Thread: Bugatti: 407 km/h video

Originally Posted by Bruno

...On my honeymoon we drove a US rental car. it was comfortable as anything, but it felt sluggish and with a too soft suspension.
And not having a manual stick shift kinda sucked as well.

Yeah, but...but...but...at least you had plenty of cup holders!

(...see, you guys have your PRIORITIES all screwed up!!!!...)

-whatever

-Lou

Originally Posted by scarface

Yeah, but...but...but...at least you had plenty of cup holders!

(...see, you guys have your PRIORITIES all screwed up!!!!...)

-whatever

-Lou

Man, I've always loved that car (and that show too, BBC rocks!)

I gotta say American muscle cars don't come anywhere near European supercars, although the prices don't either ~$1 million for a Veyron, Enzo or Carrera GT vs. ~$100K for a Viper, Corvette or Ford GT...

Originally Posted by STR8 77

Man, I've always loved that car (and that show too, BBC rocks!)

I gotta say American muscle cars don't come anywhere near European supercars, although the prices don't either ~$1 million for a Veyron, Enzo or Carrera GT vs. ~$100K for a Viper, Corvette or Ford GT...

Amercian cars come close in terms of performance but build quality and styling goes to the Europeans.


Justin

American cars pack lots of power but it gets wasted on automatic trannies and soft suspension that doesn't come even close to proper handling.

Not being a speed fiend myself, I don't get why you'd want a car that goes so fast. What's the point? Speed limits in Australia are 100km/h (60mph) on highways and 110km/h on motorways. Over here at least, you never get to access the full potential of your vehicle, and if you do you're either breaking the law by massive amounts or never out of second gear...

I know a lot of these cars have lots of torque, so you get up to speed quickly and can drag people off at the lights etc. That could be fun I suppose.

But I always get a chuckle when sitting in peak hour gridlock with some guy beside me in his 6 figure sports car. The only thing he's doing fast is going nowhere - and I'm keeping up with him.

James.

Fastest I've ever traveled on wheels was something over 165 mph on a KZ750 I had back in 1982 in South Carolina. I don't know how much faster because I was still picking up speed when the speedometer pegged and the cable broke. Although a helmet wasn't required in SC, I found it pretty difficult to cruise the highways without a full face helmet because my eyes just couldn't take it. If I kept the speed down to 90 or 100, it wasn't so bad, but when I was really trying to get somewhere it was just too much.... and bugs became more than just a very painful inconvenience after about 90 mph, too.

250.... That's pretty darned fast. I was amazed at just how quickly that Bugati could accellerate at high speed. MORE POWER!!!!