OOpppsss thats a million car car :)

NotaSuv
NotaSuv Posts: 3,849
edited November 2009 in The Clubhouse
LA MARQUE, Texas - A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston.

The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road of Interstate 45 northbound in La Marque, about 35 miles southeast of Houston.

The Lufkin, Texas, man told of driving his luxury, French-built Bugatti Veyron when the bird distracted him, said La Marque police Lt. Greg Gilchrist.

The motorist dropped his cell phone, reached to pick it up and veered off the road and into the salt marsh. The car was half-submerged in the brine about 20 feet from the road when police arrived.
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited November 2009
    Is that an extension cord by his foot ? If he thought his day was going poorly . . .
    -Ignorance is strength -
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited November 2009
    ouch
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited November 2009
    If he can afford one, he can afford getting a replacement.
    If...
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited November 2009
    I hope his insurance covers rogue pelicans. I know mine does not. I've checked.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,849
    edited November 2009
    SKsolutions wrote: »
    Is that an extension cord by his foot ? If he thought his day was going poorly . . .

    no I think that the cable from the tow truck
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,997
    edited November 2009
    ****! if you can afford a car like that, you can afford a hands free system for his cell.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited November 2009
    can you say "insurance job" !!
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited November 2009
    Wow. Did they seriously just refer to that as a luxury car? Sure, it's very nicely appointed inside, but that is FAR from its market.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited November 2009
    Another article I read said that the car ran for 15 minutes in the pond before shutting off. Dumbass didn't even turn the car off after it happened.

    Oh, and the guy in the pic is the towtruck operator. There's a vid on youtube that shows them dragging it out, and onto the rollback, with the hooks through the wheels. No towhooks on the Veyron, it seems.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2009
    Ron-P wrote: »
    If he can afford one, he can afford getting a replacement.

    Doubtful, especially since Bugatti (VW) isn't making anymore Veyrons (they lost a significant amount of money on each one, despite the giant price tag; it was essentially an engineering challenge to see if it could be done), and there are only like 200 in the world.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited November 2009
    audiobliss wrote: »
    Wow. Did they seriously just refer to that as a luxury car? Sure, it's very nicely appointed inside, but that is FAR from its market.

    It IS a luxury car. Maybe not in the Mercedes "luxuriousness sense, but ownership of a Bugatti Veyron is definitely a luxury that few can afford. Thus...luxury car.;)
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited November 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Doubtful, especially since Bugatti (VW) isn't making anymore Veyrons (they lost a significant amount of money on each one, despite the giant price tag; it was essentially an engineering challenge to see if it could be done), and there are only like 200 in the world.

    Make that 199 now.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited November 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Doubtful, especially since Bugatti (VW) isn't making anymore Veyrons (they lost a significant amount of money on each one, despite the giant price tag; it was essentially an engineering challenge to see if it could be done), and there are only like 200 in the world.

    That's not true. They are still making them. 2009 and on so far has been the Gran Sport. It's a targa topped version and they started production earlier in the year. As far as I know, no official numbers have been released yet, production or sales wise. But they are building and selling them.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited November 2009
    Ron-P wrote: »
    Make that 199 now.

    Theres been several others wrecked, unfortunately. I guess the good thing is that they're at least being driven and not parked in a garage all their lives.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited November 2009
    nadams wrote: »
    No towhooks on the Veyron, it seems.

    Well that's an easy fix! Just hook up the tow line to the trailer hitch. :p
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited November 2009
    Ron-P wrote: »
    Make that 199 now.

    veyrondam1468.jpg

    198
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited November 2009
    In my albeit limited experience. People that can afford that car... shouldn't be allowed to drive it.

    197 to go...
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited November 2009
    Ouch it pains me to see a car like that get messed up.
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