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    EXCLUSIVE: Bugatti Lake Crash Driver Owns Infamous Eddie Griffin-Crashed Ferrari Enzo

    Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!

    How Eddie Griffin Destroyed The Economy By Crashing A Ferrari Enzo

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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    11/14/09

    In reply to EXCLUSIVE: Bugatti Lake Crash Driver Owns Infamous Eddie Griffin-Crashed Ferrari Enzo
    Ahhhh Mr. Coincidence. I've never believed in you.

    This smells fishy now, and it isn't because of the Smally in the center counsel. #bugattiveyron
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    11/13/09

    In reply to EXCLUSIVE: Bugatti Lake Crash Driver Owns Infamous Eddie Griffin-Crashed Ferrari Enzo
    1) Buy Veyron
    2) Submerge Veyron
    3) Collect insurance for Veyron
    4) Repair Veyron in your supercar shop
    5) Sell Veyron
    6) Profit! #bugattiveyron
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/13/09

    @Alfisted: Um, at step 3.5 the insurance company would total said car and say it can't be repaired or salvaged.

    Although having a parts car would make you the best deal around for Veyron repairs. #bugattiveyron
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    Image of TechnoDestructo TechnoDestructo
    11/14/09

    @JCWhitless:

    That's not how any insurance company I've ever heard of works. They don't give a shit what you do with the car, whether it gets on the road again is up to your local/state authorities. #bugattiveyron
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/14/09

    @TechnoDestructo: Leinholders and banks may get to make that decision between the insurance company and them, not you.

    Know of a few cases where the bank refused to let the person keep the car when the insurance settlement hit.

    If you own the vehicle and it is just between you and the insurance company, sure. But this ain't a five year old Camry.

    There will be splain'in to do. #bugattiveyron
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    11/13/09

    In reply to EXCLUSIVE: Bugatti Lake Crash Driver Owns Infamous Eddie Griffin-Crashed Ferrari Enzo
    "It is by far the nicest car that I have ever owned, looking to replace it now!"

    "As soon as the insurance company tells me they're going to cover over a Mil's worth of repairs on the first one - all of which I will do at my own shop, of course, at a hard cost to myself of maybe a hundred large!" #bugattiveyron
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    11/13/09

    In reply to EXCLUSIVE: Bugatti Lake Crash Driver Owns Infamous Eddie Griffin-Crashed Ferrari Enzo
    It's not ironic. It's one of those things where you turn your hobby into a job.

    Repairing and selling your salvaged cars.
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    11/13/09

    In reply to EXCLUSIVE: Bugatti Lake Crash Driver Owns Infamous Eddie Griffin-Crashed Ferrari Enzo
    This is why he can't have nice things. #bugattiveyron
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/13/09

    In reply to EXCLUSIVE: Bugatti Lake Crash Driver Owns Infamous Eddie Griffin-Crashed Ferrari Enzo

    He hit a bird. Nuff said. #bugattiveyron
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    11/14/09


    @JCWhitless: Was Nicholas Cage around? #bugattiveyron
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/13/09

    In reply to EXCLUSIVE: Bugatti Lake Crash Driver Owns Infamous Eddie Griffin-Crashed Ferrari Enzo
    Must suck to be one of your own clients in this biz.

    Idiot. #bugattiveyron
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    11/13/09

    @that ain't the way to have fun, son: Not nearly as bad as the death care business. #bugattiveyron
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/13/09

    @Corvette_Thunder: Yeah, but if you're dead, you can't realize the irony.

    Then again, this person probably does not have the brain cells to realize the irony, either...
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    Image of JSmith53 JSmith53
    11/13/09

    @that ain't the way to have fun, son: Idiot? Not enough brain cells? How can you say that? He was driving a Veyron. He has obviously made more wise decisions than bad.
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    that ain't the way to have fun, son promoted this comment Edited by JSmith53 at 11/13/09 9:52 PM JSmith53 was starred JSmith53 was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/14/09

    @JSmith53: I chalk it up to busted-ass lucky and/or he knows someone.

    He also drove said Veyron into a salt-water bay. I stand by the fact he's endowed with poor decision-making as the default. #bugattiveyron
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    After a LOOOONG day of wrenching on the LeMon for Kershaw in ~1 month, we headed inside for some good German grub and a few hours of perusing this w/e's leMons activity. When we stumbled across this E36, teammate Rob (who drives a 525 wagon) exclaimed "That thing's in better shape than my wagon was when I bought it!" Newer, too.


    I did find it refreshing, however, to find that the race was otherwise bereft of modern Sporters of the Roundel. The only other Bimmer to be seen (at least in M. Martin's pictures) was a decrepit-looking 1600/2002, which i thoroughly *heart*.

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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    That's awesome. Bet that bumper could actually fetch some dough on the interwebs.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Well, I guess the whole is more than the sum of its parts because abandoned that way, the bumper looks like it could have fallen off an early Firebird.
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    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Someone should try to cobble together a LeMons car from pieces they pick up on-site when celebrities inevitably crash their cars. I'd call it the "McLamborrera Enzonda."
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    Image of Schweppes - Now with more school work Schweppes - Now with more school work
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Buy it, break into Eddie Griffin's house and leave the bumper tucked in under his bed sheets?
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    03/01/09

    @Schweppes - Now with more school work:
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: I hadn't seen that commercial since the Super Bowl last year. Great!
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Too bad that bumper isn't better to look at. As it is, it really just looks like something you'd find on the side of the 5 freeway.
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    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    My roommate just came up to me and asked, "What can we put on our front porch to get another notice of violation?" (There's an old letter from the city taped to our wall telling the previous tenants to remove an arcade videogame from the porch. We keep it up for laughs.)


    All I had to do was point to the Enzo wing.


    PS: I think we've decided on an old organ, kinda like this one:[denver.craigslist.org]

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    Image of TurboRefrigerator TurboRefrigerator
    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: a used toilet always works wonders around my neighborhood.
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    03/01/09

    @TurboRefrigerator: Dead hooker.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: If you want another notice ASAP, a flaming couch is a sure fire way to get the job done. ;D


    @TurboRefrigerator: Yes that one works in my neighborhood as well, they seem to like it even less when you fill it with potting soil and plant a sunflower in the bowl (the resulting fine indicated as much to me anyway).

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    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: LeMons Racecar...
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: I'm pretty sure there must be an ordinance where you live against leaving your organ exposed on the porch. Unless you reside at The Mustang Ranch of course. Where it's required...
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    03/01/09

    @bpapa9013: I hope you informed 'em that their actions were tantamount to fascism and refused to remove the loo from your yard?
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    03/01/09

    @TurboRefrigerator: He said he wants something "classy." I'm not sure what's classy about an arcade game or an organ, but I suppose any of those things are more classy than a dead hooker or a toilet.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Wait, it's that bumper?


    Glad to see it got a BS penalty, 'cause I've never seen a running E36 go for under a grand, regardless of title.


    I take it the grille came from another car he restored?

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    03/01/09

    @Foozy Ploosh Room: The Auction listing makes no mention of a salvage title, instead it says that it left active duty due to an inability to pass emissions... which is a far more likely scenario to get it down into LeMons territory in "running" condition.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/01/09

    @something_unique_and_descripti...: Yeah, I noticed that too. Fishy-scented, very much so.


    Even if it wouldn't pass emissions, it's worth an easy grand in parts.

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    03/01/09

    @Foozy Ploosh Room: Not necessarily to the person selling it. For us, yeah, there's an easy grand to be made there, probably more... for a lot of people it's "in the way" and they want it gone so they sell 'em cheap... that's why there are so many <$500 race cars in the bay area, where I live (where there are no emissions) those cars would be going for $1,200+ easy. Where I live you're lucky to find anything running for <$800, and a lot of the legit LeMons are in better shape than what I share the road with.


    But yeah, the different stories... I smell carp.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/01/09

    @something_unique_and_descripti...: Yeah, that's true - smog testing effectively drives up the price of decent used cars, which is bad for the lower class, but good for LeMons...


    Still, though, something's up.

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