Nov 12 2009You're Doing It Wrong: Super-Rich Idiot Moron Drives $2 Million Bugatti Veyron Into Marsh
An unnamed member of the Illuminati recently drove his Bugatti Veyron into a Texas marsh because he's stupid and can't drive.
The man, who refused to give his name, was looking at real estate in Galveston.
About 3 p.m. a low-flying pelican distracted him as he traveled north on Interstate 45 just south of the hurricane levee near Omega Bay.The man jerked the wheel, dropped his cell phone, and the car's front tire left the frontage road and entered a muddy patch, which foiled his attempt to maneuver away from the lagoon.
The Veyron's powerful engine gurgled like an outboard motor for about 15 minutes before it died.
Low-flying pelican? Really? That's the BEST you could come up with? No, I propose this man was playing a little tickle the moneybags and freaked when he realized he was gonna make a small cash deposit on the leather seats. Watson -- my pipe, please.
$2 million Bugatti crashes into lagoon [galvestondailynews]
Thanks to Demon Spawn, who may or may not have horns and a tail.
Reader Comments
1. Que - November 12, 2009 3:24 PM
Que slow down.
2. I-Kill-Bambi's - November 12, 2009 3:27 PM
that's nothing I'm so rich i can crash a new buggati just for fun i do it about 3 tiimes a month
this was last weeks
http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/bugattiveyroncrash4.jpg
3. la chika frekah. - November 12, 2009 3:28 PM
Men and their toys. Dat iz why you can't have nice things.
4. vondy - November 12, 2009 3:29 PM
IDIOT!
5. jdsfh - November 12, 2009 3:30 PM
so thats nothing i had a 6 million doller bugatti and i crashed it they only made 2 in the world
6. jim x - November 12, 2009 3:33 PM
Oh yeah? that's nothing. my bugatti was the entire world economy. then i drove it into a bubble made of bulls**t.
7. Justin - November 12, 2009 3:33 PM
This makes me embarassed to be from Texas...
8. catch22 - November 12, 2009 3:34 PM
this made my day
9. Que - November 12, 2009 3:34 PM
@7 Que only this?
10. JFreezy - November 12, 2009 3:35 PM
@5,
Yeah we believe you buddy (/sarcasm). GW's commentary was the best! Tickle the money bags!! Oh shit that's funny!!
11. Closet Nerd - November 12, 2009 3:38 PM
I hate people with nice cars, who don't know how to drive them.
12. blow - November 12, 2009 3:50 PM
That's nothing I once had a bugatti made of cocaine, snorted that shit and then became the savior to millions only to betray their trust when I got caught with a hooker after crashing my NEW bugatti into a marsh while looking for a place to crash my bugatti.
13. rmoore - November 12, 2009 3:51 PM
expensive car is expensive
14. LSDiesel - November 12, 2009 3:59 PM
I'd be too embarrassed to call anyone to tow it out. Hopefully it would sink out of sight, and I could convince myself I never had a nice car.
15. naminess - November 12, 2009 4:03 PM
You bojo! Veyrons don't work on water!
16. FERAWESOME - November 12, 2009 4:05 PM
The sad thing is that car is still probably worth 1 million dollars
17. greenman - November 12, 2009 4:07 PM
I would have just told everyone I did it on purpose as an expression of social commentary about our society's waste and capitalistic corruption. Either that or I would tell them I did it for art.
18. Steve - November 12, 2009 4:11 PM
Now everybodys insurance is going to go up $500/year b/c this tw@t wrecked a car they couldn't handle. Once again the rich have a crash & everyone else pays. Welcome to democracy, American style.
19. Blastphemer - November 12, 2009 4:12 PM
Does this count towards my 10 minutes of daily "boob" watching?
20. Jaja - [Returned] - November 12, 2009 4:13 PM
HOWDY Y'ALLLLL ! I HAVE RETURNED !!!
Soz 4 lateness, I've been doing some work on a game I'm making and doing some hits for /b/tards
21. renef - November 12, 2009 4:13 PM
yeah.. ummm.. the spoiler is extended... "When the car reaches 220 km/h, hydraulics lower the car until it has a ground clearance of about 9 cm. At the same time, the wing and spoiler deploy."
He was drag-racing the low-flying bird? I think not.
22. I-Kill-Bambi's - November 12, 2009 4:14 PM
GW would love this shit right here
http://static.open.salon.com/files/jesus_dinosaur1234467260.jpg
23. ~zeus~ - November 12, 2009 4:15 PM
Don't think hes gonna get that insurance.
FACT:
When the car reaches 220 km/h, hydraulics lower the car until it has a ground clearance of about 9 cm. At the same time, the wing and spoiler deploy.
24. David Sadi - November 12, 2009 4:16 PM
fool stop talking to your secret boy toy on the phone and hand over the Bugatti keys
25. Don Keydick - November 12, 2009 4:26 PM
In Mother Russia, car crashes YOU!!!
26. greenman - November 12, 2009 4:27 PM
@ 21, 23
Is it not possible that driving into water screwed things up causing the wing and spoiler to deploy even without reaching the necessary speed?
27. shitzangiggle - November 12, 2009 4:36 PM
@21,23
I'm pretty sure that if you activate the speed key the car will lower and spoiler would go up even if you're not going 220 KM/h
28. LSDiesel - November 12, 2009 4:54 PM
@19, lmao
29. Jaja - [Returned] - November 12, 2009 5:01 PM
@25 you just made me rofl so hard looool
30. luis - November 12, 2009 5:25 PM
This is awesome! First of all everyone knows the guys is lying. Look at the spoiler. It's up! He cold have at least put the sucker down to make his story believable. I bet he has buyers remorse by now.
31. ~zeus~ - November 12, 2009 6:14 PM
@23 I can see your not a mechanic m8 XD
@27 i just looked into it and it turns out that you can put up the spoiler when you want.. wen you turn the speed key the spoiler go's down
Top Gear test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO0PgyPWE3o
32. Melissa - November 12, 2009 6:35 PM
I'm sorry, no where in this article is the religion of this man notated. Is he Christian? Jewish? What? These are important details that are being held back. How will we know what religion we should hold accountable for this?
33. Peregrinus - November 12, 2009 6:36 PM
Why would you keep it running for 15 minutes when it's half underwater?
34. rmoore - November 12, 2009 7:04 PM
activating the speed key requires the use of a separate ignition, the car lowers immediately, not when it is moving at 220kmh, that would cause the driver to lose control and crash, morons. you have to shut the car off and then turn it on with both keys, at which point it lowers and deploys the spoiler. you dont have to drive 220kmh that way, you can do it to show off at 50kmh if you want...
35. englishman - November 12, 2009 7:30 PM
I love to lol at people whom are richer than me when they encounter unfortunate circumstances
36. livingjetlag - November 12, 2009 7:36 PM
What did the pelican do to distract the guy? Was it making fun of his little junk? Was it threatening to poop on his 2-mil car? Making faces at him? The car wasn't a convertible, so it couldn't have been diving for his hairpiece...
37. Mick - November 12, 2009 7:46 PM
I'm with Peregrinus what kind of moron leaves the engine running while the car is half way under water. I guess the kind of moron that pends 2 million on a car without learning how to drive.
38. cabbo - November 12, 2009 8:03 PM
@32 JEWISH! He's rich. You figure it out.
Here's one, how do you make copper wire?
ahem..
Oh dear.
39. Jiakasuma - November 12, 2009 8:28 PM
Pendejo! ^_^
40. Elliot - November 12, 2009 11:00 PM
In reply to 17.
YOUR A FLAMING ASS HAT! GO LIVE IN COMMUNIST CHINA!
41. Jason - November 12, 2009 11:12 PM
All I can say is only in America. Dumb ass
42. i_own_a_veyron - November 13, 2009 8:05 AM
What about the person who took the photo, surley they saw what happened? or were they too busy ducking the low flying pelican?
43. greg - November 13, 2009 8:13 AM
the idiot might broken the window to get out for being so fat
44. Jaded Icon - November 13, 2009 8:19 AM
@ 41
All I can say is that you obviously don't live anywhere else but America. So you see little Jason other countries have cars too. And you may not know this but they get in accidents as well. Sometimes it's a rich european with a nice italian car. So when you say "only in America" it make you sound like a dumb ass that has never had an original thought of his own.
45. livingjetlag - November 13, 2009 8:21 AM
@42 - Are you implying that africanized killer pelicans have reached the US? This is the worst thing to happen since Monkeypox! We may not even last until 2012...
46. Cypher7523 - November 13, 2009 9:33 AM
I love the fail in the news report link.
It starts
'LA MARQUE — The owner of one of the world’s fastest production automobiles accidentally drove his fine-tuned, French-built car into a saltwater lagoon Wednesday'
And goes on to state
'The man, who refused to give his name, was looking at real estate in Galveston'
So what is it? La Marque or Mr No Name?
47. pulling from Lagoon - November 13, 2009 11:17 AM
Footage of car getting pulled out of lagoon
/watch?v=uaQ9QKrrncY
youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaQ9QKrrncY
Warning: Kinda boring.
48. me - November 13, 2009 2:28 PM
suprised noone noticed the illumnati reference
49. silverdeuce - November 13, 2009 3:13 PM
No Cure For Stupid!
50. Volt Wrong - November 13, 2009 8:18 PM
The car ran for fifteen minutes before the engine died? What the F was it running for? Why did he keep it running? Insurance is my guess.
51. l31sh0p - November 13, 2009 11:35 PM
The picture tells a story of a lonely tow truck guy, as he drops his tow wire only to ninjaly snag it with his foot millimeters before hitting the water. Cool denim shorts bro!
52. Church On Tv - November 14, 2009 2:30 AM
La Marque is a city by Galveston.
53. Andrew - November 14, 2009 3:57 AM
Someone filmed the crash:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSAQLkHocEs&feature=player_embedded
54. Stuey - November 14, 2009 11:01 AM
There was no pelican.
There is a video of the guy driving caught on someone's cell phone and no damn bird flew in front of him. He wasn't going all that fast either because the people that caught it on cam were going faster than him.
http://jalopnik.com/5404403/exclusive-video-of-bugatti-veyron-crashing-into-texas-lake
55. Species 8472 - November 14, 2009 3:05 PM
@ 21, 23, 27, -
I thought if you put it in speed mode, the spoiler locked down to reduce drag, giving you a little less stability. Thought it only came up in handling mode.
It's around 4 min 40 sec in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFxt31n-2nY
56. Stephen - November 14, 2009 4:16 PM
A expensive mistake.....................
57. silverduece - November 15, 2009 1:12 PM
The smartest thing the knob did WAS keep it running!
If you don't know why?
They have the internet on computers now!
58. lto3 tape - November 16, 2009 2:54 AM
Superb This man is full of confidence.........