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Old 11-14-2009, 09:41 PM
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How is that there's always some johnny-on-the-spot with a video camera around whenever some guy decides to drive his Bugatti Veyron into the water?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32yyvmlGOdo

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http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/12/v...-veyron-hydro/
Old 11-14-2009, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Nizer
How is that there's always some johnny-on-the-spot with a video camera around whenever some guy decides to drive his Bugatti Veyron into the water?
If you're driving a Veyron, people are always photographing it.
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F*&%ing fantastic post, thanks
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AWESOME
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Wow this is amazing.....I guess lightning can strike twice in the same place. I wonder what the selling price on it will be?
Old 11-15-2009, 10:00 AM
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The guy was saying on day he will have one of those, I think now he can afford THAT one.
Old 11-15-2009, 01:50 PM
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I love the initial reports that he swerved to avoid a pelican... Now its that he dropped his cell phone and leaned over to pick it up. My guess is he was sending a text message: "This car is awes.....oh crap!!" splash.
These days is surprising if something isn't caught on tape.
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Vid seems to have been pulled everywhere. Owner wished to remain anonymous. ( should not have bought a Veyron,then
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I can see where you would want to be anonymous. drive a million dollar car in to a salt water swamp
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Not pulled from everywhere:
http://www.asiaone.com/static/motori.../sunk_bugatti/
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Maybe the guy pulled the video because he realized how dumb it was to say "I'm pretty sure it's a Lambo dude."
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They later named the owner:
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/13/b...d-gov-schwarz/
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What a Jack ***!
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Nice. He's in the business of restoring crashed exotics. Maybe he can write this off as a marketing expense.



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