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Rob Ferretti Cracks Ferrari 458 Wheel in Half, Demonstrates Mid-Street Pit Stop

We've all hit potholes at a certain point in our driving lives. Heck, this is one of the smallest sins some of us steering wheel junkies are guilty of. Even so, when such a tale happens in a Ferrari and your rim gets cracked in the process, laughing it off is not exactly easy.
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This is precisely what happened to Rob Ferretti recently, with the man documenting everything and sharing his wheel-shattering experience with us on YouTube.

Rob Who? Rob Ferretti - we bring you plenty of adventures from this guy because he's what you might call a down-to-earth supercar collector. And the unfortunate adventure we have here only comes to prove that.

After hitting a big hole in New Jersey and splitting a front rim on a 458 Spider, Rob steps out of the car and takes responsibility for his boo-boo.

As such, we get a video that demonstrates such an episode doesn't have to turn into your worst nightmare, right down to the man mentioning the eBay price of a replacement wheel.

Then again, having somebody delivering a spare, along with the equipment required to pull the "pit stop" in the middle of the street, in this case his brother, does come in handy.

Then again, this isn't always necessary. Yours truly has gone through a similar experience, albeit with the rim not getting cracked ("just" damaged) and the car being a two-door, but not as cool as a Prancing Horse - however, it was cool enough not to have a spare.

To this day, I still get a bit annoyed at that moment, simply because I had passed through that area 24 hours before the incident, with the hole surfacing meanwhile. So I was totally relaxed when it came to spotting holes at night in the place and the off-guard moment was enough to get me into trouble. Oh well, at least I don't drive a Ferrari - wait, that's probably not a good thing...

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About the author: Andrei Tutu
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In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
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