Showing posts with label Supercar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Supercar. Show all posts

Monday, August 11, 2014

Ferrari California vs Bus

It has been far too long since we've posted a Wreck of the Day. So today we are making up for the lapse. Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day  is a 2014 Ferrari California.

Ferrari California vs Bus in Ajman--Bus WINS!

Astonishingly, everyone survived with only minor injuries. 

Ferrari California crashes into truck

The accident took hours to clear and caused major traffic delays in the city of Ajman, United Arab Emirates. Police accuse the driver of excessive speed and reckless driving. First responders assumed the Ferrari passengers would have to be dead. Not only were they alive but not too seriously injured. It helped that the driver, a man in his 20's, had been able to slow before hitting the bus by plowing into 4 or 5 other cars (accounts vary.) Both Ferrari occupants went to the hospital and are expected to make full recoveries. 

Hours later, still trying to clean up Ferrari California crash

Thanks to our good buddies across the bay at WreckedExotics.com for their regular doses of supercar mayhem. Thanks also to Carscoops.comInAutoNews and Daljinder Nagra at AOL for additional details.

Monday, April 7, 2014

Video of Lamborghini Aventador Crash

Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Nero Nemesis crash
We wonder what the Mazda driver's insurance rates were after this crash. Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a special edition Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 called the "Nero Nemesis." Amazingly, it was all caught on video. Lots of debate on internet over who was at fault--was the Lambo going too fast? Or was the Mazda driver just oblivious? (We fall into the camp of the Mazda driver needed to yield to traffic.) Either way, no one was seriously injured. DuPont Registry lists a Lamborghini Aventador Nero Namesis at $450,000. The crash happened on Sloane St. in London, England.





Thanks, as always, to our friends at WreckedExotics.com for e-mailing us with the photos and video.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Join Us to Stop Ferrari Abuse!

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ferraris - Another senseless tragedy
We like to stay out of politics. . . but on this issue our hackles have been raised! In the past week we reported 2 poor, defenseless Ferraris destroyed by senseless offroading. Today we add a third.

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ferraris - F458 Italia Used for Offroading
Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is an F458 Italia driven by what we are sure is a mature 18 year old from Norway. Sadly, the immense wealth of his parents could not buy knowledge that Ferraris cannot conquer all terrains, do not have 18" of ground clearance and have not been tested on the surface of Mars. Some argue that Ferrari has never made any of these claims and that most fools can tell that a Ferrari should be driven on pavement. The evidence is clearly to the contrary and until a permanent solution can be found, we think fools and their Ferraris should be parted. Send us your Ferrari and we guarantee not to off road it for you. 

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ferraris - F458 Italia destroyed by ignorant off roading
Please send your abused Ferraris along with generous donations to:

    Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ferraris (SPCF)
    c/o Almost Everything Auto Body
    37414 Centralmont Place
    Fremont, California 94536
    USA

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ferraris - You can help prevent this type tragedy

Won't you do your part? Tell Ferrari to stop promoting off road use of these innocent supercars! Leave the mud and boulders to Land Rover, Jeep and Steyr-Daimler-Puch.

Note: despite the severity of the crash, the driver was uninjured. And thankfully, no one at the school where this crash took place was hurt. Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for our regular doses of exotic car mayhem.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Jaguar's Good to Be Bad Promotion

Jaguar are promoting their new F-Type sports car (and we do mean sport--it is completely, unreservedly awesome) with their #GoodToBeBadContest.


The most recent contest "mission" was, "Tell us what song's playing when you're at your most villainous." It brought to mind a song that I used to blast on repeat while road racing along cliffs and mountain roads on the California coast above San Francisco.

So. . . here is Frank's (from Almost Everything's) insane driving theme song, "The Floral Dance" by The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band (#2 on the British Pop Charts in 1977) . . .




Ferrari FF and F355 Destroyed in Offroad Adventures

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is not one but 2 different Ferraris used for off roading. Sadly this isn't the first time we've joked about a Ferrari being used as a Jeep. The first wreck comes from Lancashire, England where an Oakley Design tuned Ferrari FF worth about US$300,000 stopped running up this hill when it finally hit a tree!

Ferrari FF Offroad adventure

The second set of photos comes from Germany where a farmer was using his Ferrari F355 to plow his field. We are only speculating but it seems obvious that either an angry bull or a belligerent gang of llamas rolled the Ferrari several times.

Ferrari F355 mishap while plowing a field in Germany
Ferrari F355 mishap while plowing a field in Germany
Ferrari F355 mishap while plowing a field in Germany
Thankfully, both the farmer and the hill climber survived these crashes with few if any injuries.

Thanks to our buddies at WreckedExotics.com for always providing us with expensive mayhem.


Monday, March 3, 2014

Nissan GT-R End-Over

Nissan GT-R Roll-over Crash
Here's something you don't see everyday. Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a Nissan GT-R Racer. In the video several GT-Rs pass by during the 2014 Long Tom Hill Climb race in the town of Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa. The last car takes the turn a little too fast, flips several times before disappearing down a ravine. This was the fourth run of the day for 47 year old driver Wilhelm Baard. Fortunately he was not seriously injured and attended the awards ceremony at the end of the event. Baard won South Africa's Knysna Hill Climb in 2011 in a GT-R.



The 2014 Long Tom Hill Climb took place on January 25th and 26th. It was sponsored by Renault (Nissan's parent) and the Sports Car Club of South Africa. The race covers 6.3 km (3.9 miles) along the banks of the Sabie River in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The next video shows cars leaving the starting line and beginning their assault on the hill. The sounds are great.




Many thanks to the spectators who recorded these videos, our friends at WreckedExotics.com who reliably find an astonishing amount of this type stuff on a daily basis, and to AutoEvolution who provided us with the background story and more images of the event.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Video of 3 Lamborghinis on Fire!

Lamborghini Aventador Gallardo accident fire wreck
We approach this with some guilty glee. You know we love reporting burning super cars. Today's Wreck of the Day is a trifecta. A group of 5 Lamborghinis were travelling in convoy from the city-state of Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The middle car lost traction and crashed into the center divide. The car behind it (not sure if it was the ugly BMW or one of the other Lamborghinis) crashed into an additional 2 cars then a bus hit the lot of them. Somehow 3 of the Lamborghinis, an Aventador and 2 Gallardos, ended-up on top of each other. Being Lamborghinis, they, of course, burst into flames. And there's video! Director Norazam of the local fire and rescue reported that drivers & passengers escaped without injury.







Lamborghini Aventador, Gallardo need extensive collision repair


Lamborghini Aventador in need of auto body repair

Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for sending us the links, Ilmu Pendoman Hidup for the back story and additional photos, sriganesh2005 and The Malay Mail Online for even more video and details!

Monday, November 25, 2013

Almost Everything's Annual San Francisco International Auto Show Give Away



Join Almost Everything Autobody at the 2013 San Francisco International Auto Show and win FREE PRIZES. Once every hour, the first person who finds Frank Barnard, President of Almost Everything, and says the magic words, "Almost Everything. . . and Nothing Else!" will win the Grand Prize worth over $1000. Every runner-up will receive a certificate good for $100! Details below.

Supercar, MP12C, San Francisco Auto Show
Current Supercar, McLaren MP12C
McLaren MP12C at San Francisco Auto Show
2013 McLaren MP12C
San Francisco Auto Show, Talbot Lago
Old school Supercar, 1930's Talbot Lago!
San Francisco International Auto Show, Talbot Labo
Which do you prefer? The McLaren or the Talbot Lago? If you're like us, you simply want BOTH
Ferrari, San Francisco Auto Show, Car Painting
Almost Everything's lovely volunteer model enhances the Ferrari display
Rolls Royce, Car Restoration
Now THIS is a Rolls Royce!
Rolls Royce, San Francisco Auto Show
Makes the current Rolls Royce look a bit mundane, don't you think?
Duesenberg J, San Francisco Auto Show
So what could be better than a Rolls Royce? Duesenberg afficionados can debate the point with you.
1920s Cord, 2011 San Francisco Auto Show
1920's Front Wheel Drive Cord
1960's Front Wheel Drive Oldsmobile Toronado
V16 Cadillac--yes, 16 Cylinders.
Not to be outdone. . . by anyone. V32 Stutz.
Art Center College of Design student draws cars
Art Center College of Design student car design sample

CONTEST RULES:

  1. Contest open to all San Francisco Auto Show attendees 18 years of age and older excluding Almost Everything employees and friends and relatives of Almost Everything employees
  2. To win, contestants must locate Frank Barnard at the show. He will be looking at cars like you will. When he hears you say, "Almost Everything. . . and Nothing Else!" he will automatically award you with a prize. Frank is easy to spot. He has red hair and will be wearing clothes with the Almost Everything logo. 
  3. Contest runs Sunday, December 1, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
  4. Grand Prize consists of a certificate good for a free Urethane Paint service plus Urethane Sealer plus Light Chip & Scratch Repair from Almost Everything, retail value $1060.00
  5. A maximum of 3 Grand Prize Certificates will be awarded.
  6. Grand Prize will be awarded to the first person during each hour of the contest who Frank hears say, "Almost Everything. . . and Nothing Else!" If it happens that Frank hears multiple contestants utter the correct phrase at the same time, Frank may, at his sole discretion, determine the Grand Prize winner using a coin toss to determine if a contestant advances toward the Grand Prize. If Frank does not hear a potential contestant or a potential contestant does not utter the correct phrase, a prize will not be awarded.
  7. Runner-Up Prizes consist of a certificate good for $100 in free goods or services from Almost Everything with any order of $399 or more before discounts. 
  8. A maximum of 50 Runner-Up Prizes will be awarded.Be one of the lucky ones to win the Grand Prize worth over $1000. Good Luck!
  9. Limit of one prize per household.

2013 Ferrari F12 Put Out to Pasture

Ferrari, F12, Auto Body Damage, Collision Repair
Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a brand new Ferrari F12 Berlinetta out for a test drive along the scenic lake front of the small town of Breukeleveen, Netherlands. Regio14.nl reports that the driver and his grandson were in the car when it lost control, rolled & hit a tree. Both occupants were able to exit the car without injuries.



We liked Paul Sliggers' comment on the Regio14.nl website that "The prancing horse is grazing." And Ton de Ruijter quipped, "Very fast, but do you have this in green. . . ?"

Collision Repair, Ferrari, F12
Here's what a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta looks like before being driven into a tree



Thanks to our buddies at WreckedExotics.com who find and distribute this type mayhem to us.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Tesla Model S Crash

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a 2013 Tesla Model S--the first one we know of to wreck. Almost Everything is located about 5 miles from the Tesla factory so we are fortunate to have Tesla employees as customers and to see Teslas every day.

This was a serious crash but the driver was uninjured.  In addition to being blindingly fast, handling better than virtually anything on the road and getting the best fuel efficiency, the National Highway Safety Administration says the Model S is the safest car ever tested. We want one.

Thanks to our buddies at WreckedExotics.com for sending us more photos to cry over.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Lamborghini hits 250 MPH. . . then Bursts Into Flames (of course)

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is yet another Lamborghini. If you know us at all, you know we can't pass up an exotic supercar flambé-ing itself. This time there's a somewhat reasonable excuse. This particular Lamborghini, called the "LP570-4 Underground Racing R2/Altechno," has 2005 HP and set an all time speed record at the Moscow Unlimited 500+ drag races. It is traveling 402 kph (250 mph) at the finish line. . . then it blows up. Great video.

Monday, September 2, 2013

Another Exotic Car Immolates Itself

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a Ferrari F430 Spyder. We've had a recent facination with absurdly expensive sports cars turning themselves to ashes. This one was parked in Florida when WreckedExotics.com says it "spontaneously combusted." Somehow reminds us of the song "I'm Too Sexy." These cars have so much potential that sometimes they just can't contain it and suddenly blow up without warning.

Ferrari F430 Spontaneously Combusts in Florida
Ferrari F430 Spontaneously Combusts in Florida

Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for the photos. Look for more exotic car mayhem at their site!

Monday, August 19, 2013

Another Ho-Hum Day in Pebble Beach, California

We like to putter around Carmel and Pebble Beach, California (pun intended) in August every year. It is when and where the world's richest car fanatics congregate for the annual Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance. Decades ago it was a one day event. Now it's a week that encompasses the Monterey Historic Races, auto auctions, Concorso Italiano, and auto manufacturers showing off their best stuff. Our favorite part is trolling the streets and parking lots around the event. . .

F430, Cobra, Lamborghini, McLaren, more Ferraris
Carmel traffic jamb. How many exotics can you spot in this picture?
Ferrari 250 GTO Testarossa
$30M Ferrari 250 GTO Testarossa--driving down Ocean Ave. in Carmel
No clue what this is. Please tell us.
Lamborghini Miura
Lamborghini Miura parked on side of street
Ferrari 275
Ferrari 275 driving through Carmel, California
Just more Ferraris and a Bugatti
Just more Ferraris and a Bugatti

Of course, this year we spent the weekend painting the outside of the Almost Everything building instead of participating in automotive nirvana. Thank goodness for our great friends at ExoticSpotter across the Bay who agregate photos of stuff like this.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Ferrari 599 GTO Wreck

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a 2012 Ferrari 599 GTO (one of 599 built.) The driver sped through a blind turn at 4:30 AM and found a truck coming at him. He managed to avoid the truck but slid into a tree, a wall and a lamp post before coming to a stop. The driver walked away unhurt before the car burst into flames and burned to the ground.

2012 Ferrari 599 GTO Crash in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2012 Ferrari 599 GTO Crash in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2012 Ferrari 599 GTO Crash in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2012 Ferrari 599 GTO Crash in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Ferrari 599 GTO
Ferrari 599 GTO--the way it should look

Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for alerting us to the destruction of another exotic car. Thanks also to Jean Paul Fondeur Gil, THEKARMANN for additional details and photos.

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