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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 06:38 PM
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Can you say "insurance fraud"? I know you can.
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 06:42 PM
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now i could understand dumping an oldsmobile delmont into a lake to get rid of a pregnant woman you were having an affir with, but to dump a $2M car into a lake.....shame.
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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Seriously though, think about the logic there. I don't care how rich or how ******* stupid you are, if you are driving a Bugatti Veyron, you're f'in white knuckled, watching everything you are doing at all times. There's no way I believe this duchebag was distracted by a shitbird pelican and drove off the road into a lake. NO WAY, NO HOW! NEVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED THAT WAY!
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 07:54 PM
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A friend of mine was parked half a block from him in Galveston at the bike rally a couple of weeks ago and he said the guy had paid a bum $50 to watch the car for a couple of hours.

I wonder if he didn't just get into the gas a little too hard and lose traction resulting in a skid off the road, through the grass and into the water?
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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Most definitely the same one I saw last week. Same color and the guy is from lufkin. I can't believe this ****!!!
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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Yeah I'm kinda leaning in the insurance fraud direction. Either that or he's just a dumbass who can't drive and has more money than sense.
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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what a small world, just crazy.
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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Didnt they say the car is still worth over 1 million?
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Yeh its the same guy from Lufkin, he also bought the Enzo Eddie Murphy wrecked......looks like he was trying to out do Eddies dumbass.

Oh and I dont know about his driving ability but the guy has more money than he knows what to do with but that should be obvious you dont just goto a bank and say hey I need a 1.5 mil auto loan.
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 10:10 PM
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insurance fraud???
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 10:19 PM
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lets see, if its an insurance buy back, at 10% that would still be a 200,000 dollar car for a salvage TITLE...
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 10:47 PM
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hmmmmmmmmmm some people should be kept away from vehicles. A bird hit my window in my T/A 2 yrs ago and i didnt swerve into a damn lake.

hell it scared the **** out of me tho
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Old Nov 13, 2009 | 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by -Ross-
A friend of mine was parked half a block from him in Galveston at the bike rally a couple of weeks ago and he said the guy had paid a bum $50 to watch the car for a couple of hours.

I wonder if he didn't just get into the gas a little too hard and lose traction resulting in a skid off the road, through the grass and into the water?
im pretty sure thats what happened. even though its awd doesnt mean it cannot lose traction. pretty easy for it to get loose from any speed with 1000 hp at the tires
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Old Nov 13, 2009 | 08:08 AM
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Here in Texas, no car buyer is safe. Even the Bugattis have flood damage.
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 04:34 AM
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I don't see a pelican......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32yyv...layer_embedded
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 04:39 AM
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I saw that on the news. Maybe the bird doesnt like foriegn cars either.. lol
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Red00
"Pretty sure it's a Lambo, dude"

Classic
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 10:55 AM
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I didn't see a pelican either. I think the dude was texting or something.... it is a gradual veer into the water, not a sudden jerk. The dude was simply not paying attention.
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 11:31 AM
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Wow. It's great someone has it on camera.
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 11:36 AM
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What a jackass! Talk about embarrassing...
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