3000GT's very own Off-Topic Thread! Part DEUX

[Morphius289]

^^I remember that episode. That fact blew me away! So much for the Maclaren F1 being the fastest production car in the world...

Another cool thing was the horsepower meter(if you look Dreamspawns pictures, its the second pic, with the meter on the left). You could tell exactly how much of your horsepower you were using at any certain time!

Yes another crazy fact is that they(Bugatti) lose around $7 million per car, yet they still produced it because it was an "experiment". Thank you Bugatti for giving the world a beautiful car.

[Musashi3000GT]

No it costs 5 million to develop and produce and sells for 3, they loose 2 mil per car and at 300 made thats 600mil......ouch. but it is amazing, 13 radiators, goes through roughly $150 worth of gas in 12 minutes at top speed.

[Morphius289]

I thought he said it was 5 million pounds, not dollars. Either way, they still lose a great deal of money for an experiment.

Anyone want to lend me $3 million?

[Dreamspawn]

Another neat fact if you took the vyron to germany and went on the autobahn at top speed you would have to stop for gas every 12 min BUT you would make it across germany in alittle over 1hr and 20 min.

[Morphius289]

Lol, thats thinking that you would have a gas truck driving next to you. And Musashi, I was reading one of my old Road and Track mags and it said that they were selling for $1 million. Maybe the price changed, but I doubt it changed that much. Where did you get your numbers from?

[Dreamspawn]

guys i was looking for insurnace quotes on the rt/tt i found and posted up upon looking at the bbb for esuarance i found this http://www.goldengatebbb.org/commonr...html?bid=17988
seems like they dont' have the best record geico come back with alittle over a 1000 every 6 monthes

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[Musashi3000GT]

Originally Posted by Morphius289

Lol, thats thinking that you would have a gas truck driving next to you. And Musashi, I was reading one of my old Road and Track mags and it said that they were selling for $1 million. Maybe the price changed, but I doubt it changed that much. Where did you get your numbers from?

I could be wrong, I just remember reading that on M&M magazine. but yeah I might be off.

[Dreamspawn]

TOP GEAR IS ON SCIENCE CHANNEL ALL NIGHT save for a few hours. Just flipped through the channels and i noticed it said top gear on science channel although i've seen this on the net b4 still great to see top gear on TV

[Dreamspawn]

WOOAH just noticed they have edited this episode i'll keep wacthing and infom you all its the episdoe with the Fq400 evo 8 mr. they went stright from jermy beating the lambo in it to the track test totallyed skiped the whole part where it gets beat by the rental beater disiel

Richard hammond also get struck by lighting in a VW Golf the new one.
The car worked perfectly power windows and all still wordked the car started etc....
800k volts of electricty the germans where the only one of 4 places in the world that can make lighting would let him set in the car and get hit by lighting. *funny thing they told not to touch anymetal lol. also it was a rental car the got because no manfacture would let them borrow a car to do it to *

James May
Tests a Xj6 3.0 V6 talks bout how even though its no the v8 you still get all the options. Leather,air,cd,wood,cruise control,etc etc.. Jermey clarkson says the american will have to make do with xj8 because the reason its not sold here is britian needs because there gas is like 8-9 dollars a gallon.

Richard hammond does his for the little kidies who write in bout the maddest car selection
goes to swden???
Tests some really SCREWED up 911 with ugly paint job and like suv back end **rinspeed*
gear nob is crystal crystal embeded with leather
Also shows more of there cars that goes form 4 seat to 2 seater, hovercarft powerd car
Then next car was the rinspeed car that could drive on water.....Deems it the maddest car ever.

Clarkson sow a family sedan
less than 9,000 pounds
Citeron belingo
5 windows in the top, wierd looking seat pattern,bike rack, "rideslike a jaguar"\
Then takes it shtopping?? to buy booze lol was going to see how much he could fit with the seat folded down and the pop down storge from the roof. Turns out customs will seeze you car and alchol if they think that you amount of booze isn't for own personal consumpetion so he decides not to.

Article bout toyota pickups
Takes it to bristol dirives it down a set of stairs
hits a stone wall takes part of it out. Now has bulged up the hood, hits another cement wall.
Parks it on a boat ramp and tied it down to let the tide take it tide has destoryed the windshield and so such but the ropes broke so instead of staying afloat it sinks down lol
the found it 5 hours later. buried on its side in the sand. They cleared out the sand and sea weed ffrom the engine 50 min later it starts up an d runs lolcan clarkson destory it???drop it from a cran blew a tire but it still went on ran through a wood building at there test track. Drop a carry behind trailer thing. clarkson climbs through window starts it up and drives away. Says speedo,brakes,engien,tranny,a dn high low and high still work.hits it with a wreaking ball still works. Sets the truck on fire tuns out it survived that to. Roasted

[Morphius289]

Hmm...you live in England, right? I searched all my channels to try to find the "science channel", and then I remembered that you might have been the one that was from England. If so...lucky bastard...Does anyone know when they're bringing Top Gear back to the States?

[Dreamspawn]

NO i live in the great stat of KY the science channel is on digital cable here. in england top gear is on BBC
Repeats 11-12 3-4 all times and music are eastern *for you adult swim fans lol*

[Morphius289]

Doh.

[Dreamspawn]

2 days and no post the off topic thread WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PPL. Well i decided i'm going to go out tommorw night to try to get my mind of me and my g/f seperation she came by tonight to get some of her stuff and she told me she love me again and hugged me and stop crying etc... etc... and you could tell it was like she didn't want to leave but was making herself which made me feal good. So i guess till we get back together i'm just going to have to keep myself occupied.

[Musashi3000GT]

sorry hommie but Im here now, just got back from de-prepping the car.
man that sucks, I had the option between speed channel or science channel. I chose speed cause of the WRC....guess what? they effed me over! Im calling comcast tonight and dropping speed for the science channel.

[Dreamspawn]

lol yup speed dropped wrc this year a holes also they only had like 4 hrs of daytona 24 hrs this year. i hope they don't cut sebring and lemans