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Driver Backs Into $290K Ferrari While Parking
NBC Bay Area ^ | 8/8

Posted on 08/08/2016 9:02:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The Ferrari 458 lists for more than $290,000 and tops out at over 200 mph

One driver may be giving her insurance company an expensive bill after she accidentally backed into a nearly $300,000 Ferrari while attempting to parallel park outside a Virginia coffeehouse.

Video being shared online showed the aftermath of the Saturday accident in Great Falls, Virginia. It showed the rear of the woman's Mercedes convertible

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Hobbies; Local News
KEYWORDS: fairfaxcounty; ferrari; virginia
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To: Celerity

What would you say about a Pagani?


41 posted on 08/09/2016 4:36:21 AM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: Peter W. Kessler

Those Gullwing’s are beautiful but they had a reputation at the time as being widow makers. Hard to handle cars.

Look up Ralph Lauren’s car collection online. Stunning. They were exhibited in a museum and I saw a documentary on them.


42 posted on 08/09/2016 5:17:25 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: headstamp 2

I am very sorry to hear of your loss, FRiend.


43 posted on 08/09/2016 7:08:25 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: TChad

NO no no no no... When I quit I.T. for a while, I answered an ad in the paper to be an apprentice for a very high end, European trained mechanic.

He runs an elite car shop out of Bridgeport CT. It was there that I was exposed to a lot of high end cars, both in the seat and under the hood.

So “the drives” that I did with them were test drives.


44 posted on 08/09/2016 7:14:06 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: nickcarraway

Reminds me of when some doofus in a rental econobox backed into Jose Canseco’s Lamborghini Diablo. Much to his credit, Canseco resisted temptation to stove in the guy’s head with a Louisville Slugger, despite the fact that adjusted for inflation (this was in ‘92), the Lambo car cost more this 458.


45 posted on 08/09/2016 7:49:59 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Spacetrucker

Ah.. the Pagani.

I have no first hand experience with it, but I do what it’s purpose is. The purpose of that car is to separate the buyer from their cash.

The car runs and drives, and it does “neat” things but it’s not really designed to do those things. It’s designed for investment. The look of the car, the mechanicals and the trim are built with value at the top of the list.

They are physically impossible to fix. Like wrecking a Bugatti Veyron. Another friend of mine owns a high end shop where he worked on one (A famous one) and his interaction with the company went on for months before Bugatti said “Listen. This car isn’t supposed to be fixed. Even if you fix it, Bugatti will deny it’s authenticity because the mere existence of a rebuilt Bugatti ruins our brand.”


46 posted on 08/09/2016 7:52:34 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: nickcarraway

That’s why I will never own a vehicle over $40,000. That and not having the money.


47 posted on 08/09/2016 7:57:57 AM PDT by stevio (God,Guns,Guts.)
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To: wita

DB9...


48 posted on 08/09/2016 9:29:03 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Celerity
So “the drives” that I did with them were test drives.

You got to learn about the realities of exotic cars, and were paid to do it? Sounds like a fun job.

49 posted on 08/09/2016 10:24:39 PM PDT by TChad
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To: nickcarraway

“Is the aerodynamic or autodynamic?”

It might be autoerotic depending upon how much the Ferrari likes its nose under the rear end of the Mercedes...


50 posted on 08/09/2016 10:30:23 PM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: PLMerite

Thomas Dolby, Keys to her Ferrari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHH3ipoa5Bs


51 posted on 08/10/2016 6:14:49 PM PDT by Celerity
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