Ferrari owner made to pay the price for flexing their supercar by parking it outside Harrods in London

A Ferrari owner has paid a hefty price for parking their rare LaFerrari with the eye-catching plate ‘BOY 1’ outside Harrods in London.

Photos shared on Reddit show the striking red LaFerrari with a parking fine proudly displayed on the dashboard, much to the amusement of internet commenters.

The situation quickly turned into a humorous commentary on the clash between ultra-wealthy car culture and unforgiving parking rules in the world’s busiest cities.

After all, no matter how exotic the ride, a ticket is a ticket, and it can ruin even a millionaire’s day.

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The hypercar with its bespoke plate was making a point

The centerpiece of the internet buzz is, of course, the car itself: the LaFerrari.

Launched as Ferrari’s hybrid hypercar halo model, it’s a limited-production masterpiece blending a 6.3-litre V12 engine with an electric motor to deliver around 950 horsepower and blistering performance.

With only 499 units made for customers, these cars routinely cost well over $5 million on the private market.

That’s also before you factor in an ultra-bespoke plate like ‘BOY 1’, which another commenter joked might be worth half the price of the car itself.

The Ferrari got the attention it craved

Unsurprisingly, the Reddit thread lit up with humorous takes.

Some netizens playfully suggested that the Ferrari owner could easily afford the fine, and that they probably wouldn’t even notice it on a monthly statement.

Others were pleased to see that no one was above the law, even Gordon Ramsay.

Others argued that fines were a feeble deterrent for luxury car owners who often treated their vehicles like trophies rather than functional transport.

“Just tow it”, one commenter declared.

But another pointed out that towing supercars tended to be difficult, given many businesses didn’t want to deal with the risk of accidentally damaging the cars.

Others suggested making fines a percentage of the car’s worth, saying that if they made fines really expensive, then your average supercar owner may finally have to watch where they park.

There is always the option to take a page out of Switzerland’s book, where one driver was fined $1 million for speeding because the fine took his overall wealth into consideration.

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