Vehicle Virgins Escaped Uninjured After Tyler Hoover's 355 Exploded On Him

Tyler's Ferrari F355 spontaneously combusted while Parker of Vehicle Virgins fame was behind the wheel
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We’ve all enjoyed keeping up with Tyler Hoover’s occasionally expensive journey with his temperamental F355, but sadly, his cheap Ferrari adventure has taken a nasty turn.

The car had been shipped out to California ahead of Monterey Car Week, where friend Parker Nirenstein - better known as Vehicle Virgins - would be storing the car and making videos with it. Just after wrapping up one shoot, Parker noticed he could smell fuel, and immediately stopped to called Tyler.

After popping the engine cover it appeared there was a power steering fluid leak, so Tyler asked if Parker could limp it to a mechanic familiar with exotic cars. After calling the mechanic in question to check if it was definitely safe to drive the car, Parker departed and made it just a few metres before the car exploded into flames. His passenger had a minor burn to his leg, but other than that, both - thankfully - emerged unscathed.

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We can’t help but feel for both Tyler and Parker here - both are clearly devastated; Hoover for his wrecked Ferrari, and Nirenstein for being in charge of the car when it went up, even though he’s clearly blameless.

As for the F355, it will be covered by insurance, but remarkably, the car may yet live on. “There’s no way this is the end of the 355, no matter how bad it looks, it’s not going to get scrapped,” adding that there’s “One person who’s crazy or stupid enough to buy this thing,” followed by a shot of Tavarish

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Blade noir

oof

08/23/2018 - 08:25 |
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Ilias J.

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08/23/2018 - 08:26 |
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lol nah, he’s not to blame here. It wasn’t even his decision to limp it to the mechanic.

08/23/2018 - 09:06 |
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I’m not the fan of him asvell, but you can’t blame him on this one.

08/23/2018 - 09:11 |
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Tomislav Celić

Jesus Christ. Glad everyone is okay. I would take this as a lesson, and remind us that our project cars should always be equiped with a fire extinguisher, even tho it can happen to any car. What’s the extra 500$ in your pocket worth if you are fried

08/23/2018 - 08:31 |
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Non just project cars.
Any Car.

08/23/2018 - 12:29 |
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This 355 wasn’t technically a project car - rather more a Ferrari that wasn’t in great nick. I would say the mechanic described in Tyler’s video who sounded like he had no idea what he was doing!

08/23/2018 - 16:31 |
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wait? that’s not mandatory??? where you live?

08/23/2018 - 21:59 |
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Not going to lie, I don’t think anything short of a full fire suppression system would have really helped, lol.

08/24/2018 - 01:36 |
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Car fire extinguishers are useless. Most of the time you need several to put out a fire and even then its a 50/50 chance. If you open the hood then it’s already game over.

08/24/2018 - 15:41 |
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Anonymous
08/23/2018 - 08:36 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

We have learned a lesson here
Never EVER give Parker your car

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08/23/2018 - 22:41 |
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Anonymous

“It appeared there was a power steering fluid”…what?

08/23/2018 - 08:47 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Leak?

08/23/2018 - 09:01 |
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Aaron 15

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That’s actually pretty flammable stuff on these cars… mechanic sounded like an A-hole

08/23/2018 - 16:33 |
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Anonymous

Ferrari going up in flames aye? Sounds familiar

08/23/2018 - 09:58 |
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Anonymous

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08/25/2018 - 14:42 |
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Anonymous

Typical Ferrari

08/23/2018 - 10:03 |
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Anonymous

The mechanic who told Parker to drive it should have really known better.

08/23/2018 - 10:31 |
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woulditfitonmyhonda

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Not his fault tbh

08/24/2018 - 23:42 |
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CannedRex24

Damn, Parker missed the chance to die in a Ferrari!

08/23/2018 - 10:51 |
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𝕊𝕋𝟚𝟘𝟚ᴢᴇɴᴋɪ

In reply to by CannedRex24

he missed the chance to simply die, to the disappointment of everyone that’s seen any of his videos.

08/23/2018 - 14:29 |
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08/24/2018 - 01:32 |
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CannedRex24

Someone should give Tyler the Ferrari Fire shirt that Clarkson wore on top gear

08/23/2018 - 10:54 |
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