some say he was getting Jennifer Anniston Pregnant, AND re-writing the
Magna Carta....
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>some say he was getting Jennifer Anniston Pregnant, AND re-writing the
>Magna Carta....
I don't know if the Arizona run was on Top Gear, but I saw it when
they showed the Veyron on a dead straight German test track that was
so long it disappeared over the horizon.
The trouble with cars like that is that if you drive them as they are
meant to be driven, you need to fill up every few tens of miles.
A friend who sold his Silicon Valley startup to one of the major
players drives a Lamborghini Galliardo - it's basically a street legal
formula one car with a luxury interior. I've ridden in it but never
driven it - I doubt I could handle it without a course on a racing
circuit. It's his fun car and doesn't come out to play very often
because there's no way to drive it the way it needs, but you should
see it take tightly curved freeway on ramps at speed when there's
nothing else in the way.
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> >some say he was getting Jennifer Anniston Pregnant, AND re-writing the
> >Magna Carta....
> I don't know if the Arizona run was on Top Gear, but I saw it when
> they showed the Veyron on a dead straight German test track that was
> so long it disappeared over the horizon.
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On Feb 12, 12:19 pm, "The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior"
<iamtj4l...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 12, 1:06 pm, Wilhelm Kuhlmann <ramashiv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Feb 12, 10:26 am, "Mike Painter" <md.pain...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > I came across this yesterday while looking for a van
> > >http://chico.craigslist.org/cto/2828727180.html > > $30,000 for a set of tires??? One million for a fucking car???
> > This is a fucking joke. The $90,000 Nissan GT-R will blow the doors
> > off the Ferrari Enzo, both in a drag race and on the track.
> So? that's not the point of it all. A $10 Timex will keep as
> accurate of time as a $16,000 Rolex Daytona.
Really? You put a 660 HP V-12 in a car and engineer it with the most
advanced steering and suspension systems available. But the point
isn't how fast it will go in a drag race or on a racing track???
> Oh - and a GTR wouldn't be able to keep up with the Veyron where it
> mattered. Plus it's a Nissan.
Where would it matter? The Veyron has a faster 0-60 time and higher
top speed than the GT-R, which is not surprising, since it has over
500 more horsepower and weighs about the same. The fastest
Nurburgring lap times I can find are --
GT-R -- 7:16
Enzo -- 7:25
Veyron -- 7:40
LMFAO! On a RACING track, a $90,000 Nissan smokes two cars which cost
a million dollars each.
I wasn't comparing the GT-R to the Veyron. If you notice, I was
commenting on the link to a Ferrari Enzo for sale.
The Ferrari Enzo has 100 more horsepower and weighs 800 pounds less
than the Nissan GT-R, yet the Enzo takes 3.6 seconds to go 0 to 60,
versus 2.85 seconds for the GT-R.
Discussion subject changed to "OT: Video - Bugatti Veyron + 215 - 225 MPH High Speed Run + ArizonaPublic Road = Pissed Off Authorities!" by Frank Galikanokus
Discussion subject changed to "OT: Video - Bugatti Veyron + 215 - 225 MPH High Speed Run + Arizona Public Road = Pissed Off Authorities!" by Mike Painter
Christopher A. Lee wrote:
> A friend who sold his Silicon Valley startup to one of the major
> players drives a Lamborghini Galliardo - it's basically a street legal
> formula one car with a luxury interior.
> Tires for the Veyron are comparably priced. According to Bugatti
> engineers, they will last about 40 miles at top speed.
Did you see the Craigslist ad for one of these cars? The guy counts
how many times he has started it since he bought it, (52). Where would
you take this? To the market? To the beach? You'd be losing thousands
everytime it got a scratch or a bug splat. $1,000,000 for a car you'd
be scared to drive.
Think there might be some truth in this wealth inequality stuff?
> On Feb 12, 12:19 pm, "The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior"
> <iamtj4l...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Feb 12, 1:06 pm, Wilhelm Kuhlmann <ramashiv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Feb 12, 10:26 am, "Mike Painter" <md.pain...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > > I came across this yesterday while looking for a van
> > > >http://chico.craigslist.org/cto/2828727180.html > > > $30,000 for a set of tires??? One million for a fucking car???
> > > This is a fucking joke. The $90,000 Nissan GT-R will blow the doors
> > > off the Ferrari Enzo, both in a drag race and on the track.
> > So? that's not the point of it all. A $10 Timex will keep as
> > accurate of time as a $16,000 Rolex Daytona.
> Really? You put a 660 HP V-12 in a car and engineer it with the most
> advanced steering and suspension systems available. But the point
> isn't how fast it will go in a drag race or on a racing track???
Not really - there are a LOT of very very fast cars - hell, Caddy's
got a *staion wagon* which would hold it's own v many of these cars.
> > Oh - and a GTR wouldn't be able to keep up with the Veyron where it
> > mattered. Plus it's a Nissan.
> Where would it matter? The Veyron has a faster 0-60 time and higher
> top speed than the GT-R, which is not surprising, since it has over
> 500 more horsepower and weighs about the same.
Exactly. That's where it would matter.
> LMFAO! On a RACING track, a $90,000 Nissan smokes two cars which cost
> a million dollars each.
> On Feb 12, 12:19 pm, "The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior"
> <iamtj4l...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Feb 12, 1:06 pm, Wilhelm Kuhlmann <ramashiv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Feb 12, 10:26 am, "Mike Painter" <md.pain...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > > I came across this yesterday while looking for a van
> > > >http://chico.craigslist.org/cto/2828727180.html > > > $30,000 for a set of tires??? One million for a fucking car???
> > > This is a fucking joke. The $90,000 Nissan GT-R will blow the doors
> > > off the Ferrari Enzo, both in a drag race and on the track.
> > So? that's not the point of it all. A $10 Timex will keep as
> > accurate of time as a $16,000 Rolex Daytona.
> Really? You put a 660 HP V-12 in a car and engineer it with the most
> advanced steering and suspension systems available. But the point
> isn't how fast it will go in a drag race or on a racing track???
> > Oh - and a GTR wouldn't be able to keep up with the Veyron where it
> > mattered. Plus it's a Nissan.
> Where would it matter? The Veyron has a faster 0-60 time and higher
> top speed than the GT-R, which is not surprising, since it has over
> 500 more horsepower and weighs about the same. The fastest
> Nurburgring lap times I can find are --
> GT-R -- 7:16
> Enzo -- 7:25
> Veyron -- 7:40
> LMFAO! On a RACING track, a $90,000 Nissan smokes two cars which cost
> a million dollars each.
> I wasn't comparing the GT-R to the Veyron. If you notice, I was
> commenting on the link to a Ferrari Enzo for sale.
> The Ferrari Enzo has 100 more horsepower and weighs 800 pounds less
> than the Nissan GT-R, yet the Enzo takes 3.6 seconds to go 0 to 60,
> versus 2.85 seconds for the GT-R.
> William Coleman (ramashiva)
Good points, but the Nurburgring (north course) isn't just any
racetrack. I can see the GT-R whipping them around that place. I
wonder what they'd do somewhere with more straights and smoother
pavement. I wish they hadn't put all those chicanes in at Silverstone,
some place like that might see different numbers.
I have no dog in this fight. As much as I love my sport, I've never
really gone nuts over exotics. Every other kid in my neighborhood had
posters of Lambo Countaches on the walls, I had Niki Lauda's F1
Ferrari and that famous shot of the BMW 3.5 CSL jumping at the `Ring.
<g> http://media.latphoto.co.uk/thumbnails/2005/10/13/LAT2005101308824_PV...
-Panama Floyd, Atlanta.
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Discussion subject changed to "Video - Bugatti Veyron + 215 - 225 MPH High Speed Run + Arizona Public Road = Pissed Off Authorities!" by The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior
<panamfl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 12, 3:50 pm, Wilhelm Kuhlmann <ramashiv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Feb 12, 12:19 pm, "The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior"
> > <iamtj4l...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Feb 12, 1:06 pm, Wilhelm Kuhlmann <ramashiv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Feb 12, 10:26 am, "Mike Painter" <md.pain...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > > > I came across this yesterday while looking for a van
> > > > >http://chico.craigslist.org/cto/2828727180.html > > > > $30,000 for a set of tires??? One million for a fucking car???
> > > > This is a fucking joke. The $90,000 Nissan GT-R will blow the doors
> > > > off the Ferrari Enzo, both in a drag race and on the track.
> > > So? that's not the point of it all. A $10 Timex will keep as
> > > accurate of time as a $16,000 Rolex Daytona.
> > Really? You put a 660 HP V-12 in a car and engineer it with the most
> > advanced steering and suspension systems available. But the point
> > isn't how fast it will go in a drag race or on a racing track???
> > > Oh - and a GTR wouldn't be able to keep up with the Veyron where it
> > > mattered. Plus it's a Nissan.
> > Where would it matter? The Veyron has a faster 0-60 time and higher
> > top speed than the GT-R, which is not surprising, since it has over
> > 500 more horsepower and weighs about the same. The fastest
> > Nurburgring lap times I can find are --
> > GT-R -- 7:16
> > Enzo -- 7:25
> > Veyron -- 7:40
> > LMFAO! On a RACING track, a $90,000 Nissan smokes two cars which cost
> > a million dollars each.
> > I wasn't comparing the GT-R to the Veyron. If you notice, I was
> > commenting on the link to a Ferrari Enzo for sale.
> > The Ferrari Enzo has 100 more horsepower and weighs 800 pounds less
> > than the Nissan GT-R, yet the Enzo takes 3.6 seconds to go 0 to 60,
> > versus 2.85 seconds for the GT-R.
> > William Coleman (ramashiva)
> Good points, but the Nurburgring (north course) isn't just any
> racetrack. I can see the GT-R whipping them around that place. I
> wonder what they'd do somewhere with more straights and smoother
> pavement. I wish they hadn't put all those chicanes in at Silverstone,
> some place like that might see different numbers.
I'd love to do a track day at the 'ring - in damn near any car or
better yet, on a motorcycle
> Did you see the Craigslist ad for one of these cars? The guy counts
> how many times he has started it since he bought it, (52). Where would
> you take this? To the market? To the beach? You'd be losing thousands
> everytime it got a scratch or a bug splat. $1,000,000 for a car you'd
> be scared to drive.
> Think there might be some truth in this wealth inequality stuff?
Think of the huge amount of scarce societal resources that went into building that car, just so a rich guy could park it in his garage as a piece of modern sculpture, and come out in his housecoat and look at it once in a while. There *is* something distastefully wrong with that picture.
On Feb 12, 11:58 pm, BillB <bo...@shaw1.ca> wrote:
> On 2/12/2012 3:38 PM, Bea Foroni wrote:
> > Did you see the Craigslist ad for one of these cars? The guy counts
> > how many times he has started it since he bought it, (52). Where would
> > you take this? To the market? To the beach? You'd be losing thousands
> > everytime it got a scratch or a bug splat. $1,000,000 for a car you'd
> > be scared to drive.
> > Think there might be some truth in this wealth inequality stuff?
> Think of the huge amount of scarce societal resources that went into
> building that car, just so a rich guy could park it in his garage as a
> piece of modern sculpture, and come out in his housecoat and look at it
> once in a while. There *is* something distastefully wrong with that picture.
What you find distasteful is that you don't get enough say in how how
other people lead their lives
> What you find distasteful is that you don't get enough say in how how
> other people lead their lives
Alim, let's say you're in a fire with a five-year-old child and a freezer holding 1,000,000 frozen embryos. There's only time to save one or the other. Do you save the child or the 1,000,000 itsy bitsy babies?
> > What you find distasteful is that you don't get enough say in how how
> > other people lead their lives
> Alim, let's say you're in a fire with a five-year-old child and a
> freezer holding 1,000,000 frozen embryos. There's only time to save one
> or the other. Do you save the child or the 1,000,000 itsy bitsy babies?
It's easier to carry a baby than a freezer - just sayin'
On 2/13/2012 5:20 AM, The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior wrote:
> On Feb 13, 7:16 am, BillB<bo...@shaw1.ca> wrote:
>> On 2/13/2012 5:01 AM, Alim Nassor wrote:
>>> What you find distasteful is that you don't get enough say in how how
>>> other people lead their lives
>> Alim, let's say you're in a fire with a five-year-old child and a
>> freezer holding 1,000,000 frozen embryos. There's only time to save one
>> or the other. Do you save the child or the 1,000,000 itsy bitsy babies?
> It's easier to carry a baby than a freezer - just sayin'
Just to make it fair...the freezer has wheels. The kid is on crutches.
> > What you find distasteful is that you don't get enough say in how how
> > other people lead their lives
> Alim, let's say you're in a fire with a five-year-old child and a
> freezer holding 1,000,000 frozen embryos. There's only time to save one
> or the other. Do you save the child or the 1,000,000 itsy bitsy babies?
I already answered this hypothetical in the other thread, try to keep
up. Ok?
> On Feb 13, 7:16 am, BillB<bo...@shaw1.ca> wrote:
>> On 2/13/2012 5:01 AM, Alim Nassor wrote:
>>> What you find distasteful is that you don't get enough say in how how
>>> other people lead their lives
>> Alim, let's say you're in a fire with a five-year-old child and a
>> freezer holding 1,000,000 frozen embryos. There's only time to save one
>> or the other. Do you save the child or the 1,000,000 itsy bitsy babies?
> I already answered this hypothetical in the other thread, try to keep
> up. Ok?
I don't see how you answered it in another thread, because I just made it up now. What would you do? I am basically asking you if you assign a frozen embryo (itsy bitsy baby) at least 1/1,000,000th the value you give a real, live five-year-old on crutches.
Well?
And just to make it even tougher, what if it was a five-year-old on crutches, 2,000,000 embryos, or your uninsured Bugatti Veyron?
> > On Feb 13, 7:16 am, BillB<bo...@shaw1.ca> wrote:
> >> On 2/13/2012 5:01 AM, Alim Nassor wrote:
> >>> What you find distasteful is that you don't get enough say in how how
> >>> other people lead their lives
> >> Alim, let's say you're in a fire with a five-year-old child and a
> >> freezer holding 1,000,000 frozen embryos. There's only time to save one
> >> or the other. Do you save the child or the 1,000,000 itsy bitsy babies?
> > I already answered this hypothetical in the other thread, try to keep
> > up. Ok?
> I don't see how you answered it in another thread, because I just made
> it up now. What would you do? I am basically asking you if you assign a
> frozen embryo (itsy bitsy baby) at least 1/1,000,000th the value you
> give a real, live five-year-old on crutches.
> Well?
> And just to make it even tougher, what if it was a five-year-old on
> crutches, 2,000,000 embryos, or your uninsured Bugatti Veyron?
