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hifiguy

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10. Obviously this klown had never

Wed Dec 21, 2011, 05:09 PM

Dec 2011

driven an exotic car before.

1. Nothing with tires more than a foot wide should be driven on snowy/icy roads. The car ain't built for that. A friend's daughter severely dinged one of his Ferraris a few years ago and she was just poking along up in the foothills near their Utah home and hit some black ice. Ka-runch!

2. Cars like that are to be approached with as much respect as you would give a live bomb until you are used to them. Then they can be approached with the respect you would give a hand grenade. I drove the above friend's Ferrari 550 Maranello a couple of years ago in the foothill roads outside of Provo in perfect weather. I am a car guy but very cognizant of road conditions. It so happened this day was 60 degrees, bright and sunny. My friend egged me up to 95 in the thing, which was fine. I realized in the space of the first few blocks that the car would only bite me if I did something monumentally and deliberately stupid. It felt like the hand of Jupiter himself was pushing that Ferrari down on the road. Quite exhilerating and enjoyable.

3. Giving some schnook off the street a Lambo is like giving a wino an AK-47 and a box of ammo. No good is going to come of it. They should have at least made the guy take some performance driving lessons before handing over the keys.

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Man crashes $380K Lamborghini 6 hours after winning it [View all] Liberal_in_LA Dec 2011 OP

Well, he didn't total it... backscatter712 Dec 2011 #1

..and its got to go all the way to Las Vegas for repairs! Yikes. that's a fancy car. Liberal_in_LA Dec 2011 #3

that doesn't even count the taxes he will pay on getting a half million dollar car. Poor sod. roguevalley Dec 2011 #31

Looks like Sunstreaker is going to kick his ass when he gets put back roguevalley Dec 2011 #28

bet he doesn't warrior1 Dec 2011 #2

he says he does. Liberal_in_LA Dec 2011 #5

Can you imagine the cost of the collision premium on that insurance policy bullwinkle428 Dec 2011 #11

He had to put his house up as collateral for the taxes and insurance. flvegan Dec 2011 #35

A great example of why dumbasses shouldn't get nice things MrScorpio Dec 2011 #4

exactly! Champion Jack Dec 2011 #6

Some people may think that I'm silly for wanting a domestic car over a Lambo MrScorpio Dec 2011 #9

Well, I might have driven it for a week or so since the depreciation Warpy Dec 2011 #13

I would have sold it, too, but I would have played with it first. Arkansas Granny Dec 2011 #20

I agree, even if I sold it for half of the 380 I would be set. sarcasmo Dec 2011 #32

If you sold it for half, that would probably cover your taxes on it. Frank Cannon Dec 2011 #33

No sweat, they're cheap to fix. Scuba Dec 2011 #7

It's basically a gull-winged Fiat. Frank Cannon Dec 2011 #38

easy come, easy go spanone Dec 2011 #8

Obviously this klown had never hifiguy Dec 2011 #10

The footprint of the tires isn't so much important, it's how slick they are that is. EOTE Dec 2011 #12

True. I typed before I engaged the brain on that one. hifiguy Dec 2011 #15

Yeah, there's no way I'd go out on that if there was a possibility of ice. EOTE Dec 2011 #19

Yeah, that d_r Dec 2011 #14

an engine like that needs a certain level of performance to stay well. He will never do it. roguevalley Dec 2011 #30

I remember that pile up in Japan of about ten ferraries, a couple of lambs and roguevalley Dec 2011 #29

Damned if I'd be photographed standing next to it. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2011 #16

That color is heinous, anyway. n/t LeftinOH Dec 2011 #17

like the responses in this thread, the tires are high performance summer, in the cold Demonaut Dec 2011 #18

Which is why he should have been granny-driving that thing at Blue_Tires Dec 2011 #24

I thought the same thing, that mud lol Demonaut Dec 2011 #39

What a total moron. greytdemocrat Dec 2011 #21

You can't fix stupid! ddeclue Dec 2011 #22

He yall, watch this! Locrian Dec 2011 #25

I know Lamborghini prides itself on being the anti-Ferrari, but Blue_Tires Dec 2011 #23

Rule # 1 tech3149 Dec 2011 #26

the guy just looks like a camoflage-wearing dumbass. provis99 Dec 2011 #27

According to jalopnik, speculation looms that he did it for the insurance money. flvegan Dec 2011 #34

I would rather have a wicked fast sleeper mustang and a paid off house to park it in front of. Edweird Dec 2011 #36

anyone know what cost of repairs would be ? JI7 Dec 2011 #37

�And that puke green color is atrocious MrScorpio Dec 2011 #40

NASCAR for this dude- right away!--nt marked50 Dec 2011 #41

So not NASCAR! Mopar151 May 2020 #43

After thinking about it, it wasn't this guys fault.. the car was actually trying to commit suicide.. ddeclue Dec 2011 #42