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Idiot drives Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 219 MPH on public road
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The Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 is a pretty incredible piece of machinery. A road car capable of speeds one would normally associate with an open-wheel racer will always be impressive, especially when you consider it's laden with government-mandated safety equipment, plus niceties like a stereo and air conditioning. Only a fool would explore the car's outer performance limits on public roadways, however. That's best saved for a closed course, and if you can afford an LP640, you should be able to buy yourself some track time to see what it can really do.
The driver (and owner?) of the car in the video above was apparently too foolish to do that, and embarked on a quest to set the "world speed record" for an LP640 on Arizona public highways. Sure, the sound the car makes as it flies past static camera points at some 200 mph is nothing short of incredible, but the act itself is disturbing, because no matter how late at night this film was taken, there are other drivers out, and at 200 miles per hour, the margin for error is exactly zero. Make a mistake, and people are going to die.
[Source: YouTube]
The driver in this case pushes his luck three separate times. On his first run, he makes it to 211 mph according to his trip computer, and he ultimately lays off after overtaking a car that was braking in another lane. You can hear him say in the video, "I didn't even know that he was there. I didn't see him." No, and chances are that he didn't see you either. 211 wasn't enough, so on the next attempt, the driver hits 214. Once again, he is forced to back off because he comes up on another car traveling in his direction. He then intones, "214. We could have got even more if it wasn't for this car in front of us." Yes, how inconsiderate of that other car. The third time's the charm, and we see him take a sweeping curve at 170 on his way to an indicated top speed of 219. The video closes with the driver telling the camera, "I'm the driver and this was the world speed record for the LP640. 219 miles per hour. Try to beat it."
We don't know what the sanctioning body for this particular "world speed record" is -- the National Council of Imbeciles, perhaps? In any case, we recommend you don't try to beat it. At least not like these clowns, who put unwitting drivers on a public road at risk just so they could stroke their own egos.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 13)
NLN350 12:06PM (11/27/2007)
what an idiot!
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ugg.tryptophan 2:00PM (11/27/2007)
blue flames!
strongbadinator 1:26PM (11/27/2007)
Maybe. I've driven 140+ on empty roads in the middle of the night.... the only person I was endangering was myself. There was no traffic, and I was paying full attention. I say an attentive driver and no traffic is infinitely safer than being surrounded by inattentive yuppie douches in SUVs yapping on cellphones, no matter what the speed.
Jerk Face 1:43PM (11/27/2007)
There is a big difference between 140 mph and 219. That is just out of line.
stealth 7:09PM (11/27/2007)
good thing hes got that radar detector!
like its of any use...
whats a police interceptor top out at?
fred 2:03AM (11/28/2007)
This is what happens when you use valet parking!
Speddy 11:49AM (11/28/2007)
If you notice, the road is CLOSED.
tbirdman 9:58AM (12/20/2007)
speddy if it was closed why did the driver have to slow down for cars going in the same drection?
NicNitty 12:10PM (11/27/2007)
I saw this video over the weekend and I couldn't agree more with this article.
Way too fast and definitely much too reckless for public roads. That amount of risk shouldn't be placed on the unsuspecting in this way.
I wonder what the odds of these guys being tracked down and fined or arrested like the guy in that Hayabusa video a while back are.
I guess when you can afford not to, being responsible is optional.
just my opinion
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Dino Tojaga 6:19PM (11/27/2007)
HEY, look at the beginning of the video. It says "closed road" over the road sign! Look in the upper right hand corner @ about -4:25!!!
Garret 1:59PM (12/01/2007)
I live right off the san tan freeway (where this was done) and it is saying that Hawes Road is closed not the freeway. READ CLOSELY it says the exit is closed!
Tsunami Racer 12:11PM (11/27/2007)
i think all the enzo 'incidents' clearly demonstrate that some people who own these cars run out of talent and common sense much sooner than they run out of money.
let darwinism prevail! it's just unfortunate when these new money douches take other innocent motorists with them.
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ALEXDB9 2:48PM (11/27/2007)
Save the Enzos!
........screw the Lambos.
John R 12:15PM (11/27/2007)
another case of spoiled idiots with idle hands. why do these type of poeple have money?
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CMDR 6:30PM (11/27/2007)
Because these people are risk takers.
I'd rather get arrested and buy another faster car than to sit dormant in suburbia my whole life.
500 3:24PM (11/27/2007)
Answer: usually it's their parents' money.
WillDaThrill 8:01PM (11/27/2007)
What kid of sense does that make? You'd rather be in jail getting butt raped than being an average suburbanite?
Tyo 1:02PM (12/18/2007)
You're not going to do any jail time for speeding, the worst that'd would happen is you lose your license for a period of time.
oh yeah or kill yourself or someone else.
I feel like Lambos are for posers, hence the AWD and all the refinement. That way any rapper with the money can get one and tear it around. Ferraris with manuals and RWD seem like they'd take a more competent pilot
AlexP 12:17PM (11/27/2007)
Playing Need for Speed doesn't give you driving skills, kids.
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JayP 12:25PM (11/27/2007)
Right, but if you can afford a supercar, you can certainly afford track time.