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Iain

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The end of a £800,, 0.60 in 2.5s, 'fastest road car ever'.
« on: March 06, 2007, 04:50:14 AM »
Not a graceful end either. Hit a Vauxhall Astra van and then some trees.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/6422215.stm
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Re: The end of a £800,, 0.60 in 2.5s, 'fastest road car ever'.
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2007, 05:19:43 AM »
I am glad the pregnant lady seemed to be alright.
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Re: The end of a £800,, 0.60 in 2.5s, 'fastest road car ever'.
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2007, 05:47:52 AM »
Wonder if Earl Scheib or MAACO (or the English equivalent) have ever done work on a Bugatti . . .

Bad week for exotic cars . . .  just a few days ago, I saw a news story about a fellow stateside who'd thoroughly wrecked his Lamborghini . . .
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Re: The end of a £800,, 0.60 in 2.5s, 'fastest road car ever'.
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2007, 05:58:11 AM »
About a year ago, someone plowed into a tree with an original Shelby Cobra and destroyed it and themselves, too, in S. Florida.
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Re: The end of a £800,, 0.60 in 2.5s, 'fastest road car ever'.
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2007, 06:38:31 AM »
I read that yesterday.  Man, that is so sad that it's funny.  It'll probably cost as much as the original price just to fix the thing.  Oops.
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Re: The end of a £800,, 0.60 in 2.5s, 'fastest road car ever'.
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2007, 06:46:35 PM »
Somewhere, an automotive insurance agent is either weeping or giggling.

I just don't know enough about insurance to know which.

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Re: The end of a £800,, 0.60 in 2.5s, 'fastest road car ever'.
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2007, 02:14:36 AM »
Probably weeping since the cost to repair/replace that machine likely exceeds the cumulative payments to date. 

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Re: The end of a £800,, 0.60 in 2.5s, 'fastest road car ever'.
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2007, 03:27:38 AM »
Quote from: mtnbkr on March 07, 2007, 01:14:36 AM
Probably weeping since the cost to repair/replace that machine likely exceeds the cumulative payments to date. 
I wonder what the annual premium is for a car like the Veyron . . . probably a case of "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."
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Re: The end of a £800,, 0.60 in 2.5s, 'fastest road car ever'.
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2007, 04:49:48 AM »
I expect nobody would insure it outside of Lloyd's of London.
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