Crashed Bugatti

[LordEC911]

Guy swerves into a Texas lake and gets his Bugatti Veyron a little wet.
http://www.am1500.com/link/Guy_crash...dging_pelicans

Edit- Guess it was the same guy that had his Enzo crashed by Eddie Griffin.

[GTSRboy]

Actual video of the crash, taking by someone gawking at the veyron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtY1G...feature=autofb

I was just on my way to post this in the cars section. This guy is such an idiot, he has the privilege to have a veyron and hes ignorant enough to be on his cell and not paying attention. I hope Top Gear destroys him in their news section, surly they will talk about this massive FAIL

[Erklat]

That guy should be euthanized out of courtesy.

[Mabyboi]

MY god.... i would cry for ages if that was my car.... he needs to have his money stipped from him before he ruins anymore nice cars..

[aslanwas]

omg

[Jowy Atreides]

Oh, that poor hyper machine :'(

What a reckless operator.

[jaguarking11]

I see this type of e being said all the time. Privileged to own a car? I am sick and tired of this crap, obviously the guy has money and he bought one not because it was a privilege but because he shelled out his money.

I can say one thing though, ok he drove it into a marsh, I am sure its not the first or last time that type of crap will happen. The only difference here is because the guy crashed a multi million dollar car vs 500 dollar beater he ends up being the laugh of the web. Money is a relative thing, in some countries 500 dollars are more than 6 months pay to put things into perspective.

The way I see it I nether feel bad for the car nor the owner. I am sure he can replace the damn thing if he wants to.

[GTSRboy]

Bugatti Veyron: 1.2 Million dollars
Highway: many many tax dollars

Not being able the drive it down a straight road: priceless

[inCore]

I see this type of e being said all the time. Privileged to own a car? I am sick and tired of this crap, obviously the guy has money and he bought one not because it was a privilege but because he shelled out his money.

I can say one thing though, ok he drove it into a marsh, I am sure its not the first or last time that type of crap will happen. The only difference here is because the guy crashed a multi million dollar car vs 500 dollar beater he ends up being the laugh of the web. Money is a relative thing, in some countries 500 dollars are more than 6 months pay to put things into perspective.

The way I see it I nether feel bad for the car nor the owner. I am sure he can replace the damn thing if he wants to.

Yes. Yes, yes, yes. I think the people who complain about this are pathetic. it makes zero difference if the car he drove into the lake is worth 1.4 Million USD or 300 bucks, none. You buy what you can afford and what you want to buy, it's nobody else's business and whoever judges the driver based on what car they drive is a shallow moron.

Why is he a bad person for destroying something more expensive? If I can afford to buy a Veyron, I can afford to crash it. End of story.

[Bootup05]

Bugatti Veyron: 1.2 Million dollars
Highway: many many tax dollars

Not being able the drive it down a straight road: priceless

Try doing whatever he was doing at the time, I doubt you would be able to either.

[MentholMoose]

Try doing whatever he was doing at the time, I doubt you would be able to either.

I hope that most people have the sense to not be so careless while driving, regardless of what car they own. This story could be much worse, just imagine if instead of a lake, it was a brick wall, or a group of school children.

[GTSRboy]

i guess it comes down to whether your a car enthusiast or not. Some people arnt into cars and dont care, and some people care a whole lot

Fact is, he wasnt putting the effort into driving this car that he should have, typically when driving a 1 million dollar car you pay attention to you road, its not an excusible mistake, hes an idiot, and thats how it is

[gallardo]

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The way I see it I nether feel bad for the car nor the owner. I am sure he can replace the damn thing if he wants to.

Jay Leno can afford a Veyron and I'm pretty sure it hurt him a little to see a destroyed Bugatti.
It's like saying "it doesn't matter if you destroy a picture of your mum or the Mona Lisa".

[jaguarking11]

Jay Leno can afford a Veyron and I'm pretty sure it hurt him a little to see a destroyed Bugatti.
It's like saying "it doesn't matter if you destroy a picture of your mum or the Mona Lisa".

Thats right, however on last count Mona Lisa is one example vs the veyron is not. Not to mention I praticularly dont care for the car itself. If I had an unlimited amount of money and could buy all the cars in the world, the veyron would be right under a yougo with a URQ drivetrain swap. Get my drift? The veyron is not art in my eyes, its not even a technological wonder. Its the equivalent of a 100,000,000 dollar tshirt. braging right on how much money I spent on crap, not built on its own merits. Now if it was an old jag D-Type I would weep a bit because that car has the petigree and the beauty asociated with art.

[gallardo]

Thats right, however on last count Mona Lisa is one example vs the veyron is not. Not to mention I praticularly dont care for the car itself. If I had an unlimited amount of money and could buy all the cars in the world, the veyron would be right under a yougo with a URQ drivetrain swap. Get my drift? The veyron is not art in my eyes, its not even a technological wonder. Its the equivalent of a 100,000,000 dollar tshirt. braging right on how much money I spent on crap, not built on its own merits. Now if it was an old jag D-Type I would weep a bit because that car has the petigree and the beauty asociated with art.

It doesn't matter if it's the prettiest or fastest car in the world. It doesn't matter if it's art in your eyes. It matters that it's one of the rarest cars in the world and that rarity is what sells.
Of course it's not one of a kind like the Mona Lisa. That's why the Mona Lisa is worth more.
But think 50-100 years in the future. When you can count the number of Veyrons in the world with your fingers. It's a car that cost 1 million euros and yet the company that made it had a 300% loss on every one of them. It's a 1000HP car when other car makers were just getting to 500HP. It's not a tricked up Supra, it was designed to keep those 1000 HP under control and be a reliable car. And as luxurious as the best of the german limousines. It has it all and the looks are NOT BAD, even if they're not the best.
Combine all that with the incredibly exclusive brand name that is Bugatti and you just know that car is going to be a future classic. It has happened before, you know:



And that's why destroying a Veyron is such a shame.

[Shaz]

I wouldn't worry about what he says dude, he's not one for art and cars it seems.

It's a shame that he messed up such a car though, he should of gave it to me or something instead of ruining it.

[phelan1777]

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[GTSRboy]

@gallardo - i agree with you. Most people dont understand what the Veyron is, they think it just 1,000hp. The 1,00hp is not what makes the veyron amazing, its that it does 254mph with my mom behind the wheel all while being rock solid. Its being able to do 175mph with one hand on the wheel and carry on a conversation. Its more complex than a body w/ lots of power.

And i do see it as a work of art, its a combination of form and function, they spend a decade working on it, they spend 5 million to build one, and there are only 15 on the US. I can see it being rear-ended by a truck, or losing control on a track (maybe), but driving into a lagoon on a STRAIGHT road because you were fumbling w/ your cellphone and "saw a bird"...not acceptable

[Serra]

I see this type of e being said all the time. Privileged to own a car? I am sick and tired of this crap, obviously the guy has money and he bought one not because it was a privilege but because he shelled out his money.

I can say one thing though, ok he drove it into a marsh, I am sure its not the first or last time that type of crap will happen. The only difference here is because the guy crashed a multi million dollar car vs 500 dollar beater he ends up being the laugh of the web. Money is a relative thing, in some countries 500 dollars are more than 6 months pay to put things into perspective.

The way I see it I nether feel bad for the car nor the owner. I am sure he can replace the damn thing if he wants to.

If I may I would like to play devils advocate and refute your argument to justify the enjoyment many of us get out of this video.

You say that money is a relative thing, and that someone crashing a cheap car in a poor part of the world is the same thing as this idiot crashing his Bugatti. This is a false analogy. While $500 (to pick an arbitrary number) may be a lot of money in a poor country... $1 million is a hell of a lot more in that country too. And the thing is, there is nowhere in the world where it is not a lot of money. Relative prosperity might exist, but absolute prosperity exists as well, and this man has absolute prosperity. Given that, I would suggest that the "have nots" are welcome to laugh at the "haves" from a social point of view... when the "have nots" stop laughing is when riots break out. Socially at least, this makes it acceptable.

My next argument relates to what was broken. Yes, some have argued they don't like it. Well bully for them - like it or not (I could personally take it or leave it) one must acknowledge that it is in the "super car" class and would be on a list of the technically best designed and executed automobiles ever built. By natural design people cherish the best of anything and shun the worst (if we did not we never would have progressed past the tree line); this man destroyed (one of) the best of something through absolute negligence and thereby deserves the public's scorn. Whether it is his right as the owner of the piece of property in question is truly beside the point; although he has a right to destroy it if he wants, we also have a biological right to dislike him for it.

There are also arguments that relate to him squandering money on the car and how money-squandering is a social evil as well, but that quickly devolves into a very long and protracted debate that this really isn't appropriate for.

As a matter of personal curiosity, do you have an above average income, or have parents who do? I grew up with not a lot of money around people who did have a lot of money, and I found that invariably arguments like that tended to come from the 'haves' as part of justifying their lifestyle. I am not saying you are (that would be accepting stereotypes as 100% true) nor am I using this question to refute your position, I am just curious [so feel free not to respond one way or the other].

[phelan1777]

Not paying attention to the road because a cell phone fell.........- Instinctive reaction by most anyone though the smarter thing to do, is pay attention to the road and not worry about the cell phone. Call back feature works wonders.

Driving off a straight road while not under the influence of something to alter the conscious thought process regardless of the value of the car inexcusable. (Making the choice to avoid hitting something that actually is in the way is an instinctive reaction)


Blaming said accident on a bird that is clearly not seen in the video while reaching for a cell phone that could have been retrieved @ a later time. Hell he could have even pulled over for a second to get it.

That is the comical part because he had/has the money to buy the car but not the common sense to pull over to retrieve the cell phone AND blame the accident on avoiding a bird that no one else seems to see in the video.

Value of car aside, even if it was a beat up POS jalopy worth less then a stick of gum. It would still have comedic value given the same situation.

Add in the value and rarity of the car, the blatant lie about the bird, the excuse of reaching for the cell phone, the weather conditions of the road, the recording of the accident by a third party and then the fact the driver doesn't seem to think in this day and age that thousands if not millions of people will see the video on the net and laugh @ him?

Yeah many of us have made stupid mistakes, but when was the last time you ditched a car worht over $1.5Mil in a salt lagoon because of a invisible Pelican and a dropped cell phone?

[jaguarking11]

As a matter of personal curiosity, do you have an above average income, or have parents who do? I grew up with not a lot of money around people who did have a lot of money, and I found that invariably arguments like that tended to come from the 'haves' as part of justifying their lifestyle. I am not saying you are (that would be accepting stereotypes as 100% true) nor am I using this question to refute your position, I am just curious [so feel free not to respond one way or the other].

Yes I do have an above average income if you go by national US salary average. However I come from a poor family, just 15 years ago we lived in a cramped apartment in the ghetto in the bronx, everything we have has been through hard work and allot of sacrifice, so if your asking if I know the value of a dollar....I believe I do. I am paying off for my school as we speak, and in my eyes it was allot of money. Do I make a huge amount of money? Certainly not by any standard. I live comfortably within my means. However this is besides the point. My perspective is simple relativity, 15 years ago 500usd would have been allot of money to loose for me and my family, today its not as bad...I would certainly feel bad about loosing 500usd today, however it would not effect me quite as much as it would have.

So for me, coming from my background, I do not tolerate anyone judging the way I spend my money or squander it. Reasoning is simple, I worked hard for it and if it brings me joy to pile it up and set it on fire, then so be it. Get my point? I hope you do.