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Wul
13th December 2005, 01:59 AM
mmmmmmmmmmm - how nice a car is that!

1000bhp

speed restricted to 250mph

W16 with four turbos

flat out will drain 100L of petrol in 12mins

0-60 in 2 and a bit seconds

http://www.arcadiadreams.com/images/ad_automobili/Bugatti_Veyron_18_4.jpg

Oh aye.........and it costs £840k!!! :cool::cool::cool::cool:
duncan
13th December 2005, 02:06 AM
Damn, I missed it last night. I'll have to see if its repeated.
Wul
13th December 2005, 02:08 AM
Duncan - repeated tomorrow at 7pm on BBC2.
duncan
13th December 2005, 02:09 AM
Cheers, i'll away and put it in the Sky reminder thingy now :)
Wul
13th December 2005, 02:11 AM
Bugger! Sorry Duncan - the Snookers on and theres no repeat noted on the RT website!! :(
duncan
13th December 2005, 02:13 AM
Yeah, just noticed.

Hmm, wonder if its on my Ma n Pa's Telewest replay thingy.

Its their fault I missed it, Had to pick them up from Edinburgh Airport
Burple
13th December 2005, 02:17 AM
quote:Originally posted by duncan

Yeah, just noticed.

Hmm, wonder if its on my Ma n Pa's Telewest replay thingy.

Its their fault I missed it, Had to pick them up from Edinburgh Airport


YES IT IS!! :D:D:D
I'll be watching it tonight :D
duncan
13th December 2005, 02:18 AM
quote:Originally posted by low_n_loud1


quote:Originally posted by duncan

Yeah, just noticed.

Hmm, wonder if its on my Ma n Pa's Telewest replay thingy.

Its their fault I missed it, Had to pick them up from Edinburgh Airport


YES IT IS!! :D:D:D
I'll be watching it tonight :D


Ta :)
Lynz
13th December 2005, 04:18 AM
You think if i ask Santa nicely there will be one witting under the christmas tree for me?
Big Col
13th December 2005, 04:49 PM
That car makes THE most incredible noise!

Edit:- Corrected yet another spelling mistake
Burple
13th December 2005, 06:28 PM
Wow!
That was just amazing!!!!
What a beast! I want one! :D:D:D:D
Big Col
13th December 2005, 07:47 PM
Typo mate not a spelling mistake. Tsk. :D
Scottie
13th December 2005, 08:37 PM
on the topic of Top Gear did you notice the Nigel Mansell lap what was going on there ???? fastest lap time in two different cars.

Is he the "Stig" I wonder

The Start
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/scottiecoop/igvi94.jpg

The Middle
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/scottiecoop/igvoeo.jpg

and the end of the lap

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/scottiecoop/igvot2.jpg
duncan
13th December 2005, 08:48 PM
They use 2 different cars for the lap.

I've noticed the different numberplates in previous shows.
Scottie
13th December 2005, 08:50 PM
I cannae get my head round this. Two cars but they manage a laptime off 1.44 something and that includes swapping cars???? Not bad.
duncan
13th December 2005, 09:28 PM
Well, they get more than the one timed lap, and presumably all the practice laps are filmed.

Its just the way it was edited, i guess.
zimbo
13th December 2005, 09:56 PM
Has Clarkson got a GREAT job or what!!! That Bugatti Veyron is amazing... Bugatti are making a loss on it as well because apparently it cost £5m to build each one! and they are only selling them at £840k each, so if you've got the money its a huge bargain :D:p:D

Now wheres that lottery ticket :p

Fifth gear last night was good too, with the Lamborghini Gallardo SE, that looks amazing too. Must be great to have money... :(
Smitty
13th December 2005, 10:43 PM
quote:Originally posted by zimbo

Has Clarkson got a GREAT job or what!!! That Bugatti Veyron is amazing... Bugatti are making a loss on it as well because apparently it cost £5m to build each one! and they are only selling them at £840k each, so if you've got the money its a huge bargain :D:p:D

Now wheres that lottery ticket :p

Fifth gear last night was good too, with the Lamborghini Gallardo SE, that looks amazing too. Must be great to have money... :(


what a machine!!:cool:

but about the £5 million to make each car, i think its been taken the wrong way

I was reading an article on the net (for the love of god, cant mind where!) and thats there predicted cost of each car to make including development, settin up the factory, testing etc, for their predicted sales.

Does that make sense!;)

Kinda hard to explain but basically means it dosent cost 5million to produce the car now, but adding on the overheads it works out at about 5million a car (thats if they get their predicted sales right!!:p):D
euan
13th December 2005, 11:34 PM
I met the "old" stig - Perry McCarthy. Very nice chap. Doesn't think Clarkson can drive for toffee though ;)

Smitty, I think the Times online had an article about it with that in it. It's a showcase car, and what a car. Apparently it's a bit scary in the bends, handling is not it's strong point, however, WHO CARES!