Filed under: Etc., Lamborghini, First Drive
Murci me! Man buys Lamborghini, wrecks it, is arrested -- all within hours
Chances are that if your "to-do" list for a given day includes picking up your new Lamborghini Murcielago, things are going pretty well. After all, taking delivery of a new Lambo generally indicates one has some serious coin and that the good life is being lived. But the trappings of the good life can be fraught with danger, as the Murci can be merciless to its pilot if not treated with the proper amount of respect.This seems to be the lesson learned by one Ronald Tridico of Florida. According to witnesses, Mr. Tridico was apparently speeding while navigating a curve on state Road 429 near Orlando when the Murcielago headed off the pavement into the grassy roadside area. Local6.com's photo coverage seems to indicate that a speed limit sign got taken out during the impromptu off-roading excursion. Photos show a fair amount of damage to the lower bodywork, as those aero bits don't take well to uneven and unpaved surfaces. Mr. Tridico was arrested and charged with suspicion of DUI and leaving an accident scene. His wife, who was in the passenger seat, reportedly suffered a minor arm injury, as well. And so a day that likely began with Mr. Tridico wearing a broad smile as he accepted the keys to his new toy ended with a less-enthused look on his face in the mugshot taken after the authorities caught up with him. Cue the music...
[Source: Local6.com]
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Bob 5:50PM (8/13/2007)
And two more words for Mr. Tridico's Italian adventure: Molto stupido.
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Jonathan Fung 5:54PM (8/13/2007)
Ah, another rich person with a nice car that keeps with windows down when he goes cruising, so that everyone can tell him how nice his car is. Too bad when he goes offroad with the windows down, he gets grass sprayed in his face and all over those nice seats.
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Corey L 6:25PM (8/13/2007)
What about when I'm driving around in my Pinto with the windows down?
Bitter much?
Jonathan Fung 6:28PM (8/13/2007)
You have your windows down for a different reason. (Barring any instances of delusional fantasy.)
Jon 7:32PM (8/13/2007)
If I were driving a Lambo, I would put the windows down for a breath of fresh air. Does that make me a snob?
Nick Fox 4:18PM (8/14/2007)
Speaking of rolling in your Pinto:
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2755284
Eric Recher 5:54PM (8/13/2007)
he even LOOKS like the type of d-bag that would wreck a brand new YELLOW Lamborghini....sigh....
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chuck goolsbee 6:44PM (8/13/2007)
He wasn't driving while drunk so much as driving without talent.
--chuck
http://chuck.goolsbee.org
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SoCal Cuda 6:55PM (8/13/2007)
Another reason why I call for an Anti-Idiot Law that punishes guys like him with the death penalty.
And another reason why Lambo and Ferrari should have an application process before selling their cars to low-class pop stars, aging hipsters, illiterate rappers, and social trash.
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rygar 8:08PM (8/13/2007)
This guy is the total package! On top of destroying his brand new Lambo a DUI and injuring his wife, he was also in trouble with the FCC a few years for unsolicited telephone advertisments:
http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2004/DA-04-605A1.html
It's stories like this (and there's a lot of them!) that make me ashamed that I live in Orlando!
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JMoDizzle 8:36PM (8/13/2007)
It'd have been much better if he'd been driving an Amulet, or a Brilliance.
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Alex 8:42PM (8/13/2007)
people who purchase "supercars"
should have to take some form of driving competence/skill exam. i know i could never handle that much power and it's a little obnoxious for rich people with obviously no real skill to be going behind these things.
OF COURSE, there are rich people/middle class people/not as well off people, who have driving skill and technique. but it's not the mass majority of people collecting these exotics.
seriously, it's painful to see an exotic fall victim to the hands of a person who somehow equates a fortune-paid supercar to skill. but, everyone can learn, and should if they decide to go for these things.
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wormyguy 10:51PM (8/13/2007)
It might sound stereotypical, but that guy looks like a mob boss (a stupid mob boss). Of course, it may not be his fault. http://www.lambounfall.de/lamborghini_murcielago_crash.html
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ting 11:27PM (8/13/2007)
Florida SUCKS!
That guy --and his wife -- pretty much sum up the whole Florida lifestyle. Crooks, all of them.
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GatorLCA 12:51PM (8/14/2007)
ummm...someone seems bitter. What's so wrong about the Florida lifestyle
Barney 11:40PM (8/13/2007)
Classic case of oversteer(ed).
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Rocket Punch 1:24AM (8/14/2007)
Money can buy expensive cars, but it can't buy intelligence.
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confused 12:00AM (8/16/2007)
This guy has a lot of cars Every dealer in orlando knows him.
SLR
430Ferrari
SL65
S65
Enzo
Saleen
F350
Thats just in his garage at home He lives on the lake in windermere I live across the street. its like living on the other side of the tracks.
He bought a challenger plane yesterday to calm his nerves there goes another 15-20 mil
He said his new lambo is being airlifted for him
life must really suck
I will take the heat he is getting if i can have is paycheck. he doesnt even care about all the press.
FermitTheKrog 3:16PM (8/14/2007)
Deuche
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Slaughter 4:04PM (8/14/2007)
ROFLMAO!!!
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