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    Exclamation One of 400 Enzo's Made Totaled!


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    Yeah, I saw that on the news last night. Was he drunk or high or something???

    Bart

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    Yup, I think everyone in this country at least heard about this. Kinda hurts just to watch it.
    So whose car was it and who pays for the loss, assuming the car is totaled or even repairable?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nfpgasmask
    Yeah, I saw that on the news last night. Was he drunk or high or something???

    Bart
    My vote is inability to drive.
    That car has more than enough power to overcome the under steer condition with which he hit the wall under. Give her some gas to straighten it out and accelerate through the corner and let er rip!
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    No Bart, he was just STUPID!
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    Nice understeer... I thought Ferraris were supposed to handle well. That looked like how my Fiero Formula handled in half a foot of snow. Turn the wheel and keep going straight ahead... I guess you are just supposed to seal these works of art in climate-controlled museums rather than try to drive them. Maybe that guy with the Ferrari badged VX can get the engine from the wreck. Hmmmmm?
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    The car belonged to the producer(or director) of the film. They spend 20 or 30 million, promoting most films...they spent about 1.2 million to push this one...and very successfully at that. Enzos don't push! Period. That was no mistake or accident, just brilliant advertising. Insurance will cover the loss and Gibby's (an aquaintance) just went up to 1.3. Wayne
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    Unfortunately there are a lot of rich people who don't have the ability to drive a car like that.
    Just check out this:


    This site site is full of cars with bad driving owners.
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    When I saw that I threw up a little.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chopper
    The car belonged to the producer(or director) of the film. They spend 20 or 30 million, promoting most films...they spent about 1.2 million to push this one...and very successfully at that. Enzos don't push! Period. That was no mistake or accident, just brilliant advertising. Insurance will cover the loss and Gibby's (an aquaintance) just went up to 1.3. Wayne
    So you're saying they planned this? I wouldn't doubt it, but that would be hard to prove, not to mention probably illegal (insurance fraud?). Eddie Griffin does make a nearly perfect scapegoat, doesn't he?
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    If you watch the footage carefully you will see the front wheels at full lock. once you pass the point of slip angle, then brake hard enough to lock the tires the only way to turn again is to release the brake and straighten the wheel enough to regain grip.

    A common beginners error on sticky tires.

    John C.

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    This is obviously fake. Kit car for sure. Advertisement for the movie. That is not Ferrari Red on the car.

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    Yeah, it was planned... watch the slip angle. It's induced, not natural. Brilliant! Did you see the Enzo, the Knucklehead, in So. Cal. blasted into two pieces?? He walked away. Ahhh....good times, good times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hotsauce
    If you watch the footage carefully you will see the front wheels at full lock. once you pass the point of slip angle, then brake hard enough to lock the tires the only way to turn again is to release the brake and straighten the wheel enough to regain grip.

    A common beginners error on sticky tires.

    John C.
    If I spend $1,000,000+ on a car, it had better f***ing go where I point it. Understeer on an '88 Fiero in 6" of snow? OK. Trying like hell (and failing) to slow & turn a million dollar Ferrari flagship with "sticky tires"? B.S.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nocturnalVX
    If I spend $1,000,000+ on a car, it had better f***ing go where I point it. Understeer on an '88 Fiero in 6" of snow? OK. Trying like hell (and failing) to slow & turn a million dollar Ferrari flagship with "sticky tires"? B.S.
    Oh, it will if you know how to drive it! I think what Hotsauce is describing could occur with any automobile, sticky tires or not, but it's 100 times less forgiving when you've got 660 HP under the hood.

    It's sort of like a beginner motorcycle operator hopping on a 5000cc bike and hoping to survive the trip.

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