Groom crashes rented $342,000 Ferrari into wall on his wedding day
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mashable.comPosted Apr 19, 2016, 10:20 AM UTC
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mashable.comBride: "Is that your debt?" Groom: "No darling, now it is our debt."
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£7k deposit? Is this normal? I've not much experience hiring out fancy cars.
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The Ferarri is owned by Lord Aleem, he's a YouTuber who runs a luxury car dealership with his family. I'm sure they're not happy about this whole deal.
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The insurance company probably aren't too chuffed either.
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Lord Aleem's father
FTFY
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TBH it doesn't take a great deal of damage to write off a modern Ferrari.
A pals relative in Italy had a new 458 that a horse managed to put its front hooves through the front screen and into the dash. Electrics were fubar'd and car was written off.
Brings a new meaning to prancing horse.
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So I assume he automatically loses the £7,100 deposit but what's the deal with the £28,000 additional insurance costs.
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That's the excess.
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So who pays the £28,000? I've never rented a car before, let alone a Ferrari 458 Spyder
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Well you normally pay a nominal fee as a security deposit against general nicks and scratches; which no doubt covers the insurance premium too. Most of the time cars come back in the same condition they went out in. You'll get your deposit refund and off you go. If you damage the car, in excess of the deposit, then you'll either pay a fixed fee or a variable fee. It depends on the contract you sign.
In this case, the "excess" was set at £28k - which for us mortals is a chunk of change and then some more. This car was heavily insured no doubt. This chap however should not have been allowed to rent this car. It's a total write off. A friend of mine has a similar business and you need to have proof that you have driven high performance cars in order to rent one of his cars. I've been in a few and believe me, they're beasts. Great to drive on a track, but out in the open road - that's something else.
Do yourself a favour - go to a dealership and see if they'll take you out for a spin. Many will do this with pleasure. :)
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Yea, sometimes my 2006 Honda Jazz is the same way. When you slot it into sports mode it just takes off which can be a bit tricky to control.
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"MashableUK", talking about UK events, copied from a DM article, puts price in USD...
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The destruction of Greece continues. How very, very, very sad.
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That must suck, what with the Pound only getting 1.4 Dollars
He should have done it last year were it was closer to 1.6!
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