The Ferrari goes off-roading on a rural property, pushing the car to its limits in extreme conditions
by Brad Anderson
February 21, 2023 at 13:57
by Brad Anderson
The Ferrari F8 Tributo may have been quietly superseded by the hybrid 296 GTB, but this mid-engined V8 supercar remains a serious performer and one heck of an automobile to look at. However, that hasn’t stopped YouTuber WhistlinDiesel, who is known for abusing vehicles, from treating his F8 Tributo like a rental car on a summer vacation.
WhistlinDiesel has made a name for himself building some of the wildest creations on four wheels we’ve ever seen on YouTube. He also happens to own both a twin-turbocharged Lamborghini Huracan and a twin-turbocharged Audi R8 and is known for driving both of them hard and along surfaces that would make executives from Lamborghini and Audi cringe. His latest purchase was this F8 Tributo that he paid about $400,000 for it.
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In his first video of the car, the YouTuber walks us through some of its features and routinely pokes fun at the Italian car manufacturer’s history of suing its customers for modifying their cars and/or not treating them as Ferrari would like. Despite the threat of Ferrari perhaps suing him, WhistlinDiesel reveals that he has had the car equipped with an aggressive tune and an aftermarket exhaust system that generates heaps of pops and bangs.
The YouTuber lives on a large rural property in the U.S. and while his driveway isn’t paved and is covered solely in dirt and gravel, that doesn’t stop him from powersliding and drifting the car along the dirt. He even smashes through a gate in it before taking to the top of a grassy hillside and doing donuts in it. While the F8 was never designed to be driven like this, it handles everything like a champ and sounds exceptional while doing so.