# Worlds worst Pit stop. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 5, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130 "2011-12-05T14:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/1 "2011-12-05T14:28:37Z")
This: [http://news.yahoo.com/fleet-ferraris-ruined-japan-sportscar-pileup-064013838.html](http://news.yahoo.com/fleet-ferraris-ruined-japan-sportscar-pileup-064013838.html) **Fleet of Ferraris ruined in Japan sportscar pileup.** Not sure who it is but somebody deserves to be Pitted for this mess. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/2 "2011-12-05T14:37:19Z")
I’m having a hard time drumming up any sympathy. If you can afford a Ferrari, you can afford another one. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/3 "2011-12-05T16:18:00Z")
Whoever wrote that story apparently doesn’t know very much about Ferrari prices. It says: > [@](#): > > Even a used Ferrari in Japan can fetch $100,000 or more… …as if this is something surprising or unusual. Here’s a [used Ferrari](http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/Search/DRauSearchDetails.aspx?itemid=1100031) for sale right here in the United States. Here’s [another one](http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/Search/DRauSearchDetails.aspx?itemid=1070329). And [another](http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/Search/DRauSearchDetails.aspx?itemid=1095938). All over $100,000. Now, admittedly, quite a few of the Ferraris in that crash looked like F355s, which tend to sell in the $70-90,000 range in the US, but a nice 355 can still fetch over 100 grand here. And some of the most expensive Ferraris of all are [used](http://www.rmauctions.com/CarDetails.cfm?SaleCode=MO11&CarID=r124&Currency=). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/4 "2011-12-05T16:25:00Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I’m having a hard time drumming up any sympathy. If you can afford a Ferrari, you can afford another one. [Maybe not.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=262127) ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/5 "2011-12-05T16:28:18Z")
Just to help anybody in that crash feel a bit better: [10 Most Expensive Card Crashes](http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articles/002.shtml) (Ignoring that in most of these cases the damage was nowhere near the value of the car, but that’s true of this case as well.) ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/6 "2011-12-05T16:28:31Z")
According to the article, they were on their way to Hiroshima. There’s a nuke joke in there, somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/7 "2011-12-05T16:38:06Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > [10 Most Expensive Card Crashes](http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articles/002.shtml) That Magic deck was RUINED!!! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/8 "2011-12-05T17:58:22Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Now, admittedly, quite a few of the Ferraris in that crash looked like F355s, which tend to sell in the $70-90,000 range in the US, but a nice 355 can still fetch over 100 grand here. One of them was a 348. Those go pretty cheap nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/9 "2011-12-05T19:36:16Z")
There’s got to be some Asian Driver jokes in there as well, but not from me. I’m very PC. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/10 "2011-12-05T20:02:19Z")
Finally, the 1% are creating jobs for blue collar mechanics! I invite them to crash ALL their cars. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/11 "2011-12-05T20:42:33Z")
A li’l bit of Bondo will fix most of that right up. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/12 "2011-12-06T07:16:13Z")
Now the estimate is getting closer to $4 million. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16027006](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16027006) Send out for more Bondo. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/13 "2011-12-07T02:40:14Z")
I said this is the MPSIMS thread, but Japanese news reports that the because of the speeds involved, insurance won’t cover the damage. Japanese “expressways” are anything but that, with the speed limit of 80 km/hr, a measly 55 mph. (As reported by someone who once had a license suspended for 45 days for going less than 120 km/hr in a 60 km/hr zone :rolleyes:) ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/14 "2011-12-07T02:51:54Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [Maybe not.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=262127) logical conclusion, then, is that he couldn’t afford a Ferrari. There’s a difference between being able to afford to _buy_ a Ferrari and being able to afford to _own_ one. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/15 "2011-12-07T03:06:51Z")
> [@R.P.McMurphy](#): > > Now the estimate is getting closer to $4 million. > > [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16027006](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16027006) > > Send out for more Bondo. The name is Bondo – James Bondo. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/16 "2011-12-07T06:02:52Z")
So some rich idiots were speeding and ruined their expensive toys? Who gives a shit? ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-pit-stop-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/605130/17 "2011-12-09T21:58:34Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > A li’l bit of Bondo will fix most of that right up. Yep! 😛 That’ll buff right out! Really, I’m sure it will! :rolleyes: