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Old 02-22-06, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by rominl
man it's amazing at 200mph they walked away

yeah i read about them claiming there was a third person... they were idiots?! they had no idea the car has only two seats?

sigh, what a way to blow away 1 million.....
What's even better is that the guy who claimed to be the passenger was the only one with an injury. He had a busted nose and blood all over his face. The only blood in the car was found on the driver's airbag.


... I guess money really doesn't buy common sense.
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Old 02-22-06, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by flipside909
That is very true! The car was designed to give like that...which is why the cabin literally stayed in tact...protecting the passengers. If the Enzo protected the driver allowing him to run away...then regardless of the accident, the car saved his life. Thank the Ferarri engineers for that.
Flip makes a good point, if you notice many F1's fail in exactly the same way. The point might be to free the passenger tub from the mass of the engine/transaxle/rear suspension, to prevent the human payload from taking such a beating as it dissipates energy.

In other news, the Geico Geko remains in a coma - having seen the insurance claim . . .
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Old 02-22-06, 08:36 AM
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Nice video...my buddy is the guy reporting for Fox (..and he drives an IS )
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Old 02-22-06, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Leets
What's even better is that the guy who claimed to be the passenger was the only one with an injury. He had a busted nose and blood all over his face. The only blood in the car was found on the driver's airbag.


... I guess money really doesn't buy common sense.
hahhaaa, that's even funnier then. heck, maybe they had two people sitting in the driver seat

and btw, seems like this car got wheels too huh?
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Old 02-22-06, 09:41 AM
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Every so often the local newspapers in Mexico City show a Ferrari or Porsche getting smashed to pieces or banged up pretty bad. Knowing a few auto reporters, this stuff sells as people love to see these things banged up or celebrities cars' banged up.

Next time I see a picture in a newspaper or magazine down here, I will post on of them.

We had a recent crash of an X5 on Paseo de Reforma (major street shown in the film Man on Fire) that was sliced in two after it hit a tree. The accidents down here more spectacular than the ones I see over the border.
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Old 02-22-06, 10:00 AM
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If you want to see more wrecked Enzo's, check out:

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/enzo/

Do these cars come in any color other than red?
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Old 02-22-06, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by jwa
Do these cars come in any color other than red?

I just saw a yellow one 20 minutes ago.
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Old 02-22-06, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by jwa
If you want to see more wrecked Enzo's, check out:

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/enzo/

Do these cars come in any color other than red?
Yellow, black, blue . . .
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Old 02-22-06, 10:22 AM
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if you crash your car at 200 mph, your insurance won't have to pay will they?
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Old 02-22-06, 10:28 AM
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insurance still pays, its full coverage, i heard they dont pay if you are on a race track
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Old 02-22-06, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by kingkong5
if you crash your car at 200 mph, your insurance won't have to pay will they?
They will if you have comprehensive insurance, which for a Ferrari Enzo will most likely be a $8k a month premium. If they pay for it and he decides to get another Enzo, his premium should increase to about $15k a month.

I'm just guesstimating...
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Old 02-22-06, 11:24 AM
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The German did it
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Old 02-22-06, 12:01 PM
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don't know if the authority releases any information about the occupants or not. My guess is some punk *** kids "borrow" rich daddy's ride out for a quick rash, otherwise, don't think a person who can afford such car is that stupid to first travel the car at that rate of speed and then fled the sence leaving his count part behind.
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Old 02-22-06, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
Yellow, black, blue . . .
and silver too

Originally Posted by 4TehNguyen
insurance still pays, its full coverage, i heard they dont pay if you are on a race track
yup of course they will pay, it's on the road, there is no fine print saying you can speed and yes, on the track, all insurance voided unless you get special ones
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He shouda had AeroTect.
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