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> Bugatti Veyron crash, $1,545,000 car
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post Mar 8 2007, 11:41 PM
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Story is a guy rented it, was doing 100+ mph, spunout and hit a van with a pregant woman inside..............

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post Mar 8 2007, 11:46 PM
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The 1,000 horsepower Bugatti can accelerate from 0 to 60mph in 2.5 seconds.
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post Mar 8 2007, 11:54 PM
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You would think for that kind of money they could have finished the paint job.

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Q- Whats a Bugatti and a 914 have in common?

A- Rust (A millon dollar car with rust? Does gold rust?)
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post Mar 9 2007, 12:00 AM
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post Mar 9 2007, 12:11 AM
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post Mar 9 2007, 12:24 AM
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I think I can fix it.
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post Mar 9 2007, 12:29 AM
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post Mar 9 2007, 06:00 PM
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I highly doubt the story. Who would rent such a rare car? You would have to give up a kidney before you could get a $1.5 million dollar car out for a joy ride.

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post Mar 9 2007, 07:59 PM
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post Mar 9 2007, 08:08 PM
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This is the story from one source:

Car:
2006 Bugatti Veyron 16.4

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This is the first Bugatti Veyron to be wrecked on the streets. It is the fastest and most expensive production vehichle in history, list price about $1.6 million.

The Veyron was doing around 100mph when it spun out of control, spinning 3 times before hitting a Vauxhall Astra with a 7-month pregnant woman inside. It then smashed into trees up a 3 foot embankment.

The Bugatti driver was with a younger male passenger. The car was taken away by the same truck driver who had delivered it to the owner just a week earlier. The owner is a businessman in his 40's who runs a rental car company with his brothers.

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B375 near Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom
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post Mar 10 2007, 09:40 AM
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Hmmmm....a Bugatti Veyron repairable? I'll call Certi-fit and see if they sell any aftermarket Taiwanese parts to fix it up? Maybe I can get it back on the road for less than a million?
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post Mar 10 2007, 10:12 AM
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Sort of like Jay Leno spinning a Carrera GT... but at least he was on a race track and didn't hit anything... sooo... maybe a GT is the better car?
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post Mar 10 2007, 01:56 PM
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what a dick. if some jackass endagered my pregnant wife because of his recklessness i would have to be physically restrained from killing him.
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post Mar 10 2007, 02:09 PM
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Anybody else see the Top Gear test of the Veyron?

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"at top speed the tires only will last 15 minutes, but you only have enough gas for 12 minutes" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Mar 10 2007, 02:11 PM
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I was at a club last night in newport and there was a Veyron parked outside. One of my buddies saw the owner a last week and got a ride. Last night he remembered who he was and talked to us for a few minutes. He seemed like a cool guy... of course having a 1.6 million dollar car helps the cool status.
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post Mar 11 2007, 12:10 AM
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QUOTE(soloracer @ Mar 9 2007, 04:00 PM) *

I highly doubt the story. Who would rent such a rare car? You would have to give up a kidney before you could get a $1.5 million dollar car out for a joy ride.




..according to last months (March) Playboy, "national luxury automotive service Putnam Leasing offers the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 ===== $25,775 a month".
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