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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 05:43 PM
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Last week Saturday a buddy of mine met a friend in Vegas and rented a Lamborghini Gallardo and drove it out to the desert with a friend. I believe he actually took it up to Utah. Anyway, he put about 300 miles on it and then suddenly they smelled burnt oil. They looked behind them and saw two foot flames coming out of the engine bay. They pulled over and got out as quickly as possible. They both lost their luggage as well as a cell phone and a laptop. But they both made it out of the car safely, which is what counts.

Today, the video of it has been posted by someone who stopped to help. Seriously WTF are the chances? Crazy ____!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzTPpoqzDQc
Old Jun 11, 2008 | 06:23 PM
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Wow, hope they got insurance on it. Does anyone know how the fire started?
Old Jun 11, 2008 | 06:28 PM
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Lambos catch fire a lot.
Old Jun 11, 2008 | 06:28 PM
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man that lambo was HOT!!!!
Old Jun 11, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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drugs are bad mmmkkayyy........
Old Jun 11, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 08:00 PM
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wow, quite a bit of vids of Lambos on fire.
Old Jun 11, 2008 | 08:03 PM
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eh they got money to buy other expensive cars.
Old Jun 11, 2008 | 08:07 PM
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actually hurt to watch that..
Old Jun 14, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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man that's rough.
i drove a maserati spyder last week at a friend's party, and i damaged the front end going around a bend too fast. not crazy but one more damaged exotic ...

good luck with their insurance!
Old Jun 15, 2008 | 06:02 AM
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bumo for what the rental company said about this incident lol
Old Jun 16, 2008 | 09:54 PM
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ouch! a rental?! that SUCKS!
Old Jun 17, 2008 | 04:32 AM
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oops
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that sucks.
Old Jun 19, 2008 | 07:11 PM
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Hopefully they got the extra insurance.
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