Kansas fire department saves Ferrari from burning home
You're at home watching the Super Bowl and you smell smoke. Normally you'd look for the source and listen for the peal of a fire alarm... unless you're a particular homeowner in Olathe, Kansas and, even though you have a Ferrari 348 in the garage, you haven't installed any fire alarms in your house.Even better? Not only do you not have any fire alarms, you don't have a flashlight. So you go borrow a flashlight from your neighbor, but by the time you track down the smoke there's "fire billowing from under the roof eaves." Your first order of business: ask the firemen to save your Ferrari, which they do. They also get the fire under control and everyone gets out safely. Then, after you give the firemen cookies, you go buy some fire alarms. And a flashlight.
[Source: Kansas City Star]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Zach 11:35AM (2/02/2009)
I already read this story today (in the Star myself.) It didn't occur to me that this would hit
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James 12:46PM (2/02/2009)
"...you have a Ferrari 348 in the garage, you haven't installed any fire alarms in your house. Even better? Not only do you not have any fire alarms, you don't have a flashlight..."
Now that is "living below your means"....(way below).
;p
3seriesisking 11:35AM (2/02/2009)
Thanks guys! The world appreciates it!
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caddy-v 11:41AM (2/02/2009)
Hope they let the cat die.
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Chris 1:09PM (2/02/2009)
Go play in traffic, troll.
inteller 11:44AM (2/02/2009)
348? Looks like a 512M from that shot. Another note, the house and the car don't match....I mean, you own a ferrari but live in THAT? Hell the car is probably worth more.
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Ben 12:34PM (2/02/2009)
I could maybe see thinking it was an original Testarossa, but a 512 M has round taillights not the grated covers that this has. Plus the hips aren't wide enough. This definitely looks like a 348.
henrykrinkle 11:46AM (2/02/2009)
Goals after high school:
1. Buy little sh*tbox house with tiny one-car garage.
2. Borrow even the most basic household items (like a flashlight) from neighbors. If it can't be borrowed, don't buy it (smoke detectors).
3. Use money saved to buy used Ferrari to park in tiny one-car garage.
4. Live happily ever after.
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Auari 12:01PM (2/02/2009)
That's my life plan in a nut shell too :)
vkchu 2:44PM (2/02/2009)
that dude has his priorities straight.
Chad 11:55AM (2/02/2009)
Guess I have to ask what the hell a Ferrari is doing in Kansas?? heh
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Mazda FTW! 12:03PM (2/02/2009)
People have money outside LA and NYC. It's a strange concept but it's true.
caddy-v 12:17PM (2/02/2009)
It was probably a visiting dentist. The only dentist in Kansas.
Taco 1:49PM (2/02/2009)
Johnson County, KS is one of the top 10 richest counties in the country, or at least it was a few years ago. Porsche's, Mercedes, and BMW's are common place. They even have those dealerships there.
kal326 2:07PM (2/02/2009)
@Taco
Don't go telling everybody, otherwise we might end up waist high in coastal a-holes. You can get a mini mansion in Kansas for the price of a studio apartment in NYC.
Rich 6:27PM (2/02/2009)
@Taco: hey, just so as you know, an apostrophe doesn't mean "LOOK OUT! HERE COMES AN 'S'!!!"
Tokyotuner 12:46AM (2/03/2009)
I'm from KCMO and I can say that a Ferrari is nothing out of the ordinary in olathe, there are many nice expensive cars rolling around KC and Kansas, most of the rich, from KC move to Olathe and Lenexa. See 60k BMWs and Mercedes on a daily bases, when summer comes along i see maybe 1 Lamborghini, Ferrari, etc. a month.
John 12:07PM (2/02/2009)
So I'm thinking this guy might say something like this a bit...
"So baby, wanna get in my Ferrari and go back to YOUR place?"
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Matt 4:13AM (2/03/2009)
lmao
If he didn't do that before he'll have to do it now
Enok 12:08PM (2/02/2009)
He won the car with proof-of-purchase seals from Fruit Loops.
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