Burning sports car

The old adage goes, "You often get what you pay for." In some cases, this is not true. This post covers a slight design flaw found in a very high end Ferarri 458 Italia supercar. In the CNN/Money website article, it details how the house priced car ($230,000) suddenly bursts into flames without warning.

"In rare instances the heat shield could become deformed, bringing it too close to the exhaust system and igniting," a Ferrari spokesperson said.

Ferrari is recalling all its 458 Italia vehicles after five fires were reported in California, Switzerland, China and France.

I find this interesting. If you pay a mint for this little car, the design flaws of this sort should be worked out by delivery. What are you paying for? One brief, expensive fireworks show? Specifications on this car are obscene,

It has a 4.5-liter 8-cylinder engine, 7-speed automatic transmission, 570 horsepower and has a base price around $230,000.

Most of us rarely see such a piece of engineering on the road unless visiting the ritzy part of town. My advice is not to worry about this incindiary vehicle visiting a road near you,

The NHTSA statement said 303 vehicles are being recalled, and owners could be eligible for reimbursement for if they spent money on repairs related to the problem before the recall was announced.

If you are going to build it, build it right. Reputation is precious.