Ferrari F40 crashed by a service technician in the UK
Posted by alecmets2011@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 157 comments
Posted by alecmets2011@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 157 comments
mandoLSX@reddit
this is the 2nd time I seen a Ferrari F40 being wrecked while a service tech was driving it š
miguel7395@reddit
Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.
Old_Acanthaceae5198@reddit
Nah, I know everyone likes to talk about vipers trying to kill you but these things are shitty shitty cars with a giant ass turbo and 30 year old tires.
I can't emphasize enough how easy it is to spin one of these things.
Zero shock that even a professional well meaning mechanic might accidentally lost their shit just moving the car.
NOT_THE_BATF@reddit
It's the only time some of them get driven.
Honest-Piccolo-5499@reddit
Service techs having a bit too much fun
Reigns_12@reddit
He's fucked for sure
lowstrife@reddit
Most likely cause of the accident? Honestly? I don't see a tech hooning these things.
My money is on tires that were from when Bush was in office and are horrifyingly dangerous and slick.
akaneel@reddit
If you google āoriginal F40 tiresā this is the first pic that pops up, and it looks identical to the ones in the photo lol
https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/ferrari-f40-original-wheels-and-tyres
lowstrife@reddit
Yeah but what happens with these uber cars is the tire company will reproduce the original tires. Every 5 years they'll do a production run, and all the owners (should) buy a set during that production run. And unless I'm mistaken, the tread pattern is carried over too.
https://www.alamy.com/meeting-of-ferrari-cars-during-the-patronal-festivals-of-torrejon-de-ardoz-madrid-spain-rear-wheel-of-ferrari-f40-with-p-zero-pirelli-tire-image221548327.html
UsernameAvaylable@reddit
Isn't that was killed Paul Walker? Or at least was partially at fault for the crash aside from driving like an asshole, using decade old tyres on his Carrera GT?
Crazy95jack@reddit
Yep old ass tires
Geofferz@reddit
And no traction control on a 600bhp f1 v10 engine
D4rkr4in@reddit
I donāt think TC would help on totally dry rotted rubber
Geofferz@reddit
I'm pretty sure it would.
Ghost1k25@reddit
Traction control canāt create traction thatās not there (in the case of dry rotten tires giving up in the middle of a corner).
Geofferz@reddit
Tc cuts power to a spinning wheel to prevent more spinning.......
D4rkr4in@reddit
Reminder that the CGT would have TC and ECU from 2005 - itās not like the relative supercomputers youād see on modern day Porsches that will save your ass from being a total novice driver
Mildly_moist@reddit
My 2006 Miata will catch wheel spin within a couple of rotations of the wheel at the most, even on semi slicks in the wet.
BattlePrune@reddit
It seems like youāre assuming Walker was driving, this wasnāt the case, he was the passenger.
alehanro@reddit
Except Pirelli still makes the exact same tire today, exclusively for the F40. The official Pirelli and Ferrari FBs did a feature last year about how they still manufacture the tire as it was OEM on the Ferrari, being an existing tire to support Lancia.
https://www.stuckey.com.au/Tyres/TyreSearch/ProdID/65
https://www. āforbidden website with the pino and orage cameraā .com/p/ChINrbmgU5U/?igsh=ZGhnc3Y2MXFzNTdx
https://www.quattrotires.com/tires/pirelli-p-zero-asimmetrico
https://www.1010tires.com/Tires/Pirelli/P-Zero+Asimmetrico
D4rkr4in@reddit
Wait Insta is forbidden here?
alehanro@reddit
The powers that be at Reddit donāt like the Meta group cross posts. Posts get auto-removed in most subs to prevent the subs getting auto-removed.
Francoberry@reddit
There's weird thing with collectors about keeping everything original. Even where replacement tyres are available, many owners keep the car on original tyres and just transport the car from concours to concours (instead of actually driving it)
CreatureMoine@reddit
I can see the point of brand new tires that replicate original ones. Modern tires can totally change the way a supercar from the 80's handles. Would it perform better and be safer at the same time? Very likely! But I get the appeal of spending that much money on something and getting to experience it as you would have when it first came out.
Running decade old tires on a multi-million dollar car though? Hell no that's just asking for something tragic to happen.
Francoberry@reddit
Yeah, keeping a car on original tyres is really only acceptable if the goal is to just display the car and not driver it. Its ridiculous to see anyone driving on tyres that are decades old.Ā
hondaexige@reddit
It's absolutely not on its original tyres - the car has done 50k miles since new.
DorpvanMartijn@reddit
Some people actually buy original tires just to keep it as original as possible. It's of course clinically insane, but it happens a lot more than you think
hondaexige@reddit
Video is out now, driver nailed it in the cold and damp and proceeded to the scene of the accident. Insane lack of care
Agitated-Wrangler-34@reddit
Yep, this was driver error. Tires may be part of it but putting your foot into a 80's turbo boosted holy grail.............? PRICELESS!
caterham09@reddit
It absolutely blows my mind people with these very expensive, high performance cars don't realize the importance of at least somewhat new rubber.
I get it a little bit on something like a Veyron where a set of tires is like 6 figures, but on something like this where the difference between a regular driving car, and wrecking the vehicle is like $2500 it doesn't make sense.
I mean shit it's possibly what killed Paul walker too. Porsche GT with 10 year old tires on it.
tututuco@reddit
it is almost like those cars arenāt made for enthusiasts who understand about cars and instead are targeted on rich people that just wants to show how rich they are and especulate them to make money aināt it
Powerful_Abalone1630@reddit
Most people who own them drive them rarely. And even when they're driven, they're often not driven hard.
Then you can run into the weird problem of the tires that fit being some oddball size that was made specifically for it. And they don't make very many sets at a time.
And I guess nobody feels like buying an aftermarket set of driving around wheels and tires?
knowledgeable_diablo@reddit
From memory this is A bit like the M1 BMW. Had metric wheels that only one manufacturer made tyres to fit. Being metric, not only is it a matter of getting the tread and shit correct, the entire manufacturing line would need to be rejigged to allow the correct size tyre to even be made. This is a situation where if the owner doesnāt get ridin round town wheels and tyre combo then they got rocks in their head.
Specialist-Size9368@reddit
Ferrari used Metric tires in the 80's. Michelin TRX to be exact. They still make them. They are expensive. More expensive than a set of tires for my Viper. They are also a 1980's tread pattern and compound. Some owners like to stick with original. Some go aftermarket or get later Ferrari rims. There is enough demand that you can get standard rims in the same style to keep the original appearance. Mine has vintage etoile rims in a standard size.
I would be very surprised if the M1 doesn't have similar options.
knowledgeable_diablo@reddit
Iām sure they do, but as you say, they are very expensive. And when people go skimping on costs, a lot do the whole āwell Im not planning on doing anything too extreme, and Iāve only done a couple of miles on my current tyres so Iāll push them out a littleā which can have some rather negative outcomes. Also driving a low BRZ, I often get the pleasure of driving next to some of the higher Porsches and other top of the line SUVās and seeing these things shod in a fresh set of Linglongs or Winruns can be a little disconcerting. As you know theyāve pushed themselves financially to the limit to get the āprestigiousā car but donāt have the actual cash back up to maintain and properly run said vehicle. Which makes for a very dangerous vehicle on road.
Specialist-Size9368@reddit
Trust me, I know and have commented about people skimping costs. Every viper I looked at decade old tires. When I got mine I had to run it for the first season because it was during the pandemic and I couldn't get replacements. My Mondial also came with decade old tires. Despite it being a project that doesn't get driven as soon as I saw cracks in the side wall I replaced them.
I fully understand people having pushed themselves to the limit. My cars have maintenance needs and I cannot afford to just send it off to be done. My time is limited and so are my funds so I replace bit by bit. Tires for the viper alone were 2300. Vipers for the ferrari were 700. This year the big hang up was the morgan's fuel lines and pump as well as rebuilding the viper's steering rack. Viper has been parked most of the year and is waiting on an alignment. Getting it done is problematic mainly for the rear camber. If I buy the tools (500+) and do that bit at home it becomes easier to find places to do it.
Speaking of tools that is a big hang up. Have a 20 ton press that needs assembled for the spring when I will replace all the a arm bushings in the viper. When I did the engine and trans mount I needed an underhoist stand. I have a 4 post lift, but it took six weeks to find someone in china that would sell me a pair of bridge jacks that would fit. Currently waiting on those which will help with the bushing replacement.
colin_staples@reddit
McLaren F1 owners have this problem
Every few years a bunch of owners have to get together and agree to buy a certain number of new set of tyres, so Michelin will make a batch specially for them in that size (which may be unique to the F1)
I understand the with the T.50 Gordon Murray discussed tyre sizes beforehand with Michelin, choosing a common tyre size that will be produced for many years, to try and avoid this problem in future.
caterham09@reddit
Yeah you pretty much hit on the crux of the issue here. These cars aren't driven. More often than not these cars are owned by people who like the way they look, or want it as an investment, rather than someone who truly appreciates the car. So these things sit in dark garages for years at a time and then once they are actually taken out for a drive, those years of deffered maintenance are piled up and rarely taken care of.
jstilla@reddit
Iāve spoken with multiple collectorās about this.
Itās like talking to a wall. They really canāt comprehend tired going bad.
Specialist-Size9368@reddit
Try buying collector cars. If it runs and drives its fine. Doesn't matter if the bushings are 25 years old. Doesn't matter if there are leaks as long as they are small. Every time I go to look at a vintage car its infuriating.
HAL_9OOO_@reddit
Too many car people think that miles driven is the only metric for part replacement.
UsernameAvaylable@reddit
They should put some nice boots into a dry closet for a decade without wearing them and wath the soles crumble...
OldArtichoke433@reddit
The last thing anyone wants to do is replace a tire that still has plenty of tread left. Especially on a vehicle that they just spent $$$$$ on an engine out service that they drove less than 500 miles a year. The rubber of course becomes hard and brittle as it ages. A swift kick of a tire and it still feeling like rubber is often enough to convince yourself itās fine no matter what the date code says. This is especially true for oddball sizes where procuring them is a pita and you are left with purchasing an aftermarket set of wheels to accommodate a different tire size. More money and more time and you just want to take the keys and drive the damn car.
mysockshurt1@reddit
The cars are worth more money when they have the original tyres
AndrewCoja@reddit
It's not about not being able to afford new tires, it's often that they are the original tires. They want everything on the car to be as original as possible for whatever reason.
lowstrife@reddit
Throttle House spun a ford GT on original tires a few years ago too. Barely avoided it going into the wall, they got so lucky.
Aggressive_Peace499@reddit
what ford gt was it?
lowstrife@reddit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGuW1OgdQXg
MAGGLEMCDONALD@reddit
Damn, the emption in his eyes. I want to give him a big hug too!
Active-Device-8058@reddit
Genuine question because I have never driven 20yo tires:
Would they become so slick that even appropriate driving is now dangerous? Like, a 35mph road with a normal corner you're suddenly flying off of? Or would you still need to be hooning it (just to a much lower level.)
c0rbin9@reddit
Unlike the people commenting on this, I have driven on quite old tires, ones that were 29 years old in fact when I bought my RX-7, and I can tell you the replies here are exaggerated.
They have much less grip, but you're not going to fly off the road at normal speeds.
The real concern is a blow out. Also the complete lack of ability to stop quickly in an emergency situation.
MisterSquidInc@reddit
In dry conditions maybe, if it's wet or even just damp it's like driving on ice
GodLovesUglySong@reddit
Can't it be both? I mean an RX-7 is relatively less powerful than an F40. Of course it's going to be easier to get a handle of even if it has old tires.
c0rbin9@reddit
Well, the person I was replying to was asking if old tires can make your car slide off the road at normal speeds.
ilkopo@reddit
Conditions and luck with tires that old is my experience, all fine until it wasnāt. I had driven on old tires for about 5 months until I spun across a highway.
They had plenty tread depth and no dry cracking, I hit a pavement transition bump on a near straight slightly curved on ramp that was damp at about 50 mph and 360 spun across a thankfully empty highway.
There was no transition, Iām driving straight barely had the wheels turned with steady throttle and next thing I know Iām spinning, it just let go as if I was on a sheet of ice and drove over one of those kicker plates.
hannahranga@reddit
Admittedly I'm an Aussie so we do tend to cook tires faster but when I bought my last car the tires it had were bad enough could lose traction in the drive by flooring it. That was a 20yo i4 Camry and that was scary enough let alone something fast.
UsernameAvaylable@reddit
Eh, part of dry rot is the "dry" part. Even with the same rubber you can get drastically different aging if they are sitting outside or in a showroom, for example.
Chippy569@reddit
They don't become slick with age, the rubber dry rots and then rapidly stops being a contiguous rubber piece.
uaexemarat@reddit
Had this happen on a few year old chinese tire
Not fun
4score-7@reddit
My grandmaās 1989 Ford Tempo had 22k miles on when she passed in 2007. She hadnāt driven it at all in 5-6 years, and not much even before that. It just sat. Before she passed, I asked her if I could take it out close by and see if it still drove. It did.
Granted, it didnāt have F40 performance, haha. In fact, without a tailwind downhill, I donāt know how that actually went. Anyway, tires were not OEM; they were the 2nd set, as the first had dry-rotted. These tires were dry rotted too. I didnāt go far, and I had no choice in whether to go fast or not.
UsernameAvaylable@reddit
I had a nice pair of boots from my army times - pristine quality (were polished every morning after all while they were still used).
Forgot about them in my closet and when i was wearing them 15 years later the first few minutes everything was fine and then i realized i was leaving rubber crumbles behind when i was walking. Like, less than a km of walking distance and the soles just broke into pieces.
Similar process.
lowstrife@reddit
Actually, yes. The grip deteriorates with age as the chemical compounds in the tire deteriorate. Grip limits become lower, and more importantly, unpredictable. Highly unpredictable. You will be fine one moment, and then suddenly lose grip on all 4 tires simultaneously.
Gone is the engineered progressiveness. Modern tries still have let's say 7\10ths or 8\10ths of their max grip when they're beyond the limit. So you can push beyond and still have a hope of recovering. If the tires are 20 years old, the grip levels go to 2\10 beyond the limit. And as said before, it happens unpredictably.
caterham09@reddit
Like other people have said, the rubber gets harder and more brittle over time. It's no longer soft and sticky. It ends up with a similar effect to those plastic wheel tricycles that just slide all over the place.
It absolutely makes normal driving dangerous. The car is likely to just let go with 0 notice
BudgetRocketUser@reddit
Iām no Mr. Tire or anything but Iād assume that the rubber of the tires gets much harder over time, meaning that there would be very very low grip. Itās also known that the manual (especially the clutch being like an on/off switch) in the F40 is really hard to drive, so a bad downshift could potentially spin up the super old rubber, making the driver spin out. All speculation though lol
bakedvoltage@reddit
wasnāt that the case the last time this happened?
PegLegRacing@reddit
High in England yesterday was 48F, Summer tires donāt like temps below 50, plus it looks damp, and tires are probably old as you said.
Commercial_Visual678@reddit
Saw the video on IG - sounded like the tech floored it, predictably it broke traction and spun him off into a ditch...
lowstrife@reddit
Do you have a link? If that's the case then... looks like im wrong and hooning was the answer, which is insane.
Commercial_Visual678@reddit
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE7eZJzARUR/?igsh=bnl2cmVyZ2Z5YXM5
Should be here if you can access it - I agree it's mental, I'd be terrified to even fart next to the accelerator given it's reputation
lowstrife@reddit
Yikes. Not entirely down to tires then.
CMDR_omnicognate@reddit
Itās on its side in a hedge, maybe the tech was doing 30mph like Mark Rashford was in his Rolls Royce :/
throwaway17717@reddit
I have the video of it
campbellsimpson@reddit
A tale as old as widowmaker 911s and the Carrera GT.
Viend@reddit
Itās been a loooong day, without you my friendā¦
diyguitarist@reddit
That's why Paddy McGuinness crashed the lamborghini diablo on top gear, Chris Harris said it was still on it's original tyres. He said that tyre technology has come on so much its silly to have the cars original tyres still on.
Bullshit-_-Man@reddit
I worked for a Ferrari dealer in the UK for years. The guys definitely hoon the cars, not always but it does happen. Particularly the F40ās because a) theyāre every techās poster car and b) they sometimes need overboost testing which requires full throttle acceleration
knowledgeable_diablo@reddit
Maybe, maybe not. Had a similar thing here in Australia where a guy dropped his 911 GT2RS off for some suspension upgrades and the service manager and apprentice took it for a ālunch runā and wrote it off at something like 200kph due to a split level sweeping bend.
Icy_Signature_4077@reddit
You can see in the pictures that you are totally wrong.Ā
Lasd18622@reddit
Sure and that lamppost just came outta nowhere lol
Funkytadualexhaust@reddit
Well, the tires in the picture look ok, so not likely a blow out. Maybe poor grip?
lowstrife@reddit
Read some other comments. Blowouts aren't the main risk of old tires.
redd5ive@reddit
Ultimately the worst, rotted, run down tires don't cause a vehicle to flip while stationary. There was certainly some level of driver error involved.
lowstrife@reddit
Well, the only driver mistake is driving it at all if the tires are that old. You can be driving completely normally and the tires can and will just let go, randomly, for no reason. This is a chemical, molecular change to the physical rubber. There is no "skill" at preventing accidents on old tires.
redd5ive@reddit
I understand that, but the car flipped - the driver didn't just slide/fail to stop.
lowstrife@reddit
When old tires let go, you lose all ability to control the car. Even at legal speeds, I can see a the right ditch and light pole causing the car to flip. Unlikely, but you never know.
Will they fail a tire for age alone? I'm unfamiliar with MOT.
redd5ive@reddit
Over 10% of MOT failures stem from tire age/condition, it is among the most common failure reasons. I also don't really think the tires look like 35 year old performance tires that have been driven 70k lm.
lowstrife@reddit
Did the car actually pass MOT? Or is it just being assumed because it's registered. Rich people do rich people things. Just curious. None of the sources talk about that. And according to some quick searching, there is no explicit MOT rule about tire age to fail a car. It appears it's entirely up to the discretion of the tech. There is a lot of "can, may, could" language used.
I agree it's not original tires. Not at 70k. Most likely, still wearing the tires still on it from whoever stopped driving it after the 2008 crash.
redd5ive@reddit
MOT history is publicly available information. Age is not a failure, condition is, with pretty strict standards. Not saying this is new rubber, but tires with tread and sidewall are not going to be the sole cause of a crash, there is such little chance speed was not involved. Rich people do rich people things, but this car failed MOT for having a license plate light out, as an American who has spent time in the UK, their road worthiness standards are much higher than ours.
lowstrife@reddit
So that's the thing about old tires. They might not be visually dry rotted even, but the chemical compounds have utterly degraded over the years and the grip levels are not there.
There is no comprehensive visual test to determine the safety of tires. These chemical processes are invisible. Age is the final gatekeeper. Period. Full stop. Once they age out, they go in the bin.
6 years for normal tires exposed to sun. 8 if stored in a perfect climate controlled setting and aren't driven frequently.
redd5ive@reddit
I work in the industry and specifically deal with analytics for structural failures, including and especially accidents and defect driven repurchases - I know how tires age/rot (I'd also suggest it usually isn't that invisible). Not a huge deal so I'll end my involvement here, but there is such little chance tires were the ONLY reason that F40 crashed. A factor? Maybe - they actually don't look that bad and this car has evidently been maintained decently well. But all high profile incidents for these kinds of cars crashing with bad tires include another factor, almost always speed.
lowstrife@reddit
Interesting. Am I wrong in any of my assumptions? For the mechanics of how old tires perform? The experts I've listened to seem to have a pretty consistent perspective about all of this.
Yeah I'd agree. Never said it wasn't. But if your tires only have 55% of the grip of when they were new, which drops to 10% once the threshold is reached unpredictably... it doesn't help. What the car is capable of doing turns into what the car isn't capable of doing.
HAL_9OOO_@reddit
I believe they only fail completely bald tires, which people show up with constantly.
redd5ive@reddit
I don't think that is true, but let's say it is. This is legitimately, actually the highest mileage F40 on the earth. People in this thread are positing this crash was caused by the car being on original rubber. Original F40 tires would be bald after 70,000 km. This car had an MOT failure for a plate light being out, if the tires were bad enough to cause a crash that bad without driver error, it'd be a failure.
handymanshandle@reddit
Iām always amazed when people buy massively expensive cars like this only to leave some really old tires on them. Iāve dealt with electronics with rubber coated shells (yeah, I donāt like old ThinkPads much) that get tacky as hell after years of storage and those are never fun to deal with. That alone would tell me āhey, maybe the tires on my car should be replaced every few years, even if I donāt drive it muchā.
spund_@reddit
"The registration, F40 PRX, points to this car being the highest-mileage F40 in existence"
Nobody ever reads the articles anymore, do they. The fact there's loads replys agreeing with you is just sad.
lowstrife@reddit
Well that quote is not in the article, so how could I have known?
https://i.imgur.com/66eX8sx.png
spund_@reddit
Just admit you didn't read any of the articles.
lowstrife@reddit
OP didn't add a second link until an hour after I made the post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGDBExKA3jA
nevergonnastawp@reddit
I guarentee it was user error
duqx@reddit
I agree with this. You don't become the person to work on an F40 by trashing the customers cars
tpknight2@reddit
āAnd the newest listing on Caaaaaars and Bids is this F40!ā
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Lounat1k@reddit
Back in the mid 80s the 928 S4 was a fairly expensive (around 50k in 1986) exotic sports car. I was driving a work truck on a road that had a curve in front of me. As I approached it, a guy in a 928 S4 comes sliding across the curve and bends the car around a telephone pole on the passenger side. I jump out of my truck to help him and he is already out of the car screaming āIām going to lose my job!ā over and over. Stupid mechanic hooning around and destroyed the car.
Bog-Warrior-@reddit
That just sucks so bad damn. I wonder will it be rebuilt.
HarbourAce@reddit
You don't have to wonder
atemypasta@reddit
Me just waiting to see when it shows up in Mat Armstrong's driveway....
enatalpeganomeupau@reddit
āThis is my only chance ever to own an f40!ā
gallblabber@reddit
"I bought a brand new second hand Ferrari F40"
Bigmothertruckr@reddit
Ouch, gutting to see, never skimp on tyres, they keep you on the road!
InternationalShow401@reddit
I just see the video. He put his foot down and the back end kicked him into the curb on tne other side of road. Side ways on the it rolled. Heās lucky there wasnāt a car coming the opposite way. He would have seriously hert his self. Or another person. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19xS1v1V46/?mibextid=wwXIfr
SharkBaitDLS@reddit
Wet surface too. Just dumb as hell.Ā
siredmundsnaillary@reddit
It looks like he broke traction, panicked, and lifted off the gas, shifting the weight forward, resulting in the slide.
As any Porsche driver will tell you - don't lift!
Cranjesmcbasketball1@reddit
Damn, that's a bad day at work.
Basha_1@reddit
Last day at work*
Dee_Doo_Dow@reddit
Itās the UK. I think itās very unlikely theyāll be fired for this unless thereās absolute proof of gross negligence through something like reckless driving.
Basha_1@reddit
I think this seems sufficient proof.
_moppy_@reddit
Looks like he dropped the clutch on a wet road
haha_supadupa@reddit
But first day at court!
StatusCount7032@reddit
Last day on earth
MR_Se7en@reddit
Atleast he got to crash an f40! Something that not even the owner could say!
Revolutionary-Mud715@reddit
Hardly the number plate is still worth millions id imagine.Ā
The3rdbaboon@reddit
Damage to the carbon tub apparently. I wonder can they still be made? Unless it can be repaired but I think thatās difficult with carbon.
Revolutionary-Mud715@reddit
I thought Ferrari as a company still builds parts for situations like this. Which is why some old rusty barn find Ferrari is still worth millions if it has the vin number.Ā
crevettexbenite@reddit
Organ donor it is!
snollygoster1@reddit
This site looks like complete garbage. Iām only able to read the article 1 line at a time because of the ads. No thanks
xXxDickBonerz69xXx@reddit
The article is literally
Someone crashed an F40 on the M5. We don't know why. We don't know if anyone is hurt. We don't know if there was a passenger. But we saw a picture on social media somewhere
Optimal-Witness-8194@reddit
I hate the internetā¦
xXxDickBonerz69xXx@reddit
It used to be so much better before the social media corporations got massive and took it over
thisisjustascreename@reddit
Also the F40 makes a lot of horsepower
NiKXVega@reddit
Itās the guardian, literally one of the worst news sites of all time, if youāre not miserable reading it then youāre just using the site wrong. The guardian hates its readers, they hate everyoneĀ
assblast420@reddit
Here's the article text:
Skippy989@reddit
PiHole man. It will change your life.
kmbxyz@reddit
You don't need to read it. There are only 3 and a half paragraphs and they don't have any information in them anyway.
BrownOrBust@reddit
I know insurance will probably cover these sorts of things but anyone who fucks around in somebody else's car like this and crashes it should have to repay the full value themselves, on top of not being employed in a position where they can drive somebody else's car ever again.
Dock_Me_Amadeus@reddit
Mmmm BOW BOWā¦chickā¦chick-a-chick-AH
w00stersauce@reddit
Another one down :(
InternationalShow401@reddit
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18DhULbbNp/?mibextid=wwXIfr
InternationalShow401@reddit
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19xS1v1V46/?mibextid=wwXIfr
beardy_bastard@reddit
I've never seen F40 underbody, so thanks I guess? ;)
Fannyblockage@reddit
I spoke to an owner of a F40 recently and he said that it was difficult to drive one on a dry, warm day. So it couldāve been bad luck.
The3rdbaboon@reddit
Thereās a video on YouTube of Nico Rosberg driving one in the hills above Monaco and it looked like an absolute handful.
knowledgeable_diablo@reddit
Owww, he gonna be pulling a few free hours from now untilā¦ā¦.eternity.
Legitimate_Item_9342@reddit
nothing more painful than this!
fzr-@reddit
https://de.motor1.com/news/717434/ferrari-f40-unfall-deutschland/
This was not even 1 year ago in Germany. And now another one... Very unfortunate.
Zedsuss@reddit
That's alott
Patient-Library-7136@reddit
Service centres crashing cars happens a LOT. We just don't read or hear about it... Check out Matt Armstrong's attempt at rebuilding the AM currently on YT.... the tyre theory is valid enough but any service centre with knowledge/ ability would be all over tyres. Especially an F40. My money is on the tech giving it throttle and not having the requisite skill to drive a car like this. Such a waste...but as an upside, created some spare parts for other owners šŖ
Shimoshamman@reddit
Theres one that was sitting for sale at 1.9m that switched to "Sale Pending" like 4-5 days ago now. I bet the guy who bought that one is glad he did it then lol
Energy4Days@reddit
Might be Lando's
Honest-Piccolo-5499@reddit
Must have been a scary reaction from the company
alecmets2011@reddit (OP)
Article from The Drive
RagingLeonard@reddit
Ta daaaaa!
Bluecolt@reddit
"Could not replicate customer complaint about rattle sound when driving over 100mph" - tech
justgoaway0801@reddit
Dear Boss,
No one was more surprised than I...
IWantToPlayGame@reddit
My heart.
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