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

Depresion wrote:
> "Doc" <docsavage20@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> 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.

Hmmm.  On the top-gear vid, it was climbing very slowly to the 407km/h 
mark - it looked more like it was asymtoting to it's V-max than hitting 
a limiter.  It certainly didn't look like it would ever get near 270.

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

Cool :-)