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Old 13-11-2009, 07:19 AM   #1
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Default Bugatti Veyron In Lagoon.......Ooops

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Old 13-11-2009, 07:44 AM   #2
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Old 13-11-2009, 07:46 AM   #3
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Old 13-11-2009, 07:47 AM   #4
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Bloody Pelican!!! LOL
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Old 13-11-2009, 07:57 AM   #5
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sees a pelican, drops his cell phone and dive bombs into a lagoon.. surrree!
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Old 13-11-2009, 08:36 AM   #6
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The Veyron’s powerful engine gurgled like an outboard motor for about 15 minutes before it died.
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Old 13-11-2009, 08:38 AM   #7
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The Veyron’s powerful engine gurgled like an outboard motor for about 15 minutes before it died.
So this bloke sticks his Veyron into the water, and don't shut the engine off?

Imagine the costs to rebuild a hydrauliced W16...
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Old 13-11-2009, 08:55 AM   #8
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So this bloke sticks his Veyron into the water, and don't shut the engine off?

Imagine the costs to rebuild a hydrauliced W16...

I wonder if Bugatti would even sell this tool another engine for what he did to it? You're absolutely right though, why on earth did he leave the engine running for 15 minutes? He'd better pray that he was unconscious, or else I'll start a petition for vehicular murder; he murdered an absolute classic car.
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Old 13-11-2009, 09:23 AM   #9
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Old 13-11-2009, 10:03 AM   #10
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he must have been moving pretty quick to put it that far into the water
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Old 13-11-2009, 10:11 AM   #11
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he must have been moving pretty quick to put it that far into the water
in a veyron id be going that fast in my driveway
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Old 13-11-2009, 12:16 PM   #12
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he must have been moving pretty quick to put it that far into the water
The rear wing was up, so yeah I would assume the driver was doing a decent clip.

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in a veyron id be going that fast in my driveway
had a laugh but that is so true
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Old 13-11-2009, 12:50 PM   #14
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The rear wing was up, so yeah I would assume the driver was doing a decent clip.

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My mistake, the rear wing actually drops when you do high speeds (using the key in the special slot) so he wasn't going 250mph at least...
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Old 13-11-2009, 01:53 PM   #15
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It'll buff off - I know, but someone's gotta put the post up. :
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Old 13-11-2009, 02:09 PM   #16
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My mistake, the rear wing actually drops when you do high speeds (using the key in the special slot) so he wasn't going 250mph at least...
It is also applied when braking heavily to act as a parachute....seeing a lagoon in front of you, you would want to be braking pretty damn heavily!
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It is also applied when braking heavily to act as a parachute....seeing a lagoon in front of you, you would want to be braking pretty damn heavily!
Very true! I was thinking there was a separate air brake as well, so I forgot that the wing will come up as you slow down.


Either way, what a thing to do to such an awesome car.
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Old 13-11-2009, 04:09 PM   #18
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Old 13-11-2009, 04:13 PM   #19
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Old 13-11-2009, 04:45 PM   #20
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seems he was so startled by the pelican he dropped his cell phone into his coffee which he splilt onto his lap causing him to cut himself while he was shaving and reading the morning paper
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Old 13-11-2009, 08:34 PM   #21
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seems he was so startled by the pelican he dropped his cell phone into his coffee which he splilt onto his lap causing him to cut himself while he was shaving and reading the morning paper
summed it up nicely... wonder how much it would cost to replace all the wiring and other stuff that would be ruined by the water?
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Old 13-11-2009, 09:00 PM   #22
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Old 13-11-2009, 11:24 PM   #23
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I bet it is written off as it is submersed in SALT WATER.
This would write any car off from an insurance companies POV as they could not guarantee that it can be repaired.
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Old 14-11-2009, 12:18 AM   #24
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Old 14-11-2009, 12:20 AM   #25
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FFS! what a spanka. Imagine the call to the insurance company tho...hahaha.
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Old 14-11-2009, 12:33 AM   #26
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Would the Veyron even be made out of anything that rusts? He'll probably write it off as a loss, as he was looking at property when it happened, and order himself another one - with water activated airbags that pop out from just inside the wheels!
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Wow. Another Veyron bites the dust eh. That's a total of 2 that I know of. I don't know if any others have been wrecked, but I do remember not long after they were released some idiot ran one into a tree.
I guess there's just way too many people out there with too much money and NO brain. :P
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Old 14-11-2009, 02:47 AM   #28
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I'd still have it, even if it is stuffed...... and a little bit smelly.
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Old 14-11-2009, 09:35 AM   #29
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even if its written off, it would still be worth a million wouldnt it?
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Old 14-11-2009, 09:58 AM   #30
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Wow. Another Veyron bites the dust eh. That's a total of 2 that I know of. I don't know if any others have been wrecked, but I do remember not long after they were released some idiot ran one into a tree.
I guess there's just way too many people out there with too much money and NO brain. :P
is it possible to have too much money?
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