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Donkey Tries to Eat £220,000 McLaren Supercar After Mistaking it for a Carrot
Metro (U.K.) ^ | 9/30 | Jimmy Nsubuga

Posted on 09/30/2017 9:20:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Who knew donkeys loved to eat orange McLaren supercars?

Markus Zahn found it out the hard way when one of the animals chomped down on his beloved motor, which costs £220,000.

He had left his McLaren 650S Spider by Vitus the donkey’s paddock in Germany, in September 2016. The animal may have mistaken the orange car for a giant carrot when he bit the back of it, damaging the paint and a carbon-fibre piece.

The donkey probably thought the car was a carrot on wheels. I’m not mad at him,’ Mr Zahn told Bild. He added: ‘I looked into the rear-view mirror and suddenly saw a pair of fluffy ears. ‘And then I heard a strange sound. The sound came from a donkey, who was gnawing at my fender.’

Mr Zahn took the donkey’s owner to court after he was billed £5,113 (5,800 euros) for the damage by his insurance company, which had covered the rest of the £26,000 costs. He won his claim on Thursday but Vitus’ owner has refused to pay the money and told the McLaren driver he should have picked a better parking place. The donkey had no comment.


TOPICS: Food; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cars; donkey; mclaren
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To: mabarker1

LOL, that’s real high fiber requiring a high colonic


21 posted on 10/01/2017 3:55:31 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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