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Cops recover $2.2 million Ferrari stolen during test drive, release photo of suspect
FoxNews.com/auto ^ | May 15, 2019 | Gary Gastelu | Fox News

Posted on 05/16/2019 5:25:07 PM PDT by ETL

Police in Germany have recovered a Ferrari worth millions that was stolen during a test drive on Monday and are on the lookout for the suspected thief.

The man reportedly spent several weeks communicating with the classic car dealer in Dusseldorf before coming to the showroom to take the 1985 288 GTO for a spin.

A salesman went with him, and when he got out of the car to take over the wheel in nearby Neuss the customer pulled away at a rapid pace.

On Wednesday, police confirmed that the car had been recovered in a garage in the city of Grevenbroich on Tuesday, but did not reveal details of the operation, according to NRZ.

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Ferrari only built 272 examples of the car from 1984 to 1987, and it was once the fastest production car in the world.  The stolen car was once owned by retired Ferrari Formula One racing driver Eddie Irvine, has 27,000 miles on the odometer and is estimated to be worth $2.2 million or more.

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A photo of the alleged thief has been released, showing what appears to be a middle-aged
male with thinning hair and glasses

1 posted on 05/16/2019 5:25:07 PM PDT by ETL
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To: ETL

That doesn’t look like Magnum PI...


2 posted on 05/16/2019 5:26:13 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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To: 2banana

He lives in a van down by the river.


3 posted on 05/16/2019 5:26:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: ETL

Didn’t something similar happen in Ferris Bueller’s day off?


4 posted on 05/16/2019 5:28:52 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (It's Ok to be white.)
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To: ETL

Principal McVicker
Beavis and Butthead

5 posted on 05/16/2019 5:36:19 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: ETL
Meanwhile, yesterday In Encino: Lamborghini versus tree...


6 posted on 05/16/2019 5:37:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: sparklite2

LOL! Perfect match!


7 posted on 05/16/2019 5:37:52 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! New Updates on Dem-Russia collusion via Ukraine! Click ETL)
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To: ETL

POS

It has 27,000 miles on it..../s


8 posted on 05/16/2019 5:43:35 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: BenLurkin

Double fatal.The jackass was driving over 100mph and hit a jeep.


9 posted on 05/16/2019 5:50:51 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Paal Gulli; dp0622; Flatus I. Maximus; Celtic Conservative; ClearCase_guy; moovova; Hatteras; ...

Ping!


10 posted on 05/16/2019 5:52:16 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! New Updates on Dem-Russia collusion via Ukraine! Click ETL)
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To: ETL
Magnum, PI is on the case...


11 posted on 05/16/2019 5:57:52 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Vendome

That’s a lot of miles for a car like that. Factory recommended maintenance over that many miles could maybe buy you a better than decent used Porsche 911. Which is why some of them are offered for sale with those services deferred. And some neophyte with more dollars than sense thinks he’s getting a super deal. The old saying is that if you can’t afford to buy it new, you can’t afford it used.


12 posted on 05/16/2019 6:01:58 PM PDT by VietVet876
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13 posted on 05/16/2019 6:11:21 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Trump 2020 - Re-Elect the M*****F***er!)
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To: ETL

I wasn’t even there!!


14 posted on 05/16/2019 6:13:02 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Uncle Miltie

The Black dude in the car, Larry “Flash” Jenkins, just died a few weeks ago. :-(


15 posted on 05/16/2019 6:13:56 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj
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To: dp0622
I wasn’t even there!!

Well, the suspect is claiming you were. He says it was your idea.

16 posted on 05/16/2019 6:20:55 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! New Updates on Dem-Russia collusion via Ukraine! Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Good that they were able to recover the car.

I hope they get the perp too.


17 posted on 05/16/2019 6:21:53 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: ETL

LOL

I Probably was doing something illegal at the time, but it wasn’t this! :)


18 posted on 05/16/2019 6:22:47 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: ETL

Looks kinda like the 308 GTS that Magnum drove.


19 posted on 05/16/2019 6:23:19 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I’ve seen that movie a hundred times. This was the first time I ever noticed the odometer clicking another mile.


20 posted on 05/16/2019 6:25:01 PM PDT by Drew68
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