# Gumball 3000 Veyron Impounded **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 6, 2009, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362 "2009-05-06T08:03:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/1 "2009-05-06T08:03:12Z")
![http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/gumball3000impoundlead2.jpg](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/gumball3000impoundlead2.jpg) We definitely saw this coming. We’ve been receiving some unconfirmed reports that several of the participants on this year’s Gumball 3000 rally had their cars impounded, and the video after the jump is the first visual evidence we’ve seen. Apparently several of the Gumballers were driving well in excess of the posted speed limit, as high as 170 mph, resulting in three impounded cars, including a Bugatti Veyron, and the drivers going to jail. [Follow the jump](http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/06/video-several-cars-impounded-gumballers-arrested-for-speeding/) to hear the MonsterArmy team talk (NSFW) about the impounded cars and to see footage of the Bugatti Veyron getting loaded up onto the flatbed. > **[VIDEO: Several cars impounded, Gumballers arrested for speeding at 170 mph](https://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/06/video-several-cars-impounded-gumballers-arrested-for-speeding/)** > > Click above to view the video after the jump > > > We definitely saw this coming. We've been receiving some unconfirmed reports that several of the participant ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/2 "2009-05-06T08:04:51Z")
They were clocked at 179 by DPS. The veyron is sitting in a warehouse at a Ford dealer right now. ![http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh221/Johnnyace007/0504091824a.jpg](http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh221/Johnnyace007/0504091824a.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/3 "2009-05-06T08:07:35Z")
in for stealing it. ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/4 "2009-05-06T08:08:54Z")
Although it probably feels like nothing in a Veyron, 179 is fucking flying. I’d be more amused at how fast my little marker on the Navigation was moving though. :uhh: ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/5 "2009-05-06T08:10:19Z")
I would be such a dick to the tow truck guy. ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/6 "2009-05-06T08:11:55Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > I would be such a dick to the tow truck guy. At that point though, they were probably in cuffs and at the police station. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/7 "2009-05-06T08:14:02Z")
> [@Beck](#): > > Although it probably feels like nothing in a Veyron, 179 is fucking flying. I’d be more amused at how fast my little marker on the Navigation was moving though. :uhh: Yeah, everything I heard was when they got clocked at that speed they were coming DOWN from a 200+ run. I can assure you the NAV does look HILARIOUS at that speed. :roflpicard: ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/8 "2009-05-06T08:15:08Z")
FWIW- the monster guy with the crazy sideburns holds the long distance record for longest jump on a snowmobile. Paul Thacker: ![http://www.snowmobile.com/images/content/2thacker0330.jpg](http://www.snowmobile.com/images/content/2thacker0330.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/9 "2009-05-06T08:16:20Z")
Also: Honestly a Veyron is probably safer to drive at 180 than some of these mid 90’s POS people still drive,doing 65mph. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/10 "2009-05-06T08:20:39Z")
200 on a pubic road, hopefully the car gets auctioned off while the driver is stuck in jail. ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/11 "2009-05-06T08:23:32Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > 200 on a pubic road, hopefully the car gets auctioned off while the driver is stuck in jail. fuck that. To afford that car, the guy is probably some VERY high up at some company… which means, he has put more into this economy than probably 1,000 people combined. ---
**Author:** ![baseball24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baseball24/32/7452_2.png) [@baseball24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/baseball24)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/12 "2009-05-06T08:23:34Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > 200 on a pubic road, hopefully the car gets auctioned off while the driver is stuck in jail. harsh harsh…hes got money if hes driving that… i dont see jail time coming from this ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/13 "2009-05-06T08:24:29Z")
200 on a pubic road, hopefully the car gets auctioned off while the driver is stuck getting an STD test. ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/14 "2009-05-06T08:26:16Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#): > > fuck that. > To afford that car, the guy is probably some VERY high up at some company… which means, he has put more into this economy than probably 1,000 people combined. Not entirely true; - Sponsors. - Someone who is a “high up” at a company, probably has enough sense to keep his ass out of jail. - He could’ve been a high up at Fannie Mae. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/15 "2009-05-06T08:26:52Z")
I assume he was in the middle of no where doing 170+ Who cares? lots of people go 100+ there. Don’t see how this is any worse then half the jackasses on here who go 40-130 on the local highways…Often times slowing down traffic :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/16 "2009-05-06T08:28:24Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#): > > Also: > > Honestly a Veyron is probably safer to drive at 180 than some of these mid 90’s POS people still drive,doing 65mph. > **[Bugatti Veyron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron#Production_figures)** > > The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engine sports car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and Bugatti and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti. It was named after the racing driver Pierre Veyron. > The original version has a top speed of 407 km/h (253 mph). It was named the 2000s Car of the Decade by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The standard Veyron also won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005. > The Super Sport ... Yes, 4500 lbs traveling at 200 MPH is much safer than a '95 Corolla weighting 2300 lbs traveling at 65. :picard: edit: no lie, I would be topping that bitch out though. Just cant deal with the argument that its safer. ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/17 "2009-05-06T08:28:45Z")
Yeah looks like he was in the middle of the desert from the pic posted ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/18 "2009-05-06T08:29:21Z")
Probably my favorite video of all time: ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/19 "2009-05-06T08:29:56Z")
> [@Beck](#): > > Not entirely true; > > - Sponsors. > > - Someone who is a “high up” at a company, probably has enough sense to keep his ass out of jail. > > - He could’ve been a high up at Fannie Mae. what I ment is, he’s **probably** contributed SO much more to society than thousands of people,combined. Fuck, if it wasn’t for him paying all that money in taxes, those cops probably wouldn’t have a job. My argument is invalid though…so continue. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362/20 "2009-05-06T08:29:56Z")
Middle of no where going 170 in a car meant to handle it… 290 going 120 in a Honda hatch back original top speed 65mph with a tail wind… [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gumball-3000-veyron-impounded/67362.md?page=2)