It was a short-lived romance for a driver in England. In typical British stiff-upper-lip fashion, the South Yorkshire Police posted on social media Thursday:

“Afternoon folks, were you stuck in traffic this afternoon on the M1 south around junction 37? If so, here's why...

Officers were deployed to a single vehicle collision with reports that the vehicle had left the carriageway and burst in to flames. Road conditions were wet at the time and as officers arrived on scene it became clear there was a vehicle well alight and colleagues from South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue were in attendance squirting water all over some kind of sporty motor some 50 or so meters down a banking... As we are an inquisitive bunch we found the driver and were amazed to see he only had minor cuts and bruises!

Officers asked the driver what sort of car he 'had' to which he replied, "It was a Ferrari." Detecting a sense of damaged pride, he then said "I've only just got it, picked it up an hour ago".

The 430 Scuderia was reduced to nothing more than a twisted hulk of metal. A new 430 is priced at around $200,000.

Check out the post on the South Yorkshire Police Facebook page.

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