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One less Enzo...

Lord Blackadder said:
Looks like the front end got light cresting that hill and he lost it on the way down. That is an exensive lump of Italian steel in the road there. :rolleyes:
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i think you would be hard pressed to find much steel in this vehicle, try carbon fiber and other exotic alloys
 
Looks like the front end got light cresting that hill and he lost it on the way down. That is an exensive lump of Italian carbon fiber and other exotic alloys in the road there.:)
 
Poor Car, stupid guy for driving that fast, stupid guy for racing, and stupid guy for buying that pricey of a car.
 
I might sound a little ignorant here but what a dumb-ass takes such a car and races it on a public highway!!

Take that baby to a race-track to see what it's capable of.


About that missing driver I can only ask myself don't they have license plates, VIN#, Registrations and such things. With either one of the information it can only be a matter of hours to find that guy.
 
In the words of Jeremy Clarkson, It's not speed that kills. It's not. It's instantaneously stopping that gets you.
 
I work and go to school on PCH in Malibu, south of where the accident happened. Today.... I saw a Ferrari Enzo on the back of a flatbed truck going north.. Could he have already replaced it? :)
 
Too bad this thread isn't titled "One less rich ass-dart in the world who doesn't have enough sense to know where the limits of his talents are."

OK, maybe that's a little harsh.

I see the same sort of thing all the time around here - except with teenagers and their sportbikes wearing shorts and sandals and absolutely no protective gear at all popping wheelies and stoppies down busy streets.
 
alexstein said:
About that missing driver I can only ask myself don't they have license plates, VIN#, Registrations and such things. With either one of the information it can only be a matter of hours to find that guy.
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I don't think anyone really believes there was another driver...certainly the police don't. Ericksson will eventually get charged with DUI and whatever else the authorities think will stick( IMHO).

As far as the vin#, etc...there seems to be some question as to how the enzo made it into the U.S. and who it's registered to. Should be interesting...
 
emaja said:
I see the same sort of thing all the time around here - except with teenagers and their sportbikes wearing shorts and sandals and absolutely no protective gear at all popping wheelies and stoppies down busy streets.
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I used to like riding my sportbike (sold it about a year ago still a little sad about it) around town wearing the proper gear, helmet, boots...
However I always hated when kids/adults like that drove right next to me and try to challenge one. I always smiled and shook my head. Then I always thought to myself if you want to race so bad why don't you visit the next track event and challenge me there.

I have never seen any of those kids on events like that weird isn't it? At last if you wipe out there, you might total your bike, you may even injure yourself, but at least you don't harm by-standers that don't wont to participate in your activities on public roads.
 
I saw a Enzo when i drove from england to berlin on the autobaan, those roads are meant for cars like that ;) it was one of the unlimited stretches, just came tearing down the road must of been doing 170 easily, I was doing 110mph and it was gone in a split second.

Shame this moron destroyed such a beautiful machine. That's what you get with idiotic millionaires buying things for the status.
 
alexstein said:
...I always thought to myself if you want to race so bad why don't you visit the next track event and challenge me there.

...At last if you wipe out there, you might total your bike, you may even injure yourself, but at least you don't harm by-standers that don't wont to participate in your activities on public roads.
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And proper medical care with be there instantly.

I used to ride - sold mine too - and was constantly amazed at how little people know about proper riding technique. Not just proper riding gear, but leaning into turns enough, not dragging your feet, and things like that.

I can only imagine what those same people would try in an exotic car and we can see at least one example here, but there are plently of others.

Money does not equal brains, self-awareness, or even common sense.
 
Lord Blackadder said:
And I thought Ferrari was really picky as to whom was allowed to buy its cars...makes me sick to look at shredded Enzos.
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They are. You had to own a F40, or F50 to get one of these. And even the F40 and F50 were about impossible to get.

grizzlybrice said:
...It was quite an experience. My buddy had the nerve to ask for a ride, and this older driver said that if he had a camera phone he would take a picture in the front seat of it. I thought it was odd for an older gent to be so gungho about technology. We found out at the end of our conversation that of the 400 made (number 400 went to the old pope for auction), this was number 399 and that there are only 80 stateside. And the guy was one of the co-founders of Nextel. Quite crazy.

The guy mentioned that one can turn off the traction control, but said it himself that it was 'unwise', funny that he used the same wording.

The guy is living his dream. He said that the car starts to feel 'right' when one is going 170+. The love for Ferraris can spread quickly. And to quote this outstanding gentleman, "Ferarris are meant to be driven."

The Grizz

PS. Oh, he did a 180 on the side street (poorer turning radius than one would think), and then tore it up down the little straightaway to the stopsign. It sounded so sweeet. Very throaty, unlike a supercar, more muscle car.
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I would have hugged that guy for saying that. There are very few exotic car owners that know about the car(s), much less billionaires.

My dad's cousin's husband:)p ) owns a 328 GTB ferrari. I drove it last july. The car practically drives it's self.

And my self personally, i would have grabbed that V12 sitting there on the ground.

And IMO, the guy deserves to have a recked enzo for changing out the wheels on it :mad:. There is a reason they are on that 1-million dollar car you idiot!!
 
cantthinkofone said:
They are. You had to own a F40, or F50 to get one of these. And even the F40 and F50 were about impossible to get.
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I heard that you had to own at least two other Ferraris, but I didn't think they specified F40 and F50; in fact they made less than 350 F50s (Ferrari built 400 Enzos plus the FXX cars). The F40 isn't terribly rare either, since over 1,300 were made. That's a lot for a Ferrari. It was more or less being a good Ferrari customer that got you on the list.
 
cantthinkofone said:
And IMO, the guy deserves to have a recked enzo for changing out the wheels on it :mad:. !
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you know... I thought exactly the same thing when I first saw the pictures as well. ;) :p

Lord Blackadder said:
I heard that you had to own at least two other Ferraris, but I didn't think they specified F40 and F50; in fact they made less than 350 F50s (Ferrari built 400 Enzos plus the FXX cars). The F40 isn't terribly rare either, since over 1,300 were made. That's a lot for a Ferrari. It was more or less being a good Ferrari customer that got you on the list.
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I seem to remember reading something similar about having to have purchase one of the previous special editions (288 GTO, F40, F50) though I also recall reading that you had a better chance of getting on the Enzo Ferrari list, had you not previously been a speculative buyer/seller of previous Ferrari's... or maybe, like you say... it was just a case of being an exisitng Ferrari owner.

That said... you could order Enzo's from exotic dealers even before they were actually built... so it wasn't that difficult to buy one :eek:

It's a shame that they didn't homologate the FXX, a car that is IMHO, even more awesome than a Veyron... and one in the tradition of exceptionally rare, uber-super-Ferrari's such as the GTO Evoluzione, F40 LM and F50 GT.
 
Lord Blackadder said:
I heard that you had to own at least two other Ferraris, but I didn't think they specified F40 and F50; in fact they made less than 350 F50s (Ferrari built 400 Enzos plus the FXX cars). The F40 isn't terribly rare either, since over 1,300 were made. That's a lot for a Ferrari. It was more or less being a good Ferrari customer that got you on the list.
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Well i thought that it had to be a F40, F50, or both to even be considered a owner of a enzo. Maybe not. But i do know that the F50 was never sold to any one. All of them are leased to the people that have them. Ferrari can take them back when ever they want.
 
not quite as rare and not quite as fast as an enzo, but still very sad:

http://acrosstheboard.blogspot.com/2006/02/dude-what-happened-to-your-car.html
FordGTWreck.jpg
 
iGav said:
It's a shame that they didn't homologate the FXX, a car that is IMHO, even more awesome than a Veyron... and one in the tradition of exceptionally rare, uber-super-Ferrari's such as the GTO Evoluzione, F40 LM and F50 GT.
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I wonder what the future of the FXX is. Ferrari specifically stated that the car (or more appropriately, the "program") was supposed to aid in the devlopment of future products. The "owners" don't take delivery of the FXX, in fact I wonder if they really own the car at all. I can't see Ferrari just destroying them when the program ends...but like you said they are one of THE rarest (quasi)production Ferraris ever, and the fastest too. But with them not being road-legal that puts them in a sort of limbo.

cantthinkofone said:
Well i thought that it had to be a F40, F50, or both to even be considered a owner of a enzo. Maybe not. But i do know that the F50 was never sold to any one. All of them are leased to the people that have them. Ferrari can take them back when ever they want.
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I never heard that they were leased...what, like the GM EV-1? :eek: I doubt it.

By the way, Eriksson has put up the wreck for sale for $200k :eek:

I heard it comes with a free crushed ego. :p
 
$200k :eek: About the only thing salvageable on that thing is the seats, steering wheel, and possible a disk roter or two. Guess you could strap those roters on your ford focus and give your self wip lash from the sudden breaking :D
 
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