Terry
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Location: Lone Oak, Texas
 | | Subject: A low-flying pelican blamed for driving a Bugatti Veyron into lagoon Sat 14 Nov 2009, 6:30 am | |
| Bad news for owners of the Bugatti Veyron, one of the world's most expensive and fastest cars. They don't float.
A Lufkin, Texas, man found out the hard way this week when he accidentally drove his $2-million sports car into a saltwater lagoon near Galveston, reports Chris Paschenko of the Galveston County Daily News. Our favorite part: the driver said he was distracted by "a low-flying pelican."
When the Veyron went in the water, the motor continued to run for about 15 minutes before finally giving out. That's $2 million of ruggedness right there. Maybe the salt water worked its corrosive magic by then.
| The Daily News wrote: |
The man jerked the wheel, dropped his cell phone, and the car’s front tire left the frontage road and entered a muddy patch, which foiled his attempt to maneuver away from the lagoon.
We're just sure the guy, who wouldn't give his name to the reporter, wasn't driving too fast in a car capable of more than 200 miles per hour. Banish the thought. |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32yyvmlGOdo |
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Terry
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Post: 1323
Location: Lone Oak, Texas
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aircooled
VW VOLOS CLUB
Post: 290
Location: volos, greece
| | Subject: Re: A low-flying pelican blamed for driving a Bugatti Veyron into lagoon Sat 14 Nov 2009, 8:33 am | |
| too much money for nothing....
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perrinoya
Padavan
Post: 245
Location: Dallas Tx
| | Subject: Re: A low-flying pelican blamed for driving a Bugatti Veyron into lagoon Sat 14 Nov 2009, 11:17 am | |
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Terry
Administrator
Post: 1323
Location: Lone Oak, Texas
| | Subject: Re: A low-flying pelican blamed for driving a Bugatti Veyron into lagoon Mon 16 Nov 2009, 10:38 pm | |
| | Right, it will take a half mill to fix that one. |
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jodirt
Someday Author
Post: 85
Location: rockwall
| | Subject: Re: A low-flying pelican blamed for driving a Bugatti Veyron into lagoon Mon 16 Nov 2009, 10:42 pm | |
| | that video was funny as shit |
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jodirt
Someday Author
Post: 85
Location: rockwall
| | Subject: Re: A low-flying pelican blamed for driving a Bugatti Veyron into lagoon Mon 16 Nov 2009, 10:44 pm | |
| | and i didnt see any pelican |
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aircooled
VW VOLOS CLUB
Post: 290
Location: volos, greece
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