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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 07:20 AM
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Another day, another Ferrari accident. This one, involving a F430 Spider occurred on the Dutch highway A58 and as you can see in the pictures, the Italian roadster was totalled. According to Dutch newspapers, the two passengers of the car, the driver and his baby where tossed out of the car but luckily, they both managed to survive without life-threatening injuries.
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 08:42 AM
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That looks horrible. I hope the driver was ok.
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 09:40 AM
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wow, tossed from the car and survived, amazing... and the baby too..
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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wow, tossed from the car and survived, amazing... and the baby too..
What stupid moronic driver! If baby is ejected, either:
A. drove waay too fast (geez, how can he not in a ferrari)
B. baby was not seat-belted
C. defective baby seat (not likely)
D. ALL of the above

the two passengers of the car, the driver and his baby where tossed out of the car but luckily, they both managed to survive without life-threatening injuries.
I'm confused. The f430 was 2+2??? Where do you put the baby seat?


I did a quick google and this made me laugh:
The Ferrari F430 is not a family car. Limited space and seating rule out the F430 as a family car. It would be a fun second car to have around though for families who could afford it, but it is hard to imagine the F430 as a family car in any capacity. Children may be hard on the car’s high-class interior.
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 10:13 AM
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i think they are trying to say the driver and the baby are the "passengers" on the car
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by rominl
i think they are trying to say the driver and the baby are the "passengers" on the car
Yeah, went back and reread-forgot that it was a "translation"
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by GS3Tek
I'm confused. The f430 was 2+2??? Where do you put the baby seat?
It's not even 2+2 it's a two seat. It's possible to stick a car seat in the front although highly unrecommended.
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 12:19 PM
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dibs on wheels. I need a new coffee table.
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 12:22 PM
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it's unfortunate that more often than not, one's driving skills don't keep up with the ability to buy horsepower.
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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dibs on wheels. I need a new coffee table.
i'd so take the engine block over the wheels
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by whoster
i'd so take the engine block over the wheels
599GTB = front engine. engine looks toasted to me
unless you're talking about the 430
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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the 30yr old guy & his baby ..

He was driving too fast. after trying to pass another vehicle too fast he lost control & the car flipped couple of times. the driver & the baby were ejected. the driver is in critical condition while the baby is in fair condition.
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Old May 5, 2008 | 02:46 PM
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360 Challenge Stradale

Dude calling his dad saying he crashed the car LOL

Only 16 were imported into Australia/New Zealand, make it only 15 are on the road now.

WTV if his dad really wants another one. He just has to ordered a used one from the Ferrari dealership here in Montreal. Which is going for $214k CDN.

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Old May 5, 2008 | 03:13 PM
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I got a pic of the 599 GTB's **** in my avatar. I love that car. Kinda rough seeing one wrecked.
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Old May 5, 2008 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by flipspeed
i'll title it "another ferrari driven by eddie griffin"
LOL you could tell he was going to crash as soon as he got into the corner. bad driver + fast car X massive understeer = wrecked enzo
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