A driver in Germany has had his supercar nibbled by a curious donkey after parking his carrot-coloured McLaren too close to a farmer’s field.
The driver, a businessman named Markus Zahn, parked his supercar next to the paddock in Vogelsberg, central Germany, before Vitus the donkey took a liking to the McLaren 650S Spider, which would set you back close to $500,000.
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Upon returning to his car, Zahn looked in his rear view mirror, and to his surprise, saw Vitus taking a bite out of the rear bumper,
The Daily Mail reports.
Vitus’s nibble caused close to $50,000 worth of damage and while Zahn’s insurer agreed to pay for the bulk of the claim, the driver was left with a bill close to $9,000.
“The donkey obviously thought he had stumbled upon a giant carrot!” Zahn said, according to
The Daily Mail.
Zahn’s insurer refused to pay the full cost of damage as it claimed the driver was partly to blame for parking next to the curious donkey’s paddock.
The donkey’s owner agreed and refused to pay the remaining bill but Zahn headed to the courts to recoup his losses.
The state court in Giessen sided with Zahn and ordered the donkey’s owner to reimburse the driver the money not covered by insurance.
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