Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Well yeah I agree it's ugly, but there are people who think the Lambourghini Cuntach looks cool, some even say it looks good...

Strange, strange people...

Well yeah I agree it's ugly, but there are people who think the Lambourghini Cuntach looks cool, some even say it looks good...

Strange, strange people...

ha! try reverse parking one of those!

ha! try reverse parking one of those!

It'd be more fun to reverse park over one

In one of these:

These cars compete in a 1/4 mile (0.4 km) race and complete it in less than 4.5 seconds at upwards of 330 mph (530 km/h). A Top Fuel dragster accelerates from 0 to 100 mph (160 km/h) in less than 0.8 second, subjecting the driver to a force about 5.7 times his weight. This acceleration takes less than a tenth of the time needed by a production Porsche 911 Turbo to reach the same speed. A fuel dragster can exceed 280 mph (450 km/h) in just 660 feet (0.2 km). The full race distance is 1/4 of a mile, 1320 feet. For further information and standards for drag-racing, including safety requirements, see NHRA

And like that blog comment suggests.. this 0-60 in sub-2sec car.. just how reliable is it likely to be? Even by supercar standards this thing is gonna be spitting parts out the back on a daily basis.. (maybe :))

It'd be more fun to reverse park over one

In one of these:

haha! that looks good to me, those rear louvers are a joke!

haha! that looks good to me, those rear louvers are a joke!

Such a shame, would be a great oppurtunity to use a louverly pun.

Now, where's me coat...

the power to weight ratio on the ZR1 is scary... better than the Porsche 911 GT2, the Ferrari 599 and the Lamborghini LP640

As good as that on Marco Pantani?

i wasnt talking about drag bikes, i just didnt find a good picture, but people tune those Haybusas to 500hp as road bikes (which corner plenty well).

I know, I only said Santa Pod because just like properly tuned cars, the best place to see them is either the drag strip or at track days. ie, you don't often see them on the road, and if you do, you probably don't realise it's pumping out 500 bhp. They're also definitely not usually hanging around your local supermarket car park while the owner chats up 16 year old slags supping on Bacardi Breezers and smoking solid.

Barabus officially unveiled the TKR: a new 1005 horsepower supercar the automaker says is capable of doing zero to 60 mph in 1.67 seconds. What’s more, the car reportedly has a top speed of 270 mph — nearly 20 more than the Veyron. Power comes from a 6.0 liter V8 twin-turbocharged with dual intercoolers. The car has a full carbon fibre body and chassis. Further details remain sparse, but the automaker says it will sell the car for £360,000, which should translate to around $500,000, using typical automotive market conversion rates.

It’s worth noting that Barabus sometimes refers to the car as being able to hit 60 mph in “under 2 seconds,” rather than the stated 1.67. Even so, there is still some doubt among enthusiasts if such a figure is even possible.The TKR is said to have been in development for the last 10 years. The car is to be made in Italy and the power plant is built in the United Kingdom. Worldwide volume is projected to be 300-400 cars over the estimated three-year production run.

I don't like it when people refer to the Veyron. I don't know if anyone agrees with me, but it's easy (I use this in the loosest manner) to create a balls out car. Number one thing you should do if you want to go faster is throw everything out of the car as fast as you fucking can.
The Bugatti Veyron is not only the fastest production car but it's also relatively quiet inside, you can travel long distance without getting back ache, there's creature comforts (being VAG owned and a Bugatti, there's a lot of them), and to me the overall package exudes class. That car looks like a Supercar (read: rips off two Supercars), but it's not a classy car. It screams car enthusaist/footballer, when you arrive at your destination in that Brabus, nobody wonders what you've been doing or where you've been. They're not left dreaming about a heady lifestyle of tailored suits, fine champagne, and Beluga Caviar. Rock up at the Monaco Casino in a Veyron however, and people wonder if perhaps you've just driven from Milan. You popped over to have a new suit made. Maybe you've been to Switzerland to check on your numbered Accounts, picked up some chocolates on the way back? Or perhaps you're just meeting a Russian Oil Baron's attractive daughter for a night of Blackjack and kinky sex.

That my friends is the beauty of the Bugatti Veyron.

This is another "Veyron Slayer":

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarreviews/209891/dax_rush.html

What would you rather be driving?

this is mad 1second 0-60
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1225310/0_60_in_one_second/

Ah Red Victor 1. My friend's a small time auto journo, and a mutual friend of ours is a big time freelance auto photographer. They recently did a photoshoot for Retro Cars together on this car. They witnessed one of the very few top speed runs on an airstrip and apparently it was insane. This car is 100% ridiculous, and the fact he drives it regularly on the road is even more insane. One of my favourite things about the owner/driver of this car is despite how much of an animal it is, he doesn't wear anything special. On the photoshoot he drove wearing normal clothes and a pair of trainers. Mentalist.

Well yeah I agree it's ugly, but there are people who think the Lambourghini Cuntach looks cool, some even say it looks good...

Strange, strange people...

Countach = sex. I almost crashed my motorbike gawping at one of those on the M25. The fact that it was on the hard shoulder, clearly overheating did not put me off one little bit.

These cars compete in a 1/4 mile (0.4 km) race and complete it in less than 4.5 seconds at upwards of 330 mph (530 km/h). A Top Fuel dragster accelerates from 0 to 100 mph (160 km/h) in less than 0.8 second, subjecting the driver to a force about 5.7 times his weight. This acceleration takes less than a tenth of the time needed by a production Porsche 911 Turbo to reach the same speed. A fuel dragster can exceed 280 mph (450 km/h) in just 660 feet (0.2 km). The full race distance is 1/4 of a mile, 1320 feet. For further information and standards for drag-racing, including safety requirements, see NHRA

And like that blog comment suggests.. this 0-60 in sub-2sec car.. just how reliable is it likely to be? Even by supercar standards this thing is gonna be spitting parts out the back on a daily basis.. (maybe :))

If you like Top Fuel dragsters get your ass down to Santa Pod one day to see the Jet Car. You know that scene in Jurassic Park where T-Rex is making the ground shake? The 1st time I was in the presence of the Jet Car I was behind the hill so I couldn't see that it had rolled onto the 'strip. All I could feel was the ground shake every few seconds as the driver blipped the RPMs. The first thing that came into my head, honestly, oh my god! Dinosaurs! Then I realised, oh yeah, a jet engine is going to create some serious noise and vibration. Hearing that spool up to 100% of N1 is one of the best things I've heard.

With regards to the Brabus, I doubt it's a daily breakdown, what people like this do is work out how hard you have to drive the car before the engine breaks, then tone it down. Modern Ferraris are very easy to calculate the BHP because they are governed by ECUs and computers. Older Ferraris were limited using more archaic methods so power output from one engine to another varied wildly. If you take an older Ferrari you can push it a lot harder than Ferrari would like you to and it would just keep on rewarding you, until it went bang. They only have a lifespan of 10k miles before needing a modest rebuild. My parents manage 10k a year each!

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I don't like it when people refer to the Veyron. I don't know if anyone agrees with me, but it's easy (I use this in the loosest manner) to create a balls out car. Number one thing you should do if you want to go faster is throw everything out of the car as fast as you fucking can.
The Bugatti Veyron is not only the fastest production car but it's also relatively quiet inside, you can travel long distance without getting back ache, there's creature comforts (being VAG owned and a Bugatti, there's a lot of them), and to me the overall package exudes class**. That car looks like a Supercar (read: rips off two Supercars), but it's not a classy car. It screams car enthusaist/footballer, when you arrive at your destination in that Brabus, nobody wonders what you've been doing or where you've been. They're not left dreaming about a heady lifestyle of tailored suits, fine champagne, and Beluga Caviar. Rock up at the Monaco Casino in a Veyron however, and people wonder if perhaps you've just driven from Milan. You popped over to have a new suit made. Maybe you've been to Switzerland to check on your numbered Accounts, picked up some chocolates on the way back? Or perhaps you're just meeting a Russian Oil Baron's attractive daughter for a night of Blackjack and kinky sex.

That my friends is the beauty of the Bugatti Veyron.**

Bugatti must love you! their marketing must be working well if can evokes so much vision from you....sounds like a dreamy steamy romance novel :]

Out playing yesterday and this appeared. Daily driver.
Oh such fun.

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Zenvo ST1

7L 1100bhp beast, t/s 375km, 0.100 3 secs...

If you like Top Fuel dragsters get your ass down to Santa Pod one day to see the Jet Car. You know that scene in Jurassic Park where T-Rex is making the ground shake? The 1st time I was in the presence of the Jet Car I was behind the hill so I couldn't see that it had rolled onto the 'strip. All I could feel was the ground shake every few seconds as the driver blipped the RPMs. The first thing that came into my head, honestly, oh my god! Dinosaurs! Then I realised, oh yeah, a jet engine is going to create some serious noise and vibration. Hearing that spool up to 100% of N1 is one of the best things I've heard.

I think you've got these the wrong way around. A top-fueler (not top alcohol) is far more 'terrifying' than a jet car. I've seen both run at Calder Park. Jet cars are good for scattering the crowd directly behind the strip with their exhaust/fumes/heat/etc but in terms of raw power and earth shaking ability top fuel blows minds.
Jet cars just kinda whine whereas a top-fuel dragster makes you cover you ears just for the revs required to get it on the strip.. when it launches.. oh my fucking god.

F1's scream is nothing compared to these earth shakers.

I think you've got these the wrong way around. A top-fueler (not top alcohol) is far more 'terrifying' than a jet car. I've seen both run at Calder Park. Jet cars are good for scattering the crowd directly behind the strip with their exhaust/fumes/heat/etc but in terms of raw power and earth shaking ability top fuel blows minds.
Jet cars just kinda whine whereas a top-fuel dragster makes you cover you ears just for the revs required to get it on the strip.. when it launches.. oh my fucking god.
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F1's scream is nothing compared to these earth shakers**.

having lived on the 1/4 mile strip as a teenager surrounded by funny cars, hot rods,dragsters etc...I know exactly what you mean... but come on.... the scream of a F1 ripping around.... nothing is more sexy and exhilarating then that... makes the little hairs on my arms stand on end... totally orgasmic... there are people at the F1 track who wear ear plugs... can u believe that? madness!

I've only seen F1 once. The speed impressed me, the noise didn't.
I don't like it as a sport either whereas I'd happily spend all day watching drag racing.
I don't know why.

I've only seen F1 once. The speed impressed me, the noise didn't.
I don't like it as a sport either whereas I'd happily spend all day watching drag racing.
I don't know why.

cos you're a bogan?

I kept hearing about how fast or how quick each car are, but don't anyone would rather like a car that'd bring a smile on their face bombing on the A=road in the countryside than trying to get to 0-30mph in less than a second?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/1/1a/20080410224534!Vauxhall_Cavalier_Mark_2_Estate.jpg

cos you're a bogan?

Bogans like F1 too.. don't they?

Maybe it was because anyone could drag race.. almost no one can drive and F1.

my first car was one of these:

only with much much shitter wheels. 1.3L, 4-speed manual, 0-100km/h in about 10 minutes.
it was written off when a little old lady turned right across my sister at a set of traffic lights. i was sad.

Bogans like F1 too.. don't they?

Maybe it was because anyone could drag race.. almost no one can drive and F1.

i thought true bogans were more into the V8's. F1 is for the metro-bogans or nouveau-bogans.

even dale could drag race, i see your point.

Remember seeing a Dax Rush with 800bhp, from a 1.3!!!

Gotta love grenade engines.

Ford day out

Ford day out

Yes, yes, yes and yes!

Fecking love old Fords, all it needs is the theme tune from The Professionals/The Sweeney.