Who among us can say we’ve never experience the stomach-dropping anguish at seeing a good thing ruined through our own stupidity. The dress we’ve ripped trying to force the zip; the plate of food we’ve swept off the table as we attempt to get the best Insta shot; the hard-drive containing $4.8 million worth of Bitcoin.
At least we can take comfort in the fact that we’re not this particular Pommy bloke, though. He merrily went out and purchased himself a brand-new, $325,000 (£200,000) Ferrari 430 Scuderia. Then, about an hour later, he drove it off the road.
Where it burst into flames.
It now looks like this:
Someone had a miracle escape (cuts/bruises) from his #Ferrari earlier on the M1. Lost control, went airborne & burst into flames #fire #ouch pic.twitter.com/DkMPEOedFB
— SYP Ops Support (@SYPOperations) July 27, 2017
Don’t worry; the bloke himself is fine, save for a few cuts and bruises. Most of them, presumably, from kicking himself.
Apparently, though, it wasn’t even really his fault – he wasn’t driving too fast or recklessly, it was just that the road was wet and, well, he was driving a Ferrari.
According to the South Yorkshire police, when police officers at the scene asked the decidedly glum man what kind of car the rapidly cooling mess had been, he responded:
“It was a Ferrari. I’ve only just got it. Picked it up an hour ago.”
Ouch. He may have walked away with a few scratches on his corporeal body, but he’s gonna be carrying the bruise on his pride around for quite some time.
Source: The Guardian.
Image: Twitter / @SYPOperations.
