Fast Car, no driving ability = Expensive repair bill

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    lhatkins Dazed and Confused

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    From BBC News

    See the pictures

    "No one else was hurt but police have reported the Bugatti driver for driving without due care and attention"

    So which Footballer was this then??

    Hope he had more then 3 Party insurance.

    Begs the question, why is just anyone with a big bank account allowed to just get in a drive these things.

    I think you should have to take an advanced driving test to prove you can handle cars of this power, you have to for a bike so why not a car.

    Car's like this don't belong here, take them over to Germany and let them kill themselves on the autobans.
     
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    Very logical:rolleyes:
     
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    amazingtrade Mad Madchestoh fan

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    I bet he was only doing 30mph at the time too :D
     
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    No, I'm quite positive a Bugatti driver would have 3rd party fire and theft.
     
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    Didn't Clarkson say that each one of those beasts cost VW £5Milllion to build.

    On that basis, looks to me like a >£500K repair bill.:rolleyes:
     
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    lhatkins Dazed and Confused

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    Wonder how much insurance would cost for that thing, I remember on Top Gear while Clarkson was driving it, he tried to get a quote, they wouldn't insure it!

    hehe, well someone will be feeling very ill tonight :)

    tis what ya get when 'showing off' to your mates, in your new toy.
     
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    Andy registered grazer

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    The paper i read this in said the bugatti driver was doing 100 on a 40mph stretch.

    Twat.
     
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    Although I don't particularly like that car it is an amazing technical achievement. The traction control and anti-skid is very clever. There's a video around, on Evo I think, of the Bugatti test driver braking hard from 150mph on a bumpy road with no hands on the steering wheel ! it skids a little but basically adjusts itself to the changing grip level at an incredible rate.

    What that says about this driver I don't know...
     
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    I agree. Magnificent car.
    Prat?
     
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