02GF74
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| posted on 5/3/07 at 11:16 AM |
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ouch - now that is gonna cost!
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bartonp
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| posted on 5/3/07 at 11:23 AM |
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It might make a reasonable donor?
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scottc
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| posted on 5/3/07 at 11:28 AM |
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I might start ringing around the insurance companies, see if I can buy it off them.
Haven't seen any body panels come up on ebay though. 
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dilley
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| posted on 5/3/07 at 11:31 AM |
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Thats why I dont drive mine in the wet....
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balidey
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| posted on 5/3/07 at 11:38 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dilley
Thats why I dont drive mine in the wet....
WIMP, i drive mine whatever the weather
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DarrenW
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| posted on 5/3/07 at 11:41 AM |
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You guys crack me up If you had one you would soon get sick of it. I always take the BMW diesel now on trips and leave the Veyron at home. Ive got
one of the rare 2-tone black and red versions. Wife uses it for shopping. Ive been away on a trip - hope its all right
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iank
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| posted on 5/3/07 at 11:43 AM |
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Mine came with a boot full of disposable driving licenses. Did yours?
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Anonymous
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Browser
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| posted on 5/3/07 at 12:12 PM |
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It would have to be a UK owner who was first to mangle one wouldn't it!
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02GF74
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| posted on 5/3/07 at 12:18 PM |
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a bit of T-cut and that'll polish out,
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dilley
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| posted on 5/3/07 at 01:38 PM |
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to be honest mine doesnt feel that fast
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russbost
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| posted on 5/3/07 at 02:07 PM |
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Surely that's not the first to crash is it? I seem to remember them mangling several of them on test tracks while they tried to make it
handle.
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iank
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| posted on 5/3/07 at 02:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by russbost
Surely that's not the first to crash is it? I seem to remember them mangling several of them on test tracks while they tried to make it
handle.
From the link
"According to the source, this is the first time a private customer has actually crashed a Veyron. Engineers reportedly destroyed two prototype
examples during testing, which was part of the reason for the long delays during the vehicle’s development."
So first paying customer to bend one.
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Rek
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| posted on 6/3/07 at 10:52 AM |
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The thread doesnt mention the astra coming the other way it hit with a 7 Month pregnant driver. It was doing just over the ton when it lost control,
near chertsey...
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G.Man
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| posted on 6/3/07 at 12:17 PM |
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007100574,00.html
Opinions are like backsides..
Everyone has one, nobody wants to hear it and only other peoples stink!
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iank
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| posted on 6/3/07 at 12:28 PM |
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£20k a day hire car
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andyps
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| posted on 6/3/07 at 03:27 PM |
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I love the fact that the insurance assessors are considering whether or not it is repairable. Is that Mark Allanson? Seriously though, surely any UK
Insurance assessor would not have the knowledge to make a decision without sending the car back to Molsheim.
Also, thinking of buying the salvage, what could you do with it other than making another Bug? Surely with the requirement for aero stability and
cooling the mechanicals would be used to less than their capability in any other shape.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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ned
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| posted on 6/3/07 at 05:31 PM |
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not far away from me at all, wonder if it's this car, can't be many in the uk that colour and this one was only 30miles away at the
dealer!
http://www.romansinternational.co.uk/car.asp?id=309
beware, I've got yellow skin
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andyps
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| posted on 6/3/07 at 05:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ned
not far away from me at all, wonder if it's this car, can't be many in the uk that colour and this one was only 30miles away at the
dealer!
http://www.romansinternational.co.uk/car.asp?id=309
I wondered about that Ned, but the Sun article says "Nick Lancaster, Chief Executive of dealers HR Owen which sold the motor". Not that
the Sun is necessarily to be regarded as being accurate.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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ned
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| posted on 6/3/07 at 06:46 PM |
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well it just made the end of the 6 o'clock national news!
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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cossey
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| posted on 6/3/07 at 08:53 PM |
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surely youd have it on a guaranteed repair policy so it gets fixed regardless of cost?? its not like you can just pop down to the dealers and get a
replacement
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andyps
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| posted on 6/3/07 at 09:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cossey
surely youd have it on a guaranteed repair policy so it gets fixed regardless of cost?? its not like you can just pop down to the dealers and get a
replacement
But even with a car costing £850k there still probably comes a point where it would cost more to repair than it is worth, at which point the insurance
company will give you the value of the car and you join the back of the queue for another one.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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