[quote]lawsonsamuels wrote:
Owner has now been named. John Lee House, 34 y/o of Lufkin, TX. Owns a business called Performance Auto Sales on Lufkin.[/quote]
Oh,the irony! They specialize in salvage rebuilding.
[quote]Carlitosway wrote:
lol Damn those cars are insane. You have to pay something like 70,000 $ every 4-5 years just for wheel maintenance.
Guy from Top Gear couldn’t even get a quote for insurance when he was driving one! ha What’s it get like 4.5 mpg? LOL
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A Bugatti Veyron at full throttle can empty it’s entire tank of gas in 12 minutes. That’s so badass. But I can hear the wailing of the tree hugging hippies now.
Here are more details and a video:
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[quote]Bujo wrote:
lawsonsamuels wrote:
Still looks salvageable, but still not a good thing. Guys from Lufkin, TX, deep East Texas, about 50 miles from me. Pic from KJAS.com, local radio station.
Maybe, maybe not.
Will mostly depend on whether salt water got sucked into the cylinders or how far into the system it got before the engine shut down. I doubt there are too many Veyron mechanics in the US.
I think the whole body is carbon fiber so any damage will mean mucho $$$$$$$$.
Any computers, relays, or other board circuitry will be fucked if they were submerged.[/quote]
The other problem is how rare the cars are. Plus, I think most of the parts are hand-made, as in not made by computer controlled machines.
I hope the bird is okay.