Bugatti Veyron
23 February 2008, 06:21 PM
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Bugatti Veyron
Come across a Veyron today on the M40 north bound BUL * and we did 69 mph and admired each others cars....nothing else happened
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23 February 2008, 07:57 PM
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Don't be too disheartened, son. The Veyron is a serious weapon. 
Take a look at this vid. Adam's Ruffed up CTR (Porsche not Civic ) is phenomenally quick. Circa 550-600 of the finest german horses and lighter than a packet of ciggies.
Interesting viewing
YouTube - Bugatti Veyron vs Porsche Ruf CTR
Take a look at this vid. Adam's Ruffed up CTR (Porsche not Civic
) is phenomenally quick. Circa 550-600 of the finest german horses and lighter than a packet of ciggies.Interesting viewing
YouTube - Bugatti Veyron vs Porsche Ruf CTR
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23 February 2008, 10:21 PM
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Never mind Jeff at least you tried! Remember that a Veyron can leave a fast bike for dead too. Fav clip below where one goes past a R1 when he's giving it some too.
YouTube - Bugatti Veyron vs. Yamaha R1 RACING DOWN MOTERWAY
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YouTube - Bugatti Veyron vs. Yamaha R1 RACING DOWN MOTERWAY
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Come on guys cant someone tell a story about spirited driving without people jumping on bad driving band wagon, I mean its like we all have these fast cars but should never drive them fast.
In the end speeding is speeding wether its 45 in a 30 or 100+ on a motorway. Don't flame me but I dare say its safer to speed on the motorway than in built up areas which most of us probably do.
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In the end speeding is speeding wether its 45 in a 30 or 100+ on a motorway. Don't flame me but I dare say its safer to speed on the motorway than in built up areas which most of us probably do. Dougie
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Come on guys cant someone tell a story about spirited driving without people jumping on bad driving band wagon, I mean its like we all have these fast cars but should never drive them fast. In the end speeding is speeding wether its 45 in a 30 or 100+ on a motorway. Don't flame me but I dare say its safer to speed on the motorway than in built up areas which most of us probably do.
Dougie
In the end speeding is speeding wether its 45 in a 30 or 100+ on a motorway. Don't flame me but I dare say its safer to speed on the motorway than in built up areas which most of us probably do. Dougie
24 February 2008, 09:46 AM
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Stories like this are like fishermans tales....the accuracy is a little dubious, certainly the speeds never exceeded 70mph and we where driving sensible and within the capabilities of both cars, we where not racing and no animals where harmed in the production of this tall story. Specially modified gearbox in my RS4 which redlines in 5th at 70mph where the speed limiter kicks in.
Move along, nothing to see here....
It's a little sad when you can't get enthused by a fast car on a car website
Move along, nothing to see here....
It's a little sad when you can't get enthused by a fast car on a car website
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25 February 2008, 12:16 PM
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Was side by side with a Veyron on the motorway in the south of France. I think the driver knew that we wanted a show 
so after sitting side by side looking at it I applied full throttle and he proceeded to do the same shortly after on the outside lane ... result ... O.M.G!!!!!
Now my Golf V R32 is by no means slow, and we were at a nice accelleration point doing about 70kmh when I floored it in the right gear and all ... simply amazing, once he accellerated it was like we were going backwards all of a sudden whilst simultaneously being overtaken by a fighter jet.
Never ever seen accelleration like it; have been done before by various Ferrari and Porsche, certainly very fast cars, but they were simply faster than my R32 ... this thing was totally from another universe where the laws of physics are changed
Amazing!
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so after sitting side by side looking at it I applied full throttle and he proceeded to do the same shortly after on the outside lane ... result ... O.M.G!!!!!Now my Golf V R32 is by no means slow, and we were at a nice accelleration point doing about 70kmh when I floored it in the right gear and all ... simply amazing, once he accellerated it was like we were going backwards all of a sudden whilst simultaneously being overtaken by a fighter jet.
Never ever seen accelleration like it; have been done before by various Ferrari and Porsche, certainly very fast cars, but they were simply faster than my R32 ... this thing was totally from another universe where the laws of physics are changed
Amazing!
Wall
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Was side by side with a Veyron on the motorway in the south of France. I think the driver knew that we wanted a show so after sitting side by side looking at it I applied full throttle and he proceeded to do the same shortly after on the outside lane ... result ... O.M.G!!!!!
Now my Golf V R32 is by no means slow, and we were at a nice accelleration point doing about 70kmh when I floored it in the right gear and all ... simply amazing, once he accellerated it was like we were going backwards all of a sudden whilst simultaneously being overtaken by a fighter jet.
Never ever seen accelleration like it; have been done before by various Ferrari and Porsche, certainly very fast cars, but they were simply faster than my R32 ... this thing was totally from another universe where the laws of physics are changed
Amazing!
Wall
so after sitting side by side looking at it I applied full throttle and he proceeded to do the same shortly after on the outside lane ... result ... O.M.G!!!!!Now my Golf V R32 is by no means slow, and we were at a nice accelleration point doing about 70kmh when I floored it in the right gear and all ... simply amazing, once he accellerated it was like we were going backwards all of a sudden whilst simultaneously being overtaken by a fighter jet.
Never ever seen accelleration like it; have been done before by various Ferrari and Porsche, certainly very fast cars, but they were simply faster than my R32 ... this thing was totally from another universe where the laws of physics are changed
Amazing!
Wall
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Come on guys cant someone tell a story about spirited driving without people jumping on bad driving band wagon, I mean its like we all have these fast cars but should never drive them fast. In the end speeding is speeding wether its 45 in a 30 or 100+ on a motorway. Don't flame me but I dare say its safer to speed on the motorway than in built up areas which most of us probably do.
Dougie
In the end speeding is speeding wether its 45 in a 30 or 100+ on a motorway. Don't flame me but I dare say its safer to speed on the motorway than in built up areas which most of us probably do. Dougie
Imagine you are driving with your son/daughter in the car and a ****** like that decides he thinks it's safe to do 130MPh, and happens to be wrong and ends up injuring or killing them, then is it a case of "we have fast cars so we're allowed to drive like tossers" or would you have a slightly different view? It's amazing how they think its fine until they get it worng, then its never just them that pay the price.
I think anyone doing those speeds on a public road is a complete ******* and hopefully the police pull him doing those speeds sometime soon and take him off the road.
25 February 2008, 04:14 PM
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How does doing 70mph stop someone from killing you and your family ? If i were you, i'd stay at home and never go out.
Speed doesnt kill, people kill.
Not all situations are the same, not all people are the same, not all cars are the same.
Sadly people like you, only have one stick to measure everyone else with, hence have no clue about anything.
Speed doesnt kill, people kill.
Not all situations are the same, not all people are the same, not all cars are the same.
Sadly people like you, only have one stick to measure everyone else with, hence have no clue about anything.
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How does doing 70mph stop someone from killing you and your family ? If i were you, i'd stay at home and never go out.
Speed doesnt kill, people kill.
Not all situations are the same, not all people are the same, not all cars are the same.
Sadly people like you, only have one stick to measure everyone else with, hence have no clue about anything.
Speed doesnt kill, people kill.
Not all situations are the same, not all people are the same, not all cars are the same.
Sadly people like you, only have one stick to measure everyone else with, hence have no clue about anything.
Not all situations are the same, that's why no one who is doing that sort of speed can be 100% certain that they wont end up involving someone else in an accident, and it isnt down to them to make that judgement, they should be taken off the road.
Speed doesnt kill? so you're stating that all things being equal, someone doing 140MPh is as safe as someone doing 70MPh? regardless of reaction and stopping times should the unexpected happen? you're living in a dream world if you think that. Speed to that excess kills, you have a LOT less time to react or respond to things. But no, you're a driving god who forsees every possibility and is 100% sure that high speed cant possibly cause any additional risk, because only people kill and not speed.
Keep any law breaking off the roads, people here seem so intent that speed is a 0% contributor to accidents, and that is just not true.
25 February 2008, 07:04 PM
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My suggestion is this: when ever we wish to recount stories of driving quick cars quickly, simply state that we were on a deristricted section of the Reichsautobahn. If it was good enough for the Waffen-SS, it'll be good enough for SS Bob.
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Lets get this straight - im not defending speeding, but your arguments are just stupid and biased.
Im using the "130/140MPh on any public road is too fast" measuring stick - so it is too fast on autobahns ? Or would you exclude the germans because they are a superior race and can react twice as fast or have much better roads/cars than UK?
And yes i do judge, because a grandma doing 70mph in a ford scorpio on a very busy motorway is much more dangerous than a 30 year old executive doing 180mph in a veyron at 2am on an empty motorway.
"Speed doesnt kill? so you're stating that all things being equal, someone doing 140MPh is as safe as someone doing 70MPh? regardless of reaction and stopping times should the unexpected happen? "
Read above - a veyron can stop from 140mph at least twice as fast or faster as a scorpio can stop from 70mph. A 30 year old guy, can react twice as fast as a grandma can and what are the chances of something unexpected happening at 2am ? I'd say the guy in a veyron has a much smaller chance of ending up in a pickle.
Yes, there are some retards that do 140mph in a van on a busy day. And i wil agree with you everytime that in this instance, speed is crucial. Thats why the speed limit is there, and yes it is illegal to be above it - because not everyone has a veyron, because not everyone has good reaction times etc. The law is there for the majority - but some people in some situations are just as safe when they do break the limit.
In some situations you should not be so judgemental and try to broaden your horizon a little.
Im using the "130/140MPh on any public road is too fast" measuring stick - so it is too fast on autobahns ? Or would you exclude the germans because they are a superior race and can react twice as fast or have much better roads/cars than UK?
And yes i do judge, because a grandma doing 70mph in a ford scorpio on a very busy motorway is much more dangerous than a 30 year old executive doing 180mph in a veyron at 2am on an empty motorway.
"Speed doesnt kill? so you're stating that all things being equal, someone doing 140MPh is as safe as someone doing 70MPh? regardless of reaction and stopping times should the unexpected happen? "
Read above - a veyron can stop from 140mph at least twice as fast or faster as a scorpio can stop from 70mph. A 30 year old guy, can react twice as fast as a grandma can and what are the chances of something unexpected happening at 2am ? I'd say the guy in a veyron has a much smaller chance of ending up in a pickle.
Yes, there are some retards that do 140mph in a van on a busy day. And i wil agree with you everytime that in this instance, speed is crucial. Thats why the speed limit is there, and yes it is illegal to be above it - because not everyone has a veyron, because not everyone has good reaction times etc. The law is there for the majority - but some people in some situations are just as safe when they do break the limit.
In some situations you should not be so judgemental and try to broaden your horizon a little.
