Ferrari 430 Scuderia Destroyed in Bizarre Motorway Crash

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Ferrari 430 Scuderia Destroyed in Bizarre Motorway Crash

This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on July 29th, 2017 in the Car Culture category.

 

[Killa Aaron]

Dude had to be speeding, somebody lying....

 

[Robin]

Already mentioned in the wrecked exotics thread.

 

[VetteZR1]

"Let's see what this things got". Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

 

[Famine]

Dude had to be speeding, somebody lying....

The police investigated and decided that speed was not a factor.

He's not ended up that far from the road. There is, as you'll see from the link, no crash barrier, a ditch, a mound and then a downhill slope. The police said that the road was wet, so the fields probably were too. With all of that put together, it's easy to see how the car ended up there, once control was lost - say aquaplaning on a wet road with an inexperienced driver at the wheel of a Ferrari.

I know that bit of road rather well. It was my route home from school.

 

[IfAndOr]

It just needs a few dents knocking out with a rubber hammer and a bit of a polish. Good as new.


Exotics do seem to have a tendency to burst into flames and go out in a blaze of glory. Maybe there's a self-annihilation button the owners press to try and hide their embarrassment. "Ferrari? No it was a Mondeo."

 

[SZRT Ice]

This is a car guys nightmare... But he's so blessed to be able to walk away from such a disaster with mere scratches and bruises.

Hopefully he can bounce back from the loss and get an even better model next time... This time, without expiring the vehicle prematurely, of course.

 

[Killa Aaron]

The police investigated and decided that speed was not a factor.

He's not ended up that far from the road. There is, as you'll see from the link, no crash barrier, a ditch, a mound and then a downhill slope. The police said that the road was wet, so the fields probably were too. With all of that put together, it's easy to see how the car ended up there, once control was lost - say aquaplaning on a wet road with an inexperienced driver at the wheel of a Ferrari.

I know that bit of road rather well. It was my route home from school.

So.. what does that say about Ferrari’s quality if he simply spun out.

 

[Famine]

So.. what does that say about Ferrari’s quality if he simply spun out.

Nothing at all. Aquaplaning is aquaplaning, doesn't matter what car you're in.

He could also have been changing lanes in a profoundly stupid manner, or someone else could have been a dick - I put an E39 touring through a hedge backwards at 70mph when someone aggressively changed lanes on a completely clear road right into the side of me. I wasn't speeding either, and there was nothing wrong with my car (and in fact there was nothing wrong with it afterwards either, because E39).

 

[Tornado]

Maybe it even just spontaneously combusted. V8 Ferraris have done that.

 

[Fredzy]

Maybe it even just spontaneously combusted. V8 Ferraris have done that.

I vote this. Why catch on fire if it just slid through some grass? Was probably on fire a while before he lost control. Blew a tire or something.

 

[Famine]

I vote this. Why catch on fire if it just slid through some grass? Was probably on fire a while before he lost control. Blew a tire or something.

Bottoming out through a ditch, hitting a bank, taking off and then landing again is likely to have had some ill-effect on the vehicle. Fuel lines split, hot engines ignite it...

 

[TenEightyOne]

So.. what does that say about Ferrari’s quality if he simply spun out.

It says something about the amount of power available to the rear wheels coupled with the amount of rain that fell on the motorway that afternoon, that's for sure.