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Mar 5, 2007 5:28:58 PM
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Mar 5, 2007 6:00:10 PM
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Re: First Bugatti Veyron CRASH!
I think it is the UK from the style of the road signs. The B375 is a minor road in Chertsey in Surrey. Also the white circle with black diagonal line is a national speed limit sign. Plus the guy in the first pic looks like a British policeman in typical high visibility clothing. So I think it's safe to assume it's the UK.
I wonder what this guy hit? Since it's a Veyron, it's inevitable the tabloid press will report some stereotypcial article in tomorrow's papers like "City financial whizzkid in Pounds1million crash".
I wonder what this guy hit? Since it's a Veyron, it's inevitable the tabloid press will report some stereotypcial article in tomorrow's papers like "City financial whizzkid in Pounds1million crash".
Mar 5, 2007 6:05:23 PM
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Mar 5, 2007 7:33:16 PM
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Mar 5, 2007 7:56:39 PM
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Re: First Bugatti Veyron CRASH!
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easy_rider911 said:
I think it is the UK from the style of the road signs. The B375 is a minor road in Chertsey in Surrey. Also the white circle with black diagonal line is a national speed limit sign. Plus the guy in the first pic looks like a British policeman in typical high visibility clothing. So I think it's safe to assume it's the UK.
I wonder what this guy hit? Since it's a Veyron, it's inevitable the tabloid press will report some stereotypcial article in tomorrow's papers like "City financial whizzkid in Pounds1million crash".
You're probably right. Keep us posted easy_rider!
Mar 5, 2007 11:46:31 PM
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Re: First Bugatti Veyron CRASH!
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That is why I rather not drive in the rainAlways in an SUV if the weather stinks.
Any high-end car is typically fully insured; and, in US, prob 90% of $200K+ cars are $0 down-leased anyway, so lease-gap cvg kicks in...so total loss means little to the insured owner/driver.....
If really concerned re: safety, doubt any SUV (incl Cayenne)is desirable in any weather if one fully considers active/passive attributes (e.g., braking/handling ability; rollover risk; roof strength; seat strucs/seat belts/head restraints; airbag systems; fuel tank rupture resistance; etc etc)
.....if in a risk-averse mood, would rather be in a new S/CL63 in any conds, except S550 4Matic in <40degF conds....
Re: First Bugatti Veyron CRASH!
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OH Buga! A supercar worth Pounds830,000 is loaded on to a truck after the world's costliest road crash.
The sleek Bugatti Veyron - one of only a dozen in the UK - was wrecked in a smash in pouring rain.
Yesterday insurance assessors began working out whether the hand-built French motor was repairable - or the most exclusive write-off on the planet.
A police source said it was thought the Veyron - capable of 253mph - was doing around 100mph when it slewed out of control.
It spun three times, hitting a Vauxhall Astra with a seven-months pregnant woman inside, before smashing into trees up a 3ft bank.
The woman was taken to hospital for a check-up but was alright.
The Bugatti driver, who was with a younger male passenger, was reported by police for driving without due care and attention.
The smash happened shortly after 3pm on Sunday on a 40mph stretch of the B375 near Chertsey, Surrey, a known crash blackspot.
It is understood the wrecked car was taken away by the SAME truck driver who had delivered it to the owner just a week earlier.
One witness who took our exclusive photos said: "It was clearly an almighty bang. Bits of Bugatti were strewn all over the road.
"The front had been virtually ripped off, every panel was damaged and the front wheels were pointing in opposite directions."
The witness said the "fed-up" driver and passenger were staring at the Bugatti when a third man drove up in a 4x4 and started raging at them. The Bugatti is owned by a businessman in his 40s who runs a car hire and management company with his brothers.
Outside their home yesterday a man claimed he had rented it to the driver for Pounds20,000 a day and that it was bought for Pounds925,000 - more than the list price. Nick Lancaster, Chief Executive of dealers HR Owen which sold the motor, said: "It is the first Veyron I have heard of being damaged. We cannot say yet whether it is written off or not."
The Veyron, built at the Bugatti Automobiles company in Molsheim, Alsace, boasts almost as much power as an F1 car. A Bugatti spokesman said: "If it can be repaired, it will be quickly and efficiently. The owner will be looking at a substantial bill."
Mar 6, 2007 12:26:33 PM
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Mar 6, 2007 2:44:36 PM
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Re: First Bugatti Veyron CRASH!
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easy_rider911 said:
Thanks for the newspaper extract - the tone of it was exactly what I was expecting from the UK tabloid press...
Mike S forgot to quote the best part:
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Britain's Premier Toilet Paper wrote:
you know the Bugatti driver? Ring The Sun newsdesk on 0207 782 4104, Text to 63000 or email to 63000@thesun.co.uk
Now that's quality journalism.
Re: First Bugatti Veyron CRASH!
If the above information is correct I'd like to pull back my " 
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Keep us posted on how the story unfolds, I'd not be very surprised if this turns out to be a different story than the one told so far..
(I don't have any other info myself, but journalists don't seem to be very critical of their sources these days)
" to the driver for using his car.Keep us posted on how the story unfolds, I'd not be very surprised if this turns out to be a different story than the one told so far..
(I don't have any other info myself, but journalists don't seem to be very critical of their sources these days)
Mar 6, 2007 6:05:29 PM
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