# Ferrari designer dies... a very ironic death
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [August 8, 2008, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936 "2008-08-08T07:28:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/1 "2008-08-08T07:28:18Z")
Andrea Pininfarina the guy who owns ferrari’s design company died yesterday.
He produced this gem: [http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17900](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17900)
Read the article, at least the first paragraph. I feel bad but I laughed at the Irony.
> **[Andrea Pininfarina, Chief of Car Designer, Dies at 51](https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/business/08pininfarina.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1218205295-c/EtxtXSBg6LwAWGgsOGKQ)**
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> Mr. Pininfarina was the chairman and chief executive of the Italian company founded by his family that designs Ferraris and other cars.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/2 "2008-08-08T07:32:50Z")
ouch lol
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/3 "2008-08-08T07:33:11Z")
Wow tragic.
78 year old driver hit him.:bloated:
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### Author:  [@EvilJay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvilJay)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/4 "2008-08-08T07:39:43Z")
So the job is available then?
Im sending them my resume.
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### Author:  [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/5 "2008-08-08T07:40:53Z")
Am i missing where it is “very ironic”?
a car designer dies in a car accident… ? :shrug:
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### Author:  [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/6 "2008-08-08T07:41:36Z")
I don’t see the Irony. Please explain?
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### Author:  [@EvilJay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvilJay)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/7 "2008-08-08T07:41:52Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#):
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> Am i missing where it is “very ironic”?
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> a car designer dies in a car accident… ? 😕
It’s very “slap stick” ironic I guess. I didn’t get it either.
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### Author:  [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/8 "2008-08-08T07:42:36Z")
he was on a vespa scooter… Maybe it is just me but a designer for ferrari crusing around on a vesapa???
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### Author:  [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/9 "2008-08-08T07:42:42Z")
Maybe he meant “iconic?”
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### Author:  [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/10 "2008-08-08T07:44:03Z")
FAIL?
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### Author:  [@EvilJay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvilJay)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/11 "2008-08-08T07:44:36Z")
Yep
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### Author:  [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/12 "2008-08-08T07:45:06Z")
oh fine i will :picard: myself. I found it funny that a man who has high end cars at his disposale was crusing around on a vespa. I suck ☹
Can I give myself -karma?
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### Author:  [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/13 "2008-08-08T07:48:30Z")
Yeah this is not ironic…wasn’t there a thread somewhere that distinguished what irony is exactly?
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### Author:  [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/14 "2008-08-08T07:55:01Z")
definition: The contrast between expectation and reality. This incongruity has the effect of surprising
I would expect him to be driving an enzo, in which case we would have been alive. Reality, he was driving a vespa. I bet he had crocs on too.
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### Author:  [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/15 "2008-08-08T07:57:07Z")
> [@tpgsr](#):
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> definition: The contrast between expectation and reality. This incongruity has the effect of surprising
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> I would expect him to be driving an enzo, in which case we would have been alive. Reality, he was driving a vespa. I bet he had crocs on too.
Trying to justify your mistake by incorrectly comprehending an online definition from the children’s edition of webster’s dictionary just makes you look a tad bit “stupider.”
👋
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### Author:  [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/16 "2008-08-08T07:58:08Z")
why the fuck would this dude roll around on a vespa?
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### Author:  [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/17 "2008-08-08T07:58:12Z")
would be ironic if he was hit by a Ferrari
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### Author:  [@EvilJay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvilJay)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/18 "2008-08-08T07:58:15Z")
> [@sureshot!](#):
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> Trying to justify your mistake by incorrectly comprehending an online definition from the children’s edition of webster’s dictionary just makes you look a tab bit “stupider.”
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> 👋
:tinfoilhat: How did he know i went to the children’s edition?!
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### Author:  [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/19 "2008-08-08T08:00:03Z")
> [@DrDoS](#):
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> would be ironic if he was hit by a Ferrari
that would be true! and even more shitty.
I always use the children’s editions the print is bigger and the words are easier to understand. I don’t get big words like comprehending. and it is tad not tab 😉
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### Author:  [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ferrari-designer-dies-a-very-ironic-death/52936/20 "2008-08-08T08:00:22Z")
id would guess if it was a bike accident, it would be a motor cycle due to having alot of money. but a scooter, lol just seems to cheap for the money the man is making. although this area, it can be a popular thing to ride. i have no clue but why not.
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