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Old 28 August 2014, 10:32 AM   #1
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Bugatti Veyron owner faces 20 years in prison

I have watched the video in this article many times and I've always wondered how on Earth something like this could happen, but it almost always appears in compilations or collections where there are videos of many people driving cars that are beyond their skill level.

Well, now we know what really happened.

https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motora...131558950.html
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Old 28 August 2014, 10:39 AM   #2
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Old 28 August 2014, 11:16 AM   #3
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I remember this video when it hit youtube. What a piece of crap. Then again, the insurance co. should never have written a policy for twice the cars value. Stupidity in abundance here!
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Old 28 August 2014, 11:41 AM   #4
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Old 28 August 2014, 12:32 PM   #5
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Old 28 August 2014, 12:44 PM   #6
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Old 28 August 2014, 01:01 PM   #7
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Old 28 August 2014, 01:11 PM   #8
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I remember the video ... and the follow up that it was intentional ...

I always thought the video was a little too perfect to be random.

Thanks for the article !
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Old 28 August 2014, 01:16 PM   #9
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I always thought that video was a scam, ha the guys who took the video thought it was a lamborghini
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Old 28 August 2014, 02:02 PM   #10
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I remember this video when it hit youtube. What a piece of crap. Then again, the insurance co. should never have written a policy for twice the cars value. Stupidity in abundance here!
On the insurance side, it's a hard car to insure. Some of these specialty cars sky rocket in value even when new. The new La Ferrari is selling on the secondary market at double it's MSRP. I think like $3.4 mil.

Stupid on the owners side nonetheless. Not worth the risk.
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Old 28 August 2014, 04:50 PM   #11
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The insurance company should give those kids filming the video something for their outstanding camera work.
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Old 28 August 2014, 05:24 PM   #12
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Although the car is not considered classic, a lot of classic car insurance companies will insure them under their exotic definition and are covered on declared agreed value.. Unlike our regular cars covered under ACV actual cash value, which in simple terms mean depreciated value...

I'm glad he got caught, it hurts us regular folks with higher premiums...
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Old 28 August 2014, 07:12 PM   #14
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The insurance company should give those kids filming the video something for their outstanding camera work.
Good call.

Thank goodness for coincidences.

What were the chances of driving by and filming the Veyron at that critical moment?!

I'm pleased dishonest people doing this sort of thing are getting caught.
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Old 28 August 2014, 07:18 PM   #15
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Would've gotten away with it, except for those darn kids!
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Old 28 August 2014, 07:19 PM   #16
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20 years seems a bit harsh considering all the financial crimes that go unpunished, IMHO.
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Old 28 August 2014, 09:44 PM   #17
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I have watched the video in this article many times and I've always wondered how on Earth something like this could happen, but it almost always appears in compilations or collections where there are videos of many people driving cars that are beyond their skill level.

Well, now we know what really happened.

https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motora...131558950.html
An now we can add another line to the dictionary definition of "jackass"
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Old 28 August 2014, 09:47 PM   #18
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20 years seems a bit harsh considering all the financial crimes that go unpunished, IMHO.
That's the top end of the statutory penalty for wire/mail fraud - it's only there for punishment of crimes that have devastating impacts on innocent victims (like ponzi schemers).

Probably will get some time in the cooler though since he definitely deigned to defraud.
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Would've gotten away with it, except for those darn kids!
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I see we have some Scooby Doo fans in the house.
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