Police have released a sobering image of a Waikato crash where a fence post smashed through the car's windscreen, brushing the driver's face.
Somehow the occupants managed to walk away with just a sprained ankle - and a mangled car - to show for it.
In a post on their Facebook page, Waikato police wrote how the driver and new owner had only bought the turbo, high performance car on Friday.
They had never owned or operated a vehicle that powerful before and had dubbed it "their dream car".
"As they left Te Aroha the gears were changed at high revs on a slightly wet road. The back wheels spun out and control was lost. As you can see the car went through a farm fence and over the cattle tunnel.
