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cbruce348
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2001 - 11:10 am: | |
The worst thing about this article .....................these cars are out there in the market right now. Like all stolen cars, they have received extensive damage, they will soon be cleaned and sold, usually as 'Showroom condition-easy hiway miles' .... |
Bret M
| | Posted on Monday, January 22, 2001 - 8:44 pm: | |
Yeah I have noticed that most of the cops around me are pretty much alright. I've been pulled over half a dozen times and have been like I wasn't speeding, swerving, anything how come you pulled me over? More often than not I get the response of "What does this do?" and they're pointing to the intake or looking at the grills in front. Then they're always like "Oh, well I'm not going to give you a summens, you can go on your way." I guess not considering that they're just checking out the prancing horse, I can't blame 'em. When I'm not in a rush or on a date, I enjoy sharing the Ferrari with as many people as I can, who knows maybe someday one of them will be talking on this site.
Bret |
MN Mark
| | Posted on Sunday, January 21, 2001 - 10:03 pm: | |
Now remember, this bloke saw a "dirty" Ferrari, and reasoned that something was amiss. Next time you are pulled over, think about the fact that this guy may be the same guy that "rescues" your Ferrari from the bonehead that tries to steal it next week. I know that a lot of the officers are the guys we picked on in High School, and now feel important with a gun on the hip. But imagine the world without them... And no, I am not n officer. |
CraigFL
| | Posted on Saturday, January 20, 2001 - 6:27 pm: | |
I worry more about vandalism than theft. I've had my cars damaged in parking lots before. |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
| | Posted on Saturday, January 20, 2001 - 6:20 pm: | |
I guess movies like "Gone in Sixty Seconds" doesn't help either, influencing people to steal Ferraris. Articles like this worry me, if someone ever laid hands on my GT4... |
Bret M
| | Posted on Saturday, January 20, 2001 - 4:06 pm: | |
I am on my town's volunteer Rescue Squad so I talk to the police fairly often (the police station is right next door) and one of the cops said that he once tried to pull over a black 308 (he doesn't know which model but I think it was a QV). Be it that the roads in my town are basically built for a Ferrari (all very smooth, winding roads) after about a 1/4 of a mile of trying to keep up, the Ferrari had pulled so far ahead that he was out of sight. It is amazing how fast they really are, especially in any course that requires turning and braking. Since there are several Ferraris in my town there was no way of identifying who it was. Maybe the next time a cop tries to pull you are you should consider dropping the hammer and see if he can keep up. OK maybe that's not a good idea. |
Scott85 (Scott85)
| | Posted on Saturday, January 20, 2001 - 2:07 pm: | |
From the Chicago Sun Times
Stolen Ferraris crash after chase by police
January 20, 2001
BY FRANK MAIN STAFF REPORTER
The dirt on the black Ferrari 512 was the first giveaway that something was amiss.
Master Sgt. Walt Harris was patrolling Interstate 294 near Hinsdale in his unmarked State Police cruiser when he saw the $125,000 car traveling south at 62 mph.
"No guy would let his Ferrari look like that," the master sergeant said.
He checked the car's Tennessee license plate and traced it to a stolen Porsche. It turned out the 12-cylinder Italian rocket was among four Ferraris stolen Thursday night from a lot at Continental AutoSports on Ogden in Hinsdale.
Word went out, and police rounded up the Ferraris within hours, including a black 456 GTA clocked at more than 140 mph during a pursuit in Indiana.
The 456 GTA crashed along U.S. 52 south of Gary, and another stolen Ferrari was found down the road. The black 512 was abandoned on Interstate 80 in the south suburbs, and the fourth Ferrari was ditched in Kankakee County. But the drivers were nowhere to be found, and a manhunt for them continued Friday night.
"There is no doubt these individuals were part of a crew," Harris said. "They were professionals."
He was driving south of the Hinsdale Oasis when he saw the black 1992 Ferrari 512, which is capable of breaking 190 mph. Then he spotted a red Ferrari ahead in traffic. Both drivers were talking on cell phones.
A state trooper in a marked patrol car tried to stop the red Ferrari about a mile ahead. "It was like a jet plane. The red car vanished, basically," Harris said.
He continued after the black Ferrari, which turned east on I-80 and weaved in and out of heavy traffic until ice and snow on the roadside apparently damaged the low-slung sports car.
As steam poured from the radiator, the driver abandoned the black Ferrari on I-80 in south suburban Lansing.
Another Ferrari crashed after a chase in Kankakee County, but the driver escaped, too, Hinsdale police Sgt. Paul Lambert said.
The other two exotic cars were found in rural Fowler, Ind., about 50 miles south of Gary.
Fowler police officer Jaime Garcia tried to stop the black 1997 456 GTA that accelerated to more than 140 mph before crashing on U.S. 52. Police later found a red 1994 Ferrari 348 abandoned on the same highway. They were searching for both drivers Friday.
Police found fingerprints and personal items in one of the cars that might lead to a suspect.
A representative of Continental AutoSports declined comment. |
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