Guys on a road trip from Ohio to Vegas get pulled over in a fake Ferrari by confused cops

These guys from LA had some explaining to do when they got pulled over by police in a fake Ferrari F430. 

The YouTubers were driving the ‘faux-rari’ 2000 miles from Ohio to Las Vegas when they were stopped by highway patrol. 

The reason?

Well, the number plate reader showed the car to be a Toyota, and because it was dressed as a Ferrari, well, that was a big red flag. 

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Pulled over in a fake Ferrari kit car

Gordon Cheung and his friend Anthony, better known as Effspot and AnthonyUnofficial, traveled all the way to Ohio to buy the kit car. 

Less than 24 hours after the purchase, they were on the side of the road with red and blue lights flashing behind them. 

“The reason for the stop is your plates came back to a Toyota man,” the police officer said. 

Anthony, who was behind the wheel, was honest with the officer, saying ‘straight up, it’s a kit car, it’s actually a 2001 Toyota Celica’. 

While the explanation checked out, there was another issue. 

When the cops asked for his insurance, Anthony realized he didn’t have it because ‘this car doesn’t have door locks’. 

“I realized it after picking it up, so we didn’t want to leave anything in the car,” he said. 

Luckily for the guys, the officers were understanding and let them off with the warning that it probably wouldn’t be the last time they were pulled over in the fake Ferrari because the plate readers showed it to be a Toyota. 

“Usually it’s fun to have a fake Ferrari, in this case, it’s not that much fun,” Anthony admitted. 

When the guys pulled up to a truck stop in Iowa, they did a full inspection of the car and ‘all the things that are falling apart’. 

Not only were parts of the rear diffuser falling off, but the tire was in bad shape, with chunks actually falling off because it was rubbing against the body of the car.

After hitting a bump, the rear diffuser eventually fell off and the guys discovered it was ‘held together with zip ties and a couple of bolts’. 

A ‘good 10 footer’

Anthony described the car as a ‘good 10 footer’, meaning ‘from 10 feet away it looks pretty damn good’. 

And that’s a pretty apt description of the fake Ferrari F430. 

Just like this fake Bugatti Veyron and this fake Maybach from China, it looks almost legit.

From the back, it looks great, and from the side, you’d have to do a double-take to realize it wasn’t what it said on the box. 

Anthony acknowledged it had ‘a lot of issues’ but said he didn’t regret the purchase, adamant he could get it in good shape.