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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: Brent Calvert 03969-030

You could immerse the car into a pool full of CorrosionX.

It could work, Huh?


61 posted on 11/12/2009 12:06:01 PM PST by Elderberry
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To: mnehring
This guy was cruising around 1000hp in a setting only advised to do on a professional course by a professional driver.

While yapping on his cellphone.

62 posted on 11/12/2009 12:06:36 PM PST by dbwz (DISSENT IS PATRIOTIC)
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To: xp38

Faster? Than a clocked top speed (with a non-professional driver, no less—Top Gear’s “Captain Slow” James May) of 407 km/h (254 mph)? Don’t think so.

}:-)4


63 posted on 11/12/2009 12:06:44 PM PST by Moose4 (Has anybody seen my tagline?)
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To: Little Ray
So was I. Apparently this guy has an inflated sense of the car's rarity:

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

For Pete's sake, it's HARDLY the rarest car in the world. Even the deservedly famous Bugatti Royale isn't, and there were only six built of those.

64 posted on 11/12/2009 12:10:15 PM PST by Constitution Day
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To: Moose4
Faster?

SSC Ultimate Aero does in fact hold the production car record, but the record car was something of a stripper with no ac, radio etc.

Koenigsegg, SSC and others periodically vie for "worlds fastest car" title, but still lack the refinement of more developed supercars like the Veyron, McClaren SLR, S7 etc.

They're really kind of project cars, like TT Vipers - time will tell if SSC can win buyers in the supercar category. To me, the design is totally uninspiring.

65 posted on 11/12/2009 12:26:31 PM PST by xsrdx (Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
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To: Lurker

I don’t think he’s covered bt traditional car insurance. He most likely has a policy with a yacht/ aircraft company or has a 250,000 escrow account to cover himself.


66 posted on 11/12/2009 12:28:25 PM PST by goseminoles
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To: AngelesCrestHighway; MaxMax
"Red Green Special"

How fortunate that duct tape now comes in many colors. It adds that special touch to even the most exquisite model. I'm especially partial to the shiny black.

67 posted on 11/12/2009 12:32:06 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: ArrogantBustard

“Maroon Maroons Saloon in Lagoon”

- JP


68 posted on 11/12/2009 12:43:17 PM PST by Josh Painter ("Government cannot make you happy or healthy or wealthy or wise." - Sarah Heath Palin)
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To: DannyTN

We call that Chrome in Indiana.


69 posted on 11/12/2009 12:51:02 PM PST by Rappini ("Pro deo et Patria.)
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To: DannyTN

Not guilty.


70 posted on 11/12/2009 6:49:22 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: JoeProBono

This will probably show up on the CarFax Report.


71 posted on 11/12/2009 6:54:22 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Conservatives THINK people are smart. Liberals KNOW people are stupid.)
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To: Elderberry
***************The man, who refused to give his name, was looking at real estate in Galveston.************

I would think a police report would be filed and his name a matter of public record.

72 posted on 11/12/2009 6:59:44 PM PST by Dysart
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To: Elderberry

This, Ladies and Gentlemen, is the reason Obama said that forcing you to buy Health Care Coverage is the same as forcing you to buy Auto Insurance. If the owner of the car doesn’t have Insurance, he should be locked up for five years. Nancy Pelosi will see him on Conjugal Visit day.


73 posted on 11/12/2009 7:09:03 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Conservatives THINK people are smart. Liberals KNOW people are stupid.)
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