So if you wreck your Enzo going 150+, you a:sit in amazement or b:?

[thresher]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-022106crash_lat,0,3727466.story?coll=la-home-headlines

videos are nuts

[kgsilvas]

Ouch! That hurt$!!

[Jane83]

haha, so he runs away?
well, at least the ferrari didnt kill him, thats good enough for me to go buy one now.
off to the dealership.

[KIISQueen]

hoW INSANE IS THAT!!!!

[Bires]

Shouldn't be too hard to identify the driver...


"anyone lose a $1M car this morning?"

[OC]

As punishment, the owner should be ordered to buy me a new Toyota Matrix.

[speedracer120]

If you can afford the Enzo, you can afford track time. Freaking idiot.

[DarkFury]

Well maybe they should just look at the 2 guys and figure out which one had the "bloody lip" since neither admits to driving the car.

Sounds to me that someone (mostly likely the media) is confused about those guys. (of course the chopper is heard overhead searching the woods for the would be driver... ) You'd think that they would just check the glove compartment to see who owned the car which might give a clue as to who was really driving it (like you'd just let ANYONE drive your 1 million dollar sports car. :heh: )

[ArkiStan]

"You pay a million bucks for a car, you expect safety," Brooks said.

...the driver of the car fled on foot

Night Club Entrance Fee.....$30
Night-long shots of Tequilla.....$90
Drunking Bet on Street Race.....$1000
Totaled Ferrarri Enzo.....$1 Million.

Walking away from the crash.....priceless

[bachviet]

He wasted a great car. :disa:

[hapoo]

i'm amazed. the guy crashed going 200+ and only got a bloody lip! why the F is it that only morons survive crashes?

[attgig]

he was going 120. the driver is the "passenger" that stayed behind, and he made up the story of the driver fleeing.

at least that's what my detective work is telling me...

[DarkFury]

he was going 120. the driver is the "passenger" that stayed behind, and he made up the story of the driver fleeing.

at least that's what my detective work is telling me...
So who is the "other" guy?

The report stated that there were 2 guys standing by the car... saying that the driver ran into the woods.

[mcs328]

I feel sorry for the car. No sympathy for the driver.

[thresher]

yeah. The funny thing is the Ferrari forum already knows who did it, etc, they're just not talking. There are only so many Enzos in every state and they all know each other. Pretty wild - thought you'd like that one! :)

[DarkFury]

yeah. The funny thing is the Ferrari forum already knows who did it, etc, they're just not talking. There are only so many Enzos in every state and they all know each other. Pretty wild - thought you'd like that one! :)
yeah.. I'd say that that is a pretty exclusive group.

They better hope that they aren't subpoenaed to testify. :heh:

[zero2dash]

Simple solution to this...the VIN#/registration will tell them exactly where the guy lives. :)

What an idiot. I agree with speedracer said...if you want to drive fast, pay for some track time and do it the right way; at least that way you keep the car.

[DarkFury]

Simple solution to this...the VIN#/registration will tell them exactly where the guy lives. :)

Well at least that will tell you who owns the car... but was he actually driving it? :hmm: (You'd think he was... since this wouldn't be a "common loaner".)

[zero2dash]

[Update]
Just noticed this on Joystiq.com.
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/22/former-gizmondo-exec-involved-in-ferrari-enzo-crash/

Former Gizmondo exec. involved in Ferrari Enzo crash

Posted Feb 22nd 2006 12:30PM by Conrad Quilty-Harper
Filed under: Culture, Driving, Business

Stefan Eriksson, the former executive officer of the now bankrupt Gizmondo Europe, who resigned from the company after it emerged that he was convicted of financial fraud in the mid-90s, was involved in a high speed car crash which totalled a $1 million Ferrari Enzo. Police in the Los Angeles district of Malibu said in a statement that the car was owned by Mr. Eriksson, but that he was not driving.

According to the former exec. a German man called Dietrich--who fled the scene--was driving the car. That's convenient considering that Mr. Eriksson's blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit. The car, which was travelling at around 192km/h, mounted an embankment, became airborne and was sheared in two on collision with a pole. Apparently the car was taking part in a street race with a Mercedes SLR, a $677,500 car.

So when Mr. Eriksson claimed to have left Gizmondo to "pursue new entrepreneurial ventures", he meant to say that he'd be throwing away a third of the $3 million in salary and bonuses he earned from his time at Gizmondo by getting involved in the writing off of his one million dollar car. Stefan Eriksson, with his mobster past and reckless attitude to his own life and others, is the sort of person the video games industry (or any industry for that matter) doesn't need.

Note: the picture above is not the actual Enzo. Check out Carguy's comment to view pics from the real wreck.

[Thanks, Jazz]

Carguy's link:
http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/news/more-on-the-enzo-incident-on-pch-with-photos-156121.php

Those pictures (above link) are sick.
The car was cut in half width wise (basically there's half of the front and the other half containing the back). Somehow the engine, transmission, etc. all ended up outside of the car, somewhere down the street.
I guess you do get safety for $1 million...they're lucky to be alive. :eek:

[Showtime]

yeah i was going to mention how obvious it was that he was the driver. you don't let some foreign dude named "dietrich" drive your million dollar ferrari.
i remember some idiot in porsche split his car in two while trying to race a motorcycle on PCH. except dude died and took some people in a minivan with him.

btw, it's amazing how well built that ferrari is. designed for the track/high speed crashes and it did it's job perfectly.

[mcs328]

Ah so he did an Enron and now Karma is paying him back. I feel even less sympathy for him.

[Thesifer]

I was going for must be stolen.. until I read that the "Passenger" stayed behind.. That makes little sense.

[Houdini]

I'm sure it's easy to drive such a car at 120, which isn't all that fast even for my entry-level (albeit with sport and primo package) 325i. Still, the driver doesn't seem to know what he's doing and was obviously driving in an area where he shouldn't be doing that kind of speed.

I am surprised that the ultralight Enzo would take such a beating and have anyone survive. I'd feel much safer and likely be more likely to live if I hit something in my car at that speed. :shrug:

[DarkFury]

I am surprised that the ultralight Enzo would take such a beating and have anyone survive. I'd feel much safer and likely be more likely to live if I hit something in my car at that speed. :shrug:
Just because it is light, doesn't mean it isn't strong... carbon fiber is a wonderful thing.

Of course by the pics given, the car separated and the passenger compartment remained intact upon impact... just like most good racing cars.

Had they had your car... those guys might be dead now. :2far:

[speedracer120]

:agree:
Those cars are built to disintegrate so as to disperse the energy from the crash.

[DankNstickY]

i drove by there on thursday and there was a cop walking on the hill searching for stuff on the ground.

oh and right next to that spot, they had a dodge caliber they were filming on decker canyon rd, the street the ferrari turned off of. i guess its for a commercial or something.

[DarkFury]

oh and right next to that spot, they had a dodge caliber they were filming on decker canyon rd, the street the ferrari turned off of. i guess its for a commercial or something.

Dodge Caliber? Is that a new car from Dodge? Never heard of that one.



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http://www.dodge.com/caliber/?pid=12206058&adid=24378399_1758118&rid=

EDIT: Just went to Dodge's website... and yup.. "New for 2007". Another subcompact "station wagon/hatchback hybrid"... Ummm... yeah, ok.

Does this mean that the Neon/SRT4 is on the way out?

Answer... yup, I guess it does...
http://www.dodge.com/dodge_life/news/autoshow_news/caliber_srt4.html

[DankNstickY]

yeah its new, as you found out. the one they had was black. looked kinda decent, but i was about 100 ft away and driving by at 65 or so. couldnt get that great of a look.

[zero2dash]

So...I just read that this guy had 2 Enzos.
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/28/gizmondo-execs-ferrari-before-and-after/

Eurogamer managed to dig up some pics of Gizmondo exec Stefan Eriksson's Ferrari Enzo before it got split in half. Well, we should clarify that sentence. They managed to dig up pictures of the Ferrari that got totaled in addition to some pics of his other Ferrari. That's right folks, the dude's got two of em.

:eek:

Some people just don't deserve to have money. :shifty: Gimme some!!! :P

[Jeffbx]

Oooh, good thing he was smart enough to buy a spare!

[DankNstickY]

yeah i think i read that his other one is black. :drool: black enzo... very nice.

[baggio248]

This is such a crazy story!!!



Brooks said the investigation also revealed that in September, Eriksson had brought two Ferrari Enzos into the country in San Diego -- one a red one and the other a black one. He also brought in a Mercedes SLR, a $600,000 vehicle.

Brooks said that the red Ferrari and the Mercedes have since been described as stolen, because the initial down payment on them was allegedly a fraudulent one through a company owned by Freer.

Here's the rest of the story:

LOS ANGELES -- The plot continued to thicken Thursday in the mystery surrounding the crash of a $1 million Ferrari on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, a sheriff's sergeant said.

"It's like a James Bond story," said Sgt. Philip Brooks, of the Malibu/Lost Hills Station traffic detail. "But I just want to find out who was driving the Ferrari."

Brooks is heading up the investigation to find out if Stefan Eriksson, of Bel Air, was at the wheel of the red Ferrari Enzo when it crashed into a pole off Pacific Coast Highway on Feb. 21 at an estimated 160 mph.

The impact caused the car to split in half and nearly disintegrate, but Eriksson suffered relatively minor injuries.

A bloodied Eriksson was found in the passenger seat and told authorities that the driver was a German man named Dietrich who fled on foot into the Malibu hills.

"Yesterday, Eriksson came to the station with his attorney, David Eldon, and voluntarily provided a DNA sample taken with a mouth swab," Brooks said. "We want to see if his blood matches the blood in the Ferrari."

Results are expected for a few weeks.

The blood was found only on the driver's side of the car, not the passenger's side.

On the advice of his attorney, Eriksson did not make a statement Wednesday.

After the crash, Eriksson told deputies examining the wreckage that he had been a passenger in the Ferrari and there was a street race with a Mercedes.

Brooks said that Eriksson had told deputies of his friend Trevor, who was a passenger in the Mercedes.

"Based on the evidence, we don't believe there was a Mercedes or any race. There was a sole vehicle driving too fast on Pacific Coast Highway," Brooks said.

He has not been able to prove that Eriksson was the driver of that Ferrari.

But he said that "the plot thickened" as the investigation continued.

He said that Trevor -- he has a last name but is not releasing it -- said he was a friend of Eriksson and gave as his home address a boat slip in Marina del Rey.

The boat in that slip was a $14 million yacht, maybe the biggest in the harbor. And the name of the registered owner is Carl Freer.

Eriksson's name was linked by several European newspapers, including the Guardian of London, to Freer for their involvement in the collapse of a prominent video game company in Sweden in which investors lost millions of dollars. Eriksson was reportedly sentenced to a long prison sentence in that case.

Another unnerving development -- Trevor was at the scene of the accident on PCH and asked a good Samaritan to use his cell phone to report the crash, Brooks said.

"An hour later the good Samaritan found a magazine to a 40 mm Glock which had been stuffed under the car seat and reported it to us," Brooks said.

Brooks said the investigation also revealed that in September, Eriksson had brought two Ferrari Enzos into the country in San Diego -- one a red one and the other a black one. He also brought in a Mercedes SLR, a $600,000 vehicle.

Brooks said that the red Ferrari and the Mercedes have since been described as stolen, because the initial down payment on them was allegedly a fraudulent one through a company owned by Freer.

Federal authorities said Freer and Eriksson have connections to the Swedish mafia.

And then there's yet another wrinkle, Brooks said.

"At the scene of the accident, two associates of Eriksson showed up flashing badges from Homeland Security. Obviously, at the time the deputies were overwhelmed and didn't check out the badges. Eriksson also produced a business card describing himself as a deputy police commissioner with the San Gabriel Valley Transit," he said.

That entity is actually a privately owned security company, Brooks said. It consists of two vans used for paratransit working out of a garage across the street from the Monrovia Police Department.

The badges were apparently issued by the paratransit company, Brooks said.

Trevor told the deputies that Eriksson was part of the agency's anti-terrorism forces and that he was working on new facial recognition software for Homeland Security, Brooks said.

The sergeant said there was one additional piece of information.

The Ferrari company in Italy told Brooks it could fix the broken red Ferrari for a mere $200,000 to $300,000.

Many people had been upset at the destruction of the $1 million Ferrari, which is regarded as one of the finest cars ever made.

Brooks said that if it is determined that Eriksson was indeed the Ferrari driver, the most with which he could be charged is possibly misdemeanor DUI and reckless driving, along with providing false information to authorities.

Updated today:


LOS ANGELES -- The case of a million-dollar Ferrari destroyed in a crash on Pacific Coast Highway becomes more mysterious as more information is released about what the man found at the crash scene told deputies.

Feb. 23 Images

When deputies arrived at the scene of the crash last month, Stevan Ericksson, the man who claimed he was a passenger in the car and that the driver had run off, flashed a badge. Deputies said Ericksson claimed he was a police commissioner with the "San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority's Homeland Security unit."

It turns out the "transit authority" is really just a shuttle service in Monrovia for the disabled and elderly, NBC4 reported. It has no officers and no official ties to any government agency.

The Los Angeles Times reported that two men also claiming to be "homeland security" officers from the same transit authority showed up at the site of the crash, but deputies said the two men left the scene of the accident and investigators have not been able to locate them since then.

[zero2dash]

They should just lock this idiot up and throw away the key until he wants to start coming clean...what a moron. :stupid:

And I can't believe this...

The Ferrari company in Italy told Brooks it could fix the broken red Ferrari for a mere $200,000 to $300,000.

How could they put that thing back together again???!? It's frickin' TOTALED. This isn't a few scratches and a dented bumper that some elbow grease and Turtle Wax will fix...the car was frickin' split in two and the engine was a good half mile (at least) away from the place of the wreck! :gle: :hmm:

[DarkFury]

The Ferrari company in Italy told Brooks it could fix the broken red Ferrari for a mere $200,000 to $300,000.

Definitely "cheaper to keep her"...

BTW... a car is only "totalled" if the damage value exceeds 40% of the car value... I guess at $300K, it hasn't been "totalled"... just demolished.

<Six Million Dollar Man>

We can rebuild him... stronger, faster... better!!!!

</Six Million Dollar Man>