Motoring Discussion > Ferrari F458 Italia - High performance car, low performance driver. Tax / Insurance / Warranties
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New Thu 20 Aug 15 01:20 
 Ferrari F458 Italia - High performance car, low performance driver. - VxFan
A 29-year-old man hired a £220,000 Ferrari for a family wedding and within hours had written off the car by crashing it into a house.

It is understood the driver had rented the 202mph supercar for a family wedding when he smashed into the side of the terraced home on Sunday night.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11809867/Driver-crashes-220000-Ferrari-458-Italia-hire-car-into-Bedfordshire-house.html
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New Thu 20 Aug 15 01:36 
 Ferrari F458 Italia - High performance car, low performance driver. - rtj70
Was it £220k worth of car? Were they not cheaper coupes than that?

Anyway I am more surprised at the low excess charged! If that's a written off Ferrari worth over £150k then the hirer is lucky to lose only the deposit...
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New Thu 20 Aug 15 08:01 
 Ferrari F458 Italia - High performance car, low performance driver. - WillDeBeest
It's tragic when rare and beautiful machinery is destroyed by one person's carelessness.

The accident...also involved a Vauxhall Astra...
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New Thu 20 Aug 15 10:33 
 Ferrari F458 Italia - High performance car, low performance driver. - No FM2R
WdB got a frownie for that? Who is the drama queen?

Just whining about Vauxhall Astras isn't funny per se, but that comment was.

Last edited by: No FM2R on Thu 20 Aug 15 at 10:34
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New Fri 21 Aug 15 14:34 
 Ferrari F458 Italia - High performance car, low performance driver. - Armel Coussine
>> It's tragic when rare and beautiful machinery is destroyed by one person's carelessness.

Not carelessness, more an insensitive and jittery right foot. A prod too far and you're straight up a tree. Supercars are a bit much for us civilians.
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New Thu 20 Aug 15 10:32 
 Ferrari F458 Italia - High performance car, low performance driver. - No FM2R
>> then the hirer is lucky to lose only the deposit...

That may not be the case. That deposit is only that, it doesn't necessarily represent the limit of his liability.
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New Thu 20 Aug 15 19:15 
 Ferrari F458 Italia - High performance car, low performance driver. - rtj70
I think I am right in saying the 488 GTB replaced the 458. But some 458's still show up. In Autoexpress there is a 458 (not an Italia) for about £200k. The 488 GTB is cheaper.

Still I would not be surprised if the £5,000 deposit is not the end of it.
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