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$2 million Bugatti crashes into lagoon
Galveston County Daily News ^
| 11/12/2009
| Chris Paschenko
Posted on 11/12/2009 11:15:04 AM PST by Elderberry
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To: Lurker
Wonder what his dedcutible is?
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posted on
11/12/2009 11:42:29 AM PST
by
ken5050
(Save the Earth..It's the only planet with chocolate!!!)
To: ken5050
Would the lagoon have to be a navigable water to apply?
To: xp38
What kind of car is that, I am a true car hater, but this is a cool looking car.
43
posted on
11/12/2009 11:43:29 AM PST
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: DannyTN
Yes it was!! How did you know? I was the paparazzi who ran you off the road so I could get wet shots of Brinkley.
Sorry about that.
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posted on
11/12/2009 11:44:56 AM PST
by
MaxMax
(Obamao can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
To: mnehring
Oh wow, I just noticed from the pic that the Bugati was set on downforce mode. This is full power mode. It actually requires a second key be turned on. It reconfigures the spoiler (as shown) and other parts of the car for full power Actually, I believe that in top speed (250MPH) mode, the full [high] spoiler is NOT deployed as it is in the picture. But you are correct that to get to HS mode, you have to stop the car, and use the ignition key to put it into that mode, and it does lower the car. But the rear spoiler actually goes smaller.
To: socialismisinsidious
He paid 1-2 million dollars for a CAR. Thats the part of the story that makes him an idiot. Hardly. One is free to spend their money however they please.
And unlike a lot of people with iphones, a playstation, Xbox, and Wii, big screen TV, along with 23 inch rims on their cars that cost more than the car, I strongly suspect this guy isn't getting a government check every week or demanding I pay for his health care.
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posted on
11/12/2009 11:46:28 AM PST
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: JoeProBono
Salt water lagoon. That's gonna hurt.
A simple flat repair on that car is a $20k effort; don't even want to imagine what it would cost to recondition after than expedition.
Bet his insurance rates go up LOL.
47
posted on
11/12/2009 11:46:31 AM PST
by
xsrdx
(Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
To: Elderberry
"A wonderful bird is the pelican
His bill can hold more than his belly can"
Leni
48
posted on
11/12/2009 11:47:35 AM PST
by
MinuteGal
(Bill O'Reilly: 9/8/09: "Communism is not a threat to us anymore"-10/20/09: "Obama is not a Marxist")
To: Elderberry
49
posted on
11/12/2009 11:47:36 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: MinuteGal
"Hold muh binoculars......"
Leni
50
posted on
11/12/2009 11:49:01 AM PST
by
MinuteGal
(Bill O'Reilly: 9/8/09: "Communism is not a threat to us anymore"-10/20/09: "Obama is not a Marxist")
To: mnehring
51
posted on
11/12/2009 11:50:02 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: AFreeBird
Got it backwards.. thanks..
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posted on
11/12/2009 11:51:07 AM PST
by
mnehring
To: Jim from C-Town
http://www.shelbysupercars.com/
I may be in error of the price that I stated earlier. I was going by a price listed about a year ago but there is an flyer on the above website that says 1.5 million so I might be tad off. :)
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posted on
11/12/2009 11:51:46 AM PST
by
xp38
To: ataDude
Oh, man. What a waste of a perfectly good mechanical marvel. .... the moment the driver bought it.
There, I fixed it.
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posted on
11/12/2009 11:52:24 AM PST
by
al_c
(http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
To: Elderberry
I smell an insurance scam....
55
posted on
11/12/2009 11:52:37 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
("Hope" is the most Evil of all Evils"-Neitzsche)
To: Elderberry
That’s fine. I was worried it was a vintage Bugatti.
56
posted on
11/12/2009 11:56:05 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(The beatings will continue until GOP comes to heel.)
To: DannyTN
The idiot turned his expensive car into a Red Green special!.....
To: Elderberry
Dude, I can fix it. My dad is a t.v. repairman - he has an awesome set of tools.
To: xp38
Meh.
Derivative of just about every other “supercar” out there, while the Bugatti has truly distinctive styling.
59
posted on
11/12/2009 12:00:12 PM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: mnehring
It’s the other way around. Top speed mode requires a second key, and it actually lowers the spoiler to lower drag. The spoiler normally deploys in “normal” mode (where it only goes, eh, 200 mph or so) for downforce. In top speed mode, you’re on your own to keep it straight, as the spoiler lowers flush to the deck and the suspension drops a couple inches.
}:-)4
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posted on
11/12/2009 12:05:11 PM PST
by
Moose4
(Has anybody seen my tagline?)
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