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

On Jul 14, 1:48 am, "Burgerman" <burger...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> >> It does not accelerate faster and faster and I never claimed it did.
>
> > Your words:
>
> > "...the last 60mph happens as fast as the first only faster..."
>
> > "...It gains roughly the same mph per sec at the start as it does at
> > the finish..."

>
> The first is obviously a typo.


It wasn't obvious to me and it still isn't obvious that it was a
"typo".

The point arose in the first place when you made the following
assertion - at least twice:

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Its accellerating harder at 150 than the veyron can off the line!

> You stated the Vauxhall
> will accelerate harder at 150 than the Veyron does off the line. So,
> you say the Vaux will go 150 - 210 as fast as the Veyron does 0 - 60 -
> 2.46 secs?

Yes. It will be about that. You still have no comprehension of quite
how
hard accelerating a 7 sec 180 mph car is have you?
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Any "typos" there?

You made a specific assertion that you're now attempting to backpeddle
away from.


> And as usual you have cut out all the parts where you didnt like the
answers
> because you were obviously wrong.


I was focusing on a particular point. Kindly point out where I'm
"wrong" about the Vauxhall NOT "accellerating harder at 150 than the
veyron can off the line".

The fact is, by that point it's running out of steam, having gained
the biggest chunk of its speed and time in the early stages of the
run.


> One makes 187mph in 7 secs, the other a miserable 140 in 10 which is
only as
> good as a not particularly quick standard motorbike for about 7k new...

And how's that bike - or any true street bike you care to bring to the
road gonna do over, oh say 220? What's that? It won't do 220 pushed
off a cliff you say.

A car that's set up solely for short distance acceleration will cover
a 1/4 mile a bit quicker than a car that isn't.  Okay.

And what happens when they go down a 15 mile straightaway? Both with
their foot in it. Assuming a drag-race start - okay he's ahead by
about 3 secs at 1/4 mile. Okay, 14.75 miles to go. If that Vauxhall
can't hit and maintain 250, he's gonna lose.  With the gears that get
him that 7.8 sec 1/4, ain't gonna happen.

He'd really be screwed if they went at it down the salt flats where
all that low end torque is useless and it's simply who's got the goods
on the top end.

It took a bunch of talented folks to make that Veyron do what it does.
If it makes you feel better to maintain that a 10 sec 1/4 mile is
"miserable" for an over 4000lb car that will cruise on down the road
comfortably at 200 and still has 25% more speed in it's back pocket,
whatever guy.