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OT: wrecked Enzo
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Rainer Nyberg
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Posted 23 February 2006 - 22:45
Somewhat OT, here is a particular sorry-lookin' Enzo which has been in the Swedish media today.
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Posted 24 February 2006 - 02:53
This happened 10 minutes from my house. It was big news in Los Angeles. http://cbs2.com/tops..._052110615.html
Click the small TV screen for video on the news story.
Click the small TV screen for video on the news story.
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Posted 24 February 2006 - 04:21
BTW, the guy raced at Le Mans last year. The funny thing is, my friend who raced at Le Mans said that the black Ferrari that Rob Wilson was driving was being driven like sh*te, obviously not when Rob was in the car. Now we know he isn't all that great behind the wheel...
http://motorsport.co...24h-th-0231.jpg
http://motorsport.co...24h-th-0231.jpg
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Posted 24 February 2006 - 06:54
a similar accident, with the worst of the consequences, happened last october in the Monza area, have at Ferrari some reasons to worry about the car structural behaviour or are these just cases of driving above the limit?
http://www.autoblog....la-ferrari-enzo
http://www.autoblog....la-ferrari-enzo
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Posted 25 February 2006 - 10:02
"A car may only be a bucket of bolts, but it only takes a nut to wreck it."
'Nuff said."
Art
'Nuff said."
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Posted 25 February 2006 - 11:14
Doesn't matter what car your in - hit a light pole or stanchion sideways at 150 plus mph and you have a two-piece car. Even a HumV would be cut in half. The only pole I ever hit was at 30 mph back in 73, and my car was turned into a metallic omelette.
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Posted 25 February 2006 - 16:00
You guys are DANGEROUS! 
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Posted 27 February 2006 - 04:12
Wonder who was driving the Merc SLR? Can't be too many of those around either. I'm sure the Cops will be chatting them up a bit! 
At 162mph on the Pacific Coast Highway is NOT a skill or experience issue when you've been up all night drinking and possibly other things. He looked AWEFULLY alert for 6am in the morning after blowing .008 or whatever it is...granded the accident would have a sobbering effect BUT...he is now hiding behind the gates of his Beverly Hills Estate!
At 162mph on the Pacific Coast Highway is NOT a skill or experience issue when you've been up all night drinking and possibly other things. He looked AWEFULLY alert for 6am in the morning after blowing .008 or whatever it is...granded the accident would have a sobbering effect BUT...he is now hiding behind the gates of his Beverly Hills Estate!
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 20:56
Ferrari Case Takes New Twist With Possible Tie to Bus Agency
The trail leads to a nonprofit operating out of a Monrovia repair shop. More puzzling is its police force and 'anti-terrorism' unit.
By Richard Winton and David Pierson
Times Staff Writers
March 3, 2006
As sheriff's detectives investigate last week's crash that destroyed a $1-million Ferrari, they are now looking into an obscure nonprofit organization that provides disabled people with transit in the San Gabriel Valley.
The car's owner, a former video game executive from Sweden, told Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies at the scene of the Feb. 21 accident in Malibu that he was deputy commissioner of the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority's police anti-terrorism unit, detectives said Thursday.
A few minutes after the crash, two unidentified men arrived at the scene, flashing badges and saying they were from "homeland security," according to Sheriff's Department officials.
Deputies allowed the men into the accident scene, where they spoke to Stefan Eriksson before leaving, Sgt. Phil Brooks said.
Sheriff's officials on Thursday said they now want to question them.
"We would like the public's help with any information about these men or the crash," Brooks said.
They are also looking into the transit organization to see what connection, if any, it has to the case. Brooks said detectives believe the two men from "homeland security" received their badges from the transit authority.
No one was injured when the rare Ferrari Enzo traveling 162 mph smashed into a power pole on Pacific Coast Highway. But the case continues to generate interest because the Ferrari is one of only 400 built, and detectives have struggled to understand what happened.
Eriksson told investigators he was a passenger in the Ferrari and that the driver was a man named Dietrich, who fled from the scene. But officials have been skeptical, noting that Eriksson had a bloody lip and the only blood found was on the driver's side airbag.
On Thursday, Brooks said detectives now doubt initial reports that the Ferrari was racing a Mercedes SLR. Detectives had interviewed a second man who said he was a passenger in a Mercedes SLR that he said was racing the Ferrari at the time.
"There was no Mercedes SLR," Brooks said. "Simply, there was a Ferrari with two people in it. One of these men was driving."
Just as murky is Eriksson's connection to the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority.
The organization is a privately run nonprofit that has agreements with Monrovia and Sierra Madre to provide bus rides for disabled residents.
On its website, the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority lists its address as 148 E. Lemon Ave. in Monrovia. The location is Homer's Auto Service, an auto repair shop.
A transit authority bus was parked in one of its driveways, but nothing on the storefront indicated it was a headquarters for the agency. Inside, a young woman, who declined to give her name, said she was a dispatcher for the transit authority. She telephoned someone she said was an agency official, who declined to be interviewed.
According to the website, the organization also has its own police department with a chief, detectives and marked police cruisers. Sheriff's investigators said Eriksson told deputies that he was deputy commissioner of the department's anti-terrorism unit.
But Monrovia Police Chief Roger Johnson said he found that the department is less than meets the eye.
"I don't know if they have a police department to go with the website," he said.
In a brief interview, transit authority board member Yosuf Maiwandi said Eriksson had helped the police department's anti-terrorism unit with camera technology for the paratransit vehicles.
Eriksson's civil attorney, Ashley Posner, is chairman of the transit authority board. Posner declined to comment; Eriksson's criminal attorney did not return calls seeking comment.
Officials in cities where the agency does business said they didn't know why a small transit authority needs a police department.
"We do not see the need for a ground transportation system for handicapped and disabled folks to have a police agency," Monrovia City Manager Scott Ochoa said. "We warned them that if the police agency operated with them in the city of Monrovia, it would jeopardize their [transit] agreement with us."
It remains unclear how Eriksson, who lives in a gated Bel-Air estate, came to work with the transit agency.
Alan Deal, spokesman for the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, said he has never heard of the transit authority's police department. Most police agencies are part of the commission, which governs training standards for officers in the state.
But Deal said some specialized departments are not members, and there are provisions in state public utilities law that allow for transit police agencies to be run by private transit providers.
Sheriff's Sgt. Brooks said Eriksson voluntarily gave a DNA swab, which will be used to determine whether his blood was on the driver's side airbag.
Eriksson had a blood-alcohol level of 0.09% — just over the 0.08% limit — and could face drunk driving charges if he was the driver, Brooks said.
Another mystery is the Glock ammunition magazine found near the crash. Brooks said detectives believe it's connected to the crash but don't know how.
Copyright © 2006, The Los Angeles Times
The trail leads to a nonprofit operating out of a Monrovia repair shop. More puzzling is its police force and 'anti-terrorism' unit.
By Richard Winton and David Pierson
Times Staff Writers
March 3, 2006
As sheriff's detectives investigate last week's crash that destroyed a $1-million Ferrari, they are now looking into an obscure nonprofit organization that provides disabled people with transit in the San Gabriel Valley.
The car's owner, a former video game executive from Sweden, told Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies at the scene of the Feb. 21 accident in Malibu that he was deputy commissioner of the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority's police anti-terrorism unit, detectives said Thursday.
A few minutes after the crash, two unidentified men arrived at the scene, flashing badges and saying they were from "homeland security," according to Sheriff's Department officials.
Deputies allowed the men into the accident scene, where they spoke to Stefan Eriksson before leaving, Sgt. Phil Brooks said.
Sheriff's officials on Thursday said they now want to question them.
"We would like the public's help with any information about these men or the crash," Brooks said.
They are also looking into the transit organization to see what connection, if any, it has to the case. Brooks said detectives believe the two men from "homeland security" received their badges from the transit authority.
No one was injured when the rare Ferrari Enzo traveling 162 mph smashed into a power pole on Pacific Coast Highway. But the case continues to generate interest because the Ferrari is one of only 400 built, and detectives have struggled to understand what happened.
Eriksson told investigators he was a passenger in the Ferrari and that the driver was a man named Dietrich, who fled from the scene. But officials have been skeptical, noting that Eriksson had a bloody lip and the only blood found was on the driver's side airbag.
On Thursday, Brooks said detectives now doubt initial reports that the Ferrari was racing a Mercedes SLR. Detectives had interviewed a second man who said he was a passenger in a Mercedes SLR that he said was racing the Ferrari at the time.
"There was no Mercedes SLR," Brooks said. "Simply, there was a Ferrari with two people in it. One of these men was driving."
Just as murky is Eriksson's connection to the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority.
The organization is a privately run nonprofit that has agreements with Monrovia and Sierra Madre to provide bus rides for disabled residents.
On its website, the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority lists its address as 148 E. Lemon Ave. in Monrovia. The location is Homer's Auto Service, an auto repair shop.
A transit authority bus was parked in one of its driveways, but nothing on the storefront indicated it was a headquarters for the agency. Inside, a young woman, who declined to give her name, said she was a dispatcher for the transit authority. She telephoned someone she said was an agency official, who declined to be interviewed.
According to the website, the organization also has its own police department with a chief, detectives and marked police cruisers. Sheriff's investigators said Eriksson told deputies that he was deputy commissioner of the department's anti-terrorism unit.
But Monrovia Police Chief Roger Johnson said he found that the department is less than meets the eye.
"I don't know if they have a police department to go with the website," he said.
In a brief interview, transit authority board member Yosuf Maiwandi said Eriksson had helped the police department's anti-terrorism unit with camera technology for the paratransit vehicles.
Eriksson's civil attorney, Ashley Posner, is chairman of the transit authority board. Posner declined to comment; Eriksson's criminal attorney did not return calls seeking comment.
Officials in cities where the agency does business said they didn't know why a small transit authority needs a police department.
"We do not see the need for a ground transportation system for handicapped and disabled folks to have a police agency," Monrovia City Manager Scott Ochoa said. "We warned them that if the police agency operated with them in the city of Monrovia, it would jeopardize their [transit] agreement with us."
It remains unclear how Eriksson, who lives in a gated Bel-Air estate, came to work with the transit agency.
Alan Deal, spokesman for the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, said he has never heard of the transit authority's police department. Most police agencies are part of the commission, which governs training standards for officers in the state.
But Deal said some specialized departments are not members, and there are provisions in state public utilities law that allow for transit police agencies to be run by private transit providers.
Sheriff's Sgt. Brooks said Eriksson voluntarily gave a DNA swab, which will be used to determine whether his blood was on the driver's side airbag.
Eriksson had a blood-alcohol level of 0.09% — just over the 0.08% limit — and could face drunk driving charges if he was the driver, Brooks said.
Another mystery is the Glock ammunition magazine found near the crash. Brooks said detectives believe it's connected to the crash but don't know how.
Copyright © 2006, The Los Angeles Times
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Posted 18 April 2006 - 17:51
Los Angeles prosecutors filed embezzlement, grand theft, drunk driving and weapons charges Monday against a former European video game executive, whose involvement in the crash of a rare Ferrari Enzo in Malibu two months ago has mushroomed into a case filled with international intrigue.
The charges, more extensive than prosecutors had suggested last week, come as officials with Scotland Yard and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement continue to investigate the case, which involves the Swedish underworld, fake Homeland Security officials and an exotic car collection.
If convicted on all counts, Bo Stefan M. Eriksson, 44, would face up to 14 years in prison. He pleaded not guilty through his attorney, who described the charges as "overblown."
The case stems from the 162-mph crash of the Enzo, one of only 400 made, on Pacific Coast Highway on Feb. 21.
Eriksson told sheriff's deputies that he was a passenger and that the driver, a man he knew only as "Dietrich," had fled into the hills.
But prosecutors charged Monday that Dietrich never existed and that Eriksson had been behind the wheel — with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit — when the crash occurred. The charges were filed after officials received results of a DNA test of blood found on the vehicle's driver-side air bag.
Laying out their case against Eriksson for the first time, prosecutors accused him of embezzlement and grand theft for allegedly bringing the Enzo and the rest of his $3.8-million car collection to the United States, even though he had only leased them from British financial institutions. The lease contract, authorities said, prohibited him from taking the vehicles out of England.
He was also charged with possessing a handgun, which is illegal because he had been convicted of drug and counterfeiting felonies in Sweden.
Eriksson, dressed in an orange jail uniform, appeared in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom packed with journalists from around the world.
His attorneys protested that the $5.5-million bail set by Judge Mary Strobel was excessive. Prosecutors sought the high amount because they said detectives searching his Bel-Air estate April 8 found an airline ticket in Eriksson's name that would have him depart to London two days later.
"Right now, I have six or seven murder cases, including a death penalty case, where the bail is $1 million," said attorney Andrew Flier outside court.
Eriksson's other attorney, David Elden, said the .357-caliber handgun was not his client's but belonged "to a deputy sheriff for Orange County." The attorney did not elaborate, and Orange County Sheriff's Department officials declined to comment.
In an interview outside court, Elden described Eriksson as "totally innocent of all these charges."
"The press has blown this out of proportion," he said, adding that Eriksson is in a dispute with the British financial institutions over ownership of the destroyed Ferrari as well as two other expensive vehicles.
Elden also said Eriksson is not a flight risk because he has business ties in Los Angeles, though he did not say what they were.
Eriksson arrived in Los Angeles sometime last year, moving into the posh Bel-Air Crest section of Los Angeles with his wife and young son. Eriksson had been an executive with Gizmondo, a London-based video game company that filed for bankruptcy earlier this year with more than $200 million in debt. The finances of that company are now under investigation.
According to Swedish police records contained in the prosecutors' court filing, Eriksson in the late 1980s and early '90s was involved in counterfeiting, assault and drug crimes tied to a Swedish underworld group in Uppsala, a city 50 miles north of Stockholm. He was sentenced to prison three separate times, according to the records.
Some observers Monday marveled at how the single-car, non-injury crash in Malibu could unravel such a string of revelations.
"It's amazing. If the guy didn't get into the wreck, none of this would have happened," said Malibu Mayor Andy Stern, who said he hopes the charges send a message to other sports car drivers who exceed the speed limit on PCH.
"I've seen guys like him before get away with things so long and never get caught," he added. "So they do it more and more. But eventually, you get caught."
The crash occurred about 6 a.m. at Pacific Coast Highway and Decker Canyon Road.
Eriksson told deputies at the scene that he was not the driver and that a man named Dietrich had been behind the wheel. Eriksson said Dietrich ran away before authorities arrived.
Eriksson also told deputies that he was deputy commissioner of the police department of the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority, a tiny private agency that provides rides to the disabled and elderly.
A few minutes after the crash, two men arrived at the crash site, identified themselves as Homeland Security officials and spoke to Eriksson at length before leaving.
Detectives continue to investigate any connection Eriksson may have had to the agency. At the same time, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking into how Eriksson got into the United States.
Deputy Dist. Atty. Tamara Hall told the court Monday that Eriksson "did not inform immigration officials" about his previous criminal conviction, as the law requires.
On exotic-car websites and in the world of rare-car enthusiasts, the charges marked the culmination of what has become a soap opera.
The saga has particularly disheartened Ferrari aficionados.
"People like that don't care about the heritage that comes with Ferraris," said Dave Born, a member of the Ferrari Club of America. "He's not the first guy to leverage himself, and he won't be the last."
One person who wants the case to continue is Gregg Carlson, whose website, http://www.wreckedexotics.com , saw a surge in traffic when he posted photographs of Eriksson's totaled Enzo.
"He's the master of wrecked cars," he said of Eriksson.
The charges, more extensive than prosecutors had suggested last week, come as officials with Scotland Yard and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement continue to investigate the case, which involves the Swedish underworld, fake Homeland Security officials and an exotic car collection.
If convicted on all counts, Bo Stefan M. Eriksson, 44, would face up to 14 years in prison. He pleaded not guilty through his attorney, who described the charges as "overblown."
The case stems from the 162-mph crash of the Enzo, one of only 400 made, on Pacific Coast Highway on Feb. 21.
Eriksson told sheriff's deputies that he was a passenger and that the driver, a man he knew only as "Dietrich," had fled into the hills.
But prosecutors charged Monday that Dietrich never existed and that Eriksson had been behind the wheel — with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit — when the crash occurred. The charges were filed after officials received results of a DNA test of blood found on the vehicle's driver-side air bag.
Laying out their case against Eriksson for the first time, prosecutors accused him of embezzlement and grand theft for allegedly bringing the Enzo and the rest of his $3.8-million car collection to the United States, even though he had only leased them from British financial institutions. The lease contract, authorities said, prohibited him from taking the vehicles out of England.
He was also charged with possessing a handgun, which is illegal because he had been convicted of drug and counterfeiting felonies in Sweden.
Eriksson, dressed in an orange jail uniform, appeared in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom packed with journalists from around the world.
His attorneys protested that the $5.5-million bail set by Judge Mary Strobel was excessive. Prosecutors sought the high amount because they said detectives searching his Bel-Air estate April 8 found an airline ticket in Eriksson's name that would have him depart to London two days later.
"Right now, I have six or seven murder cases, including a death penalty case, where the bail is $1 million," said attorney Andrew Flier outside court.
Eriksson's other attorney, David Elden, said the .357-caliber handgun was not his client's but belonged "to a deputy sheriff for Orange County." The attorney did not elaborate, and Orange County Sheriff's Department officials declined to comment.
In an interview outside court, Elden described Eriksson as "totally innocent of all these charges."
"The press has blown this out of proportion," he said, adding that Eriksson is in a dispute with the British financial institutions over ownership of the destroyed Ferrari as well as two other expensive vehicles.
Elden also said Eriksson is not a flight risk because he has business ties in Los Angeles, though he did not say what they were.
Eriksson arrived in Los Angeles sometime last year, moving into the posh Bel-Air Crest section of Los Angeles with his wife and young son. Eriksson had been an executive with Gizmondo, a London-based video game company that filed for bankruptcy earlier this year with more than $200 million in debt. The finances of that company are now under investigation.
According to Swedish police records contained in the prosecutors' court filing, Eriksson in the late 1980s and early '90s was involved in counterfeiting, assault and drug crimes tied to a Swedish underworld group in Uppsala, a city 50 miles north of Stockholm. He was sentenced to prison three separate times, according to the records.
Some observers Monday marveled at how the single-car, non-injury crash in Malibu could unravel such a string of revelations.
"It's amazing. If the guy didn't get into the wreck, none of this would have happened," said Malibu Mayor Andy Stern, who said he hopes the charges send a message to other sports car drivers who exceed the speed limit on PCH.
"I've seen guys like him before get away with things so long and never get caught," he added. "So they do it more and more. But eventually, you get caught."
The crash occurred about 6 a.m. at Pacific Coast Highway and Decker Canyon Road.
Eriksson told deputies at the scene that he was not the driver and that a man named Dietrich had been behind the wheel. Eriksson said Dietrich ran away before authorities arrived.
Eriksson also told deputies that he was deputy commissioner of the police department of the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority, a tiny private agency that provides rides to the disabled and elderly.
A few minutes after the crash, two men arrived at the crash site, identified themselves as Homeland Security officials and spoke to Eriksson at length before leaving.
Detectives continue to investigate any connection Eriksson may have had to the agency. At the same time, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking into how Eriksson got into the United States.
Deputy Dist. Atty. Tamara Hall told the court Monday that Eriksson "did not inform immigration officials" about his previous criminal conviction, as the law requires.
On exotic-car websites and in the world of rare-car enthusiasts, the charges marked the culmination of what has become a soap opera.
The saga has particularly disheartened Ferrari aficionados.
"People like that don't care about the heritage that comes with Ferraris," said Dave Born, a member of the Ferrari Club of America. "He's not the first guy to leverage himself, and he won't be the last."
One person who wants the case to continue is Gregg Carlson, whose website, http://www.wreckedexotics.com , saw a surge in traffic when he posted photographs of Eriksson's totaled Enzo.
"He's the master of wrecked cars," he said of Eriksson.
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Posted 18 April 2006 - 22:22
At the same time, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking into how Eriksson got into the United States.
Lemme see now, there are what, 12 MILLIONS illegal aliens in the USA who just WALKED in here.
HELLOOOO!!!
Sometimes it is hard to believe what so-called "journalists" have done to earn their right to write and print such stupidities...
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Posted 18 April 2006 - 23:24
He's also a world class crook who was convicted for counterfeiting in Sweden, I believe. You'd think he'd be clever enough to get a few "show cars" into the USA via a little palm change?
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Posted 19 April 2006 - 07:58
Originally posted by WGD706
The saga has particularly disheartened Ferrari aficionados.
"People like that don't care about the heritage that comes with Ferraris," said Dave Born, a member of the Ferrari Club of America. "He's not the first guy to leverage himself, and he won't be the last."
On the contrary. The history of Ferrari is full of a very wide selection of owners. It may have taken the saga of Ferrari even higher.
Eriksson is also called Tjock-Steffe (or Fat-Steve) in Sweden.
So no Gizmondo riding chicane at Le Mans this year then?? I'll miss it.
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Posted 20 April 2006 - 00:40
Originally posted by WGD706
Some observers Monday marveled at how the single-car, non-injury crash in Malibu could unravel such a string of revelations.
"It's amazing. If the guy didn't get into the wreck, none of this would have happened," said Malibu Mayor Andy Stern, who said he hopes the charges send a message to other sports car drivers who exceed the speed limit on PCH.
"I've seen guys like him before get away with things so long and never get caught," he added. "So they do it more and more. But eventually, you get caught."
The moral of the story is, if you are engaging or have engaged in illegal activities, don't speed on PCH.
But seriously, the article hit it on the head-this has turned from a sorta sad story about an expensive car being written off into a world class soap opera. They don't write 'em this good. One wonders if a few bits of the Ferrari will be saved, then used on a rebuilt Enzo that will be advertised as the "ex-Eriksson International Incident Car"?
-William
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Posted 20 April 2006 - 18:19
Are we talking "original chassis plate" here?
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Posted 21 April 2006 - 15:03
Originally posted by WDH74
The moral of the story is, if you are engaging or have engaged in illegal activities, don't speed on PCH.
That's right, take it to Kanan Dume Road (A.K.A Tony Kanaan Rd.) like that cop told me once a while back.....
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 02:44
Originally posted by Fiorentina 1
That's right, take it to Kanan Dume Road (A.K.A Tony Kanaan Rd.) like that cop told me once a while back.....
Gosh! That's the one that in its more northerly and truncated (Kanan only) section runs past Paramount Ranch.
Don't forget! 2006-04-29, Fab Fifties do-it-yourself picnic at Paramount Ranch. Art Evans' new book will be there. Sez here.
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 12:39
On the issue of the car cracking in half, while I realize that most any car is gonna get cut in two when it strikes a pole sideways at the speeds reported, don't you think it's also a byproduct of the Enzo's construction?
It makes sense that a full monocoque car with the engine as a stressed member would break where it did. I mean it is where the two major masses join and it's common to see race cars of similar construction behave the same way in a high speed shunt.
It makes sense that a full monocoque car with the engine as a stressed member would break where it did. I mean it is where the two major masses join and it's common to see race cars of similar construction behave the same way in a high speed shunt.
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 14:38
Originally posted by WDH74
One wonders if a few bits of the Ferrari will be saved, then used on a rebuilt Enzo that will be advertised as the "ex-Eriksson International Incident Car"?
-William
...or auctioned off on e-Bay
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 21:06
Personally, I wonder about the state of mind of an individual who sets up a website to post pictures of wrecked supercars (or any cars, come to that).
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Posted 23 April 2006 - 01:46
Originally posted by Frank S
Gosh! That's the one that in its more northerly and truncated (Kanan only) section runs past Paramount Ranch.
Don't forget! 2006-04-29, Fab Fifties do-it-yourself picnic at Paramount Ranch. Art Evans' new book will be there. Sez here.
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Thanks for the date update. I stopped by on the way to Long Beach GP, when someone posted the date in January and I noticed it was the same weekend of Long Beach. They were shooting some kind of movie or commercial, but no cars.
I'll be there next Saturday.
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 09:12
Just to bring this sordid tale up to date...
http://news.yahoo.co...rime_ferrari_dc
"Stefan believes he can be successful in the future. He wanted to move on and ultimately be out of jail in a year."
And a great article here about the past life and times of Bo Stefan Ericsson:
http://www.wired.com...0/gizmondo.html
Fascinating reading, but what a bunch of creeps. Clever, but creeps nonetheless.
http://news.yahoo.co...rime_ferrari_dc
"Stefan believes he can be successful in the future. He wanted to move on and ultimately be out of jail in a year."
And a great article here about the past life and times of Bo Stefan Ericsson:
http://www.wired.com...0/gizmondo.html
Fascinating reading, but what a bunch of creeps. Clever, but creeps nonetheless.
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 13:27
Bo Stefan brings new meaning to the term "living large", he now has debts of $200M US. Naturally, he has declared bankruptcy...After 3 1/2 years in prison he will be deported, I presume, back to Sweden where he will re-start his "printing" business...
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 14:17
Not much left for the man from Lloyds Bank Black Horse Finance to collect...
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 14:49
Sorry to hear that the Americans can’t keep him longer as their ”guest”.
Two questions arises:
1. How could he be allowed to compete (well, sort of…) at Le Mans? In Sweden, you have to prove you are a reliable and honest person to get a racing license. At least, it’s in the rules if you are going to race motorcycles, and I think it’s the same for car racing. This is of course to prevent bad people to disgrace the sport.
2. How dumb can bankers and other finance people be? This man has been a well known gangster for many years, known in the tabloids as Tjock-Steffe (”Fat-Stef”) and his criminal record is longer than the Chris Amon thread in this forum.
Stefan
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Two questions arises:
1. How could he be allowed to compete (well, sort of…) at Le Mans? In Sweden, you have to prove you are a reliable and honest person to get a racing license. At least, it’s in the rules if you are going to race motorcycles, and I think it’s the same for car racing. This is of course to prevent bad people to disgrace the sport.
2. How dumb can bankers and other finance people be? This man has been a well known gangster for many years, known in the tabloids as Tjock-Steffe (”Fat-Stef”) and his criminal record is longer than the Chris Amon thread in this forum.
Stefan
www.formula2.net
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David M. Kane
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 15:10
Stefan:
It's simple, Bankers are greedy. I once had a Banker in Austin, Texas tell me I wasn't borrowing enough money...what?
It's simple, Bankers are greedy. I once had a Banker in Austin, Texas tell me I wasn't borrowing enough money...what?
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hipperson
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 17:18
Thats right...I understand the fellow had one agreement running well so they had no problem sanctioning another. The first Lloyds new about the car being in the USA was when it crashed !
