One Can Only Dream

[Steve Williams]

I told my wife I want one of these for Father's Day

 

[cjfrbw]

Cool Car.

It just screams "Kidnap me and hold me for ransom."

 

[Steve Williams]

or you can wreck it or drown it and see if your insurance covers the $2.2M price tag

all to hear the sound of the engine on start up

 

[cjfrbw]

I know a lot of these cars come with driving lessons, but an amazing number seem to be wrecked/piled up shortly after purchase.

A friend of my wife's from work spent years saving up for a multi 100k porsche. He took it out the first day, wrapped it around a tree, and is now parapalegic.

A depressed internet exec committed suicide several years ago in his Lamborghini by driving it into a tree on Foothill Blvd. close to our neighborhood's intersection, the tree is still chunked and you can see the skid marks.

One wonders if the dream comes with a curse.

 

[Steve Williams]

I know a lot of these cars come with driving lessons, but an amazing number seem to be wrecked/piled up shortly after purchase.

A friend of my wife's from work spent years saving up for a multi 100k porsche. He took it out the first day, wrapped it around a tree, and is now parapalegic.

A depressed internet exec committed suicide several years ago in his Lamborghini by driving it into a tree on Foothill Blvd. close to our neighborhood's intersection, the tree is still chunked and you can see the skid marks.

One wonders if the dream comes with a curse.

Here's why Carl

100 bhp

Top speed of 250 mph

Air intake by the turbo is incredible

All for $2.2M

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

It's computer-limited to 253 mph because, "above that speed, stability could become a problem." Uh huh.

Tim

 

[cjfrbw]

There's a you tube video of a Japanese doctor driving his Ferrari at incredible speeds over some narrow roads, just crazy. He was later ticketed. If the exhilaration of the vehicle is such that it puts you into a trance that transcends common safety, then kills you or somebody else, there should probably be restrictions about who can buy them and the training they need to use them. Of course, the James Dean death trip may be part of the charm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UQ7UwnlWhc

 

[Mike]

There's a you tube video of a Japanese doctor driving his Ferrari at incredible speeds over some narrow roads, just crazy. He was later ticketed. If the exhilaration of the vehicle is such that it puts you into a trance that transcends common safety, then kills you or somebody else, there should probably be restrictions about who can buy them and the training they need to use them. Of course, the James Dean death trip may be part of the charm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UQ7UwnlWhc

I just sent this link to a Japanese colleague in Japan. He seemed quite shocked.

 

[JackD201]

Why? Because the Porsche driver Doc was chasing got off scott free?

 

[Mike]

Why? Because the Porsche driver Doc was chasing got off scott free?

 

[cjfrbw]

Why? Because the Porsche driver Doc was chasing got off scott free?

The doc weenied out, the Porsche kept him in the rear view mirror hall of shame.

 

[Soundproof]

Place engine in back of light car, make engine very powerful, watch what happens when inexperienced driver applies too much acceleration entering turn.

 

[fas42]

There's driving, and then there's driving ...

Frank

 

[Steve Williams]

we are familiar with that video however...........now you know the rest of the story

Civil trial over lagoon crash of $1 million Bugatti called off for now

Two years ago, a Texas used car dealer drove a $1 million 2006 Bugatti Veyron into a lagoon, claiming he had been distracted by a pelican while behind the wheel. This week, a civil trial was supposed to begin over an insurance company's claim that Andy House destroyed the Bugatti to collect on a $2.2 million policy -- but in a last-minute change, the trial was indefinitely postponed without explanation.


Andy House of Lufin, Texas, sells high-end used cars and bought the 1,001-hp Bugatti in October 2009. According to Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance, House took out a $2.2 million collector's car policy on the car -- which happened to equal the debts House owed to a business parter. That policy was written for a car meant to sit in a garage and stored as a collector's item; instead, the insurance company says, House listed the Bugatti for sale and drove it nearly 1,200 miles in three weeks.

Then came the accident, which House blamed on a low-flying pelican, but happened to be caught on video by passers-by that showed the Veyron slowly steered into a shallow lagoon. The video shows House didn't brake before the car hit the water; documents also show House also left the Veyron's quad-turbo 16-cylinder engine running for 15 minutes while the car was submerged -- ensuring the engine was damaged beyond repair.

After Philadelphia Indemnity filed suit, House counter-sued, denying the insurance company's claims and arguing it misled him by agreeing to cover the Bugatti in the first place and should pay the full $2.2 million. While the trial was set to begin Monday, court documents show it was postponed, with no new date set. While that could indicate a settlement, there's no evidence that's the case yet; we've asked both sides for comment, and we'll update when we hear back.

 

[JackD201]

So he wasn't stupid. He was evil.

 

[A.wayne]

Well ..... he is a used car salesman ....