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Old Jul 19, 2008 | 05:26 PM
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Saw a Veyron on the hard shoulder of the M1, just before J11 Luton today at about 2.15pm. Had foreign number plates. Out of fuel??
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Old Jul 19, 2008 | 05:46 PM
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I was taking a call
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Old Jul 19, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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Claudia was giving me a bl0wjob.
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Old Jul 19, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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I had to stop driving because Gene was on an important call and couldn't hear over the roar of the engine, and Flight Man was getting to a critical point with Claudia in the back. I only stopped for a matter of seconds
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Old Jul 19, 2008 | 06:01 PM
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 09:59 AM
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Be careful next time SC you need a good excuse to pull up on the hard shoulder! Next time I suggest you vacate yourself and your passengers from the car for your own personal safety
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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Was it all White ?
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 06:07 PM
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Was it all White ?
........ at the back? (avoids death by bumming/drowning joke)
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Anger
Was it all White ?
Actually it was.
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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 03:08 AM
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Seen a all white one in the middle of london town last night
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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by chrisowe
Actually it was.

I saw it in the road works on my way down the M1
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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 11:53 PM
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I think the Veyron has a GPS speed limiter like the R35 GTR. However where the GTR is limited to 112mph unless it knows its on an approved track - the Bugatti limits the car to 0 mph when it gets within a 5 mile radius of Luton.
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Originally Posted by Jay m A
I think the Veyron has a GPS speed limiter like the R35 GTR. However where the GTR is limited to 112mph unless it knows its on an approved track - the Bugatti limits the car to 0 mph when it gets within a 5 mile radius of Luton.

just 5 miles ?
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 12:19 AM
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Its set for 10 miles of Keighley trade centre, so 5 miles miles for Luton sounds about right

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im far too close to luton for my liking
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by dan/scooby
im far too close to luton for my liking
Thats exactly what the Veyron said on the dash, the DCI can confirm
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Jay m A
Thats exactly what the Veyron said on the dash, the DCI can confirm
It was more like a mile.
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