Top Gear does the improbable

Post by **andyman** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:29 am

http://savemanny.blogspot.com/2007/02/t ... on-to.html

congrats, that is really fucking fast!

Post by **PhoeniX** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:37 am

Yet they still won't let them take it around the track

Post by **Kills On Site** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:19 am

Yea I've watched that video on Youtube a few times. It is sexy.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:35 am

yeah, saw the episode last week.
gotta love captain slow going 253mph.

Post by **Nightshade** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:25 am

407.4km/h. Holy fucking shit.
I have the Veyron as the wallpaper on my work laptop. As if I needed another reason to love that car.

Post by **Big Kahuna Burger** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:30 am

Incredible

Post by **Kat** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:16 am

That must have some serious downforce to keep it on the road at those speeds!

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:21 am

Yeah this was on last week. Fucking incredable

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:25 am

awesome presentation, as always, from the top gear team. Nice to see James May get a go here - don't usually see him outside the studio (tho i've only watched a few episodes of top gear)

Post by **PhoeniX** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:33 am

Apparently when they aired Hammond's crash they got 8.6 million viewers (30% of people watched it, higher than any other channel at the time). They got 7 million on the last episode.

The highest-rating BBC2 show last year was the final of The Apprentice, which attracted 5.9 million viewers. Top Gear's best 2006 audience was 5.3 million viewers.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/overnights/

For you non-UK people Top Gear is on BBC2 not the main BBC1 channel.

The BBC must be loving it.

Post by JB » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:01 am

that was definetely impressive

Post by **Eraser** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:43 am

lol, love the "at this speed the tires last only 15 minutes, but that's okay, the fuel runs out in 12" bit

Post by **saturn** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:09 am

....WOW.... :-0

The first time Top Gear raced with a Veyron against a propellerplane through Europe was fun, but this is what we were waiting for.

Incredible feat for the Volkswagen engineers that made it possible to cross the 250 mph - 400 km/h in a production car, while surviving it. They'll never regain the cost of R&D, so applause for the imagination and determination to advance car technology.

Post by **andyman** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:32 am

saturn wrote:....WOW.... :-0

The first time Top Gear raced with a Veyron against a propellerplane through Europe was fun, but this is what we were waiting for.

Incredible feat for the Volkswagen engineers that made it possible to cross the 250 mph - 400 km/h in a production car, while surviving it. They'll never regain the cost of R&D, so applause for the imagination and determination to advance car technology.

Which begs the question of why they ever sold one to this faggo: http://savemanny.blogspot.com/2007/01/s ... 7-mil.html

they should have sold them like ferrari sold the enzo's, to select people.

Post by **saturn** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:59 am

Don't know that guy, but he looks like a total imbecile....what a waste...smoking a cig in such a nice car.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:14 pm

Lindsey Lohan is crazy hot

Post by **o'dium** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:32 pm

Fuck me that video was hot... Loved it...

Gotta lovethe fact that at thoes speeds, the closest thing it probably feels like on a road is... Well... A Pod Racer

Feckin hell... Captain slow needs a new name...

Post by **losCHUNK** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:35 pm

in this series theyre gunna turn a robin reliant into a space shuttle and send it to space.... no shit

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:36 pm

losCHUNK wrote:in this series theyre gunna turn a robin reliant into a space shuttle and send it to space.... no shit

AHMAGH!!1111

Post by **seremtan** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:55 pm

losCHUNK wrote:in this series theyre gunna turn a robin reliant into a space shuttle and send it to space.... no shit

three wheels means less friction during re-entry :icon3:

Post by **MKJ** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:08 pm

love the extra key you need

Post by **Denz** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:17 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtxfbxGz1u4

This is a car that has 2000hp and is street legal. They mention the Bugati in this clip. As far as stait line racing this car will beat the Bugati but I doubt it will reach the top speed of the Bugati. All of this HP in a Chevy motor.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:36 pm

Denz wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtxfbxGz1u4

This is a car that has 2000hp and is street legal. They mention the Bugati in this clip. As far as stait line racing this car will beat the Bugati but I doubt it will reach the top speed of the Bugati. All of this HP in a Chevy motor.

one-off drag hot-rod... :icon6:

while it is mechanically impressive... its nothing new; or even remotely as impressive as the feat of engineering that the veyron is.

Post by **Nightshade** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:49 pm

saturn wrote:...the Volkswagen engineers that made it possible...

Bugatti.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:51 pm

Nightshade wrote:
saturn wrote:...the Volkswagen engineers that made it possible...
Bugatti.

stop living in 1920