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Title: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: cosworth151 on November 13, 2009, 12:51:21 PM

Remember Monty Python's "Upper Class Twit of the Year" contest?

"A pelican made me crash the Veyron!"

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 Veyron’s powerful engine gurgled like an outboard motor for about 15 minutes before it died. 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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaQ9QKrrncY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaQ9QKrrncY)

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: Ian on November 13, 2009, 02:03:51 PM

What a plonker he was. Don't use your mobile when your driving otherwise you'll get "salted" out.

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: Scott on November 13, 2009, 02:18:41 PM

Think the tow guys could have taken it out of gear to drag it to the truck? 

I once had a really nice camera that was sitting high up on the beach when a rogue wave came and drenched it in salt water.  When I went to the camera shop to ask the guy what he could do for the camera, he held it up over the garbage pail and said 'this?', and then dropped it straight in.  I wonder if the Bugati dealership will have about the same sort of response for the moron.

100% Ian - keep both hands on the wheel (unless you're shifting gears).

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: PoleMan on November 17, 2009, 09:49:11 PM

You would think a car like this would come with a hands free kit?  SHAME

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: david1275 on November 17, 2009, 10:45:53 PM

Hard to watch that happen to such an amazing car. :(

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: Slugger on November 30, 2009, 02:08:00 PM

 :o  :'(

Here's a video of the car leaving the road http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=516271617407&ref=mf (http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=516271617407&ref=mf)

VIDEO CONTAINS SWEARING

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: david1275 on November 30, 2009, 08:39:34 PM

Hey Slugger, Is that video available anywhere else?? I don't want to have to sign up to Facebook.

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: Scott on December 01, 2009, 09:15:02 AM

Great hunting job Slugger.  Hilarious video.  :good: :good:

'It's a Lambo, Dude' - yeeesh, the guy has no idea.

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: Slugger on December 09, 2009, 02:07:48 PM

I didn't find it anywhere else. Sorry David.

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: Scott on December 09, 2009, 05:08:02 PM

I found it

http://www.keepbusy.net/play.php?id=bugatti-veyron-vs-water (http://www.keepbusy.net/play.php?id=bugatti-veyron-vs-water)

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: John S on December 09, 2009, 07:30:56 PM

Thanks Scott, I'm not a facebook lemming either! 

Nice to see what all the fuss is about, I have a suspicion however about how they just happen to be recording so well from the other car, using a parallel road, when it heads for the drink.

If the car wasn't worth over a million I might suggest it was staged. :DntKnw:

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: david1275 on December 09, 2009, 07:51:13 PM

Nice work Scotty :good:

I would love to know what happen there? It didn't look like he was going that quick.

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: Scott on December 10, 2009, 08:46:10 AM

The original story said he dropped his cel phone or something like that.

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: PoleMan on December 16, 2009, 01:40:42 AM

Highway Code:
Always Slow Down For A Pelican Crossing

Title: Re: Another Twit in a Veyron
Post by: Philbe on March 20, 2010, 06:54:58 PM

Another tidbit regarding the handsfree-ness of a Veyron...
That funny box thing you can see on the Bugatti's sunvisor is a Bluetooth handsfree device that syncs to your phone. It had to be added to the car because Jeremy needed to talk to the other two while driving, but despite having worked on the car for over five years, the Bugatti engineers weren't sure if the Veyron had a Bluetooth phone system.

WWHHHAAATTT..not sure if it had a ...nevermind... :crazy: