[Guest post by DRJ]
Salt water, a pelican, a cell phone, and a $2M Bugatti Veyron:
“The Veyron’s powerful engine gurgled like an outboard motor for about 15 minutes before it died.”
– DRJ
EDIT: Gazzer has video.
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Well, at least it’s not a real Bugatti. They haven’t been made since 1959. The are really rare and expensive. A friend of mine has three. He invested his pension plan in them in the 60s and boy has that been a good investment !
Comment by Mike K — 11/12/2009 @ 3:01 pm
You could say it was a Royale flush. (Car guy joke.)
Comment by Gazzer — 11/12/2009 @ 3:08 pm
I would be very careful about buying any used Veyron from Texas.
Salt-water is not very friendly when it comes to non-ferrous metals,
or anyplace else where it cannot be properly flushed away.
Comment by AD - RtR/OS! — 11/12/2009 @ 3:26 pm
Sorry Mike K.
That’s the real deal. http://www.bugatti.com/en/veyron-16.4.html
My 7-year-old is way bummed right now.
Wife and Mom to car nuts – Em
Comment by Em — 11/12/2009 @ 3:49 pm
So, how much Obama cash for that soaking-wet klunker?
Comment by Old Coot — 11/12/2009 @ 3:50 pm
Em, I think Mike is saying that the new Bugattis are not authentic in the true spirit of the old company.
I agree with Mike that this would be much worse if it was a classic Bugatti. This is just a nice piece of plastic.
Comment by Dustin — 11/12/2009 @ 3:52 pm
fine-tuned, French-built car
Ok, if there ever was a contradiction in terms ….
Comment by nk — 11/12/2009 @ 3:55 pm
Ah, got it Dustin.
My bad.
Still pretty sad though. I think they’re pretty cool. But that’s just this chick’s opinion.
Comment by Em — 11/12/2009 @ 4:13 pm
Em, this is a Bugatti like the Ritz Carlton hotels are the Ritz Carlton. A very smart lawyer bought the Ritz Carlton name about 1970 and sold it to partnerships to build those luxury hotels. He made a ton of money. But those are not the original Ritz Carlton, which was in Boston. Even the 1959 Bugatti was not a real one.
Comment by Mike K — 11/12/2009 @ 4:17 pm
Vintage vs. “kit car.” Got it.
I imagine small consolation for the dude now out $2 mil. Great advertisement for hang up and drive though.
Comment by Em — 11/12/2009 @ 4:49 pm
Ouch.
Hang up and drive.
Or as I saw once on a bumper sticker, “Steering is not enough”
Comment by tyree — 11/12/2009 @ 5:34 pm
Pelicans can be really treacherous but the thing is, they really do mean well. I don’t know what to tell you.
Comment by happyfeet — 11/12/2009 @ 6:09 pm
Out of respect for the dead, I will not insert the obligatory Ted Kennedy snark here.
Comment by Dave N — 11/12/2009 @ 6:20 pm
Dave N – hey, the video is sorta emblematic of the Obama Ship of State, is it not ?
(It couldn’t be Kennedy, cuz it’s not *under*water)
Comment by Alasdair — 11/12/2009 @ 6:27 pm
Veyrons are amazing cars. It is a shame that such an amazing machine was wasted on a jackass… but that’s the way it works with awesome cars.
Comment by Dustin — 11/12/2009 @ 6:29 pm
The Veyron is not a “kit” car. It is built by VW, because their chairman Ferdinand Piech wanted a “supercar”, and along with the VW Phaeton is considered to be his pet projects trying to move the VW more upscale.
He is a minority owner of Porsche, but was forced to move to Audi/VW because of rules that forbid Porsche family members from being involved in management of the company.
He also bought the Bentley and Lamborghini brands for VW.
Comment by doug — 11/12/2009 @ 8:05 pm
Doug – I know Veyron isn’t a “kit car.” I was using car lingo (lamely I guess) to show my understanding that some automobile purists might find it to be, shall we say, a departure from the original owner. Then again, Ettore Bugatti did seem to enjoy flash. And since VW just surpassed Toyota for #1 position, that group must be doing something right.
I live with one man and two young sons – it’s Car and Driver, BBC America Top Gear and HotWheels 24/7 here.
Now, who wants to talk shoes?
Comment by em — 11/12/2009 @ 8:31 pm
Paging Dana …
Comment by DRJ — 11/12/2009 @ 8:49 pm
Dmac has a lot of singles laying about…
seems someone keeps throwing them at him.
Comment by AD - RtR/OS! — 11/12/2009 @ 8:53 pm