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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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Default Bugatti sunk in a lake

Check this out.. Not sure if this is the same car everyone is seeing but this definitly has to suck for the owner. Makes me sick seeing the pictures. Happened in La Marque lake.

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news...que_crash_lake


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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 01:28 PM
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What a ******* *******.
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 01:29 PM
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That is funny, he was in town looking for some real estate. I guess he found some waterfront property.
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 02:01 PM
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 02:04 PM
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HOLY ****! "Distracted by a bird" What a shame...
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 02:04 PM
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I want to hear the 'real' story. I am not buying the pelican distracted me bullshit, unless he was tripping *****, then that might be believable..
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 02:19 PM
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Yes, it is the same car everyone has been seeing........
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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Seems to me you would have to have a good amount of speed to get the car over the rocks in the pic and that far out.
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he wanted to see if he could go fast enough to drive on water... "Hey *** hole, hydroplaning only works for a short period of time!"
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 02:28 PM
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Wouldn't have happened in a zr1.
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 02:34 PM
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i wonder if this was the same guy that was spotted driving through Texas (from the other thread)


would be kind a funny
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 02:52 PM
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http://www.machovideo.com/video/Veyr...in_lake_16888/

LOL... Poor dipshit...
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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wait wait i know what it was.... he was trying to imitate this old 80s cartoon. come to think of it that veyron kind of looks like the blue car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj55mHD2Pes
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 03:39 PM
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Pole Position?
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 04:19 PM
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Oh, the horrible cartoons we had to live with in the early 80's..
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Shackleford
Pole Position?
yeah it was pretty bad but it wasn't as bad as this one

anyone remember Turbo Teen? its like knight rider but the car turns into a real human

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_haRIsvqvG4

and yeah i'm showing my age. i actually remember watching both of those on TV on saturday morning along with the dukes of hazzard cartoon
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 04:30 PM
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must of been a cool bird...
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ORedRoc4
I like this video with the Z28. It came up as a link at the end of that vid. LOL

http://www.machovideo.com/video/Show...in_wall_11704/
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 05:23 PM
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you know that dumbass was hauling some good ***, you have to physically get out of the car and put the key in a slot near the drivers door to be able to unlock the double wing
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 06:31 PM
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The video of them towing the car on the trailer was painfull
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