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 donn
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| posted on November 13th, 2009 at 07:07 PM |
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Gulp
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/970912/man-drives-2-5m-supercar-into-lake
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| posted on November 13th, 2009 at 07:13 PM |
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Bloody real estate salesmen!At least it had the fortitude to gurgle before dying,I thought he should have stayed in it until it finished sinking.With
a top speed like that he probably should have booted it and it might have flown over the water.
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axlepressbutton
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| posted on November 14th, 2009 at 05:43 AM |
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BEFORE (Mobile phone in hand)
AFTER (Cry me a river)
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Scarab
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| posted on November 14th, 2009 at 09:10 AM |
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BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw plenty of interesting / stupid / funny .....expensive vehicle accidents while working at the local Ferrari dealership....but I think this one
takes the cake!!! 
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68AutoBug
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 posted on November 14th, 2009 at 09:27 AM |
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I don't see that funny...
but the IDIOT driving it didn't have the sense to turn the engine off...
LEE
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ryana89
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| posted on November 14th, 2009 at 02:07 PM |
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"the hand-made 736kW engine gurgled like an outboard engine for about 15 minutes before dying"
What a horrible, horrible person, and a pelican swooping cars? Such a sad story
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polak
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| posted on November 14th, 2009 at 05:52 PM |
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i agree with lee.... y the f*#k would u leave it running in the water for 15 minutes before it died.... again a classic case of "all the gear and no
idea"
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CrazyBug
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| posted on November 14th, 2009 at 06:05 PM |
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now the real story would be fitting the w16 quad turbo into a vdub
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Smiley
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| posted on November 14th, 2009 at 07:15 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by CrazyBug
now the real story would be fitting the w16 quad turbo into a vdub
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Good idea. There's one in America going cheap, mild water damage.
Smiley
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CrazyBug
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| posted on November 14th, 2009 at 08:13 PM |
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hmm i think after his treatment its probally more suited to be an outboard motor
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david777
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| posted on November 14th, 2009 at 10:05 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by CrazyBug
now the real story would be fitting the w16 quad turbo into a vdub
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Well technically the Bugatti already is a Volkswagen! 
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ryana89
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| posted on November 15th, 2009 at 05:30 PM |
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Cawrrr just saw the footage on ten news then, he just turned into the bloody lake!!! The link up the top has the video of it now (was a picture
yesterday)
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spdterence
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| posted on November 15th, 2009 at 05:36 PM |
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Looks a little contrived to me. A realestate salesman / developer can't be doing too well in the US atm - and all this caught conveniently on video?
I think the insurance boys will be taking a closer look at this one. Or did he admit that there was no insurance?
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Smiley
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| posted on November 15th, 2009 at 09:50 PM |
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If you watch the video there's no pelican that swoops him. He just drives it straight off into the water. Definately an insurance job trying to make
money if you ask me.
The fact that he didn't turn it off only proves this further.
Smiley
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Phil74Camper
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| posted on November 16th, 2009 at 07:48 AM |
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Yes the Bugatti is technically a Volkswagen, but its W16 engine has not been used in anything else.
However the closely related W12 has - this engine also used in the VW Phaeton, and in the Bentley Continental GT (Bentley is also owned by
Volkswagen)
In 2007 Volkswagen squeezed the 485 kW (650 horsepower) 6-litre twin-turbo W12 engine into a Golf - the one-off GTI W12-650. It's rear-wheel drive.
The first two gears are electronically limited to 60% engine output, but it still does 0-100 km/h in 3.7 seconds. It supposedly does 325 km/h flat
out.
http://www.insideline.com/volkswagen/golf/2007/first-drive-2007-volkswagen-go...
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