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Oh, I forgot, for the safety-minded, in order to get to top speed, you have to stop the car, insert a SECOND ignition key, and go through a check list. If the car agrees that conditions are right, it lowers itself to 2.5" off the pavement, and kicks in the "extras" to get you the power you need.
I think the "being chased by spies" over-ride is the only option beside paint scheme and it bumps the price to $1.3 million. But, hey, cover every contingency
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...can I have weapons mounted on mine? I mean, if you're being chased by spies, you want to be able to defend yourself/blow holes in anything that obstructs your path.
Alternatively, one could create strategically-placed avalanches should one be pursued in a deep ravine or something.
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*and the Alaskan wilderness . . . now that I think of it, there's not many oil deposits in the Amazon, right?*
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"In 20 seconds...it reaches 200 mph. In 53 mind-blowing seconds, the Veyron reaches its marquee speed: 253 mph. At that speed, the tires would begin to soften in about half an hour. Fortunately, at top speed, it runs out of gas in 12 minutes. "It's a safety feature," Wolfgang Schreiber, the Veyron's chief engineer, says with a smile."
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They also forgot to mention that at that speed, all the loose skin flaps to the back of your head and your body kind of flattens out as in this artist's conception.
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quote:Originally posted by Bob_Scopatz: Oh, I forgot, for the safety-minded, in order to get to top speed, you have to stop the car, insert a SECOND ignition key, and go through a check list.
Wow! Just like that opening scene in the missile silo in "Wargames".
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