$2 million Bugatti crashes into lagoon
By Chris Paschenko
The Daily News
Published November 12, 2009
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.
---I am parting out!!!!---
12.5@116 2.0 60ft
Wasn't there some sort of rule about these that they weren't allowed to leave the facility, only allowed to drive them on the track even after they were bought? Or is that another car i'm thinking of?
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dropped his cell phone
shut up and drive the f_cking car.
Jaysona1(Drag it to death) wrote:Wasn't there some sort of rule about these that they weren't allowed to leave the facility, only allowed to drive them on the track even after they were bought? Or is that another car i'm thinking of?
That's the Ferrari FXX you are thinking about
Man, I bet he cried like a little girl after he finally arrived back at home.
He let the car RUN for 15 minutes in the water? Cmon, if you buy a 2 million dollar car ya gotta have just a little car knowledge. At least enough to know to shut the damn thing off!
I open the bidding war with 3 penny
Ill give tree fiddy
Well if he has the money to but a $2 million car I assume he has the money to fix it.
yeah, but how much will it cost to fix it? a 16 cylinder quad turboe'd engine? who do u know that could fix that?
uh.......yeah i'll fix it...........3 million dolla?
lol, I guess for 2 mill the dude thought the car operated as a submarine too. Maybe if he wasn't on the damn phone he wouldn't have been spooked by the bird.
He was going too fast and wasnt paying attention.....
And its a shame that the people that can afford those things have no idea how to drive them.
better than crashing into someone else and killing them! lesson learned i hope!
WiGM-Tuners member.
damn it i used to have a pic of a crashed ferirri that said "Just becuase you can afford it doesn't mean you can drive it"
The car went into salt water... it's totaled. There is no "fixing" it.
Josh
SLK 32
take it out of gear for tow? might help just a little.
I must confess... I feel like a monster!
in before someone suggest putting an ls1 in it
Yah, it's toast, with salt water damage. The shell may become someone's toy...can't wait to see where it ends up. Of course, in this case, the insurance company might just crush it to keep it out of "the wrong hands" (us car nuts! lol).
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splish splash I was taking a bath
FORGET GIRLS GONE WILD WE HAVE GOVERNMENT SPENDING GONE WILD!
Wow, someone sucks at life. Poor little Veyron
RuggedZ wrote:who the @!#$ gets spooked by a bird? man up and hit the son of a bitch!
He didn't want to wreck the front end of the car by hitting the bird, so instead he's wrecked everything else.
