Spotted for the first time in Ridgefield (CT)
| Spotter | Rivitography |
| Spotted in | Ridgefield (CT), United States of America |
| Date | 2015-03-08 19:21 |
I posted this car to AG when I first joined here, but since then, I've spotted it numerous times over the course of 2013, including in April where I first spotted it, and when the owner let me sit in it, and took my picture of me in the driver's seat (which I still have). However, about a month after I took the last two pictures, a van cut off the owner who was driving it on the Merritt Parkway, and he slammed into the back of it. He walked away without a scratch, but the Ferrari is totaled. This is why I take pictures of any interesting car I see; because you never know how much you really like something until it's gone. And if you take a picture of a person, place, thing, or moment, even when it's gone, you still have it documented for eternity, and you have proof that it happened, and it existed in real time. In this case, even though this Ferrari is probably in the junkyard now, I still have pictures from when it was still alive and well. So the moral of this story is this: always carry something that is capable of taking pictures or filming video. Because you never know what you might capture next and show to generations to come.
| Topspeed | 325 KM/H |
| Acceleration 0-100 KM/H | 3.40 s |
| Power | 570 hp |
| Torque | 540 Nm @ 6000 RPM |
| Weight | 1485 kg |
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PatrickC - 2015-03-08 at 20:02
Your story literally gave me goose bumps! Right on the spot with that! Terrible ending for the 458 though.. :(
Such a sad way to go. Glad you were able to get some great shots of it while you could. I always love taking my camera everywhere I go and taking pictures of whatever I see. In a way they hold memories. I go back to the pictures I took almost two years ago and it's a pretty awesome feeling.
LucasH - 2015-03-09 at 10:23
Great story, absolutely inspiring! And so sad that it ended up this way... Did you actually take the picture of the crashed car yourself? You should have included a couple more if that was possible but I guess you would have done so if the possibility were there.
Rivitography - 2015-03-09 at 12:31
I did not take the wrecked picture myself, one of my friends sent it to me (as you can tell by the quality), however the other 9 pictures I took myself. And yeah, if I were there, I would have taken plenty of pictures.
