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[Chris 2i]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/6422215.stm

gutted!

[jimmyesh]

OUCH!!

On the plus side though I'm sure it was fully insured!

[mike_w]

jus read this on the autotrader, site would be gutted to crash that

[heeman10]

Argh! Looks nasty in red, but I would still rather not stack it.

[TIL13R]

Ouch!!!!

Didnt think they were even in the uk!

[adam_frst]

, oops, wonder, what will happen woth it? will it be repaired? as id imagine there are a lot of bits still useable on it

[FIESTA_NEO]

This was in todays paper aswell, they say they think he was doing 100 in a 40 road and lost it vcos it was wet and hit a Astra before going up verge and hitting tree, women in Astra is pregnant aswell.

[xrsi]

:aaah: , oops, wonder, what will happen woth it? will it be repaired? as id imagine there are a lot of bits still useable on it

as it is less than 12 months old alot of insurance companies simply replace the car with a new one, this will prob be the first cat d salvage veryron in the uk!

[luckettfrst]

bet his insurance company love him!!!

[Stoned]

Someone on another forum said with the Mclaren F1, the only insurance you could get was 3rd party.

I'd imagine this would be the same as the cost to repair one would be astronomical.

[mike_wall15]

Would love to have been there, was he being a nobber or was he just unlucky?
Agree, red is crap for that car!

[andyhardy]

Someone on another forum said with the Mclaren F1, the only insurance you could get was 3rd party.

I'd imagine this would be the same as the cost to repair one would be astronomical.

Normally the people rich enough to afford one get a 3rd party policy through Lloyds and take out personal indemnity - i.e. they have enough money in their bank accounts to cover the costs of any such an accident. Lloyds of London are famous for the saying 'we'll insure anything' so saying you can't get insurance on them isn't true - it's just how much it will cost!

Cheers,

Andy

[jammy86]

Bugatti made their own insureance for this car did they not?

I'd imagine it'll get replaced with a new one or it'll go back to the factory and have all the components transfered into a new shell. i dont think the person will be too fussed about getting it back within the week, they'll just use the ferrari instead

JAmes.

[spannerste]

lol people make me laugh , if it was a normal car they would not have botherd doing a news article onit and notice how they say about the cars performance they never usually do that . Ste

[lucasdemoley]

Would love to have been there, was he being a nobber or was he just unlucky?
Agree, red is crap for that car!

He was being a dick, and i'd give him a slap if i met him. He was doing 100mph in a 40mph zone in heavy rain and hit a woman in a vw who was 7 months pregnant. Personaly i dont think that a fine and loosing his licence is all that he should get.

[emoDUDE]

Unlucky, but isn't this really just another road traffic accident?

Media publicity is really wasted here.

[davy]

Media publicity is hardly a precious commodity now is it?

Personally I think its a good that the media have covered this, it is a ground breaking car (one of only a few in ths country) which has been crashed.

If you think differently then why are you using a forum dedicated to cars?

[pitslayer]

he was being a tugger.....100mph in a 40, DICK!!!!!! end of. and he hit a woman in an astra not a vw

bugatti will most probably by the car back and repair it, i think it was on finance or something paid 100k over asking price for it. he is a complete tosser, if you ask me, as for the veyron, screw that, looks crap anyways from all directions and dangles.....its not an F1 at the end of the day, it might be faster, i dont care, F1s are so much cooler

[jimmyesh]

Hmmm, if it does end up in the breakers I wonder how much they'll want for that 1000bhp 16 cyl lump?!

That'd go nicely in my fiesta

[Kittie]

What a tw@t, driving like that, he deserved to loose the car!

[FIESTA_NEO]

Its in todays paper aswell.

It was in sun yesterday and more dtail story in todays mirror.

On BBC site today it says they have arrested the driver for dangerous driving

[spannerste]

Hmmm, if it does end up in the breakers I wonder how much they'll want for that 1000bhp 16 cyl lump?!

That'd go nicely in my fiesta

lol that would be interesting lol you would have to get clarkson to extend the engine bay with his skills that he showed us with the panda

[lucasdemoley]

Its in todays paper aswell.

It was in sun yesterday and more dtail story in todays mirror.

On BBC site today it says they have arrested the driver for dangerous driving

Had a look, cant find it. Can you post a link?

[emoDUDE]

Media publicity is hardly a precious commodity now is it?

Personally I think its a good that the media have covered this, it is a ground breaking car (one of only a few in ths country) which has been crashed.

If you think differently then why are you using a forum dedicated to cars?

I didn't say I found it uninteresting, I just feel that there are more pressing matters to be put to the public eye.

Don't get no false impressions, there's 4**** in my viens

[Guy Mk4]

Just to chip in my 2 cents.

Most insurance policys will only cover about £250,000 worth of damage, as in most case, you're never going to damage enouhg stuff to rack up a bill that high.
As Chris said however, insuring one of those and stacking it would probably rinse your insurance company and it's not worth the risk on their part.

Secondly, why is it, whenever a new stupidly powerful car comes out, a month down the line there is a news story about some mong ditching it into some trees/houses/cars/people?
It might be just me, but having an £800,000 car does not automatically make all the other cars and associated hazards disappear!

[andymac]

In the couple of articles I read it didn't say whether the driver was the owner or not....

Either way, 100 in a 40.... Shame about the other car, really.

[FIESTA_NEO]

Sorry, it was MSN and not BBC who said he was charged, heres the link

http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_news_ar ... id=3786890

[Oranoco]

It says Police describe the accident as a 50mph crash (certainly the damage is consistant with a 25-30mph impact) and not a 100mph crash. Sounds like a typical clueless sod hearing something noisy and asuming it must be hammering along.

I've had an old boy leap into the road infront of me waving me to slow down when travelling at 20mph because of the sound of the car.

[Leon]

Said in one of the papers today that the guy driving it was the owners brother and they were heard arguing at the scene when the owner turned up in a Range Rover.

[Kittie]

In the couple of articles I read it didn't say whether the driver was the owner or not....

Either way, 100 in a 40.... Shame about the other car, really.

More shame about the pregnant woman in the other car!

Tosspot

[chumkila]

[xrsi]

I've had an old boy leap into the road infront of me waving me to slow down when travelling at 20mph because of the sound of the car.

should of aimed for the old prat! he would have thought twice about jumping infront of a car again!