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Tadracket wrote:Somewhere there is an insurance agent sitting in the corner, crying.

I went to the Historics at Seca back in 2003, that year they had a Bugatti reunion. Well during some down laps Bugatti was able to do some promo laps for adveristment, maybe 10 laps or so. Mind you this was in a prototype as that car wasn't available then, I think there were two at the time in existence. I was sitting in the Media Room and he blows by the front stretch at maybe 120 -130 goes into the slight left hander before turn one and can only assume he was a bit over confident by going into the corner a little too hot and hits the breaks a little harder than necessary. I hear tires a-screaming. Those whom have drive rear engine cars, know they get tail happy a heck of alot quicker than front engine cars as the weight behind you pushes you instead of pulling you through the corner.... anyways, wooooof, the tail got out from under him and I swear he was within 12 inches of nailing the wall.

That would have been one heck of a mess at that speed and during a promo run. I can't remember what the Speed Channel commentators said, but we all had a good laugh.

I imagine when you have these stats under your arse there isn't much room for error...

Cylinders W16 Quad Turbo
Capacity 488 in³
7993 cc
Max Power 987 bhp @6000rpm
723 Kw @6000rpm
Max Torque 922 lb/ft @2200rpm
1249 Nm @2200rpm
Power to Weight 531 bhp/ton
0.38 Kw/Kg
Torque to Weight 496 lbft/ton
0.66 Nm/Kg
Specific Output 123 bhp/litre

no matter how fast it is, it still looks like an electric razor imo.

badhoopty wrote:no matter how fast it is, it still looks like an electric razor imo.

Yeah! An electric razor that goes 200MPH!



Most super cars are good at one thing, going fast. The amazing thing about the Veyron, IMHO, is that it's the super car. This is the Bentley of super cars, it does it all, absolute luxury, performance, speed, you name it. Of course, at 1.7 million, one would expect a little more, wouldn't they.

For that kind of money, I'm going air...



Too bad they shut down. They had a lot to offer.

Be our guest in our haunted house

My favorite Hooker...

Tad heading out for a fishing trip - He's cheap, so he doesn't have any rope and he makes his buddy drive!

Here we can see Halgar's fishing method, very tricky mate "honey, I'll go and ride my bike for a couple of hours"

That's gotta be Hoopty, I fish with dynamite!

Halgar wrote:That's gotta be Hoopty, I fish with dynamite!

So you don't do the electric thing anymore?

Tadracket wrote:

Halgar wrote:That's gotta be Hoopty, I fish with dynamite!

So you don't do the electric thing anymore?

Electric thing?

this is a picture of an old electrical fishing rig. You basically stun the fish then net them when they float to the top. The old hillbilly way was to take an old crank phone and run leads into the water then crank away. That worked well until the invention of aluminum boats
I had a few friends get lit up fishing this way with out any insulator between them and the boat

Tadracket wrote:That worked well until the invention of aluminum boats
I had a few friends get lit up fishing this way with out any insulator between them and the boat

That would be a redneck for ya! LOL

Halgar wrote:

Tadracket wrote:That worked well until the invention of aluminum boats
I had a few friends get lit up fishing this way with out any insulator between them and the boat

That would be a redneck for ya! LOL

Funny you should say that because the term "redneck" was actually coined in the town where I grew up. The union miners were marching from Charleston WV to Logan and they wore red hankies on their necks so they knew who was a miner and who was not. They met up with Sheriff Don Chaffin on Blair Mountain and fought for a couple days before the national guard was sent in. The miners were called rednecks because of the handkerchiefs.

This sign is at the base of Blair Mountain about 5 miles from where I spent the first 20 years of my life.