I’m burning the midnight oil here at BS East HQ because the news hotline keeps melting down with people doing dumb things. Guys buying old laundry for a million bucks, truck drivers crashing Lamborghinis that they won hours before…wait, what? A truck driver in Utah won a screaming green Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640 and after looking at it in his driveway, crashed it into a field, ripping the oil pan off and causing some body damage.
David Dopp who drives a Frito-Lay truck for a living won the car as part of a giveaway promoting a convenience store chain in Utah. After getting a call from the local police advising him to take it easy, he did, he took it easily over his talent level and spun the car off the road, over some curbing and into a field. He claims he was only going 40-50mph in a 35mph zone when he lost the handle, so he’d either a bad liar or a really awful driver to wreck one of the best handling, AWD cars ever built at below highway speeds.
The car is apparently on the way to Las Vegas to be fixed. It is reported that Dopp has insurance…for now anyway. State Farm will have a cow when they get this bill.
Truck Driver Wins Lamborghini – Wrecks Car Hours Later
That’s straight from the “Be Carefull What you Wish For” department. I bet 99% of the guys who entered the contest had no friggin’ idea of the maintanence costs of that car. I’d drive it once and then sell it and buy something I could wrench on myself.
It’s funny that you said State Farm because if that’s his insurer, I have a good friend that works for them in their claims fraud division in Bloomington, IL., their co. HQ. He’s really good at what he does, too. REALLY good! Wonder if I should give him a heads-up call…
Joe Schmo to Lambo to Dumbo in one afternoon.
This time of year I’m sure it’s possible his fancy, schmancy ride hit some black ice and whoopsie doodle, a new ding in his Skittle colored car.
I agree Gary 351C…that ugly slimer green Lambo would be for sale and I would be shopping for a big block Chevelle, Hemi, or boss mustang!
I would have sold it immediately, and bought 4 or 5 cars that are actually worth owning.
I, too would have sold that green turd ASAP and bought a few American made muscle cars to play with. Just think what his insurance premiums are going to be!