He was calm, Harrison told the Chronicle. If it had been me, I'd have been cussing, but he was calm. I imagine inside he was probably pretty upset.
Seriously I woulda went Wayne Brady on someone at the scene for sure.
wow too bad it isn't an amphibious car for that price :P Joking aside, really sorry for the car. I watched a documentary about the Ferrari factory yesterday. Man, they put some serious amount of effort into those cars.
eventually I think it has to do with rich people affording cars that are not easy to drive. a colleagues husband is a testdriver for the veyron, but he has also race driver experience and so on. it takes them pretty long time to get the cars drivable for "normal people"... btw the speed is only capped to 400 km/h due to the tires, which have to withstand 50gs at that speed if I remember well.
There's a reason they have "Save the Enzos" t-shirts.
I've actually made a point of not watching any videos or anything related to this whole Veyron incident. I can't bring myself to watch the destruction of a work of art and engineering by such an ignorant fucktard. :shifty:
wow, cant they pass legislation to ban this guy from buying more cars? i mean, at least the owners of these car companies should put him on a blacklist or something haha
wow, cant they pass legislation to ban this guy from buying more cars? i mean, at least the owners of these car companies should put him on a blacklist or something haha
wow, cant they pass legislation to ban this guy from buying more cars? i mean, at least the owners of these car companies should put him on a blacklist or something haha
A lot of the exotic car companies (Ferrari and Lamborghini in particular) have waiting lists and you must meet their approval (in some cases having owned a certain number or makes of their previous vehicles) before they'll even let you put money down on their cars. Nothing stopping the pricks at the resellers / specialty dealerships from selling something nice to someone waving a big wad of cash in their face, sadly enough. :shifty:
Growing up, and when I got my driver's license, the phrase "Driving is a privilege, not a right" was ground into my brain on a regular basis. You'd think with that kind of mantra a lot more people (on all positions of the financial and vehicular spectrum) would be without license or car for how much they abuse that privilege.
To this day I still remember watching one of those 'police car cam' shows and hearing the VO dude say that the drunken lady being followed had been pulled over for drunken driven some 20-odd times. The vid ended with her totally wrecking her car and almost hitting some people along the way, and this wasn't the first time that had happened. I'm not in favor of some oppressive ruling that one slip-up and you're up shit creek without a paddle, but when someone is obviously that damn careless (much like that old geezer with the exotics) someone needs to say "enough is enough, you've lost the privelege to drive" and strictly enforce it. :poly142:
Shame, the Veyron is rated as one of the best ever road cars, and exists in a limited quantity. I'd love to drive one around the track for a feel of what it does.
edit: apparently Bugatti was created by an Italian, with the HQ in France. I always thought Bugatti was an Italian car company.
The Veyron itself was more of an engineering challenge than anything, in the sense of they wanted to absolutely push the limits, but make it a comfortable drive. The guy responsible for the transmission said it was the hardest thing he'd ever designed, and he builds Formula 1 drivetrains; thing is, those are designed to last a race and be rebuilt, the Veyron's transmission has to handle all 1000 bhp pumped through it, do so flawlessly, and last 100,000 miles before major service.
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Cellphone 1... veyron 0
Texans are actually some of the worst drivers I have seen, anywhere. So a rich Texan = that car never stood a chance.
There is a difference between a pick up truck/hummer/escalade (tiny penis machine) and a Veyron (im so rich my dick size doesnt matter...machine)
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32yyvmlGOdo[/ame]
Would never buy 4 lambos if i had money instead of Veyron. Well maybe 10 Aston Martin DB9 or DBS.
Pitty about the car
Btw talking while driving is just as bad as being drunk. Mythbusters proved it.
http://jalopnik.com/5404300/73+year+old-man-wrecks-10%252B-exotics
There's a reason they have "Save the Enzos" t-shirts.
I've actually made a point of not watching any videos or anything related to this whole Veyron incident. I can't bring myself to watch the destruction of a work of art and engineering by such an ignorant fucktard. :shifty:
wow, cant they pass legislation to ban this guy from buying more cars? i mean, at least the owners of these car companies should put him on a blacklist or something haha
A lot of the exotic car companies (Ferrari and Lamborghini in particular) have waiting lists and you must meet their approval (in some cases having owned a certain number or makes of their previous vehicles) before they'll even let you put money down on their cars. Nothing stopping the pricks at the resellers / specialty dealerships from selling something nice to someone waving a big wad of cash in their face, sadly enough. :shifty:
Growing up, and when I got my driver's license, the phrase "Driving is a privilege, not a right" was ground into my brain on a regular basis. You'd think with that kind of mantra a lot more people (on all positions of the financial and vehicular spectrum) would be without license or car for how much they abuse that privilege.
To this day I still remember watching one of those 'police car cam' shows and hearing the VO dude say that the drunken lady being followed had been pulled over for drunken driven some 20-odd times. The vid ended with her totally wrecking her car and almost hitting some people along the way, and this wasn't the first time that had happened. I'm not in favor of some oppressive ruling that one slip-up and you're up shit creek without a paddle, but when someone is obviously that damn careless (much like that old geezer with the exotics) someone needs to say "enough is enough, you've lost the privelege to drive" and strictly enforce it. :poly142:
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/special/enzo/
And the award goes to...
edit: apparently Bugatti was created by an Italian, with the HQ in France. I always thought Bugatti was an Italian car company.
What's wrong with a Lamborghini!? Very sexy cars.
http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/4547667/