Choose your color scheme:
The Vette Barn  
 
Go Back   The Vette Barn > Off Topic/Babes/Other > Off Topic

Off Topic Off Topic - General non-Corvette related discussion.

User Tag List

Reply
 
Share Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 11-12-2009, 2:11pm   #1
Culookin
Charter Member
Points: 5,156, Level: 49
Activity: 0%
 
Culookin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Posts: 818
Thanks: 57
Thanked 60 Times in 50 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $802
Default Silly driver, Veyron's don't float!

Saw this and thought I'd post it here too... Talk about a bad day and a pizzed off insurance company!

Culookin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-12-2009, 6:17pm   #2
snide
Barn Raising II,III
NCM Supporter '13
Bantayan Kids '17
Points: 216,817, Level: 100
Activity: 53.6%
 
snide's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: I could never live there.
Posts: 339,934
Thanks: 200,281
Thanked 30,506 Times in 14,292 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $108033784
Default

Looks like you vadered Mullet's **** from camp and CFOT.
snide is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-12-2009, 6:24pm   #3
YELLOHH
Charter Member
Points: 8,841, Level: 65
Activity: 0.4%
 
YELLOHH's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Colesville, Md.
Posts: 137
Thanks: 4
Thanked 14 Times in 7 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $505
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by snide View Post
Looks like you vadered Mullet's **** from camp and CFOT.
Busted.
YELLOHH is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-12-2009, 6:27pm   #4
BuckyThreadkiller
Barn Stall Owner #12
Barn Raising I
NCM Supporter '11, '12
Points: 28,281, Level: 100
Activity: 0%
 
BuckyThreadkiller's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Dammit, I was told there would be pie.
Posts: 5,513
Thanks: 194
Thanked 2,321 Times in 1,065 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $168047
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by snide View Post
Looks like you vadered Mullet's **** from camp and CFOT.
Wondered what kind of car it was going to be when it showed up here. Its a GTR at Camp and a Veyron at CFOT, I was kinda hoping for a Bentley or an F-car.
BuckyThreadkiller is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-12-2009, 6:45pm   #5
Culookin
Charter Member
Points: 5,156, Level: 49
Activity: 0%
 
Culookin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Posts: 818
Thanks: 57
Thanked 60 Times in 50 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $802
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Culookin View Post
Saw this and thought I'd post it here too...
Quote:
Originally Posted by snide View Post
Looks like you vadered Mullet's **** from camp and CFOT.
Is he a member here!? Didn't I say too, refering to I saw it earlier on another forum!? Yep! I think I'm good to go now... so STFU n00b
Culookin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-12-2009, 6:47pm   #6
Culookin
Charter Member
Points: 5,156, Level: 49
Activity: 0%
 
Culookin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Posts: 818
Thanks: 57
Thanked 60 Times in 50 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $802
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by BuckyThreadkiller View Post
Wondered what kind of car it was going to be when it showed up here. Its a GTR at Camp and a Veyron at CFOT, I was kinda hoping for a Bentley or an F-car.
How bout an Audi?

Culookin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-12-2009, 8:13pm   #7
bizaro
Pres-Posters 4 Toasters
Points: 8,002, Level: 62
Activity: 0%
 
bizaro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Sheboygan, Wi
Posts: 163
Thanks: 8
Thanked 51 Times in 20 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $3090748
Default

why would they drag it without taking it out of gear?
bizaro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-12-2009, 8:23pm   #8
YELLOHH
Charter Member
Points: 8,841, Level: 65
Activity: 0.4%
 
YELLOHH's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Colesville, Md.
Posts: 137
Thanks: 4
Thanked 14 Times in 7 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $505
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by bizaro View Post
why would they drag it without taking it out of gear?
Because there is no such thing as varying degrees of a total loss.
YELLOHH is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-12-2009, 8:42pm   #9
The Dingo
Vette Barn Crew
Points: 2,191, Level: 29
Activity: 0%
 
The Dingo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 184
Thanks: 19
Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1278
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by bizaro View Post
why would they drag it without taking it out of gear?
I just thought I'd add a few more questions I have:

Why was the owner on the phone?

How did he manage to drive into a river so easily with such a lame story?

Why didn't he shut the engine off after he submerged it?

Why didn't the driver think to take it out of gear before he got out?

The Dingo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-12-2009, 10:02pm   #10
BuckyThreadkiller
Barn Stall Owner #12
Barn Raising I
NCM Supporter '11, '12
Points: 28,281, Level: 100
Activity: 0%
 
BuckyThreadkiller's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Dammit, I was told there would be pie.
Posts: 5,513
Thanks: 194
Thanked 2,321 Times in 1,065 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $168047
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dingo View Post
I just thought I'd add a few more questions I have:

Why was the owner on the phone?

How did he manage to drive into a river so easily with such a lame story?

Why didn't he shut the engine off after he submerged it?

Why didn't the driver think to take it out of gear before he got out?

I can only speak to the "drive into the river" aspect of it having driven that stretch of road a time or two. It's really a coastal marsh right along the highway as you get to Galveston Bay. There aren't any guardrails and the highway shoulder just drops right down to the sea in the space of less than a couple of hundred feet.

After Hurricane Ike there were pretty good sized boats that were deposited on that highway by the storm surge.

If he lost it at all, a pretty minor spin would put him in the sea.


As for the rest of it - he's just a goober.
BuckyThreadkiller is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-12-2009, 10:13pm   #11
Y2Kvert4me
Administrator
Barn Stall Owner #7
Barn Raising I,II,IV

NCM Supporter '13,'14
Points: 34,926, Level: 100
Activity: 0%
 
Y2Kvert4me's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Pewaukee,WI
Posts: 8,215
Thanks: 1,044
Thanked 5,024 Times in 2,237 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $30682687
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by bizaro View Post
why would they drag it without taking it out of gear?
It appears they winched it out by wrapping a strap through the rear wheel. Whether it was in gear or not wouldn't matter, the wheel spoke interference would still prevent the wheel from turning.

Last edited by Y2Kvert4me; 11-12-2009 at 10:16pm.
Y2Kvert4me is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-12-2009, 10:27pm   #12
The Dingo
Vette Barn Crew
Points: 2,191, Level: 29
Activity: 0%
 
The Dingo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 184
Thanks: 19
Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1278
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by BuckyThreadkiller View Post
I can only speak to the "drive into the river" aspect of it having driven that stretch of road a time or two. It's really a coastal marsh right along the highway as you get to Galveston Bay. There aren't any guardrails and the highway shoulder just drops right down to the sea in the space of less than a couple of hundred feet.

After Hurricane Ike there were pretty good sized boats that were deposited on that highway by the storm surge.

If he lost it at all, a pretty minor spin would put him in the sea.


As for the rest of it - he's just a goober.
The local perspective helps at least understand part of it. Thanks.

But yeah, still a goober.
The Dingo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-12-2009, 11:08pm   #13
ApexOversteer
A Real Barner
Points: 61,593, Level: 100
Activity: 0%
 
ApexOversteer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: 344
Posts: 14,659
Thanks: 143
Thanked 7,684 Times in 3,615 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $975924
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by YELLOHH View Post
Because there is no such thing as varying degrees of a total loss.
They probably couldn't put it in neutral due to the drive-by-wire nature of the automatic transmission. It will go back to the factory and be repaired.

Some interesting things about the Veyron...

The tires last 3,000 miles and a replacement set is a 5 digit bill, not including shipping the wheels to the factory, the only place the tires can be mounted. Every third set of tires that goes on, go on new wheels, themselves a 5 digit bill.

The car records each 200+mph "event" and that data is retrieved during service and relayed back to the factory.

It will reach 198mph in a standing mile, but needs another mile to go that 55mph more to the top speed. Of course that second mile goes by in about 11 seconds...
ApexOversteer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-13-2009, 8:07am   #14
Z06David
Bantayan Kids '13
Points: 11,742, Level: 74
Activity: 0.6%
 
Z06David's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Houston
Posts: 1,873
Thanks: 175
Thanked 339 Times in 222 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1009022
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ApexOversteer View Post
They probably couldn't put it in neutral due to the drive-by-wire nature of the automatic transmission. It will go back to the factory and be repaired.

Some interesting things about the Veyron...

The tires last 3,000 miles and a replacement set is a 5 digit bill, not including shipping the wheels to the factory, the only place the tires can be mounted. Every third set of tires that goes on, go on new wheels, themselves a 5 digit bill.

The car records each 200+mph "event" and that data is retrieved during service and relayed back to the factory.

It will reach 198mph in a standing mile, but needs another mile to go that 55mph more to the top speed. Of course that second mile goes by in about 11 seconds...
impressive
Z06David is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-13-2009, 8:12am   #15
MYSCZ06
Charter Member
Points: 11,473, Level: 74
Activity: 0.6%
 
MYSCZ06's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Pembroke, GA
Posts: 833
Thanks: 162
Thanked 145 Times in 68 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $2154
Default

^^ crazy info!!! Im guessing if he can afford it the repair bill wont hurt him too much, but his ego....yea thats a different story!
__________________
~~Shawn~~
2018 Z06 A8

MYSCZ06 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-13-2009, 8:32am   #16
Culookin
Charter Member
Points: 5,156, Level: 49
Activity: 0%
 
Culookin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Posts: 818
Thanks: 57
Thanked 60 Times in 50 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $802
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by MYSCZ06 View Post
^^ crazy info!!! Im guessing if he can afford it the repair bill wont hurt him too much, but his ego....yea thats a different story!
I think that repair bill will be upwards of a couple million to buy a new one
Culookin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-13-2009, 9:33am   #17
GRN ENVY
Charter Member
Barn Stall Owner #82
BR Car Washer II,III

NCM Supporter '11,'12,'13
Bantayan Kids '14
Points: 34,949, Level: 100
Activity: 5.8%
 
GRN ENVY's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Dunk City, FL
Posts: 8,608
Thanks: 1,400
Thanked 1,819 Times in 959 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $5504001
Default

As scooby would say, rought rough
__________________
Angry Gnome Racing
GRN ENVY is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-13-2009, 11:57am   #18
truckindj
Vette Barn Crew
Points: 4,574, Level: 46
Activity: 0%
 
truckindj's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 410
Thanks: 14
Thanked 38 Times in 26 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1003171
Default

so do you think his ins company will pay without questioning him
truckindj is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-13-2009, 1:24pm   #19
WKMCD
Charter Member
Points: 9,160, Level: 66
Activity: 0%
 
WKMCD's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 1,358
Thanks: 52
Thanked 179 Times in 145 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $5852
Default

More Info:

msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 8:09 a.m. ET, Fri., Nov . 13, 2009

LA MARQUE, Texas - A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston.

The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road of Interstate 45 northbound in La Marque, about 35 miles southeast of Houston.

The Lufkin, Texas, man told of driving his luxury, French-built Bugatti Veyron when the bird distracted him, said La Marque police Lt. Greg Gilchrist.

The motorist dropped his cell phone, reached to pick it up and veered off the road and into the salt marsh. The car was half-submerged in the brine about 20 feet from the road when police arrived.

Gilchrist said he doesn't know if the car was salvageable, but in his words, "Salt water isn't good for anything." He says the man, whose identity hasn't been released, was not injured.

Celebrity driver
The police declined to release the driver's name, although the incident has drawn a great deal of attention on his vehicle.

The Houston Chronicle reported the Texan has become something of a celebrity. He reportedly told the Texas City wrecker driver who towed his car that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called him Wednesday, along with several other celebrities.

“He said he was getting so many calls that he finally stopped answering his phone,” said wrecker driver Gilbert Harrison of MCH Truck and Auto, which is storing the car.

But Harrison said the driver seemed to take his very expensive mistake in stride.

“He was calm,” Harrison told the Chronicle. “If it had been me, I'd have been cussing, but he was calm. I imagine inside he was probably pretty upset.”

The Bugatti Veyron is the fastest and most expensive production car in the world.

A 2006 Bugatti Veyron was recently offered for sale in Jonesboro, Ark., for $1.25 million.
WKMCD is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-13-2009, 7:26pm   #20
ApexOversteer
A Real Barner
Points: 61,593, Level: 100
Activity: 0%
 
ApexOversteer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: 344
Posts: 14,659
Thanks: 143
Thanked 7,684 Times in 3,615 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $975924
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by WKMCD View Post
A 2006 Bugatti Veyron was recently offered for sale in Jonesboro, Ark., for $1.25 million.
Arkansas: Where The World Looks For Veyron Values
ApexOversteer is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

The Vette Barn > Off Topic/Babes/Other > Off Topic


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 9:52am.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Copyright © 2009 - 2024 The Vette Barn


Support the Barn:
 
Download the Mobile App;
 
Follow us on Facebook:

Become a Stall Owner

 

Apple iOS App        Google Android App

 

Visit our Facebook page