‘Rich people problems’: Double Bay Ferrari owner roasted over parking fail
Written by admin on June 10, 2024
The owner of a $400,000 Ferrari has been roasted online for a ridiculous parking fail on a street in the country’s wealthiest suburb.
Footage of the Ferrari Roma V8-coupe partially parked on the pavement at an angle went viral after being uploaded to TikTok by the Double Bay Cars account with the video text reading, “Rich people problems in Double Bay.”
“So this is how the other half lives … and this is how they park,” the man filming says, as he walked around the sports car to show the two left wheels mounting the kerb.
“That wheel’s gone, that wheel’s totally gone,” he said, suggesting the Ferrari mechanic could be getting a call soon.
Writing in the video caption, he said it “never ceases to amaze me”.
“You buy Ferraris and expensive cars that you literally have no clue how to drive or how to park them,” he said.
“Total disregard for road rules and street signs, so much so that this Ferrari was parked this way for over three hours even getting a parking ticket for the insanely bad parking, climbing up on kerb like it’s a truck or ute. Damaging the wheel/rim and parts of the rear spoiler. I just want to know how do you not feel the car being stuck, as you would have to seriously accelerate to get it up that high while it’s ripping the under body. Good luck getting that down without causing a very expensive repair bill.”
The video has been viewed nearly 100,000 times.
“Just because you have money doesn’t mean you have brains,” one person commented.
Another joked, “This is how they are rich, they think outside the box.”
Others pointed out it wouldn’t matter to someone who could afford such an expensive car — or live in Double Bay.
“I bet there’s no point fining people in Double Bay. It would be like the council threatening us to park properly or cop a 5 cent fine,” one said.
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A second noted, “Those houses cost $20 million, $500,000 literally means nothing. That’s like me caring about my used 2006 Toyota Camry.”
The median house price in Double Bay, an ultra-exclusive enclave in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, is more than $6.6 million, according to CoreLogic.
Double Bay had the highest average taxable income in 2020-21 of $266,381, according to Australian Taxation Office data.
