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Title: 257mph!!
Post by expat on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 2:37pm

World record broken today. A standing start over 1 mile. Speed reached, 257 mph. Funny thing is, it cost a quarter of the price of a Vayron and does it in a quarter of the distance a Vayron needs ;D

Title: Re: 257mph!!
Post by Strategic Retreat on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 4:21pm

Well, if you have the money a Veyron you can buy... that car, not really.

You should buy a same kind of Ford first, then modify it yourself (illegal where I live, by the way) and hope it will not leave you afoot because you messed up something in the powering-up.

A non-mass produced car not really for everyone, that. Hope they'll talk about it in the next season if Top Gear, though. Those Brits really know how to make a car show. :)

Title: Re: 257mph!!
Post by C on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 5:35pm

Pah! You can get a Skoda Octavia that does 216mph! Who needs an impacticable 2 seater!

Title: Re: 257mph!!
Post by Flying Trucker on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 7:49pm

Bah...Humbug... :P

My 1963 Model 88 Land Rover went faster than both of those... :)

Of course it was in the back of a C130 Herc at the time... ;D

Title: Re: 257mph!!
Post by Xpand on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 8:40pm

Well, there's a limit to how much power he can add to the car. The best thing he should do now is tweak the aerodynamics. It would be more cost effective than buying custom built driveshafts, brakes, suspension kits and wheels.
And expat, it's Veyron, not Vayron! ;D ;D ;)

Title: Re: 257mph!!
Post by expat on Mar 30^th, 2012 at 4:25am

Xpand wrote on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 8:40pm:

.And expat, it's Veyron, not Vayron! ;D ;D ;)

Have you seen the size of my fingers............. ;D

Matt

Title: Re: 257mph!!
Post by C on Apr 1^st, 2012 at 11:34am

2inches? ;D

Title: Re: 257mph!!
Post by jetprop on Apr 2^nd, 2012 at 5:37pm

Who needs that much speed?
You'll probably never go that fast!
150MPH volvo c70 will do fine,and its a CONVERTABLE! [smiley=evil.gif]

Title: Re: 257mph!!
Post by expat on Apr 2^nd, 2012 at 6:17pm

jetprop wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2012 at 5:37pm:

Who needs that much speed?
You'll probably never go that fast!
150MPH volvo c70 will do fine,and its a CONVERTABLE! [smiley=evil.gif]

Unless you live where I do, then neither will you. 150mph BMW 530D and from time to time I do [smiley=evil.gif] [smiley=grin.gif] [smiley=grin.gif]

Matt

Title: Re: 257mph!!
Post by hyperpep111 on Apr 2^nd, 2012 at 8:05pm

Wait, didn't the Veyron supersport do 267mph? So technically they have not broken the record yet.
But anyway just put a bus driver here in any car and I can bet you my house he'll get there before the fancy ford :D. I'm sure Christian's engineers are already plotting the next car to annihilate the Ford gt. ;D

Title: Re: 257mph!!
Post by machineman9 on Apr 11^th, 2012 at 9:53pm

hyperpep111 wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2012 at 8:05pm:

It's a standing start though.

One of the Veyron test runs (as seen on Top Gear) was made on an oval circuit in Ehra-Lessien. It has a straight which is nearly 6 miles long! So to go that fast in just one mile is pretty incredible!

Title: Re: 257mph!!
Post by Ivan on May 26^th, 2012 at 4:31pm

Veyron is limited by fuel tank and tyre life... both are at zero if you try the top speed

Title: Re: 257mph!!
Post by Strategic Retreat on May 27^th, 2012 at 10:22am

Ivan wrote on May 26^th, 2012 at 4:31pm:

Veyron is limited by fuel tank and tyre life... both are at zero if you try the top speed

ONLY the Veyron? :-?

And ALL the other comparable high performance cars? Are they powered by nuclear reactors and travel on an air cushions? :P