$2 million Bugatti crashes into lagoon.

[Mike G.]

Re: $2 million Bugatti crashes into lagoon.

sucks to be him

[Bruce B.]

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Serves him right for talking on a cell phone while driving. I dispise people who talk/text on a cell phone while driving! I have a great deal of difficulty understanding why some states refuse to pass legislation making it illegal to be on a cell phone while driving.
Hopefully, the car is a total loss and his insurance company will refuse to pay.

Tom, how do you feel about texting while driving?????

My cell phone contract is up for renewal and I told Verizon I just want a TELEPHONE...
No way, you get free texting, camera, apps, gps and all the other stuff I don't want. The way the cell phones are designed every time I pick mine up I hit a button which totally sends the phone into a different mode.
They make me crazy....
Bruce B

[Steve B.]

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[quote=Duke Williams (22045);452034]...just goes to show you that being a millionaire and a moron aren't mutually exclusive.

All one has to do is attend the Scottsdale auctions for more proof

[Alan S.]

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There was a article in the sports section of last Sunday's New York Times about the Bugatti. The writer spent a good bit of his space writing about the inability of an ordinary but rich owner to use 1000 horsepower.
He then talks about the various cars he could assemble in his garage for just part of the Bugatti's cost. He includes a fuel injected Corvette.
We might be on to something good!
Regards,
Alan

[Clem Z.]

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he should buy a VW bug at least they float.

[Duke W.]

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Since it ran so long before stopping, I think the air intake was actually above the water line, which would have saved the engine from hydrolocking. The gurgling was probably from the exhaust and the accessory drives. I imagine the water finally shorted the ignition system. Good thing too...it would probably cost a half mill and a couple of high dollar French techs to fix that engine if it hydrolocked.

PS: Those that have been to Galveston know that it's an island reached by a slightly elevated and narrow causeway. If you lose control at any point along that stretch of several miles, you won't end up in a pasture trading stares with Bossie...there's water on both sides.

He probably wanted to keep the air conditioning on until he got "rescued". I doubt if he is familiar with the term "hydraulic lockup."

If a car gets flooded much above the doorsills, especially salt water, it's usually a total loss.

It would be interesting to learn the ultimate fate of this car, but we probably never will.

I probably told this story before, but a high school buddy of mine (circa '63/'64) was always frustrated by the fact that his father only bought cheap cars - six cylinder engines, three-on-the-tree, two-door post sedans. I'm not even sure if they had radios. Most everyone had access to their parent's V-8 four-barrel leviathons.

So, frustrated by the fact that he can't "get rubber" with these low powered cars and wanting to impress his GF, he backs down a boat launching ramp near Golden Gardens (Seattle). When he dumps the clutch the wheels spin and the 1960 Ford slides backwards - into Puget Sound - up to the beltline. The car was recovered and ran again, but it smelled like dead fish, and there was rust EVERYWHERE! I think within 30 days it went to a junkyard.

BTW, his name was Chuck, too.

Duke

[David C.]

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Holy ****!!

[Joe C.]

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Had looked at this when it came out awhile ago.
The fun starts after the 4 minute mark. Fasten your seat belts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1t6S737Cs&feature=fvw

[Brian M.]

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WOW. ....

Had looked at this when it came out awhile ago.
The fun starts after the 4 minute mark. Fasten your seat belts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1t6S737Cs&feature=fvw

[Valeria H.]

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Oh God, I hope he had his diaper on!
Valeria

[Jim W.]

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He should have bought the "Water Car". The local Houston Chron. had a different take on what happened. Said he dropped his phone and after leaning over to pick it up is when he saw the pelican and got startled. They said it was already considered a total loss. And get this, he only bought it a week ago.
PS: Texas just this year banned cell phone use "in school zones".

[Michael F.]

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I am with tom parsons...should ban cellphones in us while driving probably no big deal, irritant for owner only if you can afford a car like that. maybe embarrassed by stupidity but he can surely buy another

[Jamie F.]

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Probably of little consequence to him.
With the first service costing $25K
Tires being $23K, ($11k parts and Labor another $12K) every 2500 miles.
Wheels needing replacement every 7500 miles at $30K
Money should not be an issue if you own one of these.
Probably a $75K service bill should fix him right up.

[Jamie F.]

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or a $175K service bill, what's the difference???
And we thought $400 for those Tri Power air cleaner bolts was pricey...

[Dick W.]

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Video of the idiot wrecking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSAQLkHocEs