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19-Year Old Sets Own Ferrari On Fire Because He Wanted A New One

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On October 24, 2014, the 19-year old son of a wealthy Swiss businessman walked into a brothel in the Bavarian town of Augsburg.

Although by almost any standard he led a rather splendid existence, on this particular night he had reached his breaking point. The problem: he drove a 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia.

That may look nice enough, but the issue is that there’s a 2014 Ferrari Italia, and let’s face it, no one - and we mean no one - would want to be caught dead in the vehicle shown above when the one shown below is just waiting to be driven off the lot. 

Of course this is exactly the type of situation that insurance - or, more acurately, insurance fraud - is for.

And so this young man - allegedly with the help of the Ferrari dealer - did what anyone would do in this situation: he drove to Bavaria, went to see a prostitute (one needs an alibi), and paid two accomplices $15,000 to douse the old junker in gasoline and light it on fire. 

Part of the plan worked. From Tages-Anzeiger (Google translated): 

He visited the neighboring brothel with other colleagues. Meanwhile, the two helpers poured a gasoline-nitro-mixture to the leather seats of the black sport car and set it on fire. The car exploded with a loud bang and burned out.

He even remembered to remove "the expensive specialty rims and carbon fiber parts." 

Initially, authorities came to the conclusion that the incident was retaliation for unpaid hooker fees. From 20 Minutes (Google translated from French):

Initially, the Bavarian authorities believed a settlement account in prostitution.

Yes, a "settlement account in prostitution," but security camera footage and phone records told a different story. Ultimately, investigators concluded that this was all a not-so-elaborate ploy to collect the insurance money on the way to buying the newer model. 

Asked by a judge why he had gone to such lengths given that his father had bought him 14 other cars (including a Lamborghini) as well as "several properties" worth in excess of $25 million, he confessed that although his monthly allowance (between CHF5,000 and CHF10,000) was generous enough, it wasn't sufficient to cover the difference between the 2011 and the 2014 458s and he didn't feel comfortable telling his father the truth - namely, that the 2011 458 "no longer pleased him." 

For his troubles, the young man received 30 months of probabtion and a €30,000 fine. There was no word on whether he was able to get the 2014 Speciale

So although we think the moral of the story is quite obvious here, we'll spell it out for you anyway: for anyone who thinks they're having a bad day just remember that it could always be worse. You could be driving a 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia.

 

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Wed, 08/12/2015 - 21:34 | 6420700 Global Douche
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Ilttle rude fucker deserved jail time. That's the problem here. Daddy not intervening to teach that shit an invaluable lesson truly spells volumes. These are dangerous people, no different than the unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats making decisions in Washington today.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 18:15 | 6420184 DoIt4Free
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Jeiwsh lightining gone wrong

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 18:18 | 6420187 GRDguy
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Dad obviously lies and steals (legally, of course) for a living, so I guess the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree after all.  The ol' sayin' : Grandpa built it (maybe); dad ran it; and junior squandered it.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 21:32 | 6420685 Global Douche
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Yet if you built a business... No! You didn't build that. Somebody else did that for you. And, yes you can keep your doctor and your insurance plan.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 18:18 | 6420189 Able Ape
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The car, the properties, the money and he has to go to a whorehouse to get laid?  Somethings not right!....

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 19:45 | 6420384 squid
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Not from here.

 

Seems completely normal.

 

You don't pay whores for sex, you pay them to leave AFTER the sex.

 

Squid

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 18:44 | 6420222 MaxThrust
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This spoilt brat will grow up and with his Oligarchic inheritence, rule over all the rest of us.

Something went terrribly wrong when the Human race evolved. Displays of imiturity seem to infest the Oligarchs at a rate greater than the mean.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 18:40 | 6420239 FrankHerbert
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this, ladies and gentlemen is what is referred to as 'white privilege'.... LMAO!!!!

it's a car. big fucking deal. to this spoiled retard, that amount of money is like dropping a beer on the floor.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 18:46 | 6420256 GMadScientist
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Just another Zooropean Swag Fag

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 18:48 | 6420263 boodles
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Buy that kid a Ford Focus.  Used.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 18:48 | 6420264 Oswald did it
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It's only a matter of time before this poor jackass wraps one around a telephone pole

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 21:30 | 6420676 Heywood Jahblohmee
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Switzerland doesn't have telephone poles.  everything is under ground like most of Europe.  NO power outages.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 19:04 | 6420293 Keyboard Kommando
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Sounds like a family of Jews!

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 19:07 | 6420302 Offthebeach
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I once for a time had 3 $500 vehicles in a row. None would pass inspection, so i printed my own stickers. Kind of interesting in a mechanical way what can fail, break, fall off and yet the core of forward motion, somewhat deceleration and +/- stearage in a yacht type way still remain.
One murdered on logging road in Maine. 4WD. Hitting trees, jumps, making my own paths until i punched the oil pan and kept going unti engine cardiac event. There was alcohol and social pressure involved
The other blew the head gasket, which i had been nursing from Florida and hopeing to get to Boston, on the New Jersey Turnpike on Christmas eve. Took the plates, gave it a pat on the hood. Kinda sad really.
Anyhow, there are no real bad cars, just owners

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 19:10 | 6420308 DeusHedge
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My ego says I will do anything for success. Not much better than him, but there is something to the old saying, the most popular quoted on zh. The only way you can raise a kid is to whack em'. Look at local currencies, someday the whole world will be in his shoes. I bet he values personal sovereignty.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 19:23 | 6420331 22winmag
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The South was right!

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 19:26 | 6420337 itstippy
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Sadam Hussien was having trouble getting his headstrong son Uday to show proper respect for others, including the Old Man.  So he sent his goons over to Uday's prize 50-car collection in a custom warehouse and had them burn the entire lot to the ground.

That got the kid's attention.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 19:32 | 6420347 dsty
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wow

so that is the real reason why the Iraq war was started

let that be a lesson

never punish your kids

thanks for the great article

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 21:25 | 6420665 Global Douche
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But that wasn't quite strong enough. If it were Kim Jong Il's sprog, one may see him tied to a post whilst saturation bombing commences. Darwin Awards DPRK style. Reality TV for real!

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 19:38 | 6420361 nc551
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I'm not sure most of you realize how disturbed you have to be to do what this guy did.  We are talking completely out of touch with reality.  He burned an approximate 350+ years worth of food for a single person to satisfy his ego.  This guy is dangerous.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 22:49 | 6420414 L Bean
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One of the Kardassians just got this same car for her 18th birthday. And she'll wreck it within a few weeks.

Who is worse, I can't decide.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 19:44 | 6420381 MASTER OF UNIVERSE
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I drive a nicely broken in 1996 Monte Carlo that is good for another decade at least. If I was that kid's father I would send him to a Psychiatrist, and I would force him to pay for the entire car, and the court costs. If he did not like that ultimatum, I would show him the door and tell him not to come back until he paid for the car, and costs associated.

 

Damn kids, thank God I don't have any.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 19:49 | 6420392 SmittyinLA
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That same kid will be running a health insurance company one day.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 21:20 | 6420649 Global Douche
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Or the entire ObamaCare program? Talk about licking one's chops for the cheese!!

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 20:01 | 6420430 lordkoos
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Wed, 08/12/2015 - 20:09 | 6420466 user2011
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His plan works.   Now he pays 30K  and his dad has to buy him a new ferrari

 

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 20:15 | 6420485 scatha
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CREATIVE DESTRUCTION OR DISRTUPTIVE INNOVATION? 

VOTE HERE;

BEFORE HE HAD FERRARI NOW HE HAS PILE OF BURNT SHIT READY TO BE SOLD TO OTHER BRAIN DEAD TEENAGER AS SOMETHING COOL. DESCIPLES OF GLUTTONY ARE ALLOWED TO CHEER NOW.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 20:32 | 6420508 Goldilocks
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How the US-based sons of China's super rich show off their wealth (and beautiful girlfriends) at their secret supercar meets
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2843602/How-student-sons-Chinas-...

~//~

Super car driver idiots Crash Compilation #1 New 2013 In Hd (720p)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwLZ8UvN4_g (11:11)

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 22:49 | 6420986 monad
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Since the rubicron has been raped to death, consider this:

The dead guy didn't take us with him. He just waved his wang and his ambition, and smoked it. Voluntarilly.

So, who's in charge?

 

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 20:48 | 6420567 bluskyes
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Sounds like both the child, and his father need the living piss beat out of them.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 20:51 | 6420572 ThrowAwayYourTV
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i BLAME THE FATHER. But realistically both the useless father AKA (The kids best pal in the whole wide world) and the kid should both be dragged out behind a shop and save and get the living shit beat out of them. Thats just my opinion. Others would probably say something like, "If I had a son."

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 21:01 | 6420598 Benjamin123
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This is what periodically undoes the elites. Too many priviledges makes you stupid. Then theres no defense against smarter peasants.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 21:15 | 6420635 Rockfish
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Sounds like the same old shit just diffrent class.  kids. 

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 21:24 | 6420662 Dr. Gonzo
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I ride my 1983 Honda Goldwing everyday. It's got a cb and an AM/FM radio. It's worth about a grand and it's pretty sweet. I could pay 25k cash for a new Harley Streetglide if I really wanted it bad but fuck it. I'll wait another 25 years until after this one breaks down. Why waste money?

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 21:42 | 6420731 Polymarkos
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Give the kid the rusty bicycle I had when I learned to ride bikes.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 22:00 | 6420812 The Carbonator
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Only 30 months probation for conspiring to commit Arson and insurance fraud?  WTF

 

If I did that I would have been put away.  That POS should have spent a few months in jail, that wouldve learnt him.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 22:44 | 6420965 monad
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Pay to play, or America

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 22:02 | 6420818 Wilcox1
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This reminds me of when I had a 1976 AMC Pacer, but really wanted a 1978 model

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 23:27 | 6421079 samsara
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I had a Yellow '76

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 07:41 | 6420927 monad
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Wed, 08/12/2015 - 22:44 | 6420969 Youri Carma
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A typical case of 'Creative Destruction', to keep in economy terms and not get off topic too much.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 22:54 | 6420998 BustainMovealota
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Its makes a good story, but I doubt this is true.

Here is the reason it caught fire-

 Ferrari officially recalled all 1,248 of the 458s sold to date. A spokesman commented that the problem had been traced to adhesive used in the wheel-arch assemblies and that, in certain circumstances, the glue could begin to overheat, smoke and even catch fire

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 00:26 | 6421192 azusgm
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Link?

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 22:55 | 6421002 directaction
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Scumbag. Rich piece of garbage. 

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 22:57 | 6421004 Main_Sequence
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When I read the headline, I was shocked to see that it wasn't a kid from Saudi Arabia or Qatar...

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 23:21 | 6421064 samsara
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Here's a great gallery of his peers. Look at their lifestyle.  What world view would they have?

Who are the Rich Kids of Instagram?

More Rich Kids of Instagram.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 23:42 | 6421106 Jersey_Mountaineer
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I can understand the pain he is going through. I once asked for a Ferrari. They gave me an Acura.

Wed, 08/12/2015 - 23:58 | 6421138 Escapeclaws
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Gosh, he must have been angry, I mean really, really angry!

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 00:19 | 6421187 Kelley
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The story was disgusting from the gitgo. Then for the cherry on top the poor lad didn't get any actual jail time. Burn your Dodge Dart for insurance money and you'll be behind bars for at least 30 months,

The father is likely grateful that his son didn't pull that stunt that another heir pulled. Forgotten the name, but he went in and murdered his father for not increasing his monthly allowance.

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 00:30 | 6421195 New Survivalist
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Well, I'd pay $500 to punch the mutherfucker in the face.

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 00:51 | 6421225 onmail
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His father must be a doctor who demands high money to buy Lamborginis & Ferraris.

Hah ha

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 01:09 | 6421248 TeraByte
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Everybody up to his needs. Isn´t that happiness is all about in our world. The poor thing had missed the most recent Lambourghini. It is coincidetal to people queuing for an iPhone every sixth months.

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 04:45 | 6421431 dreadnaught
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>> It is coincidetal to people queuing for an iPhone every sixth months.

or a new ZUNE, or a SURFACE

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 01:30 | 6421277 nosam
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When you give children everything, they will never be satisfied and will resent you for it. This is bad parenting.

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 01:56 | 6421292 reader2010
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Viktor Frankle points out that without meaning,  life is so unbearable, even to the super rich.

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 02:25 | 6421331 Allen_H
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Despite the subtle differences in the models, who the fuck would even care or notice, it's a Ferrari afterall. Dumb fuck should be hanging off lamposts with all his kin.

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 02:35 | 6421339 ersatz007
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I didn't know one had "colleagues" at the age of 19

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 03:50 | 6421380 fredquimby
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This was reported a week ago in Switzerland, 4 days ago in the UK and now today here on ZH.

Fuckin hell Tylers, you used to be first at all these sort of stories. Now, you are seriously slacking!

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 05:15 | 6421447 nibsy
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Reminds me of the time one of my kids, who teaches a test prep course in England as a part time job, told me of a kid in class who was bummed out because all he got when he got his license was a Porsche. Really wanted a Ferrari, or maybe it was Lamborghini, not sure. Kid was from somewhere in the middle east.

 

 

 

 

 

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 06:13 | 6421487 Raoul_Luke
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Now THAT'S a "broken window!"  Keynes is somewhere in the background smiling.

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 06:25 | 6421501 overmedicatedun...
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well that kid is a PIA, and mom and dad, got him outta the house..and are giving him the means to off himself, and thus end the need to parent ..after all they are elite and raising children is the staff's job..and we can bet many nannies have been fired for his poor behavior. If this kid lives to inherit the wealth, he will be a perfect elite reptile..I guess the parents goal will then be met, he's just like us.

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 07:01 | 6421540 BlackSwanCrash
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no jail time for fraud. jeez. some judge got a bribe

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 07:27 | 6421563 Dark Space
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No one is asking the right question - what does his father do for a living? He is not just simply a "millionaire". I know a lot of "millionaires" that can't afford to give an allowance of $50-100k per year to their kids and buy them 15 sports cars that all costs 6 figures. This guy must have major banker balls. One of the articles says the dad has a $27mm real estate empire - but even that doesn't buy you this kind of wealth.

Another key point the ZH summary leaves out that the German article it links to mentions, the kid bought the car in March 2014 for a quarter million bucks - it's not like he was driving it for 4 years and got tired of it.

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 08:10 | 6421629 theallseeinggod
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You know your life sucks when the Ferrari you drive is three years old

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 10:16 | 6422004 Mr. Guts
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 I can see how the DCT Transmission and the flappy paddle shifting gets old and boring. They made a mistake by not offering a true manual gearbox. 

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 10:36 | 6422066 Dawgeatdog
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I wish my bus pass had a fancier typeset. 

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