How to destroy a $1 million car

[Kevy Baby]

For those who didn't hear about this one, there was a dawn crash on PCH this morning. A Ferrari Enzo and a Mercedes were racing and the Ferrari bit it. I've heard speed estimates ranging from at least 100 MPH to 200 MPH. The Ferrari split in half with the engine compartment ending up about a 1/4 mile from the passenger compartment.

The driver, although bloody, ran from the scene for fear of arrest. The owner of the car was it's owner: Stefan Eriksson, 44, a controversial former executive of the failed handheld gaming company Gizmondo.

Also, this car usually sells upwards of $1.3 million.

http://a.abclocal.go.com/images/kabc/cms_exf_2005/news/local/022106_FerrariCrash200.jpg

Video from the KTLA morning news. (http://video.ktla.com/global/video/WorldNowASX.asp?playerType=native&os=mac&ClipID1=690310&h1=2/21%20-%20Ferrari%20Destroyed%20on%20PCH&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=250067&LaunchPageAdTag=News&fvCatNo=68366&backgroundImageURL=&activePane=info&playerVersion=7)

[Not Afraid]

How DUMB can you be?

[alphabassettgrrl]

He says he wasn't the one driving. The driver, Dietrich the German, ran off into the hills after the crash because he was afraid. The police think he's lying and they also seem to think alcohol was involved.

I bet Ferrari is cheering the performance of the car in a crash- guy crashes at over 100MPH and walks away with a split lip? Car's built to protect the driver.

Poor car. Sacrificed itself for its owner's safety.

[Prudence]

The owner of the car was it's owner:

Isn't that usually the case? ;) :p

[Not Afraid]

What's confusing about the report is that there were 2 guys that were in the car and they said the driver ran off. But, a Ferrari only seats 2. What's the deal.

[Capt Jack]

natural selection.........FAILED

[wendybeth]

natural selection.........FAILED

Lol- I thought the same.....

[CoasterMatt]

All I can think is how happy all the other Enzo owners must be - their cars just became that much more valuable :)

[Kevy Baby]

The owner of the car was it's owner
Isn't that usually the case? ;) :pYeah, I'm an idiot. What I should have typed was that the owner of the car was the passenger... or something to that affect.

[Kevy Baby]

I like this quote:

"My Scooby-Doo detectives are looking closely into that," [Sgt. Philip] Brooks [of the LA County Sheriff's Department] told the Times. "Maybe the 'driver' had a friend who picked him up. Maybe he thumbed a ride. Maybe he was a ghost."

[Snowflake]

News story is here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060410/ap_on_re_us/ferrari_crash).

[scaeagles]

Saw this interesting parallel story to this -

Young kids filming/chasing exotic cars (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-exotic17may17,0,5168116.story?coll=la-home-headlines)

Until recently, the exploits of Spyder and his crew were only known within the world of car-spotters, where they have many admirers.

But then in February, Swedish businessman Bo Stefan Eriksson crashed a rare Ferrari Enzo on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, making international headlines.

Spyder became part of the story. He had videotaped Eriksson and other parts of his exotic car collection weeks before the crash. And he and the crew were in Beverly Hills in April when police pulled over Eriksson's wife in a rare Mercedes and confiscated the vehicle. His footage suddenly became hot property.

"CNN and others called and asked for Spyder," recalls his mother, Tippi Dobrofsky. "And I said, 'This is his mom.' They were like, 'His mom?' "

The kid is only 14. Funny.