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Old 12-21-11, 06:28 AM
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Default Truck driver wins Lamborghini - then crashes it



http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoram...220724449.html

Thanks to a Utah convenience store's contest, Frito-Lay truck driver David Dopp won another set of wheels last Saturday: this lime-green, 631-hp Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640, worth at least $200,000. Such an awesome car that will...oops, he already wrecked it.
Just a few hours after getting the keys to the V-12 powered Italian supercar named for a famed Spanish fighting bull, Dopp took to the roads around his home in Santaquin, Utah. According to In Santaquin News, police were called about dusk after a witness spotted the all-wheel-drive Lambo bass-ackwards in a field, with skidmarks from where it left the road.

Dopp -- who had apparently already taken one call from the local police about takin' it easy before going off-road -- says he was going about 40 mph to 50 mph on a 35-mph road when he hit a patch of what he called black ice or gravel. The police report says the car went over a curb, off the road and 75 feet into the field, calling the accident "speed related."

The Murcielago is now bound for Las Vegas, where mechanics will calculate a repair estimate on the busted oil pan and damaged bumper. Dopp, who has insurance, says the day was "an emotional roller coaster." If you mess with a bull, don't be surprised when you get the horns.
Pretty sure it's worth more than the $200k.. unless it wasn't brand new or something.
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Old 12-21-11, 07:35 AM
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Doesn't matter if you have AWD and winter tires on. You are still going for a ride when you hit a patch of ice while traveling a decent amount of speed.
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Old 12-21-11, 07:41 AM
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Looks like someone played too much Need For Speed.
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Says he was going 40-50mph on a 35. In your brand new Lamborghini.. Right
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some of the comments on the site are pretty funny
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Old 12-21-11, 12:35 PM
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I want to win a Murcielago...
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Damn... Lucky guy (for winning the contest)
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Ahahahahahahahahaha,

I'm in Utah and I remember hearing the radio advertisements for this contest. Too bad I didn't win.
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That sucks!
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Originally Posted by JessePS
Doesn't matter if you have AWD and winter tires on. You are still going for a ride when you hit a patch of ice while traveling a decent amount of speed.
I wonder if he even had winter tires on. Way too cold where the article says the accident happened to be driving without them.
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Old 12-21-11, 07:30 PM
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Actually, I Iearned from car sales, you are very likely to crash a new to you car the first day you own it. Of course a Lamborghini crash is a rare event, but this adjustment period happens more then you think.
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Haha. Man that sucks. Let's hope his insurance is will to pay for the damages
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