The "brand new" car wound up stopped on a highway in West Yorkshire after experiencing mechanical failure. While waiting for assistance and broken down, the car was slammed into from behind by an "innocent motorist" on the same highway.
So, if we are to believe the article, the twitchy Italian supercar broke down within 20 minutes of purchase, and then some idiot in a van tagged it hard as it was sitting beside the road? Outrageous.
Buy junk you end up with junk.
ReplyDeleteThat's too bad...
ReplyDeleteSo in other words the horse’s ass that was driving had no idea how to control it and wiped out, poetic justice...
ReplyDeleteThe brand new machine broke, 20 minutes old and it stopped running. Then someone hit it.
DeleteA fool and his money are soon parted, and a fool's Huracan is soon 'parted out'
ReplyDeleteSomebody on ZeroHedge commented that there was a good possibility the car left the dealership with an empty gas tank.
ReplyDeleteHappened to me more than once getting my hot BMW serviced, when the shop boys went joyriding in my car during the day.
Guy driving a Lambo?
ReplyDeleteProbably blocking the road on a blind hill or curve.
Karma's a b*tch.
Friend in the insurance game sez that for those cars, the policy deductible is the price of the car. They only cover your associated liability.
This is why.
Something you soon learn when building a high performance engine. The faster it goes, the closer to failure you have to push it.
ReplyDeleteSpeed comes at a price.
Read a piece in Road & Track back in the 60's by a guy who took delivery of a new Ferrari (forgot which one) in New York and documented his adventures getting it back to NJ. Mainly I remember that aluminum shavings were loose in the Boranni wire wheels causing multiple flats and referring to the aluminum bodywork, he said that he suffered heart seizures twice when a fly landed on the car: once when it landed and then while he searched for the dent it made.
ReplyDeleteYup, my first thought was that the new owner failed to do a vehicle check before leaving the dealership. NEVER ever assume (BTW this breaks down to ASS U ME) that all fluids are correctly filled and that includes the gas tank, oil level, coolant and brake reservoir as most critical.. and if you really are serious, have them check the differentials too.
ReplyDeleteIn my experience, every Ferrari and Lamborghini mechanic has at minimum a Journeyman Mechanic License AND a Degree in either Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. The fellows I used to know would make anal-retentive OCD people look like slobs.
ReplyDeleteI am certain with even that destruction, the guys would quickly verify the mechanical issue as a fairy tale or fact.