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

On Jul 12, 2:59 pm, "Burgerman" <burger...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> > Notably the speed at which it will leave the road trying to maintain
> > speeds it isn't suited to maintain or the first time it tries to match
> > that Veyron in negotiating a turn at speed.
>
> > :-)
>
> But turns were not part of your question?


Well, my original question was distance, you (or someone) threw in the
concept of a "highway chase".

I wasn't envisioning any kind of traffic interference - for one
because racing in traffic is plain stupid and dangerous - especially
to others - and people who do it should be publicly
executed...slowly.

Even if it's just a straight Bonneville run, logic dictates there's no
way the Veyron loses. No way is that Vauxhall with drag gears capable
of maintaining the kind of speeds that Veyron can with ease and he'd
be a fool to try. He's still got his homebuilt budget suspension -
let's face it most of the money is in the engine,  pathetic
aerodynamics, and an engine that was designed to go like hell for
under 10 seconds. He tries to hold high speeds against that Veyron's
infinitely more sophisticated powertrain, suspension and aerodynamics
he's either A) gonna die when it gets away from him B) his engine is
going to fail spectacularly where he might also die as a result.

At some point he's going to reach his terminal speed and the Veyron
catches him and p***** him....or p***** the burning wreck on the side
of the road that used to be the Vauxhall.