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Veyron crashes into saltwater lagoon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcom8_ArYA8

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This is one of the saddest, yet most amusing sights we've ever seen. A $1.6 million Bugatti Veyron sitting in a salt water lagoon, door open, in two feet of nasty, corrosion-inducing muddy water. While the sight is sad, how the event allegedly transpired is downright hilarious. The unnamed owner of the vehicle, traveling through Galveston, Texas to look at some high-end property, was reportedly talking on his cell phone when a low-flying pelican distracted him. The driver swerved to avoid the big bird, dropped his cell phone, and in the process the front passenger tire hit a mud patch.

A quad-turbo, 16-cylinder engine may be able to get you to 60 mph in under three seconds, but it doesn't work well with mud, so the supercar made a b-line for an adjacent lagoon. The ultra rare Veyron (reportedly one of 15 copies here in the States) was still running after it rested nearly belt-line high in the salt water, as local news affiliate KHOU reported the 1,000+ hp engine "gurgled like an outboard motor for about 15 minutes before it died." It probably would have been a great idea to kill power to the engine (and even shut the door) once the Veyron hit the muck, but hey, what do we know?

Hit the jump to watch video of the Veyron as it is extracted from its salty abyss. And if you own a Veyron, let this be a lesson to you that having money doesn't necessarily mean you have the skill to drive a supercar, especially when you're on the phone.

From Autoblog

That shape actually resembles a submarine. Neat!

fuk $1.6M car and the owner couldn't cough up the dough to get bluetooth?!?

lol... damn bird
any insurance coverage ?

wasn't this posted in the other thread?

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was still running after it rested nearly belt-line high in the salt water, as local news affiliate KHOU reported the 1,000+ hp engine "gurgled like an outboard motor for about 15 minutes before it died."

wow...

poor car, now its gonna get rusted!

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Originally Posted by silk (Post 6680087)

lol... damn bird
any insurance coverage ?

maybe.... but can you imagine what the deductible could be??? :eek:

best part was the engine was left running for 15 min!

someone couldn't handle 1000+ hp

1.6mil, doesn't mean it transforms into a boat lol. but imagine...
shitty way for a veyron to go.

well, he can buy another one tmr, no biggy for these rich ppl

If only every driver who talks on their cell phones while driving could end up in a lagoon as well. :D

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Originally Posted by thumper (Post 6680079)

fuk $1.6M car and the owner couldn't cough up the dough to get bluetooth?!?

LOL truer words have never been spoken!

im surprised for 1.6m it didnt come with bt lol

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Originally Posted by thumper (Post 6680079)

fuk $1.6M car and the owner couldn't cough up the dough to get bluetooth?!?

You'd think a freaking $1.6m car would have BT integrated from the factory.. cars costing <5% that much already had BT available when the Veyron first came out..

Hey the Rear wing/Airbrake could be used as a paddle!

I hope that phone call was worth it.

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Originally Posted by thumper (Post 6680079)

fuk $1.6M car and the owner couldn't cough up the dough to get bluetooth?!?

i am pretty sure things like bluetooth would be standard for a 1.6M car.. you see them on focus and civics these days

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Originally Posted by oldsnail (Post 6680736)

i am pretty sure things like bluetooth would be standard for a 1.6M car.. you see them on focus and civics these days

Acura NSX never had a CD player if I'm not wrong.
so I guess the price doesn't really matter.

even if the car had bluetooth, the owner would probably still talk on his actual phone to seem like a bigger hotshot.

Is there another video available?