Percy Finds His Bugatti Veyron
I'm not the only one who is so distracted by the market turmoil that he didn't know his car was missing.
Bertrand Des Pallieres, founder of the SPQR Capital LLP hedge fund, said he was so focused on the swings in financial markets that he didn't notice his 80,000-pound ($160,000) sports car had been impounded by London authorities.I apparently parked my Bugatti Veyron 16.4 in front of a fire hydrant for handicapped people in the middle of Elm Street, and the traffic police had it towed away. I rarely drive myself, so I didn't even notice it was missing. Thanks to the people at the impound lot for calling before scrapping the car.
The 39-year-old, who quit Deutsche Bank AG in April to set up the fund, said in a telephone interview he amassed ``thousands of pounds'' in fines from unpaid congestion-charge fees and taxes. Authorities seized the blue Maserati Cambiocorsa in late May. Des Pallieres didn't realize it had been taken until this month.
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