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Old 11-15-2009, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Coochas
There is something very staged about this whole thing.


Yeah, now that there is video of the exact instant of the "accident", I agree.






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Old 11-15-2009, 08:43 PM
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Hmmm....insurance fraud?...Nah...I believe there really are this stupid kind of people in the world...how about the jackass (Stefan Eriksson) who said some guy named Deiter was driving his Enzo when he crashed...lol...
Old 11-15-2009, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Wreck Me Otter
Hmmm....insurance fraud?...Nah...I believe there really are this stupid kind of people in the world...how about the jackass (Stefan Eriksson) who said some guy named Deiter was driving his Enzo when he crashed...lol...
Can you post a link to that? I kid, I kid.
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Say what?

An Enzo CRASHED??????

WTF?????






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Old 11-15-2009, 11:15 PM
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Old 11-15-2009, 11:50 PM
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I liked how they had Goober from the tow company do a first class job pulling the car out of the water.
Old 11-16-2009, 01:51 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtY1GMPfadI

there wasn't a bird anywhere around that car......my guess is insurance scam
Old 11-16-2009, 10:31 AM
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My hunch too after looking at the "its a lambo," video. Too clean and easy a drive off and in just the right place for a soft landing in the drink. Did not look like the driver did anything to try and get back on the road.
Old 11-16-2009, 12:29 PM
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Can't see the bird either. Leaving the engine running after the plunge all smells like trying to max out on the damage.

VR, that avatar is the best to date.
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So the guy that splashed the Bugatti owns a company that buys salvaged exotics, rebuilds them, and sells them. Hmmmm......
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Originally Posted by TR6
So the guy that splashed the Bugatti owns a company that buys salvaged exotics, rebuilds them, and sells them. Hmmmm......
AND.....................

UPDATE #3: We've finally put one and one together. Andy House not only crashed his Bugatti Veyron into a lake, he also owns the now-repaired Eddie Griffin-crashed Ferrari Enzo!


Old 11-17-2009, 01:45 AM
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Believe it, there's video!



http://www.break.com/index/bugatti-v...into-lake.html
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There was definitely no attempt on the driver's part to correct the trajectory of the car when he left the road. It was a very intentional looking straight-drive off into the water. Very smooth. I would guess that insurance company is now doing some serious detective work with this video included as one of the key bits of evidence. No insurance company is going to pay out over a million dollars without going over everything with a fine tooth comb.
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Looking really hard... he may have edged the car a tad left just as he comes up on the white poles... then he goes off to the right into some of Galveston's finest. Perhaps he lost control while completing his order from Amazon.com.

Whatever. It sure looks staged, and I bet he didn't plan on some Lambo Fans filming him. OOOPS.

Notice, too, how he drove off just before the guardrail... how convenient.
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Originally Posted by RJFabCab
Notice, too, how he drove off just before the guardrail... how convenient.
Exactly. He couldn't have picked a more smooth entry into the water.



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