Son crashes dad’s Ferrari, calls home to report the bad news

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— 0to60 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 2:07:40 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 8   

I bet he wish he wore a rubber then...

— 0to60 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 2:07:58 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

If he crashed an LF-A, I'd be like "Wow, how did you crash a car that doesn't exist?"

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 2:30:59 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 23   

Yeah, I would slap him silly too!! If I were his Dad and he crashed my IS-F, I would slap him and say "Why did you call me??? Now everyone knows I am a loser for owning such a crappy car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

— FactsRule (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 8:49:22 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

LMAO Rupert catchy come back :-)

— 85bmw745i (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 7:26:57 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

Catchy?

— njshift (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 2:38:00 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

Future Darwin Award.

— Bmw8ter (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 2:26:23 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

Reasonable Dad - "That's okay son, Mom & I are just glad you weren't hurt. Just come on home and we'll have some hot chocolate for you."

This Dad - "Wife, where's my 357 Magnum?"

— BMW995 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 4:06:13 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7   

This is what happens when show-off kid, who can barely drive, get into car like Ferrari.

Get a Prius...
What a waste...

— vladyxa (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 4:25:31 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

But...
On the other hand, if his dad let him drive the car, one of just 16 cruising around Australia, he probably does not care much, because letting teenager drive Ferrari is almost the same as letting baby play with ancient chinese vase.

Kid probably does not care much neither. For him it is just another expensive daddy's toy he broke. Doesn't matter whether it is F360 Challenge Straddle or Bugatti Veyron.

— vladyxa (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 4:30:20 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

eh, if dad could afford the Ferrari he could afford the insurance.

— JRobUSC (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 5:15:02 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

and A4 is replacable!!!

— 0to60 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 5:56:14 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

Oops, I did an Agent001. The A4 is replaceable rather* You can't just go to a dealer and pick one of these up!

— 0to60 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 8:47:36 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

If you can afford the F360 CS, then totalling it means absolutely nothing..
In fact it is probably a good thing as it only amplifies the fact that you have so much moola that your kid can go out and total the sucker..

— AgentOrange (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 5:51:07 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

I would never, ever, ever let my son drive my Ferrari in the first place. I hesitate before handing him the keys to the S4... he got all three of his speeding tickets in my previous A6.

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 6:21:05 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

Pair of idiots....father with more money than brains, son with no sense of responsbility.

— doctorproctor (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 7:23:50 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Poor silly kid, He'd actually could look cool driving a Ferrari with a calm controlled hand flowing with traffic instead of hotdoggin around like a numbskull.

— Jaybrn (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 7:45:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

What a jerk, this kid crashed the beautiful Ferrari for his pathetic foolery of showing off. This is the problem with our society, most of us people who love a ferrari with our mind, body, and soul never get to drive one, and some pesky little brat with a millionaire father and no understanding of driving gets to drive the exotic and crash it. God is so unfair.

— farabira1 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 8:39:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I think the really important issue here is that there is a road named "Batman Avenue" in Australia.

— theresmychippy (View Profile)

Posted on 5/5/2008 9:16:16 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

You'd think these Ferrari owners would know better than to let their kids drive these cars. It seems like over half the Ferrari wrecks are by kids.

— lexusis350 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 1:18:45 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

why does Ferrari all the sale of their cars to morons who can't drive?

— charlik05 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 2:06:14 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

I think the dad has more concern about his son's safety, the car comes second because it can be replaced.

— fatboi (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 5:43:26 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

@charlik05
have you ever driven a ferrari ?
i dont think so otherwise you would be flying over a cliff! once you lose control of a ferrari its hard to regain it specialy on high speeds.

— fatboi (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 5:48:45 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

well fatboi,

actually i have driven formula 1 cars. Also a Ferrari 348,355,360, porsche 911 turbo S, new M5, new M6, 850csi dinan, should i keep going?

the reason for for my comment was if take into the account of how many crashes have been reported in the last year of Enzo's and 430's, you would see that too many are being crashed.

Also that is not a 150mph crash. that at most is a 60mph crash. If you can't control a car at 60 then you should not be driving a car meant to perform at 200.

I have seen 100+ crashes and no one walked away to call home.

— charlik05 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 10:54:59 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Err. . . STRADDLE?

Stradale. I thought this was a car site. ;-)

— Hantra (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 3:11:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

You guys are all really jealous... How do u know that the kid is not a professional driver, or how do u know that the kid did not buy it for his father as a gift... How do u even know that the kid is 16 years old?? Lucky for him that he was born into a wealthy family and thank god that he is ok... When I'll have children, ill give them the keys to my cars, just like my dad gives me the keys to his car... Its all abt trust, and if u guys are not even going to trust ur children for a stupid car, than u all *&*%#$ ...

— Shahan (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 3:21:22 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

At leats the kids ok, I bet he wishes his dad owned an F430 which is much more safer with better traction controls etc, he might not have crashed it....see specs on that pressportal website: http://www.pressportal.com.au/news/352/ARTICLE/1878/2008-02-20.html

— blinky_cobra (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 10:28:01 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Wheres the motor on this? If its rear, then it'll be an easy fix.

— StickShiftCamry (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 11:06:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

This is why I don't have kids!

— MunichRob (View Profile)

Posted on 5/7/2008 12:16:53 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2