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November 21, 2009
Vehicle inspection driver crashes iconic Ferrari
Published: 25 Sep 09 12:57 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/22296/20090925/
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A Ferrari worth 3 million kronor ($434,000) was left nursing a crumpled front end after a hapless Swedish motor vehicle inspection driver took it for an impromptu spin.
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But when the state-owned Swedish Motor Vehicle Inspection Company (Bilprovningen) driver sat behind the wheel of the powerful Italian sports car something went seriously awry and the vehicle lurched into a fence in the test area.
"It is not an easy vehicle to handle, if you are not used to it. A thoroughbred you could say," Torbjörn von Braun, CEO of Von Braun Sports Cars, told The Local on Friday.
The red Ferrari sustained damage to its front end in the crash which left the driver shaken from his experience.
"I spoke to him yesterday and he wasn't feeling too good about it, I don't think he would have slept much last night," von Braun told The Local.
Thorbjörn von Braun told The Local that the issue of reponsibility had not yet been established.
"It is an issue for our insurance company."
While the vehicle is a rare "collector's item" von Braun explained that the damage is repairable and the car would be back on the road before long.
"Had it been performing on a race track they would have had the body part ready and replaced within 20 minutes. It is expensive, but can be repaired," he told The Local.
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probably its not coz of your race its b'coz of your cooper.
Next time go to the one in Solna if you are in Stockholm, I have a 2001 Rover 200 and its a sh!t car. I was sure they were gonna put me in jail for still driving that piece of
sh!t. I left it there with them and they called me later that there was not enough fuel in that so we havnt had a test drive but we know you have to change the break fuel. and thats it. :-)))))
Another tip, use volvo or sab or bmw, they are more familiar with that :-))))))