Italian man axes new Fiat after it fails to start
Drivers all get frustrated when their car won't start, but a man in northern Italy was so angry when his new Fiat 500 wouldn't get going that he decided to smash it up with a pickaxe.
In the process, the 34-year-old from Lissone, north of Milan, smashed a back window, ripped off one of the wing mirrors and hit the car over 100 times, Corriere della Sera reported.
Lissone, l’auto nuova non parte La colpisce a picconate http://t.co/0djte3bss1 pic.twitter.com/p7khcQIkP5
— Corriere della Sera (@Corriereit) November 4, 2014
Alarmed neighbours called the police, who arrived and waited for a few minutes until the driver stopped hitting the Fiat.
When approached by a police officer, the man handed over the pickaxe. The driver was accompanied to hospital, while the car taken to a mechanic’s, Corriere said.
A similar incident in southern Italy happened last year, when a restaurateur in Salerno allowed a group of Russian customers to smash up his car with a sledgehammer. The tourists reportedly left a tip of “a few hundred euros” and promised to return.
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In the process, the 34-year-old from Lissone, north of Milan, smashed a back window, ripped off one of the wing mirrors and hit the car over 100 times, Corriere della Sera reported.
Lissone, l’auto nuova non parte La colpisce a picconate http://t.co/0djte3bss1 pic.twitter.com/p7khcQIkP5
— Corriere della Sera (@Corriereit) November 4, 2014 Alarmed neighbours called the police, who arrived and waited for a few minutes until the driver stopped hitting the Fiat.
When approached by a police officer, the man handed over the pickaxe. The driver was accompanied to hospital, while the car taken to a mechanic’s, Corriere said.
A similar incident in southern Italy happened last year, when a restaurateur in Salerno allowed a group of Russian customers to smash up his car with a sledgehammer. The tourists reportedly left a tip of “a few hundred euros” and promised to return.
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