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

"Doc" <docsavage20@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:1184156065.959722.21920@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> We KNOW the Veyron is good for 253 mph - there's video of it doing it
> and STILL incrementally climbing.

Don't forget that the Veyron like the M5 is electronically limited to it's

top speed, unofficially Bugatti techs say it will do the far side of 270
when 
de restricted but no one will make a road tyre that's up to it.

> Have you seen that video of the Veyron vs the Audi R8? If the specs I
> saw are correct, that Audi is a near 190 mph car . They punch it from
> a highway speed start - with the Audi going first. When the Veyron
> floors it, it looks like the Audi slammed the brakes on even though
> he's accelerating, and damn quickly given how fast he's reading off
> the speed 100 - 110 - 120 about as fast as he can say it.  Yet by the
> time he hits 120 that Veyron is GONE.

This one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS_unscao0Q