Hum Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Nothing has kept viewers tuning into "The Price Is Right" for four decades quite like the spectacle of watching a tourist play an oversize board game to win a new car. Three years ago, the show gave away a Tesla Roadster, its most valuable car ever ? until today, when as part of the show's "Big Money Week," host Drew Carey and model Manuela Abrealez revealed the biggest prize in the show's history: a 570-hp Ferrari 458 Spyder . The contestant, Therese, had to play "Three Strikes," the game where the player draws numbers from a bag and matches the digits of the car's price in their correct order while avoiding the dreaded red strike. When "The Price Is Right" contestants first started pulling numbers from a bag for Bob Barker, the cars only had four-digit prices; with the Ferrari's sticker price of $285,716 and three strikes, Therese's odds were slightly better than the typical contestant's. Within her first three draws, Therese had two strikes. From there, she picked a string of numbers, but tried to put the 6 and 8 as the first digit in the Ferrari's price. By the time the third strike appeared, Therese had not matched a single number, and out came the saddest of trombones. :/ It's probably for the best; Therese would have likely owed a hefty tax bill had she won the car, not to mention thousands in insurance if she wanted to drive it; as we were noting earlier this week, history suggests people who win supercars aren't always prepared for life behind the wheel. The TPIR Recap blog has the full report on whether Therese won some consolation in the Showcase Showdown, but the other contestant who played for a car in today's episode came up a winner, and will enjoy his new Hyundai Elantra. The Spyder will hold its title of most-expensive Price Is Right car for some time, but will only last a day as the biggest prize, thanks to Friday's promise of a Plinko game worth $500,000. source Atomic Wanderer Chicken 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Driving a Ferrari on Gran Turismo 5 is good enough for me, and it can never get totalled too :D That must have been terrible feeling of having a game between you and the Ferrari! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Damn, i wouldn't mind driving them both.. ;) lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Heres a video of it! http://jalopnik.com/watch-this-woman-blow-winning-a-ferrari-458-on-the-pric-481329347 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 I should think you'd need an armed guard watching it, 24/7 :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam14160 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 . . .can anyone say "Car Jacking" . . . :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW8j3x3GzxY HoochieMamma 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 The Ferrari probably belonged to a producer, who just wanted to tease the audience -- they rigged the game for Lose. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I'd rather take the chick in the pic out for a spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 ^ You might need a nice car for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 ^ You might need a nice car for that. Depends if I want to keep her after the test drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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