I’m a fast learner..
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soad said:
Must be the first L-plated fezza!
I rather doubt it is. There have been Ferraris for as long as there have been rich parents...Coincidentally (being off sick currently and watching council house telly) I saw this on The Wright Stuff this morning. There was a degree of vitriol being directed towards it - crass, vulgar etc. Personally I think it's rather unfair. If I'd had the money at 17 (if I ever have the money...) I'd have been inclined to do the same.
Chris71 said:
soad said:
Must be the first L-plated fezza!
I rather doubt it is. There have been Ferraris for as long as there have been rich parents...
A chap I went to school with sat his test in his dad's F355 F1. Which he thought would get him a manual licence, because it's an automated manual box isn't it?
So he passed, then had to sit another test a couple of weeks later in the manual Polo that was his actual car - which he failed. He wasn't mocked. Much...
With regard to the chap learning above, good luck to him. Perhaps he'll end up a safer supercar driver as a result, rather than drive the normal car, pass test, then go out unaccompanied for the first time in a mid-engined 600bhp+ Ferrari and wreck it/himself/others as the vast majority of inexperienced but wealthy young drivers may do.
Edited by Zwoelf on Friday 1st July 15:02
Wasn't there a kid a few years ago who passed his test in a Fezza that his dad had bought for him? The thinking of the insurance company was that if he could pass the test in the car, then he was competent to drive it and therefore they would reduce the premium accordingly. Maybe something similar here?
JustNeil said:
Wasn't there a kid a few years ago who passed his test in a Fezza that his dad had bought for him? The thinking of the insurance company was that if he could pass the test in the car, then he was competent to drive it and therefore they would reduce the premium accordingly. Maybe something similar here?
bet they wouldn't do the same if I said to them, I want to insure a Eunos Roadster. If I do my test in it will the insurance be cheaper.Zwoelf said:
A chap I went to school with sat his test in his dad's F355 F1. Which he thought would get him a manual licence, because it's an automated manual box isn't it?
That's what I was thinking looking at the article. A Ferrari without a manual option is a crap car to learn in if it's doing a lot of the hard work for you.my driving instructor nearly prolaspsed his rectum when i told him i had an xr3i waiting for me when i passed. if i had told him i had a ferrari i believe he may have turned into an actual black hole and stop the whole of time and reality.
a bit.
a bit.
Edited by tucks on Friday 1st July 18:16
vescaegg said:
Would a paddleshift car constitute a manual licence or auto? Anyone know if auto licence holders can drive something technically defined as an automated manual?
Its classed as an auto if it doesn't have a clutch pedal. I'm surprised he is allowed to take his test in it, there are restrictions on using your own car because the examiner has to have a good view out the back when using his stick on mirrors. On of the banned cars was a Ford StreetKa.
The fact it's pictured on a high street says it all. Anybody can stick an L plate on their Ferrari and let their sone drive it around town at 20mph. If the photo showed him sideways around a corner on snake pass then that would, in my mind, be a worthy news story.
I drove £60,000 farm vehicles on the road when I was 16. Nobody ever took a picture of me!
I drove £60,000 farm vehicles on the road when I was 16. Nobody ever took a picture of me!
JustNeil said:
Wasn't there a kid a few years ago who passed his test in a Fezza that his dad had bought for him? The thinking of the insurance company was that if he could pass the test in the car, then he was competent to drive it and therefore they would reduce the premium accordingly. Maybe something similar here?
I don't think the above is true. Im pretty sure theirs is a rule saying you have to do your test in a hatchback.Edited by Sam the Mut on Saturday 2nd July 20:06
Sam the Mut said:
JustNeil said:
Wasn't there a kid a few years ago who passed his test in a Fezza that his dad had bought for him? The thinking of the insurance company was that if he could pass the test in the car, then he was competent to drive it and therefore they would reduce the premium accordingly. Maybe something similar here?
I don't think the above is true. Im pretty sure theirs is a rule saying you have to do your test in a hatchback.Edited by Sam the Mut on Saturday 2nd July 20:06
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