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Posted: 2/21/2006 1:08:35 PM EDT
What was this guy thinking?
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/traffic/7298991/detail.html?rss=dgo&psp=news |
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There appears to have been very little thinking going on. Bet it was Dad's car. |
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so the value of everyone elses Enzos just went up 0.25%! |
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I agree completely. They might be incredible performers but they have do not have looks to match. James |
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Whoops! mixed it up with something else... |
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I hope the stupid twit's insurance company denies the claim. What a freakin' moron.
He was probably racing an '85 IROC-Z or some hopped-up mosquito, oops I mean 2Fast2Furious car. |
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Ugly? The most beautiful exotic ever to me. Ranks just slightly behind lush cleavage.
And the "worth up to a million dollars" is typical media ignorance. |
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Technically, yes. But you couldn't just go "buy" one. They only people to get them were hand-picked by Ferrari. |
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Fast and Furious street racing FTW!!!
What a crock! The owner blew a .09 and claims some German named Dietrich, who ran off after the crash and vanished, was driving. Video and story: cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_052110615.html |
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An Enzo!? I thought it was an F40! What a waste either way.
It's a testament to the car's design the driver and passenger weren't hurt even as the car split in two. Was it lucky? I say yes. |
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and the owner of that one, just got moved way down the list for any future Ferraris. |
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What's going to be painful is what happens when those commuters catch up with the driver. There are no alternate routes available for most of PCH out there, and even when they can get around they go way around Robin Hoods barn to get to work.
"Why are you late this time?" "Some putz found out his buddy couldn't race his Ferrari." |
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lock him away forever for being responsible for one less Enzo torquing the Earth.
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I watched some auction where an Enzo sold for around 180...
I loved how the video kept saying ONE MILLION DOLLARS (they need a little mini-me holding his pinky to his mouth when they do that) |
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Maybe not. Brand new they cost $640k. If he could find another one it would easily be double that. |
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Yep, it's true.... they are selling from 1.2 - 1.5 mil., an F-car dealer threw me out of the dealership and some F-car owners weren't so nice to me.... I did a lowball offer for a used Enzo (w/ 3k miles on it) last year..... According to the folks at the F and L car forums, the owner is Stefan Erikkson.... I believe the same guy who was in trouble with the law a few years ago.... used to be a CEO for a gaming console.... I'll call the insurance company for that Enzo, maybe they'll sell it to me for cheap..... talk about a neat project car..... |
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Maybe an old ratted F40 or GTO, but no way can you find any Enzo anywhere for "around 180" |
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Where did the auction took place? I'm fairly sure, it wasn't an Enzo, the least expensive one I've seen was $1.1 and the dealer won't go below it..... if you can find one under 800K let me know... Keep in mind, they were only $650k brand new but when I pointed that out to the F-car dealers, they were offended..... Thanks..... PS: I've been looking for one for over a year, ended up with an L-car instead... |
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Well, that's one of the good points about a Ferrari. They are actually designed to keep from killing you if you crash them at 100 + MPH.
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A totaled Enzo sold for over $400,000 about 18 months ago. The pictures I've seen of that wreck are NOT an Enzo. To every media mouth jerk any red Ferrari that is red and not a Modena is an Enzo. Idiots.
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If you manage to crash a Ferrari, because you can't handle it, there should be a mechanical hand that deploys out of the dashboard and bitch slaps you until you gain some sense. 100+ mph, with light traffic, on a limited access road, in a Ferrari....................... shouldn't equala crash. |
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No arguement here. Idiot crapstains who buy these cars without knowing how to handle them or where to use them ought to be banned from owning them. |
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The "passenger" was drunk. Stupid fooker. "Eriksson "had a .09 blood-alcohol level, but if he's a passenger, that's OK," Brooks said. "But he had a bloody lip, and only the air bag on the driver's side had blood on it. The passenger-side air bag did not. My Scooby-Doo detectives are looking closely into that." |
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I'll keep an eye on Ferrari Chat but that front wheel is definitely NOT an Enzo wheel. And exotic Ferrari owners are not known for butchering up million dollar cars with after-market wheels.
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Maybe not the majority of them, but then again I'd bet that most don't get legally drunk and then play Fast and Furious on the highway either. |
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Of course they are. Lots of celebrities and celebrity types put new wheels on the car FIRST THING. People who actually love cars as opposed to wanting drivable testaments to ego don't mess with Ferraris. But the ego types can and often DO. I have seen brand new sports cars shipped to a place for 50 or 60 grand in custom crap before the owner ever takes posession of it. |
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It's not unusual to take off the original wheels/tires on a Ferrari to keep them from getting damaged on the street or track. |
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LoL, about 6 months ago I saw a show, one of those customize my car ones. they should how they had to make special wheels because the Enzo has one nut wheel hubs. Their are two kinds of people who buy these exotics, poeple who like to drive fast, and hip-hop asshole who like to look like they are going fast. These assholes are the same that butcher cars on Pimp My Ride and the other crappy shows. Oh, there are also the retarded Saudi princes who do stunts on traffic packed roads. |
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Garden - several of the Enzos have been wrecked. Google or check Ferrari Chat and read about the two guys in Italy that tore an Enzo in half at estimated 150+ mph. And on a two lane road at night nonetheless!!
As for the after-market wheels I would agree that for the track some owners would have multiple wheel and tire set-ups. But, I'm not sure there even is an after-market wheel for an Enzo and the guys that own those cars typically don't let them anywhere near a track. (Those cars are rolling status symbols and not likely to used like a lightweight racer.) In fact they sign an agreement as a condition of purchase not to even let a car magazine test or take the car to a track. The bottom line is those cars don't have computer controlled suspensions to "help" keep a driver out of trouble and 600+ HP in a 3,100 lb. car is virtually uncontrollable. Just wait until the guys start turning off the active control in the new 505HP Z06s...... we will see the same thing. Horrific wrecks. |
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The car was owned by Stefan Eriksson. According to many sources it is an Enzo. Even Wikipedia lists him as an owner.
Based on the attached article he may not be able to afford one soon. Kent |
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You would be lucky to find a broken F-series car for 180K. They were made to be collectables, and there is not a ton of parts around. Not to mention a lot of these cars get wrecked by goobers like we see here. |
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The only thing I want to know is, did the engine get hurt and if not, where is it?
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Look up at the pictures. It ejected into the street. |
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i know how you feel 888 I offered to trade in my Impala for one...he said he would knock off 3k "because its YOU..." (pointing finger).
If you see one for under $500 (dollars, not K) let me know... |
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www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ferrari3mar03,0,1423392.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Story takes another twist. Homeland Security cops showed up on scene? San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority cops?? Blood on driver airbag, cut lip on only know occupant (who said a German was driving it,)..involved lawyers on the board of San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority....???? This may become a potboiler! |
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Ferrari Case Takes New Twist With Possible Tie to Bus Agency
The trail leads to a nonprofit operating out of a Monrovia repair shop. More puzzling is its police force and 'anti-terrorism' unit. By Richard Winton and David Pierson, Times Staff Writers March 3, 2006 As sheriff's detectives investigate last week's crash that destroyed a $1-million Ferrari, they are now looking into an obscure nonprofit organization that provides disabled people with transit in the San Gabriel Valley. The car's owner, a former video game executive from Sweden, told Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies at the scene of the Feb. 21 accident in Malibu that he was deputy commissioner of the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority's police anti-terrorism unit, detectives said Thursday. A few minutes after the crash, two unidentified men arrived at the scene, flashing badges and saying they were from "homeland security," according to Sheriff's Department officials. Deputies allowed the men into the accident scene, where they spoke to Stefan Eriksson before leaving, Sgt. Phil Brooks said. Sheriff's officials on Thursday said they now want to question them. "We would like the public's help with any information about these men or the crash," Brooks said. They are also looking into the transit organization to see what connection, if any, it has to the case. Brooks said detectives believe the two men from "homeland security" received their badges from the transit authority. No one was injured when the rare Ferrari Enzo traveling 162 mph smashed into a power pole on Pacific Coast Highway. But the case continues to generate interest because the Ferrari is one of only 400 built, and detectives have struggled to understand what happened. Eriksson told investigators he was a passenger in the Ferrari and that the driver was a man named Dietrich, who fled from the scene. But officials have been skeptical, noting that Eriksson had a bloody lip and the only blood found was on the driver's side airbag. On Thursday, Brooks said detectives now doubt initial reports that the Ferrari was racing a Mercedes SLR. Detectives had interviewed a second man who said he was a passenger in a Mercedes SLR that he said was racing the Ferrari at the time. "There was no Mercedes SLR," Brooks said. "Simply, there was a Ferrari with two people in it. One of these men was driving." Just as murky is Eriksson's connection to the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority. The organization is a privately run nonprofit that has agreements with Monrovia and Sierra Madre to provide bus rides for disabled residents. On its website, the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority lists its address as 148 E. Lemon Ave. in Monrovia. The location is Homer's Auto Service, an auto repair shop. A transit authority bus was parked in one of its driveways, but nothing on the storefront indicated it was a headquarters for the agency. Inside, a young woman, who declined to give her name, said she was a dispatcher for the transit authority. She telephoned someone she said was an agency official, who declined to be interviewed. According to the website, the organization also has its own police department with a chief, detectives and marked police cruisers. Sheriff's investigators said Eriksson told deputies that he was deputy commissioner of the department's anti-terrorism unit. But Monrovia Police Chief Roger Johnson said he found that the department is less than meets the eye. "I don't know if they have a police department to go with the website," he said. In a brief interview, transit authority board member Yosuf Maiwandi said Eriksson had helped the police department's anti-terrorism unit with camera technology for the paratransit vehicles. Eriksson's civil attorney, Ashley Posner, is chairman of the transit authority board. Posner declined to comment; Eriksson's criminal attorney did not return calls seeking comment. Officials in cities where the agency does business said they didn't know why a small transit authority needs a police department. "We do not see the need for a ground transportation system for handicapped and disabled folks to have a police agency," Monrovia City Manager Scott Ochoa said. "We warned them that if the police agency operated with them in the city of Monrovia, it would jeopardize their [transit] agreement with us." It remains unclear how Eriksson, who lives in a gated Bel-Air estate, came to work with the transit agency. Alan Deal, spokesman for the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, said he has never heard of the transit authority's police department. Most police agencies are part of the commission, which governs training standards for officers in the state. But Deal said some specialized departments are not members, and there are provisions in state public utilities law that allow for transit police agencies to be run by private transit providers. Sheriff's Sgt. Brooks said Eriksson voluntarily gave a DNA swab, which will be used to determine whether his blood was on the driver's side airbag. Eriksson had a blood-alcohol level of 0.09% — just over the 0.08% limit — and could face drunk driving charges if he was the driver, Brooks said. Another mystery is the Glock ammunition magazine found near the crash. Brooks said detectives believe it's connected to the crash but don't know how. |
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