Nobody crashes Ferraris better then Southern Californians
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Nobody crashes Ferraris better then Southern Californians
Nobody crashes Ferraris better then Southern Californians 
This link has videos as well- http://www.latimes.com/la-022106cras...ck=1&cset=true
This link has videos as well- http://www.latimes.com/la-022106cras...ck=1&cset=true
Million-Dollar Ferrari Crashes in Malibu
From a Times Staff Writer
3:21 PM PST, February 21, 2006
A driver lost control of a Ferrari sports car traveling 120 mph along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu this morning, slamming into a power pole that cut the car — which sells for up to $1 million — in half, according to authorities.
One man suffered minor injuries. He was identified as Stefan Erikssen, of Bel-Air, said Sgt. Philip Brooks of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The sports car went airborne and struck a power pole 5 to 10 feet off the ground, Brooks said. The car was demolished, but two air bags deployed.
"You pay a million bucks for a car, you expect safety," Brooks said.
Investigators said they believe the driver was alone in the car and was engaged in a street race at the time of the accident. Erikssen told them the driver of the car fled on foot, but a search turned up no one, Brooks said.
The crash took place about 6:15 a.m. near Decker Canyon Road, an exclusive area of multimillion-dollar estates overlooking the Pacific in west Malibu, near Leo Carrillo State Beach.
The car — reportedly a Ferrari Enzo worth between $600,000 and $1 million — has a top speed of more than 200 mph.
Traffic on PCH was disrupted this morning during the investigation of the incident.
Brooks said the area is not known for street racing.
"We get some speed violations, but nothing over 70 mph," Brooks said.
From a Times Staff Writer
3:21 PM PST, February 21, 2006
A driver lost control of a Ferrari sports car traveling 120 mph along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu this morning, slamming into a power pole that cut the car — which sells for up to $1 million — in half, according to authorities.
One man suffered minor injuries. He was identified as Stefan Erikssen, of Bel-Air, said Sgt. Philip Brooks of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The sports car went airborne and struck a power pole 5 to 10 feet off the ground, Brooks said. The car was demolished, but two air bags deployed.
"You pay a million bucks for a car, you expect safety," Brooks said.
Investigators said they believe the driver was alone in the car and was engaged in a street race at the time of the accident. Erikssen told them the driver of the car fled on foot, but a search turned up no one, Brooks said.
The crash took place about 6:15 a.m. near Decker Canyon Road, an exclusive area of multimillion-dollar estates overlooking the Pacific in west Malibu, near Leo Carrillo State Beach.
The car — reportedly a Ferrari Enzo worth between $600,000 and $1 million — has a top speed of more than 200 mph.
Traffic on PCH was disrupted this morning during the investigation of the incident.
Brooks said the area is not known for street racing.
"We get some speed violations, but nothing over 70 mph," Brooks said.
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What I love about it was that the driver ran away from the scene. It wasn't like he wrecked a run of the mill camry or taurus. This guy wrecked a ferrari freaking enzo. I wanna pull my hair out
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What I love about it was that the driver ran away from the scene. It wasn't like he wrecked a run of the mill camry or taurus. This guy wrecked a ferrari freaking enzo. I wanna pull my hair out
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One man suffered minor injuries. He was identified as Stefan Erikssen, of Bel-Air, said Sgt. Philip Brooks of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The sports car went airborne and struck a power pole 5 to 10 feet off the ground, Brooks said. The car was demolished, but two air bags deployed.
"You pay a million bucks for a car, you expect safety," Brooks said.
The sports car went airborne and struck a power pole 5 to 10 feet off the ground, Brooks said. The car was demolished, but two air bags deployed.
"You pay a million bucks for a car, you expect safety," Brooks said.
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Re: Nobody crashes Ferraris better then Southern Californians
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Ferrari is very strict about selling its cars, and in order to buy Enzo, you must be an owner of F40, and in order to own that , you must own F30 (if those are the right numbers). I remember reading an article at how they actually screen potential buyers of Enzo, and you can bet your money this guy will not be able to purchase another Enzo or next generation Ferrari supercar from them. He could buy it from someone else though.
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Originally Posted by muckz
Ferrari is very strict about selling its cars, and in order to buy Enzo, you must be an owner of F40, and in order to own that , you must own F30 (if those are the right numbers). I remember reading an article at how they actually screen potential buyers of Enzo, and you can bet your money this guy will not be able to purchase another Enzo or next generation Ferrari supercar from them. He could buy it from someone else though.
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Originally Posted by MasterEvilAce
Nah, i'm pretty sure if you have contact Ferrari if you EVER want to sell your Enzo.
The crash should seve to remind us all that being able to buy a "high performance" vehicle (whatever the price) doesn't in any way ensure that the driver is at a "high performance" skill level!
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You sign **** when you buy an Enzo. You're pretty much under contract. They can do whatever they want.
The Enzo is not just a car. It's a masterpiece. That's why Ferrari does it.
The Enzo is not just a car. It's a masterpiece. That's why Ferrari does it.
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heh.. Ihave ot share this.. My friend has a Lotus Elise.. $45k (roughly) exotic car... He loves it, and goes to all the fancy track days Lotus offers (complete with models, professional racers, food and all)
Anyways, he did an idiot, and ended up rearending a Camry.. About a solid 10-15 mph. The Camry sufferd a minor scuff and small crack in the bumper.. His Elise though looked abit worrysome.. cause the carbon fibre was structure was cracked inside.. eww...
Anyways, he finds a shop, that deals with exotics and knows how to work with carbon fibre.. If I understood correctly, Lotus was smart and put a cf "crashbox" upfront ot take this type of damage.. So all they have to do is cut out the crashbox, glue in a new... Unfortuantly, I think the first estimates are $15k... I hate to see his insurance rates after this!
Anyways, this all puts thing in perspective on how expensive repairs can be on these exotic cars.. this is "just" an Elise too!
Anyways, he did an idiot, and ended up rearending a Camry.. About a solid 10-15 mph. The Camry sufferd a minor scuff and small crack in the bumper.. His Elise though looked abit worrysome.. cause the carbon fibre was structure was cracked inside.. eww...
Anyways, he finds a shop, that deals with exotics and knows how to work with carbon fibre.. If I understood correctly, Lotus was smart and put a cf "crashbox" upfront ot take this type of damage.. So all they have to do is cut out the crashbox, glue in a new... Unfortuantly, I think the first estimates are $15k... I hate to see his insurance rates after this!
Anyways, this all puts thing in perspective on how expensive repairs can be on these exotic cars.. this is "just" an Elise too!
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Ok everyone, first off, the so called "driver" that ran off is probly the passenger b/c if you read the article it says the passenger had a busted nose but there was no blood on the passenge airbag but there was blood on the driver's airbag. A simple blood test will probly point out that the so called passenger was actually the driver and he is the one that owns the car. And also note his BAC was a little high too.
When the enzo came out......
IF you had the money you probly couldnt get one. You had to have previous Ferrari ownership and some friends at the factory or FNA (ferrari of North america) always helped. And by previous ownership I mean F40 and the F50. Not to sure about the 288 GTO b/c that car was never actually imported to the US. I think the minimum ownership was at least 4 cars. And these cars had to have a good paper trail meaning they were always serviced at dealers and taken well care of. Then you could get on the list of a potential buyer. From there the big shots at the factory picked out the lucky 399 future owners of the Enzo. The 400th was built a little bit later and auctioned off for charity.
As far as selling an Enzo, you can sell it to whoever pays the price, but keep in mind Ferrari will know where and who the car goes to. Most are exchange through dealers and you can even see some on Ebay.
How many off the 400 left?
Well, the first one that was wrecked actually came here for a while then the owner sold it on ebay and the new owner had the car repaired and though you could never tell from looking at it the paper trail is what kills that car.
There was one wrecked in london a while back and now this one. By the look of this one, the carbon fiber tub looked to be undamaged so it can be put back together without knowing anything ever happend........except, the paper trail. Which most Ferrari's, and especially the Enzo, and other Ferrari supercars, ie. F50, F40 etc. have a good one.
Sorry for the long post, just trying to explain some things.
When the enzo came out......
IF you had the money you probly couldnt get one. You had to have previous Ferrari ownership and some friends at the factory or FNA (ferrari of North america) always helped. And by previous ownership I mean F40 and the F50. Not to sure about the 288 GTO b/c that car was never actually imported to the US. I think the minimum ownership was at least 4 cars. And these cars had to have a good paper trail meaning they were always serviced at dealers and taken well care of. Then you could get on the list of a potential buyer. From there the big shots at the factory picked out the lucky 399 future owners of the Enzo. The 400th was built a little bit later and auctioned off for charity.
As far as selling an Enzo, you can sell it to whoever pays the price, but keep in mind Ferrari will know where and who the car goes to. Most are exchange through dealers and you can even see some on Ebay.
How many off the 400 left?
Well, the first one that was wrecked actually came here for a while then the owner sold it on ebay and the new owner had the car repaired and though you could never tell from looking at it the paper trail is what kills that car.
There was one wrecked in london a while back and now this one. By the look of this one, the carbon fiber tub looked to be undamaged so it can be put back together without knowing anything ever happend........except, the paper trail. Which most Ferrari's, and especially the Enzo, and other Ferrari supercars, ie. F50, F40 etc. have a good one.
Sorry for the long post, just trying to explain some things.
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Originally Posted by BlkLT1Z28
And by previous ownership I mean F40 and the F50.