$30M Ferrari Wrecked...

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Jul 11, 2012 | 04:20 PM

ttribe

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$30M Ferrari Wrecked...

...now THAT'S a bad day. Link: http://autos.aol.com/article/ferrari...est=latestnews

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Of course, driving a car always comes with the chance of an accident, and unfortunately that's just what happened when Cox recently had the 250 GTO out on track as part of the model's 50th anniversary tour in France last week. Details of the extent of the accident are scarce, but the off-track excursion at the Reims-Gueux race track was bad enough that his wife broke her leg on impact.

Jul 11, 2012 | 04:24 PM

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Bad day indeed. Wrecked $30m car and broke his wife's leg in the process. Wow.

Jul 11, 2012 | 04:31 PM

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Jul 11, 2012 | 05:04 PM

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damn....

props on driving it though? As most people would never drive such a car.

Jul 11, 2012 | 05:10 PM

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damn....

props on driving it though? As most people would never drive such a car.

Totally agree.

Jul 11, 2012 | 06:05 PM

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My first thought was this was the former SEC chairman but I don't know he had enough private sector time to amass that kind of wealth. He was in public service as a congressman, White House lawyer, and SEC chairman from the late 80s to 2009.

Jul 11, 2012 | 06:11 PM

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damn....

props on driving it though? As most people would never drive such a car.

Agreed...why have it if your not gogin to drive it?

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Jul 11, 2012 | 06:12 PM

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Agreed...why have it if your not gogin to drive it?

Because it is $30M?

I don't know if Lloyds of London would even insure it for occasional track use.

Jul 11, 2012 | 07:03 PM

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It will probably end up not far from where i live to be restored.

Jul 11, 2012 | 07:51 PM

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That sucks.

Jul 11, 2012 | 08:01 PM

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I don't know if Lloyds of London would even insure it for occasional track use.

Can never tell if it's true or not, but that's what they said on Top Gear. When Jeremy was showing the new 599 GTO, he said that BBC couldn't afford the insurance to let him drive the 250 GTO he stood next to on their private track

Jul 11, 2012 | 08:37 PM

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The universe weeps when one of these gifts from the heavens dies...

Jul 11, 2012 | 10:00 PM

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Noooooooooooo.....

Hope his wife is OK.

Jul 12, 2012 | 07:44 AM

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Read about this. Ouch!

Jul 12, 2012 | 10:46 AM

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She was probably nagging him about not visiting her mother and he just said, "Fuck it" and drove into the trees

Jul 12, 2012 | 11:13 AM

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sux

Jul 12, 2012 | 11:48 AM

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this why you don't bring women with you on track days.

Jul 12, 2012 | 01:55 PM

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Road head is very dangerous.

Jul 12, 2012 | 06:09 PM

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bummer.

Jul 13, 2012 | 12:36 AM

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Jul 16, 2012 | 03:01 AM

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dang that sucks lol i would never let it out of the garage D:

Jul 16, 2012 | 12:07 PM

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How much is one worth to own and track a 30M dollar car?

Not sure how I feel about this. I feel bad that a beautiful car was wrecked.

Jul 16, 2012 | 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by speedemon90

damn....

props on driving it though? As most people would never drive such a car.

that's why I always loved going to pebble beach concours and only doing the historic races at mazda. Guys take multimillion dollar cars and drive the piss out of them

Jul 16, 2012 | 02:06 PM

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btw, apparently the crash didn't happen on the track, but happened on the road by a car trying to overtake the GTO.

This car will be fixed, the chassis # is 95% of the cars value.