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MeetJoeAsian

11-12-2009 11:35 AM

Man Drives $2M Car (Bugatti Veyron) into La Marque Lake

Man Crashes $2M Bugatti in La Marque Lake | MyFoxHouston.com

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Man Drives $2M Car into La Marque Lake
Car Was Rare Bugatti Veyron, 1 of 15 in US
Updated: Thursday, 12 Nov 2009, 11:18 AM CST
Published : Thursday, 12 Nov 2009, 11:12 AM CST

LA MARQUE, Texas - A $2 million car is nearly destroyed in an accident in La Marque, where a driver says he drove his Bugatti Veyron into a lake after a bird flew in front of him.

The accident happened Wednesday afternoon in Galveston County.

La Marque police say the French-built supercar ended up in a lagoon, coming to rest in about 2 feet of saltwater.

Police say the driver, whose name was not immediately released, was not injured in the crash.

Police say the man, from Lufkin, had been looking at real estate in the Galveston area when he was distracted by a low-flying pelican near Omega Bay.

A tow truck was summoned to extract the rare production vehicle from the muddy pond.

A 2006 Bugatti Veyron was recently offered for sale in Jonesboro, Ark., for $1.25 million. Other vehicles of the same make have sold for up to $2 million.

http://media2.myfoxhouston.com//phot...41_640_480.JPG

MeetJoeAsian

11-12-2009 11:37 AM

funny how they say it's "nearly destroyed"...

MeetJoeAsian

11-12-2009 11:39 AM

Low-flying pelican prompts man to drive $2M Bugatti Veyron into La Marque lagoon | khou.com | News

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Low-flying pelican prompts man to drive $2M Bugatti Veyron into La Marque lagoon
by Chris Paschenko / The Daily News

Posted on November 12, 2009 at 9:03 AM

LA MARQUE — The owner of one of the world’s fastest production automobiles accidentally drove his fine-tuned, French-built car into a saltwater lagoon Wednesday.

The man, who police said was from Lufkin, was uninjured after escaping the partially submerged Bugatti Veyron as it came to rest in about 2 feet of saltwater.

The two-seater, with 16 cylinders and four turbo chargers, can reach speeds of more than 250 mph. New models sell for about $2 million.

The man, who refused to give his name, was looking at real estate in Galveston.

About 3 p.m. a low-flying pelican distracted him as he traveled north on Interstate 45 just south of the hurricane levee near Omega Bay.

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.

The Veyron’s powerful engine gurgled like an outboard motor for about 15 minutes before it died.

Police and firefighters blocked the frontage road until MCH Towing employee Gilbert Harrison carefully wenched the car away from riprap and onto the soft, muddy bank.

It’s the rarest car in the world, not something you can just replace, the man said.

An Associated Press story in October mentioned a 2006 model Veyron for sale in Jonesboro, Ark., with an asking price of $1.25 million.

One of the prospective buyers was from Texas.

That Bugatti Veyron was one of only 200 made and one of only about 15 in the United States, the AP reported.

XwChriswX

11-12-2009 11:39 AM

Musta been goin pretty fast, or had to make an emergency swerve...

IMO Screw the bird, its a hell of alot easier to wipe off bird guts vs re upholstering the interior... :ugh2:

MeetJoeAsian

11-12-2009 11:46 AM

j.arnaldo

11-12-2009 12:09 PM

...it's Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, I tell ya!

bigaudiofanat

11-12-2009 12:14 PM

So that is literally the second veyron in 5 weeks that has been destroyed. The other one the guy took it for a joy ride and smashed it. Man this is sad.

semtex

11-12-2009 12:18 PM

^ Unless the guy turns out to be a big banking exec or something (think Goldman Sachs), then not so sad. ;)

TX_370

11-12-2009 12:21 PM

I do not feel bad for the guy, but for the car I have shed many tears... :crying:

bigaudiofanat

11-12-2009 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by semtex (Post 276985)

^ Unless the guy turns out to be a big banking exec or something (think Goldman Sachs), then not so sad. ;)

True I mean only 15 in the state well now 14 or 13 depending on if he can repair it.

dad	11-12-2009 12:24 PM

The man jerked the wheel, dropped his cell phone----
I have no sympathy what so ever!

semtex

11-12-2009 12:25 PM

Yeah I know, I meant that tongue in cheek. Regardless of who the owner is, it's always sad to see a nice car destroyed, especially a rare one like this.

bigaudiofanat

11-12-2009 01:02 PM

I agree, if someone showed up at my house tomorrow and let me take something like a Ferrari F430 out; I would leave the cell phone home.

XwChriswX

11-12-2009 01:38 PM

Wonder if they are just collecting Insurance payouts?

MeetJoeAsian

11-12-2009 01:43 PM

apparently, the guy who was driving it was some big black dude who is an exotic auto broker

here's the car in better days:

http://www.dfwstangs.net/classifieds...ugatti_014.JPG

theDreamer

11-12-2009 03:57 PM

So sad.

bigaudiofanat

11-12-2009 04:50 PM

He is just leaving that car outside like that? WOW

CrownR426

11-12-2009 05:44 PM

Bird my ***, probably couldn't handle the G-Force and got owned.

rench

11-12-2009 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by CrownR426 (Post 277302)

Bird my ***, probably couldn't handle the G-Force and got owned.

my thoughts exactly.... he was 200ft from a road, was obviously on it and lost it imo heheh.

iceman21_23

11-12-2009 06:20 PM

i think i read that he left the car running as well... for 15 minutes till the motor finally cut out.

bigaudiofanat

11-12-2009 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by iceman21_23 (Post 277343)

i think i read that he left the car running as well... for 15 minutes till the motor finally cut out.

Yep and why in the world would he do that? :owned:

MeetJoeAsian

11-12-2009 09:01 PM

funny how every article I've read says the car has 16 valves...16 valves, if at 4 vales per cylinder, implies this car is only a 4 cylinder....and the car is not even a V16, it's a W16....

MeetJoeAsian

11-12-2009 09:04 PM

here's the picture of the guy and the car a day before they went swimming

http://i36.tinypic.com/29386fm.jpg

bigaudiofanat

11-12-2009 09:20 PM

I wounder why he has it in speed mode? See how low it is he engaged the speed mode but why?

Josh@STILLEN

11-12-2009 09:52 PM

Dude how else are you going to pimp the veyron.. in valet grandpa mode? You've got to hit the switches!

MC	11-14-2009 03:42 AM

bigaudiofanat

11-14-2009 03:44 AM

LMAO looks like he did it on purpose, better hope the insurance company doesn't see that.

Demon Z

11-14-2009 04:09 AM

There's more to the story...this guy runs an exotic car resto shop...DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNN

molamann

11-14-2009 07:51 AM

I'm quite surprised how there's an actual footage of the crash... with comments!

370Zsteve

11-14-2009 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by dad (Post 276989)

The man jerked the wheel, dropped his cell phone----
I have no sympathy what so ever!

Ya, and he blamed it on a pelican! LMAO! You know, you just KNOW that dumbazz was dialing a number on his cell phone, not looking at the road, and simply drove off into the marsh. You'd think the moron could have afforded a hands-free cell phone. Ah, well. Schitt happened.

CrownR426

11-14-2009 08:59 AM

LOL!
"I'm pretty sure that's a lambo"
"OH SHITTTT, OH SHITTTT!"
Priceless...:bowrofl:

theDreamer

11-14-2009 09:36 AM

Some background on the guy:
~He owns a exotic/supercar repair shop, basically fixes up these cars and sells them
~The Bugatti was his own, not a company car
~From the video it looks like he got distracted and just slowly went off the road
~A side note, that Ferrari Enzo that Eddie Griffin crashed was also owned by this guy

CrownR426

11-14-2009 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer (Post 279466)

Oh well he's probably so rich that he'll get another one within a month or two... :shakes head: Just amazing...

vash_241987

11-14-2009 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by MC (Post 279363)

DOH!!! you beat me to it....yep, no pelican.....just another dumbazz rich guy.

Demon Z

11-15-2009 07:46 PM

Video was removed... FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

theDreamer

11-15-2009 07:47 PM

One thing about youtube, one person posts a new video, 20 people will repost it. :D

vash_241987

11-15-2009 08:04 PM

how fast are you suppose to go on access roads anyways?

dcrew1x

11-15-2009 08:10 PM

That's just sad. He MUST have money to throw away; maybe wipes his *** with a few benjamins instead of charmin...

theDreamer

11-15-2009 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by vash_241987 (Post 281944)

how fast are you suppose to go on access roads anyways?

In that area, speed limit is probably no more than 55MPH on that road.

Kones

11-16-2009 12:50 AM

I call bull*** There just happens to be video of this happening, randomly. The guy just happens to restore exotic cars that have been damaged . . .

I'd rather watch balloon boy . . .

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