Not that we're ever short of social media content to give us an appreciation of how outrageously the other half lives, but this might just be peak outrageousness. If you're a car guy/gal who can't stand seeing automobiles mistreated in any way, now would be a good time to look away.
Regardless of whether you have kids or not, you must know what they say: they're endless sources of creativity, and they must be allowed to express it whichever way they can. We're sure this should be the only exception: using a real, expensive car as a paint canvas.
A new viral video purported to have been shot at a recent kid's birthday party in Dubai, UAE, has reopened the can of worms of super-expensive habits you're most likely to find here. You can see the video embedded at the end of the text: offered without much context except the vague "only in Dubai" note, it shows a bunch of kids painting on a yellow Ferrari F8 Tributo much like they would on a canvas.
The scene is a birthday party – seemingly, a boy named Noah turned 6, and his parents thought a Ferrari would make for a decent canvas substitute. The theme of the party was Ferrari and racing, as you can see the famous prancing horse logo and pit stop signs in the backdrop behind the car. However, instead of a racing car-shaped pinata, Noah's parents made the strange choice of having a real F8 brought in to be painted.
Photo: X/EnezOzen
We're talking standard painting, the kind that any 6-year-old does in preschool: this is no artcar, no live event were paint is applied artistically to a vehicle and then e sealed on it for display on future drives. It's the kind of fun painting kids will always do, though never on a car that sells for upwards of $330,000. It's the kind of "art" that usually holds value only in the eyes of a parent, to use delicate phrasing.
Even if the paint is washable, which it probably is, this still feels like too much. Without preaching and without even getting into criticism about how people are dying of hunger, and kids are painting on Ferraris aside, a birthday trick like this one is wrong. It sends the wrong message and sets a wrong precedent. It's also wasteful for no apparent reason. These are 6-year-olds: surely they would have had just as much fun with a piece of canvas or even a wall to paint on.
The Internet is filled with content that makes no sense, and it often involves an expensive vehicle. Whether we're talking about burnout gender reveals, 10-year-olds boasting about their car collections, or YouTubers putting cars through hell for fun and clicks, we've pretty much seen it all. Or we thought we did, until we saw this.
Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use. She covers automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, and she always knows the shows worth watching on Netflix and friends. Full profile
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