Ok who's the Uboat Commander?

What are the chances that someone caught that on video?!?! That was crazy! I remember hearing about that on the radio last week.

$1,000,000 down the tubes. I'll bet the call to the insurance company was interesting. But how in the heck do you crash a car going straight? It wasn't like the driver was racing or anything. Not on a curve, nothing, and the road looked like it was on good condition too. Do you think he was paying attention to the guys recording him?

 

Oh man can you imagine?!?!?!

 

No way. It's totally common to have yourself being videotaped at the exact moment you crash your car in a way that is totally unexplainable yet harmless to the driver. Happens all the time.

 

No way! Not possible! Nuh Uh! Niet! Nien! Non!

 

I'm actually surprised this isn't common knowledge, especially on a Ferrari forum.

Small animals/birds/squirrels, etc, just hit them. 9 times out of 10, you're causing less damage to your vehicle than you might otherwise do, and you're not endangering your life, or anyone else's.

Deer? Speed up and try to deflect. Anything bigger? Slow down. I do tend to swerve to miss dogs though, just as I would with children.


After watching the video, I'm slightly inclined to think the guy fell asleep. Having seen people fall asleep and drift off of the road before, I can honestly say it looks eerily similar.


However, with the conflicting stories from the driver(there was a pelican, there wasn't a pelican, I just bought the car, the car was for sale last week, I would never sell the car, etc), and the business he is in, and having seen him try to flip two known salvage cars on ebay(that I know of) and saying they have a clear title, I'm thinking something is not right.

 

Not anymore.

 

I sure hope your adjuster wouldn't pay this claim........It's total fraud. No doubt about it.

Plus isn't Texas a Title washing state anyway. Wouldn't matter what happens going into Texas it comes out squeeky clean.

 

HOW IRONIC!

 

I'll give it a week.

 

Sure, the job of the insurance company is to avoid paying the claim.That said, what besides circumstantial evidence is there its a fraud?

 

Plot thickens. Read about the salvaged Porsche GT being listed on Ebay with no mention of damage... from Lufkin...name sure looks familiar.

 

Link???

 

I saw this on another forum, let's see how this all plays out.

http://www.houston-imports.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10383646&postcount=165

 

I havnt seen a thread on that Houston forum since the infamous your Hondas in a Ditch thread that had 2 million page views.....

 

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?p=139129760#post139129760

Sorry, Ford GT , not Pcar.

 

That's one of the greatest threads of all time.

 

I know it will be moved of this section to some were dark and hidden and no doubt missed. But before it does here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tY1jSyRgSY

 

Reminds me a bit of what LCdM just did....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBFWONEWWU8&feature=related

 

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/other-cars/2374538-just-bought-a-enzo-9.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1571296993-post163.html

 

Gee thanks very much Kim Jong il sir.

 

The Lufkin man who accidentally drove his million-dollar car into a lagoon on Wednesday spoke out about the wreck on an online message board Friday.

Andy House, 34, was driving his 2006 Bugatti Veyron EB along an Interstate 45 feeder in La Marque around 3 p.m. Wednesday when he swerved and lost control of the car, distracted by a low-flying pelican, according to a police report. House told a Galveston County Daily reporter at the scene that after jerking the wheel he dropped his cell phone, contributing to his distraction.

Andy House, 34, of Lufkin, the driver of the Bugatti that crashed into a lagoon on Wednesday, poses at the Barrett Jackson Auction in Las Vegas.

The crash was captured on video by a man traveling north on I-45. No pelican was visible in the video, which shows the car veering from the road and splashing into the lagoon.

House was in Galveston County to look at real estate when the accident occurred, according to La Marque police.

He has not commented on the accident but on Friday afternoon confirmed that he had left the following comments on The Lufkin Daily News' commenting section, after several people posted derogatory comments about the situation.

"Thanks to everyone who has been more worried about my well-being than the car's condition," House wrote. "I have taken my exotic cars to school events, rallies, and allow anyone to take pictures of my cars and even ride in them. I have allowed many people into my home to see my cars that I don't even know. ... Say what you want about me, but there is a man in heaven right now looking over me and that's all that matters!"

The wrecker driver who towed House's car gave a report saying House told him during a phone conversation that he had gotten several phone calls since the accident happened, including one from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

House sent an e-mail Friday to the Lufkin Daily News, saying he thought the whole thing had gotten out of hand and that he did not receive a call from Schwarzenegger.

The Bugatti Veyron, which tops out at 253 mph, is believed to be one of only 15 in the United States.

He purchased the French-made sports car, carrying a $1.25 million price tag, from a Jonesboro, Ark., dealer last month, according to previous reports.

Last week House brought the car by Air Cooled Engines in Lufkin to show store employees — a usual occurrence whenever he got something new, according to 20-year employee Alan Arrowood. Arrowood said he's sad to hear the negative things that have been said about House, calling him a "nice guy."

"He brought that Bugatti by here last week and we all got to sit in it and look at it — a once-in-a-lifetime deal," Arrowood said. "He's a really nice guy. Last year he brought by a Ford GT to show us. That was a nice car."

The car was insured through Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance, according to the La Marque Police report. An insurance sales agent with the Grundy Agency, the company that underwrites for Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance, said that it would cost around $8,000 yearly to insure a 2006 Bugatti Veyron. "There's no coverage limit but typically the vehicle would be insured for the value," Grundy Agency sales agent Lauren Gindele said. "Also, policies are paid yearly and not monthly."

The National Automobile Dealers Association set average retail value for a 2006 Bugatti Veyron at $900,000.

Another sports car could be seen under a cover Friday in the garage of House's home in the Bald Hill community. The home appraised for $147,000 this year, according to Angelina County Appraisal District records.






****Please reread last sentence and then Laugh your A$$ off**** 1.25m Car.....147k house....looks a little suspect to me.

 

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