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

Albert T Cone  <mmmm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> Albert T Cone  <mmmm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Ed Chilada wrote:
>>>> Given an infinitely long test straight, then the Vauxhall's 5mpg
would
>>>> become a factor and it could eventually be overtaken by a Smartcar!
>>> On that basis, pretty much everything on the road would be beaten by a

>>> golf SDi or something.  Actually, I wonder what would win the worlds 
>>> most boring drag race - full tank, flat to the floor until the tank
empties?
>> 
>> Hey, they do aircraft endurance races, why not cars?
>
>'cos of the tedium...  Mind you, F1 wasn't far from that a couple of 
>years back, when I stopped watching.

Tedium?  That never stopped anyone.  Hell, people watch golf tournements
on TV.

>I think there is some daft annual thing where people put tiny NA diesel 
>lawnmower engines in balsawood frames with cycle wheels and then go as 
>far as they can on 1l of fuel.  Normally mentioned in the cheap press 
>with '1700mpg british car wins endurance race' type of headline.

That sounds like fun, actually.
--scott
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