Donkey Causes £5k Of Damage After Mistaking Orange McLaren For Carrot
A donkey named Fitus found was at the centre of a bizarre court case in the German federal state of Hesse this week. Why? Because the creature decided to dine out on a McLaren 650S parked near his paddock last year.
Owner Markus Zahn was left with a €5800 (£5100) bill after the curious incident, but wasn’t able to claim compensation from the donkey owner’s insurance company. The reason? The company reckoned the 49-year-old supercar owner should have picked a better parking spot.
The matter went to court, where it was decided the donkey’s owner was indeed liable for the damage.
As to why Fitus thought the 650S constituted a tasty treat, both the police and Zahn have theorised that he mistook the orange McLaren for a carrot…
Featured image via YouTube screenshot/Inside Edition
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Fun fact: This is actually the reason why the Disklok is Yellow, not Orange.
Best… Disklok… Comment… EVER!
What about yellow carrots
the cheekiest comment…………in the world
So… you’re implying that donkeys are key to find the weak spot of diskloks?
#cheekydisklok
Kind of a d*ck move of the McLaren owner. I bet this was alot of money for the owner of the donkey, he just could’ve paid it himself and he most likely wouldn’t even notice.
biggest douchebag I’ve ever heard of, the donkey had a fence and it’s not that much damage anyway
Yeah, I’m sure if he can afford a £150,000 car £5000 is like pennies to him
What a dumbass….then again double dumbass on the McLaren owner for parking next to him, the jackass
who’d pay 365k for a 650s !!
why would you park that close to the donkey?
Maybe it wasn’t at that spot when he parked it… Or maybe this entire thing is staged… OR he’s just an idiot
Imagine the damage if Fitus had tried to mate with it…
Seems rather staged to me….
If this was the UK. Court would have sided with the farmer, and I too. Why should a Mclaren owner park it so close to a farm. Was wrong to charge the farmer.
If he has the right to park there, you can’t expect him not to because a donkey might eat a part of his car…
What an ass
“crunchy”