"Hello dad, I totaled your Ferrari - what time is dinner?"
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05-05-2008, 09:31 AM
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"Hello dad, I totaled your Ferrari - what time is dinner?"
Somewhere, a father in Melbourne weeps. There were 16 Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradales imported to Australia and New Zealand. There are now 15. A proud dad gave his son the keys to his so-rare-it's-almost-extinct Ferrari, and his son got a little too frisky with the audacious redhead. She didn't appreciate his advances, he lost control of the situation, and that little redhead introduced him to a pole... at a high rate of speed by the looks of it.
And as if that didn't beat all, the kid had to call home. While news crews watched. And filmed. Only to have newspapers and blogs spread the story around the world. No word on what his father said, but it probably rhymed with "Why I oughta @#%$*&%!"
Police say the driver was speeding, which means he must not have seen these commercials. But now, at least, he has a theme song, so sing along: "To you other kids all across the land, take it from me, parents just don't understand..." Thanks for the tip, Patrick!
[Source: Sydney Morning Herald]
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05-05-2008, 10:49 AM
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#10
05-05-2008, 02:40 PM
It's not an iPhone, the iPhones don't have a black band at the top, just the bottom. Anyway, that sucks about the car. But like others have said, it makes space for a few great replacements...
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05-05-2008, 02:52 PM
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I don't see what the big deal is, if you drive exotics fast sooner or late you are gonna have a close call. Regardless of age or anything like that, I would bet most of the people here can think of at least one close call they have had. The only difference here is that it just so happened to be a kid, who happened to be rich, and was unlucky. I love how people try and judge the kid when they don't even know what really happened. Schumacher can wreck a CS too if a tire blows on the limit.
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#12
05-05-2008, 03:19 PM
Well, it is just a car. I'm sure the father's happy his son is safe. Now he can get the next car he has been itching for.
