Man crashes $380K Lamborghini 6 hours after winning it

[Liberal_in_LA]

Man crashes Lamborghini 6 hours after winning it


A Utah man who won a $380,000 Lamborghini in a convenience store chain's contest says he crashed the sports car six hours after he got it.

KSL-TV reports the lime green Murcielago Roadster will head to a Las Vegas body shop Wednesday for repairs, days after David Dopp won it from Maverik stores'"Joe Schmo to Lambo" contest.

Dopp says he was taking friends and family on joy rides Saturday when the vehicle hit ice or gravel and started spinning. The car hit some fence posts and came to rest in a field.

The Lamborghini has front-end damage, a punctured wheel and scratches along the passenger side.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076952/David-Dopp-Utah-truck-driver-wins-300k-Lamborgini-supercar-wrecks-it.html

[backscatter712]

1. Well, he didn't total it...

but the cost of even repairing a minor fender bender is likely to be more than some houses...

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. ..and its got to go all the way to Las Vegas for repairs! Yikes. that's a fancy car.

Don't like the color much though.

[roguevalley]

31. that doesn't even count the taxes he will pay on getting a half million dollar car. Poor sod.

[roguevalley]

28. Looks like Sunstreaker is going to kick his ass when he gets put back

together. I love me some Lambos.

[warrior1]

2. bet he doesn't

even have insurance on it yet.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. he says he does.

[bullwinkle428]

11. Can you imagine the cost of the collision premium on that insurance policy

for a car like this? Hope he's correct about the coverage!

[flvegan]

35. He had to put his house up as collateral for the taxes and insurance.

He's still stupid.

[MrScorpio]

4. A great example of why dumbasses shouldn't get nice things

I would have never driven it, but sold it right way…

I could've bought a house and a Caddy for that amount of money and still have a lot left over.

[Champion Jack]

6. exactly!

[MrScorpio]

9. Some people may think that I'm silly for wanting a domestic car over a Lambo

But if I ever busted a Cadillac, I wouldn't end up looking like a idiot with my face in the paper.

[Warpy]

13. Well, I might have driven it for a week or so since the depreciation

had already happened by the time I was announced the winner. After all, how often do we peasants ever get that kind of an opportunity?

But hell yes, I'd have driven it outside town on back roads to lessen the chance of damage and there's no way I'd have floored it in areas where there are ice and/or loose gravel. That's just stupid.

And then I'd have sold it. And then bought a new econocar. And had my house completely redone while I vacationed someplace warm and beachy. Martinique sounds nice. And then come back and given the rest to charity because I really don't need the money these days.

[Arkansas Granny]

20. I would have sold it, too, but I would have played with it first.

Too bad he messed it up.

[sarcasmo]

32. I agree, even if I sold it for half of the 380 I would be set.

[Frank Cannon]

33. If you sold it for half, that would probably cover your taxes on it.

You'd have enough left over for pizza and a movie with your sweetie.

[Scuba]

7. No sweat, they're cheap to fix.

[Frank Cannon]

38. It's basically a gull-winged Fiat.

A little Bondo, some red cellophane, and an oil change, and he'll be good to go.

[spanone]

8. easy come, easy go

[hifiguy]

10. Obviously this klown had never

driven an exotic car before.

1. Nothing with tires more than a foot wide should be driven on snowy/icy roads. The car ain't built for that. A friend's daughter severely dinged one of his Ferraris a few years ago and she was just poking along up in the foothills near their Utah home and hit some black ice. Ka-runch!

2. Cars like that are to be approached with as much respect as you would give a live bomb until you are used to them. Then they can be approached with the respect you would give a hand grenade. I drove the above friend's Ferrari 550 Maranello a couple of years ago in the foothill roads outside of Provo in perfect weather. I am a car guy but very cognizant of road conditions. It so happened this day was 60 degrees, bright and sunny. My friend egged me up to 95 in the thing, which was fine. I realized in the space of the first few blocks that the car would only bite me if I did something monumentally and deliberately stupid. It felt like the hand of Jupiter himself was pushing that Ferrari down on the road. Quite exhilerating and enjoyable.

3. Giving some schnook off the street a Lambo is like giving a wino an AK-47 and a box of ammo. No good is going to come of it. They should have at least made the guy take some performance driving lessons before handing over the keys.

[EOTE]

12. The footprint of the tires isn't so much important, it's how slick they are that is.

I've seen some very wide all season tires that do the job very well. I had 11.5"s on my GTI and it handled snow with aplomb. Also, you'll find a number of trucks with very wide rear tires that have no issue with the snow. If the tread isn't meant for poor weather, you're going to have issues in the snow regardless of tire width.

[hifiguy]

15. True. I typed before I engaged the brain on that one.

The Lambo probably had Michelin or Pirelli Supercar tires on it, which are made for strafing the Autostrada at 300 kmh in perfect weather. Not so good for Utah in December.

[EOTE]

19. Yeah, there's no way I'd go out on that if there was a possibility of ice.

And I'm guessing that it had AWD considering that it's a Murcielago and only the limited editions are availablw with RWD. That's another common mistake, thinking that having AWD means that your car is suitable for icy weather. For most cars, that may be true, but certainly not all.

[d_r]

14. Yeah, that

it was too much car for him

[roguevalley]

30. an engine like that needs a certain level of performance to stay well. He will never do it.

[roguevalley]

29. I remember that pile up in Japan of about ten ferraries, a couple of lambs and

some mercedes. Awesome how the stupid burns. LOVE CARS LIKE THIS!!!

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Damned if I'd be photographed standing next to it.

I'd be far, far away hoping no one ever saw me.

[LeftinOH]

17. That color is heinous, anyway. n/t

[Demonaut]

18. like the responses in this thread, the tires are high performance summer, in the cold

they're actually like driving on hard plastic...traction has gone.
after he pays the taxes on the prize then the repair costs (I doubt he had time to get exotic car insurance)
he's gonna have one sorry xmas
BTW I wonder if he's figured out where the gun rack is gonna go...(the jacket)

[Blue_Tires]

24. Which is why he should have been granny-driving that thing at

half the speed limit, which he almost certainly wasn't...

It's almost funny to see that thing in a muddy salvage lot in wintertime like it's your old man's Invicta...Get that thing inside somewhere, and don't track mud in the interior!

[Demonaut]

39. I thought the same thing, that mud lol

[greytdemocrat]

21. What a total moron.

If I had won that I would have thrown it into a garage, locked the door and sold it. Period.

[ddeclue]

22. You can't fix stupid!

[Locrian]

25. He yall, watch this!

[Blue_Tires]

23. I know Lamborghini prides itself on being the anti-Ferrari, but

most of their neon colors are puke-worthy

and as for Mr. Dopp, may I suggest a class or two at:

http://nasaproracing.com/
http://www.scca.com/

[tech3149]

26. Rule # 1

If you've never driven a car like that, first thing you do is go to competition driving school. You'll be surprised, well mabey not, how little the average driver does know about driving.

[provis99]

27. the guy just looks like a camoflage-wearing dumbass.

Dumbass.

[flvegan]

34. According to jalopnik, speculation looms that he did it for the insurance money.

Rumors, we have rumors, lots and lots of rumors.

[Edweird]

36. I would rather have a wicked fast sleeper mustang and a paid off house to park it in front of.

But that's just me. I've never driven a Lambo but an ex girlfriend of mine had a Corvette convertible and I didn't particularly enjoy driving it. It didn't handle anywhere near as well as you might expect and getting in and out was a hassle. It looked bad assed in the driveway, though.

[JI7]

37. anyone know what cost of repairs would be ?

wouldn't he be better off just selling it even if he doesn't get much ? he probaby should have sold it in the first place. or is he wealthy ?

and it's similar to romney's 10k bets ?

[MrScorpio]

40. …And that puke green color is atrocious

Puke Green? Really?!!?

[marked50]

41. NASCAR for this dude- right away!--nt

[Mopar151]

43. So not NASCAR!

A "Cars & Coffee Crasher", all the way. It's not the camo, either! There is a website devoted to the phenomenon - wreckedexotics.com.

It pains me to watch these properly funded cretins do this - Mostly because I'm a lifelong broke-ass racer, who builds stuff this fast for myself and my friends. There are 100 different cars/trucks that I'd rather have than the Lambo. The first 2 - a good "daily", and and an older Ford pickup - would cost less, together, than 10% of the Lambo.

[ddeclue]

42. After thinking about it, it wasn't this guys fault.. the car was actually trying to commit suicide..