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- Phokaioglaukos - 11-12-2009
Man distracted by bird drives Bugatti into marsh
Thu Nov 12, 9:34 pm ET
LA MARQUE, Texas – A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston. The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road of Interstate 45 northbound in La Marque, about 35 miles southeast of Houston.
The Lufkin, Texas, man told of driving his luxury, French-built Bugatti Veyron when the bird distracted him, said La Marque police Lt. Greg Gilchrist. The motorist dropped his cell phone, reached to pick it up and veered off the road and into the salt marsh. The car was half-submerged in the brine about 20 feet from the road when police arrived.
Gilchrist said he doesn't know if the car was salvageable, but in his words, "Salt water isn't good for anything." He says the man, whose identity hasn't been released, was not injured.
A 2006 Bugatti Veyron was recently offered for sale in Jonesboro, Ark., for $1.25 million.
- JoeP - 11-13-2009
It's a good thing that the water was deep enough to hide those PCA plates.
- Phokaioglaukos - 11-13-2009
JoeP wrote:
Quote:It's a good thing that the water was deep enough to hide those PCA plates.ROFL!!!
- Porshagod - 11-13-2009
I noticed that in the photo the rear wing is in the "up" position. The rear wing on a Bugatti deploys @ 137 mph, so how fast was this guy going? Something sounds "fishy"!
- asher681 - 11-13-2009
We hebrews call that "Jewish Lightning" Notice it was posted for sale.... Joe Asher...
- ccm911 - 11-13-2009
asher681 wrote:
Quote:We hebrews call that "Jewish Lightning" Notice it was posted for sale.... Joe Asher...We Slovaks call that "Italian Lightning".
- catchacab - 11-15-2009
Porshagod wrote:
Quote:I noticed that in the photo the rear wing is in the "up" position. The rear wing on a Bugatti deploys @ 137 mph, so how fast was this guy going? Something sounds "fishy"!
The "wing" is actually a hydrofoil. The water just wasn't deep enough.
- LouZ - 11-15-2009
ccm911 wrote:
Quote:asher681 wrote:We Italians call it "Yo! It was an Ax-E-Dent, You got it? Or I break your kneecap!"Quote:We hebrews call that "Jewish Lightning" Notice it was posted for sale.... Joe Asher...We Slovaks call that "Italian Lightning".
- Darren - 11-15-2009
You know, the odds of someone doing that in a Veyron are astronomical.
What are the odds someone was taking a video at the time????
Look here
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=516271617407&ref=mf
- bobt993 - 11-16-2009
HAHAAHAHAHA! You have to expect the attention in such a rare car. His police statement says he was distracted by a Pelican flying in front of the car and dropped his cell phone and as he went to pick it up....................
That is the "Zapruder Bugatti Film". That video is worth major coin to the insurance company.
BTW, Rennlist has a big thread going on this, but their site somehow has been attacked and shut down late last week. Hmmmmmm