Ferrari seized after only owning it for 1 day

[300zxfairlday]

http://www.vancouversun.com/cars/Vancouver+Ferrari+seized+street+racing/3598481/story.html
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Vancouver man's $400,000 Ferrari seized for street racing

Street-racing Ferrari and BMW impounded

BY BENJAMIN ALLDRITT, NORTH SHORE NEWS SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 COMMENTS (49)


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A street-racing Ferrari is towed from Mount Seymour.
Photograph by: supplied, for North Shore News
VANCOUVER — North Vancouver police have impounded a pair of hot wheels — a BMW and a $400,000 Ferrari — last weekend when officers pulled over two drivers clocked at about 200 km/h.

The Vancouver men, 21 and 22, were stopped by North Vancouver RCMP Saturday when officers spotted them racing on a road popular among hikers, outdoor enthusiasts and families.

Several motorists called in a dangerous driving complaints at 10:45 a.m. Moments later, the officer was stunned to see a sky blue Ferrari Scuderia streak past him, pursued closely by a BMW.

They were forced to slow down as they approached a parking lot, allowing police to catch up.

"They were penalized under the street-racing laws," said Cpl. Peter DeVries, spokesman for the detachment. "I think we probably saved their lives, if nothing else."

Both men were handed close to $1,000 in fines and automatically lost their licences and vehicles for seven days. The man driving the Ferrari had been behind the wheel of the supercar — valued at $400,000 — for only a day before watching it loaded onto the back of the impound truck.



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[rob the knob]

oh i thought motor had seized.

[black300]

So they never get their car back? They probably will face fines and will be good to go... $1,000 ticket and a 7 day suspension not bad especially if the guy has a $400,000 vehicle. it will seem like a car wash for his car

[300zxfairlday]

haha im guessing he gets his car back in 7 days.

[chkolny541]

ahhahah fool

[rob the knob]

it is different to have your automobile put in impound not seized

[beyond_ban]

^ They seize it and put it into the impound :nut:

[Godfuader]

Both men were handed close to $1,000 in fines and automatically lost their licences and vehicles for seven days.
How is that considered punishment? These "kids" will just laugh it off. Its like an average 21yr old in his $4,000 civic, getting fined $10 and a time out. Lesson not learned. I though BC fines were ridiculous. Maybe it meant to say $10,000

[95teetee]

Originally posted by Godfuader

How is that considered punishment? this. I could see if it was part of that 'seize and crush' street racing punishment- taking them for a week is no biggie.

[Muji]

Articles like this need to name names, useless without the social stigma Abbot and Costello would face had their names been released to the public. I am hoping the secured impound lot has a key or two they can run down the side of these cars, a treat to do it myself. Last car I had towed for a parking violation in Calgary, both of my mirrors were damaged, replacement was $500 out of my pocket.

[lellowrx7]

siezed just means taken on the spot
who knows for how long though

[4lti]

Siiiick color for a Ferrari!
Too bad the driver was driving like a douche tho....

[jaysas_63]

22 and rides an f430....the money in van city never ceases to amaze me

[jzz30dk]

sweet looking car but 200kph on a "popular" road should get more than a 1000$ fine.

[Team_Mclaren]

obviously if he can afford a 400k car he can afford a lawyer to get him the car back, they cant destroy the car or impound it forever....

[JAYMEZ]

Good way to give these guys attention for doing something stupid. They are probably gunna laugh it off.

[Graham_A_M]

F430 Spyder at age 22.... FML... wow.... :( :cry:

[jaysas_63]

looks like a coupe scuderia from the front bumper....do these things honestly MSRP for 400K in Canada??? they are in the mid 200K range in the states no??

[FLARE]

thats a joke. crushing the car would've made sense...

[you&me]

The article is so full of crap. But I guess that's usual for a non-story :drama:


- The speeds were never clocked, only estimated by other civilian motorists.

- The car is an 08 Scuderia. Maybe, with the right options, and ALL taxes, it could've been $400k when new. However, this car was recently bought used for significantly less.

- The owner has had the car for longer than 1 day. Not a lot longer, but hey, saying "one day" sure makes it a better story, right?

- He'll get the car back, but it's unlikely he'll be keeping it due to the insane ICBC insurance he'll be looking at.


I cannot stand idiots like this and in no way condone these speeds on public roads. I believe the driver should be fined significantly more and lose his license for a while.

I also cannot stand out right lying in "news" stories where the author (don't care to call him a journalist) is too lazy to do any fact checking and just embellishes minor details to make his non-story remotely interesting.

[Awd-Tsi]

Originally posted by rob the knob
it is different to have your automobile put in impound not seized are you retarded? :banghead: They "seize" it and put it into the impound lot, in which it says after 7 days he can pick it up.

[94boosted]

:thumbsdow For driving like that, but chances are if we all owned a Ferrari the vast majority of us at one point or another would hit 200km/h (atleast) on a public road


Oh and wow that car looks :drool:

[Awd-Tsi]

Originally posted by 94boosted
:thumbsdow For driving like that, but chances are if we all owned a Ferrari the vast majority of us at one point or another would hit 200km/h (atleast) on a public road


Oh and wow that car looks :drool: even if we didnt own a car like that the vast majority have still hit that speed

[dj_patm]

Originally posted by Awd-Tsi
even if we didnt own a car like that the vast majority have still hit that speed

I wonder if everyones high horse will go that fast?

Sure doing it on a busy road is pretty stupid but I seriously doubt anyone in here can claim that they have never hit 200 km/h.

[roopi]

Here's the update to the story. Looks like the cars were actually seized and being sold with only 30% going back to the owner of the Ferrari and 70% to the M6. That has to suck.

http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20101123/470_bc_ferrari_101123.jpg

http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20101123/470_bc_bmw_101123.jpg

Full Story:
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101123/bc_forfeit_cars_101123/20101123?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

[schocker]

Pure comedy gold

I can't understant one thing, why the hell doesn't Government make it mandatory for the manufacturers to restrict the speed to 100 kms/hr since the max speed limit is 100 kms on majority of canadian hwys.

[TYMSMNY]

Originally posted by roopi
Here's the update to the story. Looks like the cars were actually seized and being sold with only 30% going back to the owner of the Ferrari and 70% to the M6. That has to suck.

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Ferrari - 50% to part owner not involved, 30% to owner involved, and 20% to province.

M6 - 70% to owner, 30% to province.

[roopi]

Originally posted by TYMSMNY


Ferrari - 50% to part owner not involved, 30% to owner involved, and 20% to province.

M6 - 70% to owner, 30% to province.

Right. I read as 5% the first time and didn't include in my post. :thumbsup:

[911fever]

You'd be hard pressed to find a 430 Scuderia for over $250,000. Who's the ace reporter that figured out it was $400,000? Fail. How many other "facts" are wrong in this story?

[TYMSMNY]

Originally posted by roopi


Right. I read as 5% the first time and didn't include in my post. :thumbsup:

np. I was just curious what happened to the other 100k.

Looks like the BC government made a few pennies on these impounds.

[chkolny541]

LOOOOL
http://www.desicomments.com/dc1/04/90193/90193.jpg

dam, now the owners are goign to think twice before street racing. They need to do this more often IMO

[know1edge]

Originally posted by dj_patm
Sure doing it on a busy road is pretty stupid but I seriously doubt anyone in here can claim that they have never hit 200 km/h.

My car can't reach 200 so.... :angel:

[sneek]

Originally posted by 911fever
You'd be hard pressed to find a 430 Scuderia for over $250,000. Who's the ace reporter that figured out it was $400,000? Fail. How many other "facts" are wrong in this story?

I seem to remember the regular 430 costing more than 250K new with taxes in...

I would have estimated somewhere in the low to mid 300s, 400 is definitely on the high side though. I am sure they just rounded up to make it seem more dramatic.

[94boosted]

Originally posted by TYMSMNY


Ferrari - 50% to part owner not involved, 30% to owner involved, and 20% to province.

M6 - 70% to owner, 30% to province.

How is it even legal for the province to auciton off this car? I can understand them seizing it for 7 days or whatever and then slapping the owner with a big fine to get it out but how can they auction off someones property? :eek:

[TYMSMNY]

Originally posted by 94boosted


How is it even legal for the province to auciton off this car? I can understand them seizing it for 7 days or whatever and then slapping the owner with a big fine to get it out but how can they auction off someones property? :eek:

under a zero-tolerance bylaw for street racing. Race it and you could lose it.

[Jlude]

That's pretty shocking and should definitely send a message to everyone else in the province as a warning.

Can't believe they're actually gonna auction off their cars, how brutal is that. Fucking government cash grabbing.

[roopi]

Originally posted by Jlude
That's pretty shocking and should definitely send a message to everyone else in the province as a warning.

Can't believe they're actually gonna auction off their cars, how brutal is that. Fucking government cash grabbing.

What do you think a better solution would have been? Each of them being fined $1000 (or a few thousand)? I don't think that would deter the owners of a Ferrari/M6 in any way.

[banned3x]

:thumbsup: Hhahaha I love it. Government should keep 100%

Damn street racers!

[JordanAndrew]

yikes. :facepalm:

Sucks to be them.

[Jlude]

Originally posted by roopi


What do you think a better solution would have been? Each of them being fined $1000 (or a few thousand)? I don't think that would deter the owners of a Ferrari/M6 in any way.

I'm not really disputing the punishment, although that's what I typed, I just hate the government always coming down with a punishment that benefits them as well.

Why not suspend their license for two years... that'll teach em, but that wouldn't put any money in the govs pocket.

[in*10*se]

that is the nicest blue on a ferrari i have ever seen. my god. :love: :poosie: :hitit: :hitit:

[almerick]

CBC says the car is 235k
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/11/23/bc-ferrari-seized.html

I think the kids should be punished more severely.

[98type_r]

Does BC have an automatic court appearance for 50+ over the speed limit like we do?

[Chester]

http://jalopnik.com/5698145/mounties-sell-speeders-exotic-cars

[max_boost]

That's a very nice color on the Ferrari.

Not condoning it but there's a time and place for going over the speed limit so these guys are stupid for doing it during the morning.

I'm just saying, for example, on a deserted 3 lane highway at 3am in the morning with NO cars in sight, only under those circumstances, then MAYBE you can push it a little hahaha :devil: :burnout:

[94boosted]

Originally posted by roopi


What do you think a better solution would have been? Each of them being fined $1000 (or a few thousand)? I don't think that would deter the owners of a Ferrari/M6 in any way.

Taking someones $250k + Car is retarded in my books and even though what this guys did is dumb I'm hoping his lawyer can do something for him. A 6 month - 1 year liscence suspension + a stiff fine should do the trick but not taking someones property away :banghead:

[Sugarphreak]

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[3drian]

Originally posted by 94boosted


Taking someones $250k + Car is retarded in my books and even though what this guys did is dumb I'm hoping his lawyer can do something for him. A 6 month - 1 year liscence suspension + a stiff fine should do the trick but not taking someones property away :banghead:

+10000

[Chester]

The cars have already been sold.