Top Gear - Bugetti
11 December 2005, 11:46 PM
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I just think it's stunning and a piece of engineering genius!
Those shots of the car blasting through the alps and northern france brought back excellent memories of THE STELVIO TOUR
Awesome roads. chris.
12 December 2005, 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by lpski1
Norwich Union are going to be happy with JC 
'quote me happy' 30 min conversation with someone from Mumbai who thinks its a Rover
'quote me happy' 30 min conversation with someone from Mumbai who thinks its a Rover
I hope they get p!ssed off enough to do something about it
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) I'm fed up of going through the rigmarole of giving some ****** who doesn't understand what I'm saying, everything up to and including my Grandad's inside leg measurement, before they even ask what they are going to be insuringPS did anyone else think it looked like the big Tommy Kaira from GT3 when viewed from the side?
12 December 2005, 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by cw42
well said that man, and totally agree. Whether you like that sort of thing or not, it's still just about the pinnacle of what can be achieved by man at this moment in time. That it took the ***** of the VW GROUP to go-ahead and commision it is kudos to them.
Those shots of the car blasting through the alps and northern france brought back excellent memories of THE STELVIO TOUR Awesome roads.
chris.
Those shots of the car blasting through the alps and northern france brought back excellent memories of THE STELVIO TOUR
Awesome roads. chris.
Awesome machine. The french motoring channel AB Motors had it on a couple of weeks ago and whilst they also raved on about it, they also showed you many more shots of it standing still and it really is a beautiful piece of machinery. I look forward to seeing it in the metal at the motor show next year
12 December 2005, 08:00 AM
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Does anyone know what some of the music was that was playing during the race....I recognised something from the film predator, but there was some other classical stuff that was really good, one was Mars ( Holst planets I think ) the other was something that sounds like it was from an old war film, but cant remeber what...I have always thought it a really good piece of music...
anyone?
anyone?
12 December 2005, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by kbsub
Tank holds 100 litres and flat out its all gone in 12 minutes 
10 radiators , even one for the rear spoiler
10 radiators , even one for the rear spoiler
, by comparison, a Cummins diesel QSK60 in G3 generator variant, at full bore ( 1500RPM 
....1850KWm/2460 HP/8000ftlb's/V16 config/quad 2 stage turbo ), 60 litres displacement, would only use 83 litres of fuel in 12 minutes.... JC quoted the combustion air requirements of the Veyron @ 500 litres per second
, the cummins just pips it here with 2150 Ali-B mode---> OFF
12 December 2005, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by ian_sadler
It was the 2.5 secs to 60 that made me 
12 December 2005, 12:03 PM
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Couple more shots for you - taken at the Top Marques Motor Show in Monaco in May. Stole the show - no question. Amazing looking car. I loved it
12 December 2005, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Chip Sengravy
Does anyone know what some of the music was that was playing during the race....I recognised something from the film predator, but there was some other classical stuff that was really good, one was Mars ( Holst planets I think ) the other was something that sounds like it was from an old war film, but cant remeber what...I have always thought it a really good piece of music...
anyone?
anyone?
12 December 2005, 12:32 PM
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the other was something that sounds like it was from an old war film, but cant remeber what...I have always thought it a really good piece of music...
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12 December 2005, 12:41 PM
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Loved some of the other facts that EVO magazine quoted when they reviewed it.....
Each back tyre costs £1400
Not sure who got their sums wrong, Clarkson (again)
or EVO, but they said that if you were sitting still in the Veyron and a McLaren F1 passed you doing 100mph, then you would still beat it to 200mph if you floored it
Still amuses me when Top Gear feature the top articles from the previous month's magazine...but I won't go down that road again
Each back tyre costs £1400
Not sure who got their sums wrong, Clarkson (again)
or EVO, but they said that if you were sitting still in the Veyron and a McLaren F1 passed you doing 100mph, then you would still beat it to 200mph if you floored it Still amuses me when Top Gear feature the top articles from the previous month's magazine...but I won't go down that road again
12 December 2005, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Chip Sengravy
That is an obscene amount of fuel , by comparison, a Cummins diesel QSK60 in G3 generator variant, at full bore ( 1500RPM ....1850KWm/2460 HP/8000ftlb's/V16 config/quad 2 stage turbo ), 60 litres displacement, would only use 83 litres of fuel in 12 minutes....
JC quoted the combustion air requirements of the Veyron @ 500 litres per second, the cummins just pips it here with 2150
Ali-B mode---> OFF
, by comparison, a Cummins diesel QSK60 in G3 generator variant, at full bore ( 1500RPM ....1850KWm/2460 HP/8000ftlb's/V16 config/quad 2 stage turbo ), 60 litres displacement, would only use 83 litres of fuel in 12 minutes.... JC quoted the combustion air requirements of the Veyron @ 500 litres per second
, the cummins just pips it here with 2150 Ali-B mode---> OFF
12 December 2005, 01:53 PM
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I loved the bit when JC went through Switzerland. 'The hills are alive with the sound of ...' VVVRRROOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!
I'd still 'av it through the twisties though!
I'd still 'av it through the twisties though!