How not to wash your Veyron

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How not to wash your Veyron

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http://www.wheels24.co.za/Content/News/ ... sh_in_lake
If you have ever felt bad watching a storm mess up a fresh wax job, or been riled up thinking about rain spots on your clean bonnet, you should probably start reaching for your Kleenex...

This well soaked Bugatti Veyron belongs to US millionaire Andy House, who had just taken delivery of the supercar when he skidded off the road and plunged into a lagoon.

Our collective heart sunk the minute we heard the words 'Veyron' and 'write-off' in the same sentence.

House blamed a low-flying pelican for crashing his million-dollar supercar into the lagoon.

We’re pretty sure House is doing a little more than kicking himself now.

He told authorities that he had dropped his mobile phone and, while bending to pick it up, was startled by a low-flying pelican sending him careering into the water. Talking on your mobile while driving a car that can reach speeds of 400km/h?

Perhaps the pelican was simply jealous of the car or maybe it was a really important phone call? Perhaps the bird made the phone call. Your guess is as good as ours.

Whatever the reason, House has to relive his crash on a daily basis courtesy of several Youtube clips.
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What a Douche! :roll:
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I love stories like these. :lol:
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EPIC WIN for the idiot. :twisted:
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yoh... moronic to the max
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I challenge you to find the pelican... :roll:
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Just posting the follow up to this:

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas ... 332020.php
Insurer calls crash of $1.2 million car fraud
By HARVEY RICE, HOUSTON CHRONICLE

GALVESTON - Lufkin auto dealer Andy House had no idea a video camera was running as his $1.2 million Bugatti Veyron EB plunged into a La Marque lagoon two years ago.

House told police that a seagull made him veer off the Interstate 45 feeder road and into 3 feet of salt water.

The video taken by a passing motorist, which was posted on Youtube, and information from a confidential informant led Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. to accuse House in a federal lawsuit of intentionally driving his car into the lagoon in order to collect the $2.2 million insurance on the car. It had a 1,001 horsepower engine capable of propelling it to 253 mph.

House, who sells exotic cars, denies the accusation and has countersued the insurance company for failing to pay as promised. His attorney was not immediately available for comment.

House told police that he was retrieving his dropped cell phone from the floorboard and looked up to see a seagull heading straight for him. The insurance company says the video shows no seagull and no attempt to brake as the Bugatti swerves off the road and into the water. The lawsuit also says that House allowed the engine to run for 15 minutes after the car entered the water, causing further damage to the engine.

House explained the delay in shutting off the engine by saying he was being bitten by mosquitoes, the lawsuit says.

A confidential informant told insurance investigators that House offered to pay the informant to steal the car and burn it so that House could collect the insurance money, the lawsuit says. House also offered to pay the informant to remain silent during the insurance investigation, the lawsuit says.

The informant told investigators that House's business associate, Lloyd Gillespie, conspired with House. Gillespie, also a defendant in the lawsuit, lent House the money to buy the Bugatti and was listed on the policy as the payee, the lawsuit says.

Gillespie has denied the allegations in court filings. His attorney, Tod Philips, declined comment.

A trial date for the lawsuit, filed in June 2010, has not been set.
Apologies for my previous post, it was a seagull not a pelican...

BTW If the vid is not working follow the news link, its embedded in the article page.
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Those were some big f****** mosquitoes :|
Also, op quoted pelican, not seagull. So either one of the reporters have it wrong, or the douche changed his story.

Either way. still a douche ^^
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