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Driver crashes his Bugatti Veyron...

Lunja

Lunja

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Just found this story here:



An example of the world’s fastest production car, the Bugatti Veyron was involved in a road accident in Surrey on Sunday afternoon, March 4.

The unnamed driver is said to have lost control of the 1000bhp, 253mph supercar when it hit a patch of standing water on the B375 near Shepperton. The four-wheel drive Veyron then aquaplaned and crashed nose first into a ditch by the side of the road. It is not known whether any other vehicles were involved although Surrey Police have no record of the accident, suggesting the driver arranged himself for the car to be recovered. Doubtless the embarrassed owner is lying low and contemplating the sort of repair bill only a wrecked £800,000 supercar can create.
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I'd love to hear the phone call to the insurance company :D
 

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That is so sad!!! How could you do that to such a beautiful car?!? Oh the humanity! :rolleyes:


sadly i really am hurt that he did that though, 'tis a shame :eek:
 
Such a shame to what happened to the car. I do agree, the driver needs to be punished. Yugo is harsh, but I like it. What about a Pinto?
 
He should be SPADED!

:eek: :mad: :eek:

At least we all know WITHOUT A DOUBT how effective the quality of craftmanship this car is built with. the C pillar hasn't been affective.

But its a rightoff!
 
Off topic:

I've had the opportunity to sit in one as I knew one of the showgirls at the LA Auto Show. Man, is that thing low. I had some trouble getting in and out of it.
 
If you can't drive the flipping thing well enough to keep it under control when aqua planeing you shouldnt be allowed it. On another note if the bloke can afford it in the first place i think he'll have enough to get it repaired somehow. I doubt it would be a write off aswel. The value of the car will be alot more than the price of the repairs. The guy will have an awful premium now though!
 
21stcenturykid said:
If you can't drive the flipping thing well enough to keep it under control when aqua planeing you shouldnt be allowed it. On another note if the bloke can afford it in the first place i think he'll have enough to get it repaired somehow. I doubt it would be a write off aswel. The value of the car will be alot more than the price of the repairs. The guy will have an awful premium now though!
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I doubt it will be a right off either, just a very expensive rebuild. But as you correctly say as well, if he (or she!) can afford it in the first place, he/she can likely afford to have it repaired - or even buy another one. You're stupid to buy one if you can't afford what might happen to it and you need to be worth tens of millions to truly be able to afford a car like that.
 
21stcenturykid said:
If you can't drive the flipping thing well enough to keep it under control when aqua planeing you shouldnt be allowed it. On another note if the bloke can afford it in the first place i think he'll have enough to get it repaired somehow. I doubt it would be a write off aswel. The value of the car will be alot more than the price of the repairs. The guy will have an awful premium now though!
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I read a report he was renting it for £20k per day. He aquaplaned at 100mph (in a 40mph zone) so it doesnt matter how good you are at driving you are going to be climbing a tree soon after.

Technically it should be an instant right off because each car costs (according to TopGear) £5m to make. So to fix it would cost a hell of a lot and could easily eclipse the £800,000 price tag.

If he was driving at 100mph in a 40mph zone then he deserves what he gets. First of all it should be an instant ban.
 
Unless it was on a corner he should've been able to handle it...and the puddle was huge! I've aquaplaned at 80 on motorways and keep my car undercontrol... If he had proper control of the vehicle he should of have the nonce to not crash!

Still im sure they'll repair it. They are in extremely limited supply as it is!
 
I doubt the car will be written-off, even if it is not economical to repair (they aren't economical to buy in the first place).

Gotta watch the 'ol right foot when you've got 1000bhp!
 
Lord Blackadder said:
I doubt the car will be written-off, even if it is not economical to repair (they aren't economical to buy in the first place).
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Doesn't look beyond economical repair does it. Especially when you're potentially writing off the best part of a million quid. :eek:
 
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