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Veyron Crash
« on: November 16, 2009, 09:40:34 am »
According to a caller on the radio, the nimrod who drove a $1.25mm car into a lake wasn't the owner, and wasn't insured to drive it.  The owner had been offered $2mm for the car, but is now facing an estimated $500k repair bill just to get the thing running.

Oh, and the story that the driver was spooked by a pelican?  Complete bullshit.  How do we know?  There's a video.

Enjoy.
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Re: Veyron Crash
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2009, 09:55:53 am »
Can't believe the guy left it running for so long after he drove it in to the water.  He should appear on Top Gear so they can make fun of him.
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Re: Veyron Crash
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2009, 10:05:38 am »
Quote from: kevwun on November 16, 2009, 09:55:53 am
Can't believe the guy left it running for so long after he drove it in to the water.  He should appear on Top Gear so they can make fun of him.

They will rip him whether he comes on the show or not.  My guess is not.
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Re: Veyron Crash
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2009, 10:22:06 am »
Jalopnik's reporting that the owner was driving.  In a feat of unsurpassed irony, he owns an exotic car salvage company. In Lufkin. (Note: the Lufkin part isn't ironic, but it's damned confusing)
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Re: Veyron Crash
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2009, 10:36:57 am »
Wow. What are odds of someone filming it right then and there?!  "It's a lambo dude"

My money says he saw the guy filming him and was watching him instead of the road.  Blaming it on a pelican was somehow less embarrassing than preening for the camera.
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Re: Veyron Crash
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2009, 11:29:38 am »
Taken down due to copyright claim?  That sucks...any alternate links?
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Re: Veyron Crash
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2009, 12:03:28 pm »
Quote from: Gizzmonic on November 17, 2009, 11:29:38 am
Taken down due to copyright claim?  That sucks...any alternate links?

Try here.  Don't wait too long, though.
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