Octo overdrive

While a Ferrari is a status symbol for its owner, some kids in China turned the luxury car into a plaything.

The hood of the 3.6-million-yuan supercar of a Chinese man surnamed Zhang was turned into a slide by neighborhood children after he temporarily left it in a public parking lot while on a business trip.

A neighbor, who saw four boys climbing onto the vehicle and repeatedly sliding off its hood, told Zhang what happened and why his car had scratches across the bodywork plus a cracked bumper, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports.

It cost Zhang 29,000 yuan to have it repaired in a local car shop. When he asked the parents of the children to reimburse him the amount, they gave him only 5,000 yuan and their children never apologized for damaging his Ferrari, according to SCMP.

He threatened to sue the parents of the minors if no agreement to pay the damage was reached.

Meanwhile, a Nissan 350Z convertible and a red Chevrolet Corvette were stopped by police in Florida for racing on a road where the speed limit was 45 miles per hour.

An officer from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office clocked the Nissan at 110 mph and the Corvette at 125 mph in Leesburg on 12 June, New York Post (NYP) reports.

The officer’s body camera recorded the Nissan driver’s apprehension. The driver, Williams Bosworth, denied he was racing with the Corvette.

Nevertheless, the 85-year-old Bosworth’s driver’s license and car registration were confiscated. He was also arrested and cuffed on the charge of street racing and dangerous excessive speeding.

The driver of the red Corvette, Philip Signorino, 57, was also pulled over by another officer up the road and arrested on the same charges, according to NYP.

Under Florida’s super speeder law, driving at 50 mph or more over the posted speed limit is a criminal offense and not a simple traffic violation.