Rare Ferrari gets the "Cameron" treatment: Multi-million dollar Ferrari 250 TR crashing at Monterey Historics Some of us weren't able to attend the Monterey Historic races over the weekend, but the first thing we heard once the laptop spooled up was that a very expensive Ferrari 250 TR smacked into a bunch of tires at Laguna Seca. This has turned into the crash heard 'round the world for a few simple reasons. Make that thirty four reasons, to be exact. That's right Ferrari only made 34 250 Testa Rossas from 1956 to 1961. Actually, let's just make that 21 reasons, as the 250 TR is the preferred version of the car, and only 19 customer cars and 2 racers were built between 1958 and 1959. And while a 1957 250 Testa Rossa just sold this past May for $12,200,000, making it the most expensive car, well, ever -- the 1958 TR that cashed this weekend is "only" worth about $8 million. Our own meraviglioso photographer Drew Philips had Nikon in hand near Laguna's famed Corkscrew and was able to capture the tragic off-track excursion -- which is why we have these amazing photographs. In fact, Autoblog reader James Iovino was so smitten with Drew's work that he took all the individual photos and video-ized them. Which is not only a word we just made up, but pretty dang cool to watch. That is if watching a near-priceless Ferrari jump across gravel and slam into a bunch of dirty old tires can ever be cool. But hey, at least the TR got beat up on a race track instead resting in a garage during an earthquake. Besides, everything ought to buff right out. Full "video" after the jump. Thanks again to James Iovino for his handiwork! http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/17/video-sort-of-multi-million-dollar-ferrari-250-tr-crashing-at/
It's really simple: You become so rich, that dropping $8 million means nothing to you. But you're such a self-centered ass that you decide to NOT donate the $8 million to cancer research or some other noble cause. Instead, you decide to buy yourself another toy. You already have a helicopter and a yacht, so you decide to buy a rare Ferrari. Then you join a club full of other too-rich, self-centered asses and talk to each other about your toys.
It just seems so stupid to me. 8 million. Seriously? I hope my old ass cell phone becomes worth 8 mil one day.
Some of these classic automobiles represent the perfect synergy between engineering, style, and performance. I'm not a car buff, either, but I still understand what a tragedy it is to loose one of these vintage racers, and in my opinion, that car should have been in a museum, not on a racetrack.
Unless you are willing/able to donate $8mil to a cause, it is pretty silly to critique someone on how they spend their money. I mean, it is THEIR money that THEY earned. In the end, it is all relative.
What is not to get? You don't think it is silly to get lathered about how someone else spends their own money?
What difference does it make if he paid 8M for the car or 50K? You will then have someone complaining a 25K car would suffice, and that he should have given the rest of the 25K to cancer research.
