How the fuck do you no longer like a Ferrari, especially when you’re not even the one PAYING for it? I get pants-poopin’ excited when someone offers to pay for a measly McDouble for me, so I’d imagine that if someone threw out the idea of buying me a brand new sports car I’d probably have a raging orgasm for 6 hours straight followed by a week of uncontrollable muscle spasms that cause intermediate periods of irritable bowel syndrome. None of that makes any sense medically, but who cares? We’re gonna run with it anyway.
But onto the 20-year-old Swiss douchenozzle who set fire to his Ferrari 458 Italia because he wanted to use the insurance money to upgrade to a newer model. Now I’m no expert, but insurance companies typically don’t reimburse you over the initial value of the car – car values deteriorate over time due to the fact that, duh, you’re using the car and causing wear and tear on it, and plus if they did they’d lose money. For some reason no one thought to throw some basic logic at this kid, and so with a flick of a match and presumably a few gallons of gasoline, WHOOSH there goes the car.
In a bizarre case out of Europe, a 20-year-old Swiss man reportedly set fire to a Ferrari 458 Italia given to him by his father in a half-baked scheme to use the insurance money to upgrade to a new model…
As Swiss publication 20 Minutes first reported, the 20-year-old in March of 2014 visited a dealership to get his car valued so that he could trade it in for a new model, possibly the 458 Speciale which went on sale about then. The quote he received was $193,500, which wasn’t enough to cover the cost of the new model.
It’s alleged the man was short of funds at the time so one of the dealers suggested he destroy his car in order to claim the insurance value, which presumably was higher than the quoted value. Three accomplices were recruited, including a person working at the dealership, and to avoid suspicion the group crossed the border into Germany to do the dirty deed.(via)
Unfortunately the trio didn’t scout out their location very well and security camera footage led to their arrest. The 20-year-old was sentenced to 22 months of probation as well as a $33,000 fine, whereas his accomplices received probations ranging between 14 and 16 months. As for what I’m sure was the defining statement uttered as the case was being presented:
In court, the 20-year-old said he didn’t have the courage to tell his father that he no longer liked his gifted Ferrari.(via)
Don’t have kids. Ever. And if you do, don’t buy them things. Make them rough it in the back yard with only a box of matches and a ration of canned food items every week, it’ll build character.
[H/T Yahoo! Autos]