone knows Ferraris are meant to be RED...:^)
72 posted on 11/04/2013 5:01:46 PM PST by az_gila
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To: coolbreeze

Morgans are great horses. :-)


73 posted on 11/04/2013 5:18:38 PM PST by Rannug
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To: Sirius Lee
An Audi R8 at least looks like sex on wheels.

I just googled the Audi R8: fabulous car!

74 posted on 11/04/2013 5:22:08 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Alfa Romeo 4C based on a Lamborghini model, for 'only' $53,000.

That is one nice car :)

75 posted on 11/04/2013 5:43:37 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: cloudmountain

Despite Audi hype, it’s mostly a rebadged Lamborghini Gallardo for tens of thousands of dollars less, and better looking to boot!


76 posted on 11/04/2013 5:45:18 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Sirius Lee

The Audi is a poseur car. If you want a German get a Porsche- all the speed, more reliable, and the same Teutonic concept of ‘sexy’.

Call me weird for liking the FF, but I’ve always been an odd ball in my appreciation for sporty wagons. The Ferrari reinvention of AWD for this car is also rather intriguing.


77 posted on 11/04/2013 5:51:21 PM PST by Flying Circus
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To: jjotto
Despite Audi hype, it’s mostly a rebadged Lamborghini Gallardo for tens of thousands of dollars less, and better looking to boot!

I looked up BOTH on the internet.
To me, they are both beautiful, small, incredibly fast and incredibly USELESS cars. Where the HELL could I drive either car the way they deserve to be driven? And why would I be such an idiot at to drive to that fast? Those speeds are for formula one drivers, not for an old lady trying to deal with urban traffic. :o)

78 posted on 11/04/2013 5:51:48 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain

Perhaps the government should put speed-limiters on all vehicles, because no one needs to go more than 80 mph?

They are essentially works of art.


79 posted on 11/04/2013 6:04:54 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Here’s hoping the Ferrari belongs to some limolib celebrity prong from Shlong Island.

Thanks nickcarraway.


80 posted on 11/04/2013 6:59:33 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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