http://www.wreckedexotics.com/599/
i brought this up on another forum. just because you are gawd-awful wealthy doesn't necessarly mean you know what to do with 600+ bhp. numerous enzo's have gone the way of the dinosaur because their pilot had more money than sense. but i could be wrong... joe
Right: it's Ferrari's fault. I brought this up previously, but no one thinks the cars are defective. How many Ferraris have caught fire and burned down? Why isn't Ferrari held to a higher standard? Percentage wise, an alarming number of Ferraris have been burned to the ground.
"This brand new 599 GTB was being driven at around 130 mph on the German autobahn when the engine caught fire. The car was a total loss." Ferrari may want to look into this "minor" defect.
it wasn't meant to be stereotypical. there was a specific incident locally where a young adult with very wealthy parents was killed along with the two innocent victims in the car he hit with his ferrari f355 berlinetta. he was driving three times the posted speed limit when he lost controll and struck an oncoming vehicle. his ferrari was broken in two. i guess what i mean't to say is just because you have the means to buy a 200 mph automobile, doesn't necessarily mean you have the skill to drive a 200 mph automobile. porsche claims my 968 can top out @ 156 mph. i've never driven it above 80 (on a highway with a 65 mph speed limit) could i get my car to 156 mph? i don't know. but it wouldn't be on a public road and it most certainly wouldn't be attempted without first completing a driving program for performance automobiles. just my opinion. joe from rockford
That 355 accident is not the best example to use to prove your point. It is hardly a 200mph car,it is not expensive(relatively) and there are tons of even cheaper alternatives with even more performance. As a percentage of accidents per production ,Ferraris and Lambos have a much better record (read less accidents) then more mainstream cars like Mustangs or Vettes. Insurance companies know it too,exotic car crashes just tend to be more publicized (it is more "interesting to read about a crash of "$1mln Modena" then $20k Ford) as is shown in news reports written by over exaggerating reporters.
good point. maybe i shouldn't have responded to this link as i did. and i do agree with your comments on the media. so to anyone i may have offended with the "more dollars than sense" comment, i offer my sincerest apology. kind regards joseph.
Yupper, insurance companies keep track of the real numbers. That's why F cars are often much cheaper to insure than 'hotrods for 21 yr old youngsters', such as Corvettes, Mustangs, etc. Insurance has always been cheap on my 328, whether I had full comp/collision or just liability. Insurance stats must indicate that -most- F cars are not often driven, taken good care of, and have more 'mature'(HA), err, maybe -less- imature owners.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I visit wrecked exotics pretty frequently and find posts similar to the one starting this thread quite distasteful. All cars have at least a few crashes and this one crashing this "soon" is not all that amazing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that a car that no one even knows about is reason enough to start a thread. Peter Hatch
You dont really know the story behind each accident, so you better not judge their driving skills/jugements. Driving a Ferrari at 150mph is different than drinving a Volvo at 70 mph. Have you driven a Ferrari at very fast speed? You may not be a better driver than them. I drive a Toyota Camry and never had an accident, that doesnt mean im a better driver than these Ferrari owners that wrecked their cars.
+ 1 Always good not to judge... selfish reasons being paramount,.... for - - - as for what to drive at very fast speed, anything with 4 wheels is probably easier than 2 wheels with some golf clubs on your back. As when I was young and irresponsible, that definitely, definitely, definitely never happened; no - absolutely not - never. And any reports of the lengths I went to get a collapsible golf bag and find ways to strap the clubs along the bike's length are also utterly fictitious, as well as any reports of leaving Lake Nona at deeply, enoyable speeds a few years back are also widely over reported.
hello, please review my post, #15 yesterday @ 10:55 am. it read as follows; good point. maybe i shouldn't have responded to this link as i did. and i do agree with your comments on the media. so to anyone i may have offended with the "more dollars than sense" comment, i offer my sincerest apology. kind regards joseph
