More proof that a surprising number of Ferrari owners can't drive
It wouldn't be correct to say that all Ferrari drivers can't drive. What we can say is that a lot of Ferrari drivers are probably not short of ego, and also probably have little idea of what their cars can do when pressed. Combine a robust confidence with a watching crowd, add a high-powered and sometimes testy car, thrown in a little bit of ignorance... and a pole.. and what you get is the image above.
A man in Australia pulled out of a garage in his Ferrari 360 Spyder, took his chance to impress some gathered folks at cafes lining the street, and floored it. The car, as they say in the business, got away from him. The pole in the median did not. We're never happy to see (another) wrecked Ferrari, or to see a man carted away from his toy by the police, so to you kids with Ferraris, please learn from this and stop the madness.
Our favorite part of this picture is that, having made his boo-boo and probably realizing what he's in for, the driver is still just sitting in the car, although the guy in the blue shirt flexing in the background also gets a special mention... Thanks for the tip, Sam!
[Source: EHOWA]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Pacman 11:09AM (6/09/2008)
Douche Nozzle
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John P. 11:09AM (6/09/2008)
Watching a Douchebag with more money than brains and driving skill t-bone a pole?
Priceless!
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Damian 11:10AM (6/09/2008)
Seeing as that was in Perth, it's fair to say he was probably off his face on meth at the time. I guess it proves that just because you have the metal, it doesn't make you the man.
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MastrCake 11:11AM (6/09/2008)
Damn Kangaroos...
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Michael 11:12AM (6/09/2008)
Fail.
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Benfolio 11:15AM (6/09/2008)
OLD news. Seen this picture a year ago.
That or one very much like it....
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Gardiner Westbound 11:18AM (6/09/2008)
That will buff out, easy!
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Serge K. 11:26AM (6/09/2008)
This happened a year ago.
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Todd 11:27AM (6/09/2008)
This is example 2,345 of money being used as a substitute for skills.
REQUEST: Autoblog staff, please create a new tag, something like "more money than skills" so we can sort through all the posts, count them, forward them to our individual state governments.
We MUST raise the licensing requirements!!!!!!!!!!!
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Zerk 11:30AM (6/09/2008)
Pole Position
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carsteve 11:35AM (6/09/2008)
Thank you.
Nick 11:30AM (6/09/2008)
I thought so too. This is a very old and widely circulated set of pictures. I think there are even some of those "Fail" type pictures out there with there...
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icu812ru469 11:34AM (6/09/2008)
Wow, strong pole. Can't say that about the guy's pole now...
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FrankTheCrank 11:35AM (6/09/2008)
$300K Ferrari vs. pole.
Pole wins.
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Lester 11:45AM (6/09/2008)
You can say that again.
Robert Kubica OWNED yesterday.
Those crazy POLE-aks, I tell ya.
Dausman 11:47AM (6/09/2008)
I dare say there are too few drivers that are honestly and truely capable of handling some of these "sreet" cars that are way overboard when it comes to HP...those drivers are rare.....there seem to be quite a few cars that have a horsepower rating that should only be allowed on a legitimate race track...there are no roads safe enough to totally unleash the enormous power and be able to handle the car at the same time by most drivers.....money does not buy agility and coordination required to drive one of these right out of the showroom...perhaps driving lessons by a qualified manufacturers' instructor should be a mandantory part of the purchase package ....
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ML 1:30PM (6/09/2008)
Actually dausman, you're right. There are some owners/drivers of this class of car who are skilled, careful, and who appreciate their cars' value enough NOT to wreck it. A friend of mine has a Lamborghini Miura which he regularly drives, drives briskly but not stupidly, and who knows both the value of his car and the importance of maintaining it for its future value (he'll never sell it though).
Adam 12:06PM (6/09/2008)
A lot of misinformed comments on this photo:
1. It's not US$300K, Ferraris in Australia are much more expensive than in the US. A nice 360 spyder (with F1 and ceramics, not steel rotors) is $180K in the US, but more like AUD$400-500K and with the exchange rate having gone from AUD$1.00 = US$0.55 up to nearly parity (AUD= US$0.93) that's an expensive whip, bro.
2. The driver of a Ferrari impressing a bunch of boozers at the corner pub is not a douchebag, he's a "wanker" -- an important distinction. A douchebag would merely spend his time being seen in and around the car all day and driving around in circles desperately trying to park somewhere conspicuous.
Also, full points to Zerk for his post:
"Pole Position."
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rouse42 11:56AM (6/09/2008)
are those black jeans tight enough?
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PauloBecker 11:57AM (6/09/2008)
Instead of banning high horsepower cars like some crazy politicians suggest, governments should worry about making sure that only people who CAN drive are allowed to do so.
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