You may not recall Zahir Rana’s name, but you will surely remember his bright yellow, Edo-prepped Ferrari Enzo taking a dive into the Atlantic last September, since the incident was recorded and subsequently posted on YouTube where it made quite a splash.
Now, if you can afford to buy an Enzo, customize it to the tune of 860-horses and compete in a race with it, then the US$100,000 tab for repairing the damages sustained during this unscheduled plunge into the water may seem like small change.
Most people, though, would be quite frightened by the event and would probably take extra care from then on when they drove their prized set of wheels.
However, Rana, who has been collecting cars for 30 years, isn’t one of them. In fact, as he told the Winnipeg Free Press, this experience isn’t going to deter him one bit. On the contrary, he considered it to be so much fun that he intends to push even more.
“It have me another thing to live for”, said the Canadian in a telephone interview. “Gee, this was so much fun I’m going to do it again. Gonna go bigger, better next time.”
Getting it wrong while negotiating a corner and falling off a bridge into a river may make you happy that you escaped unscathed, but how exactly does it make you want to go one better?
Well, Rana shipped the Enzo back to Germany for repairs and upgraded the V12 engine to produce a mouth-watering 950-horses so that he can drive it in the next Targa Newfoundland race.
“All my friends and clients are now envious”, said Zana who claimed that many fellow racers would join him. “Next year, I’m going back again with 20 cars. It should be great. I’m looking forward to it.”
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