These guys took an F40 camping

[Kent]

Im sure the paint on that roof wasn't bothered with being loaded down by cheap nylon and tied off with rope of the same quality... I mean it's not like the paint on that car is so thin you can see the cf weave through it or anything crazy! oh, wait, nvm.

 

[Dennisch]

Oh no. The paint is scratched. Surely that doesn't happen when you thunder round a circuit.

 

[Cano]

The Martini-liveried one looks the best IMO.

Martini and Alitalia win for me, but that blue on blue Pioneer one also makes me giggle like a plaid-skirted school girl. And that never happens to me with Ferraris.

 

[Imari]

Im sure the paint on that roof wasn't bothered with being loaded down by cheap nylon and tied off with rope of the same quality... I mean it's not like the paint on that car is so thin you can see the cf weave through it or anything crazy! oh, wait, nvm.

Is this really how you think such a car should be treated? Don't do anything that could even damage the paintwork?

The car wouldn't get out of the garage. Hell, keeping it in the garage would be risky, all sorts of things in there that could scratch it. You might as well keep it in bubble wrap.

I said it before, anyone who can afford an F40 can afford to repair any minor damage that might result from an excursion like this. So what's the problem? It's not going to catch on fire, it's not going to destroy the tub, or grenade the motor or anything like that. The car will be perfectly serviceable afterwards. The worst it's going to get is some gravel rash on the bottom, chips in the paint and maybe scuffed rims.

If I was going to buy an F40 that had been driven only once, I'd rather have one that had been taken down a short dirt road than one that had been flogged around a track for a day.

It's an amazing car, but it's just a thing like any other thing. One day it will break and die. What matters is how much you can enjoy it between today and the day you say goodbye to it.

 

[Dan]

It's an amazing car, but it's just a thing like any other thing. One day it will break and die. What matters is how much you can enjoy it between today and the day you say goodbye to it.

Welp, that's going in the signature. I think that should be a motto for everything.

 

[Kent]

Is this really how you think such a car should be treated? Don't do anything that could even damage the paintwork?

The car wouldn't get out of the garage. Hell, keeping it in the garage would be risky, all sorts of things in there that could scratch it. You might as well keep it in bubble wrap.

I said it before, anyone who can afford an F40 can afford to repair any minor damage that might result from an excursion like this. So what's the problem? It's not going to catch on fire, it's not going to destroy the tub, or grenade the motor or anything like that. The car will be perfectly serviceable afterwards. The worst it's going to get is some gravel rash on the bottom, chips in the paint and maybe scuffed rims.

If I was going to buy an F40 that had been driven only once, I'd rather have one that had been taken down a short dirt road than one that had been flogged around a track for a day.

It's an amazing car, but it's just a thing like any other thing. One day it will break and die. What matters is how much you can enjoy it between today and the day you say goodbye to it.

That's legit no doubt.

I just don't like people using anything (be it a car, tool, knife, or stroller) for purposes that it was never intended for... Beat the car up all you want but in my humble opinion a car like the F40 should never be used as a wheelbarrow for some lazy rich prick who wants to make waves on the internet.

If any of you think that's the way you should be using an F40 then good for you.

Oh, btw, Yes.
I really do think you should not scratch the paint of an F40 for the sake of carrying a cooler, a tent, and a handful of equipment 40 yards from the cabin you are sleeping in on your camping trip.

 

[Imari]

That's legit no doubt.

I just don't like people using anything (be it a car, tool, knife, or stroller) for purposes that it was never intended for... Beat the car up all you want but in my humble opinion a car like the F40 should never be used as a wheelbarrow for some lazy rich prick who wants to make waves on the internet.

If any of you think that's the way you should be using an F40 then good for you.

What do you think of Rowan Atkinson?

Besides, I think you're showing your prejudices when you use terms like "lazy rich prick" to describe the owner. For all you know the owner worked his arse off for the last twenty years to afford his dream car, and now that he's got it he's determined to get as much use out of it as he can, to the point of driving it on a camping trip.

And yes, I think that if the owner of an F40 wants to drive it off road then that's up to him. He paid his money, and now it's his. If you don't like it, then you can buy it off him and protect it from the nasty bad men.

Me, I think that the world would be a very boring place if we could only use things in the way they were designed. Emergent properties are great. The internet wasn't designed to allow people to argue about how cars should be used, but it seems to be doing it all right.

 

[Kent]

What do you think of Rowan Atkinson?

Besides, I think you're showing your prejudices when you use terms like "lazy rich prick" to describe the owner. For all you know the owner worked his arse off for the last twenty years to afford his dream car, and now that he's got it he's determined to get as much use out of it as he can, to the point of driving it on a camping trip.

And yes, I think that if the owner of an F40 wants to drive it off road then that's up to him. He paid his money, and now it's his. If you don't like it, then you can buy it off him and protect it from the nasty bad men.

Me, I think that the world would be a very boring place if we could only use things in the way they were designed. Emergent properties are great. The internet wasn't designed to allow people to argue about how cars should be used, but it seems to be doing it all right.

Lazy...
Did you not see the cabin only a little way behind their camping spot?
That car was driven down to that spot simply to create this sort of discussion and draw attention to the owner.

Just as you can assume I think he never worked a day to have that car, I can assume you think he worked all his life... what difference does that make? (as if someone who worked all his life to get a car like that would treat it so poorly ).

Just because you can afford something doesn't mean you "should" be able to use it as you please. Consider priceless art and the idea might change... suddenly being able to buy the mona lisa doesn't mean you are in the right to destroy it (simply because you could buy it).

The owner of a historic Ferrari decided to abuse it for the sake of carry camping supplies (maybe) 40 yards from the cabin, then took pictures from MULTIPLE angles (POORLY done pictures at that, no artistry at all), and the internet is suppose to think that's cool or even respectable? I think not.

That owner is definitely an attention whore who would rather be cool on the net than have a proper F40.

 

[Imari]

Just as you can assume I think he never worked a day to have that car, I can assume you think he worked all his life... what difference does that make? (as if someone who worked all his life to get a car like that would treat it so poorly ).

You're assuming all sorts of things. I'm not assuming anything, just pointing out that there's more possibilities than just "he's a lazy rich prick".

Just because you can afford something doesn't mean you "should" be able to use it as you please. Consider priceless art and the idea might change... suddenly being able to buy the mona lisa doesn't mean you are in the right to destroy it (simply because you could buy it).

In the case of objects that are unique and of significance to the human race as a whole, I agree completely.

But there's not a shortage of F40s. If it was one of the last few, then sure. If it was the last one, it shouldn't even be on the road. But the more of them there are, the less it matters what happens to any single one. Does anyone shed a tear when a Toyota Corolla gets written off?

There were more than a thousand F40s made. It's an amazing car, but the world isn't going to be any worse off for the lack of one or two.

The owner of a historic Ferrari decided to abuse it for the sake of carry camping supplies (maybe) 40 yards from the cabin, then took pictures from MULTIPLE angles (POORLY done pictures at that, no artistry at all), and the internet is suppose to think that's cool or even respectable? I think not.

That owner is definitely an attention whore who would rather be cool on the net than have a proper F40.

So at this point you even agree that it wasn't driven that far on a dirt road, and yet you still have a problem?

Cars have gone through far, FAR worse for the sake of an interesting photo. Do you get furious every time you see the Top Gear boys abusing some exotic as well? Yeah, what he did to the car probably wasn't worth it, but I don't see how it really matters when the likely damage, if any, was trivial and there's that many more F40s out there. Again, his car and his money, he can do what he likes with it.


And you didn't answer the question about Rowan Atkinson? What's your opinion on someone who repeatedly crashes his F1, which is an order of magnitude rarer than the F40? There's only a hundred F1s, and it's arguably a more historically significant car than the F40 as well.

 

[Snorevette]

The owner of a historic Ferrari decided to abuse it for the sake of carry camping supplies (maybe) 40 yards from the cabin, then took pictures from MULTIPLE angles (POORLY done pictures at that, no artistry at all), and the internet is suppose to think that's cool or even respectable? I think not.

I, for one, think doing interesting things with your car is much, MUCH cooler and more respectable than treating it like some sort of precious artifact that must NEVER BE MESSED WITH EVER OR U WILL UNLEASH THE EVIL FERRARI CURSE.

 

[Tornado]

Im sure the paint on that roof wasn't bothered with being loaded down by cheap nylon and tied off with rope of the same quality... I mean it's not like the paint on that car is so thin you can see the cf weave through it or anything crazy! oh, wait, nvm.

Ultimately not a write off.

"Scrap it."

Just because you can afford something doesn't mean you "should" be able to use it as you please.

That's actually the definition of ownership.

Consider priceless art and the idea might change...

So priceless well over a thousand people bought them, and Ferrari kept making them long after the initial promised run to satiate the continued demand.

 

[Joey D]

So much anger! It's actually kind of sad when people get that bent out of shape over a car getting used. Ferrari designed the car to be bought and used, I'm sure they did all sort of testing on it too that included cold weather, durability, and all the other stuff car companies normally do to make sure it can take the "abuse" of being used as a car. Driving it down a dirt road isn't some sort of crime nor is it necessarily done for attention, the owner probably loves their car and wants to get enjoyment out of it while doing other activities with it they like to do.

 

[McLaren]

The owner of a historic Ferrari decided to abuse it for the sake of carry camping supplies (maybe) 40 yards from the cabin, then took pictures from MULTIPLE angles (POORLY done pictures at that, no artistry at all), and the internet is suppose to think that's cool or even respectable? I think not.

Alright.


Prove it.

 

[huskeR32]

Alright.


Prove it.

This. What in those pictures even slightly indicates that these guys were actually camping in one of those cabins?

I pitch my tent on campgrounds also occupied by cabins, RVs, caravans, etc. all the time. @Kent, you're making a huge assumption here.

 

[eiriksmil]

That owner is definitely an attention whore who would rather be cool on the net than have a proper F40.

Yeah, you seem like a lot of fun...