What I saw today (well last week)

jack_pearse

The Bugatti Veyron in Galway :eek:

Yes I'm not lying.....one was sold by Cunninham Higgens to a guy in Galway who used to own Cash and Carry Kitchens....WOW!!!

Saw it briefly and it disappeared like a lightning bolt!

pa990

it wont be here for long.. its destined for the continent, at his holiday home

smash

I thought it was gone already as it was never registered over here so he wouldn't have to pay VRT...

unkel

jack_pearse wrote: »

The Bugatti Veyron in Galway :eek:

Yes I'm not lying.....one was sold by Cunninham Higgens to a guy in Galway who used to own Cash and Carry Kitchens....WOW!!!

Cool! Did you see it being driven on a public road? Any pics?

ciarsd

steve06 wrote: »

I thought it was gone already as it was never registered over here so he wouldn't have to pay VRT...

One of the lads on another forum posted up his photos of it when he had the opportunity to visit it about 2 weeks ago here in Ireland.

smash

got a link?

ciarsd

steve06 wrote: »

got a link?

Here's the post Steve!

wrote:

While at the parents house t'other week she asked me if I wanted to go and have a look at "Some Bugatti thing" that her brother in law's brother bought.

Bugatti thing? You mean a Veyron?, Yea thats the car she says.

He has it stored in a Garage about 3 hours from Dublin City and I literally thought I was going out to see it, take some photos of it in a basement and head home. My Uncle, his son, my parents etc all headed there. If I had known it was going to come out to play I should have got Manic to come along to do a feature, but its off to spain soon.

Got to see it, man is it amazing, quality of the car from the Sat Nav in the rear view mirror to the carbon fibre wheel arch liners was just superb. Car has a little PDA to record all kinds of data.

The guy who owns the garage took us all out for a spin (my uncles brother wasnt there, he lives in Spain most of the time and the car is following him there soon and wont be back to Ireland). My Christ is it bloody fast. I've been in the Ring taxi with 500bhp on tap and a 420bhp RX7, but they couldnt even give me warning as to how fast the car was. Everytime a car pulled in from the fast lane, it took 5 seconds or less to get from 50-160mph. All perfectly stable, no fuss and the brakes pulled you back down from those speeds just as quick. Face tinglingly quick. Stopped a lot of traffic too.

I took it for a quick spin around the Industrial estate, but never got over 40mph. Just wants going to risk anything. Even my mum found it as easy to drive as her Honda Jazz!

MercMad

Is thatthe one with the VW 130BHP TDi engine in it ??

I heard they were fast alright !!

smash

I wonder if the owner knows people are out in it like that haha

MercMad

steve06 wrote: »

I wonder if the owner knows people are out in it like that haha

.......you can tell him when you see it in Puerto Banus !!

Tipsy Mac

He has trade plates on it too, "strange" if it's himself driving it and not someone in the motor trade. Good to see some things in this country never change, a chap with 2k or so to pay on a cheapo import he takes in from the UK gets it seized yet someone else can potter around with plates on it that are solely for use by the motor trade.

smash

MercMad wrote: »

.......you can tell him when you see it in Puerto Banus !!

haha, I was suppose to be going back on the 26th of this month but looks like I'll have to cancel and wont be back there till Jan, maybe it'll be there then. It'd be good to see it out and about.

ciarsd

Tipsy Mac wrote: »

He has trade plates on it too, "strange" if it's himself driving it and not someone in the motor trade. Good to see some things in this country never change, a chap with 2k or so to pay on a cheapo import he takes in from the UK gets it seized yet someone else can potter around with plates on it that are solely for use by the motor trade.

Read the post I quoted above - the 'garage' was driving it, the owner being resident in Spain and knowing about his relatives coming for a look-see.