Owner Crashes Ford GT, Because He's "Unfamiliar" with Manual Trans

[Stampede]

What a shame - these are awesome cars.

Can you drive a manual trans?

A 2006 Ford GT owner in Boca Raton, Florida crashed his recently purchased supercar into a tree Friday evening, because he was "unfamiliar with how to drive stick shift," police say.

The driver, 50-year-old Robert J. Guarini, told police he lost control after downshifting while leaving his housing development at around 6 p.m. This led to a head-on collision with a palm tree. Guarini then told a nearby security worker that he did not have his phone and needed a ride back to his house, where he spoke to police via landline after leaving the vehicle unattended, police say.

Florida Man Crashes Ford GT Because He's "Unfamiliar" with Driving Stick

The driver had just purchased the 2006 Heritage Edition GT for $704,000 at a Barrett-Jackson auction last month.

www.caranddriver.com

 

[The Old Jaybird]

"A fool and his money are soon parted."

 

[above_all]

That'll buff right out.

 

[Just1more]

does anybody have ItBeMe ’s contact info?

 

[Psilloh1]

Having a pretty high performance car I missed a shift from 3 to 4th and slapped it instead back into second…. Gear pattern is super tight and it locked the back end up…

 

[Horsehat]

That mid life crisis didn’t last long.

 

[Gaffer1968]

Can you drive a manual trans?

A 2006 Ford GT owner in Boca Raton, Florida crashed his recently purchased supercar into a tree Friday evening, because he was "unfamiliar with how to drive stick shift," police say.

The driver, 50-year-old Robert J. Guarini, told police he lost control after downshifting while leaving his housing development at around 6 p.m. This led to a head-on collision with a palm tree. Guarini then told a nearby security worker that he did not have his phone and needed a ride back to his house, where he spoke to police via landline after leaving the vehicle unattended, police say.

Florida Man Crashes Ford GT Because He's "Unfamiliar" with Driving Stick

The driver had just purchased the 2006 Heritage Edition GT for $704,000 at a Barrett-Jackson auction last month.

www.caranddriver.com

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IMO, he'd been under the influence, left the car to get home, chug a coupla beers to calm his nervesand THEN call the PoPo, and if they ask him if he'd been drinking then he had his story - after the crash...

 

[Cadcom]

If you cant drive a stick at 50 years old, you are just a boneless, USDA certified, puss!

 

[Stampede]

IMO, he'd been under the influence, left the car to get home, chug a coupla beers to calm his nervesand THEN call the PoPo, and if they ask him if he'd been drinking then he had his story - after the crash...

Could be....

 

[Red Squirrel 556]

The GT is cool and all but the real flex is still having a landline in 2022.