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AmbulanceDriver

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I want one!
« on: January 04, 2007, 04:45:12 AM »
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4....   A 1001 bhp, 250+mph, 16 CYLINDER, 8.0 liter demon on wheels....

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=2&article_id=4406

Except this one apparently handles like a pussycat.........

One of my favorite quotes from the article:

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Launch control is simple to implementmash the throttle and release the brake pedal. A most unobtrusive exhaust note comes with the acceleration. The 7-speed DSG snaps through the gears, the Veyron leaps forward and suddenly you are going way too fast.
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2007, 06:07:00 AM »
$1.4M for a car?  No, I don't think so.
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2007, 10:07:47 AM »
Quote from: The Rabbi on January 04, 2007, 05:07:00 AM
$1.4M for a car?  No, I don't think so.

Yeah man, thinks of all the guns! There's enough money there for several full-autos!  grin

(Well, c'mon, what did you expect? This is, after all, an offshoot of a firearms board. Someone had to bring up the idea sooner or later. Wink)
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2007, 10:10:59 AM »
I can't imagine what insurance would run for such a thing.
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2007, 10:13:23 AM »
So, AmbulanceDriver, an ambulance isn't top-end enough for you?  grin
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2007, 10:25:09 AM »
Quote from: The Rabbi on January 04, 2007, 09:10:59 AM
I can't imagine what insurance would run for such a thing.
I would think that such issues didn't matter if you could afford the car.  The tires are $17k!  I haven't purchased a car yet that cost $17k.  Heck, both my current cars combined aren't worth much more than that.

I don't think I'd buy the car even if I could afford it.  There's no point in having it if you can't enjoy it's capabilities.

Give me an early vintage 911 any day. 

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Re: I want one!
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2007, 10:30:44 AM »

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Give me an early vintage 911 any day

Throw a "1" on the front of that and I'm right there with ya!

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Re: I want one!
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2007, 10:41:24 AM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on January 04, 2007, 09:30:44 AM

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Give me an early vintage 911 any day

Throw a "1" on the front of that and I'm right there with ya!

Brad
That too, but we're talking cars at the moment. Tongue

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Re: I want one!
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2007, 11:14:44 AM »
cosine, our ambulances are built by the lowest bidder and governed at 90mph.   They offer slightly less drag than a barn, and ride like a wagon with square wheels.

I'll take the Bugatti.....  Smiley
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2007, 11:20:18 AM »
Quote from: AmbulanceDriver on January 04, 2007, 10:14:44 AM
cosine, our ambulances are built by the lowest bidder and governed at 90mph.   They offer slightly less drag than a barn, and ride like a wagon with square wheels.

I'll take the Bugatti.....  Smiley

Yeah, but all the flashing lights and cool sirens compensate for that, right? Tongue  cheesy
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2007, 11:43:16 AM »
1.4 million would buy a nice piece of hunting ground and nice cabin to go with it, then still have money left over.

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Re: I want one!
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2007, 12:28:11 PM »
Quote from: cosine on January 04, 2007, 10:20:18 AM

Yeah, but all the flashing lights and cool sirens compensate for that, right? Tongue  cheesy

Only if people actually see/hear them.  And then managed to not panic stop right in front of me.  Apparently for entirely too many people the concept of "pull to the right and stop" is entirely foreign or just too complicated......
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2007, 02:04:45 PM »
Quote from: AmbulanceDriver on January 04, 2007, 10:14:44 AM
cosine, our ambulances are built by the lowest bidder and governed at 90mph.   They offer slightly less drag than a barn, and ride like a wagon with square wheels.

They don't handle very well on two wheels either.

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Re: I want one!
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2007, 02:08:05 PM »
Never had one on two wheels, but I did find out once that it is possible to make a shock absorber explode.............
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« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2007, 02:11:18 PM »
You should try it once...  'tis rather exhilarating.


How does a shock absorber explode?
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2007, 04:33:43 AM »
I'm with mtnbkr on this one. 1968-ish 911 Carrera. If I were going to spend 1.4 mil on a vehicle it'd have wings.
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2007, 10:12:24 AM »
Quote from: spinr on January 04, 2007, 01:11:18 PM
You should try it once...  'tis rather exhilarating.


How does a shock absorber explode?

spinr, it's simple really.  First, you find a road that is so disrepaired it's about to be closed off by the county.  It doesn't go anywhere really, so it doesn't matter if it's maintained, right?  Then you take an ambulance that's right at the limit of the GVWR.   Then you happen to find the speed at which the potholes you're hitting start to match the oscillations of the ambulance.  So that each pothole makes your vertical motion bigger and bigger.   Finally, hit a REALLY BIG pothole at about 35 miles an hour just before the shock absorber has bottomed out from the previous oscillation.

*BANG*

Send vehicle in to fleet maintenance complaining of rough ride.  When fleet inquires about the exploded shock absorber, profess innocence and disavow any knowledge of how said exploded shock absorber happened to become that way.
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2007, 10:30:29 AM »
Does that bugaboo car come in a hybrid?  How 'bout a diesel?
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #18 on: January 06, 2007, 05:21:04 PM »
Quote from: AmbulanceDriver on January 06, 2007, 09:12:24 AM
spinr, it's simple really.  First, you find a road that is so disrepaired it's about to be closed off by the county.  It doesn't go anywhere really, so it doesn't matter if it's maintained, right?  Then you take an ambulance that's right at the limit of the GVWR.   Then you happen to find the speed at which the potholes you're hitting start to match the oscillations of the ambulance.  So that each pothole makes your vertical motion bigger and bigger.   Finally, hit a REALLY BIG pothole at about 35 miles an hour just before the shock absorber has bottomed out from the previous oscillation.

*BANG*

Send vehicle in to fleet maintenance complaining of rough ride.  When fleet inquires about the exploded shock absorber, profess innocence and disavow any knowledge of how said exploded shock absorber happened to become that way.

 grin

Sounds like fun!
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