Ferrari F40 Wrecked in Houston, the real story

I'll give you that.

Meme or not, it just adds to your Ferrari-hating reputation.

I'm not sure what more it needed either - or the fact that it was newsworthy at all. Then again "newsworthy" and "Jalopnik" don't actually belong in the same sentence.

Funny, I didn't see that. When I clicked the link to the article, all I saw were a few pictures and a brief description making fun of another Ferrari.

No, it's awesome to have an opinion! You could've done a great piece on the personalization program and included a whole hilarious paragraph about Elkann and that car - but the rest of the piece could've been informative.

LOL, yes, I looked at the personalized car - I saw it when the story first hit. Not my taste, but this is just one of many examples where they take cheap shots at Ferrari without ever bothering to go deeper. But you're right that it's written for mass appeal - bubble gum with no real substance. Now I can't even remember why I started replying to this thread in the first place.

 

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It is surprising to me how quickly some people on this site can turn against the people and cars we all like.

I have not posted on this thread until facts could be verified. Everyone wants details, but the lack of them leads to specualtion that some great story exists. When the facts come out, the details are never as juicy as one would like, but this thread has become very tabloidly.

This accident was not caused by a driver or skill issue. It was caused by a front tire failure. Fortunately, there are no major injuries. Much of the presented information here is incorrect.

 

Those look like the original 20 year old tires.

 

Rob, you little tease! Visions of F40 going +200 down Scott St in the third ward. Maybe running from hoards of folks bent on ill intent. Shadows in the side streets....

I kid, I kid. No where near the accident. I would like to know that all got out safe. We can fix bent metal pretty easy(relative).

 

Carbon, did you channel JRV? Your posts seem to reflect a certain personal agenda.

Scary crap man

 

I do not get most of the F Chat VS Jalopnik rhetoric! AND, I will stay clear of the cartoon of the poor prancing horse being assaulted by the chainsaw scene. The poor horsey is in fact "flowing the red vino" and appears to be down for the count. God help it nay another day! Again I do not follow F chat enough to fully grasp the conflict.

 

sad news....hopefully not terminal...here's another bodywork link, not sure as i can't read the ad, but looks like possibly correct bodywork?

http://www.jameslist.com/advert/307377/for-sale-ferrari-f40

 

Here it is, hot off the presses:

http://jalopnik.com/5833174/mechanic-wrecks-out+of+town-owners-500000-ferrari-f40

 

"The owner, who purchased the car new..."

Enough said.

 

Well, that location is in VERY close proximity to a well known shop, that DID (up until last week, anyway) have a F40 carefully parked inside.

A shame about the cracked tub........

Next!

 

horrible story! i bet that mechanic feels like total doodoo and I'm sure the owner is heartbroken. very unfortunate incident that was likely easily preventable.

 

Or, it could have been another shop, who knows???

Slimey John's shop is over there too, and O'Quinn's wasn't far.

It's hard to keep track of all these 'secret F40's" and the handlers that throw them off into the weeds........

 

Man, the value jumped $100K just before they totalled it, huh Joe???

I take strong exception to the use of the term "Mechanic's joy ride", your Honor, they were OBVIOUSLY out "testing".....

The PROVA plate must have fallen off, in the impact...

 

Well, if they are 1992 tires, they are like rocks.

Spooling up the turbos on cold tires in KNOWN no no, so that's a big clue too, as to who might have been driving.

An word on the injuries??
Hopefull not serious, or ????

 

You have to clear the metal detector, get a VISITOR badge and pay cash......they close at 5PM.

The officer at the security desk likes Ferraris too!

 

Update... the owner wasn't driving.

http://jalopnik.com/5833174/mechanic-wrecks-out+of+town-owners-500000-ferrari-f40

 

Me too.

"Because the F40s tub is cracked".

Funny.

 

"I don't know how fast he was going, but he had to be going 60+ because I could hear the turbos spooling on the car," said Travis Brown, an employee at a nearby store who witnessed the crash.

Interesting. I never knew that F40's turbos don't start "spooling" until 60mph.

The windshield doesn't appear to even be cracked, let alone the "tub".

 

I clearly do not get out enough, as I don't get the drama here, other than the fact that the poor owner's car was wrecked through no fault of his own, other that possibly the same error Flounder made in Animal House . . . .

 

How is a situation like this handled? Is the shop going to find the owner another F40? Give him cash? Would the business insurance even cover this?

 

That bit at the end about George Foreman's grille - that was funny.


Where's Grady to confirm the veracity of this story?