OT: Video - Bugatti Veyron + 215 - 225 MPH High Speed Run + Arizona Public Road = Pissed Off Authorities!

[RoadRunner]

Fast and Furious - The Bugatti Veyron is fast, the authorities are
Furious!!!

http://www.craigboyce.com/w/2012/02/215-mph-bugatti-veyron-high-speed-run-in-arizona/

[Christopher A. Lee]

Where was the Stig?

[Dennis J]

some say he was getting Jennifer Anniston Pregnant, AND re-writing the
Magna Carta....
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[Christopher A. Lee]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:54:16 -0500, Dennis J
<drju...@frontier.SCRAPE.COM> wrote:

>On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:54:06 -0800, Christopher A. Lee
><ca...@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:42:48 -0500, RoadRunner <as...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Fast and Furious - The Bugatti Veyron is fast, the authorities are
>>>Furious!!!
>>>
>>>http://www.craigboyce.com/w/2012/02/215-mph-bugatti-veyron-high-speed-run-in-arizona/
>>
>>Where was the Stig?
>
>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.

[Mike Painter]

I came across this yesterday while looking for a van
http://chico.craigslist.org/cto/2828727180.html

[Wilhelm Kuhlmann]

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.


William Coleman (ramashiva)

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

So? that's not the point of it all. A $10 Timex will keep as
accurate of time as a $16,000 Rolex Daytona.

Oh - and a GTR wouldn't be able to keep up with the Veyron where it
mattered. Plus it's a Nissan.

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

On Feb 12, 11:34 am, Christopher A. Lee <ca...@optonline.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:54:16 -0500, Dennis J
>

> <drjud...@frontier.SCRAPE.COM> wrote:
> >On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:54:06 -0800, Christopher A. Lee
> ><ca...@optonline.net> wrote:
>

> >>On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:42:48 -0500, RoadRunner <a...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >>>Fast and Furious - The Bugatti Veyron is fast, the authorities are
> >>>Furious!!!
>

> >>>http://www.craigboyce.com/w/2012/02/215-mph-bugatti-veyron-high-speed...

>
> >>Where was the Stig?
>
> >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.
>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSFX9vrwJf8

About 230 on, he's moving.

There used to be a far better version of this, but it seems to have
disappeared

[Wilhelm Kuhlmann]

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)

[Frank Galikanokus]

Looks like a bumpy ride on a US highway.

Better video and a better road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1t6S737Cs

JAM

[BillB]

On 2/12/2012 11:06 AM, Wilhelm Kuhlmann wrote:


> $30,000 for a set of tires???

Tires for the Veyron are comparably priced. According to Bugatti
engineers, they will last about 40 miles at top speed.

[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.

Not very likely. An F1 has only one seat.

The difference between an F1 and the next step down is huge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGUZJVY-sHo

While watching remember that Hammond can drive street cars around a track
with the rear end hanging out and talk about it at the same time.

[Bea Foroni]

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?

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

On Feb 12, 2:50 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???

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.

Yawn.

PS - a Dodge Viper has a 7:24

[panamfloyd@hotmail.com rade]

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.jpg

-Panama Floyd, Atlanta.
aa#2015/Member, Knights of BAAWA!

[panamfloyd@hotmail.com rade]

On Feb 12, 3:54 pm, Frank Galikanokus <FrankGalikano...@nospam.net>
wrote:

> RoadRunner wrote:
>
> > Fast and Furious - The Bugatti Veyron is fast, the authorities are
> > Furious!!!
>

> >http://www.craigboyce.com/w/2012/02/215-mph-bugatti-veyron-high-speed...

>
> Looks like a bumpy ride on a US highway.
>
> Better video and a better road.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1t6S737Cs
>
> JAM

I love that bit..for a single splendid moment, `Captain Slow' is the
fastest of our intrepid trio!

-Panama Floyd, Atlanta.
aa#2015/KoBAAWA!

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

On Feb 12, 6:51 pm, "panamfl...@hotmail.com rade"

I'd love to do a track day at the 'ring - in damn near any car or
better yet, on a motorcycle

[BillB]

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.

[Alim Nassor]

What you find distasteful is that you don't get enough say in how how
other people lead their lives

[BillB]

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?

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

It's easier to carry a baby than a freezer - just sayin'

[BillB]

Just to make it fair...the freezer has wheels. The kid is on crutches.

[Alim Nassor]

On Feb 13, 7:16 am, BillB <bo...@shaw1.ca> wrote:

I already answered this hypothetical in the other thread, try to keep
up. Ok?

[BillB]

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?

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

That's easy - the Veyron - sunk costs and all.

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

Oh sure - pick a differently abled child why don't you. And I suppose
the freezer is full of Aryan superchildren, right?

[Mike Painter]

Put the kid *in* the frreezer since such a widespread fire does not give
much chance of survival.
Push the freezer in front of the Bugatti and push it out with the car.

Of course the One True Christian would ask how much the embryos were worth
and ignore what the bible says...

Can they be frozen and survice?

[BillB]

On 2/13/2012 9:34 AM, Mike Painter wrote:

> Put the kid *in* the frreezer since such a widespread fire does not give
> much chance of survival.
> Push the freezer in front of the Bugatti and push it out with the car.

And scratch the bumper? I DON'T think so!

[Mike Painter]

I thought you might see the error in my solution.
Car, crutches, kid, freezer would work if you were real careful and there
would be almost no damage to the car or freezer.
Even in a fire sale the embryos should be worth $10.00 a pop.

[Michael Press]

In article
<33ad9934-7d8f-4669...@a15g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,

"The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior" <iamtj...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

I saw the USA Top Gear episode that put the Caddy SW
around the track, and it proves what you say.

--
Michael Press

[Michael Press]

In article <G28_q.4829$L6....@newsfe01.iad>, BillB <bo...@shaw1.ca>
wrote:

I will call you and ask what is the right thing to do.
What is your telephone number?

--
Michael Press

[Pepe Papon]

LOL. POTD so far.

[Zacharias Mulletstein]

When I become a pastor of my own church, I'm going to use a Bugatti Veyron
as my daily driver. How badass would that be? Since I can't have children,
I don't have to worry about getting an SUV or a minivan. I won't drive it
over 55, but I'll look plain badass driving it. I want it in bright red.