Re: In what distance would a Bugatti Veyron beat that Vauxhall dragster?

"Doc" <docsavage20@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 10, 3:18 pm, "Burgerman" <burger...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>
>> In the same way the veyron would lose on a motorway chase because the
top
>> speed is pretty impossible to achieve - no time/space - but the
vauxhall 
>> can
>> accelerate massively harder.
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>
> Do you mean against that Vauxhall?

Eh?

I mean the veyron against the V


How do you figure the Vauxhall wins
> in a highway chase?

because of traffic, bends, road works etc. In the real world there isnt
many 
places you could get fast!


If I understand correctly, you said your bike got
> slaughtered in a 1.5 mile dragrace with a top speed pretty close to
> what the Vauxhall is capable of in dragstrip trim.  It would seem the
> Vauxhall's acceleration advantage is only up to a certain point.


Well we dont know. The veyron according to conventional wisdom and an 
aerodynamics calc wouldnt actually be able to catch the vauxhall anyway...


>
> That Veyron wouldn't have to hit anywhere near its top speed to beat
> that Vauxhall. At 180 the Vauxhall is sucking wind, the Veyron is
> accelerating hard.  While the Vauxhall can go around 190, how long can
> it maintain it?

Err who knows what it can "maintain" - it has the power to go faster than 
the veyron anyway. Just.


And how stable is it going to be at that speed
> compared to the Veyron?

Not very. Who said anything about stability?

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