Veyron

smash

yeh I wouldn't have thought there was enough of a run to hit that speed and then slow down again...

jozi

I spoke with one of the guys doing work in a Dunlop Supercar (the ones that looked like mondeo's) and he said they get up to around 140-145mph on the main straight. the veyron has a little more power (700+bhp?)

Re: the Veyron, total crap it was being followed around the track by a Ford Focus (think it was filming it for RPM) I didn't notice the brakes smoking on the Focus, nor on anything else racing on either day (and pushing a lot harder than they drove the Veyron)

It didn't even sound that impressive and it looks like a squashed Audi TT.

I didn't think it sounded to amazing either, i guess in it's onw right some achievement to make it quiet compared to other high performance cars All i could hear from the where i was was a woosh of air coming from the car.

Anyone want to shed some light on why the brakes where smoking? Lots of forces to slowdown, new brakes not used yet/much, happens to ceramic disc.... etc?

JohnCleary

Um, where does the tow-bar fit?!

colm_mcm

steve06 wrote:

ok we'll lets try something different.... any boardies spotted here in my pics?

2 of my crew are in there!

Kersh

It hit 181mph on the straight using 700bhp, apparently there are 2 keys, one for 700bhp, one for 1000Bhp,
There is even an alert sent back to the factory when the car is started. Allegedly they rang to owner to enquire how the car showed up in Dublin without having being driven or started up!..

unkel

Kersh wrote:

It hit 181mph on the straight using 700bhp, apparently there are 2 keys, one for 700bhp, one for 1000Bhp,
There is even an alert sent back to the factory when the car is started. Allegedly they rang to owner to enquire how the car showed up in Dublin without having being driven or started up!..

That's some cool information :cool:

Thanks for sharing, Kersh!

I had no idea the Veyron was going to do that kinda speed. I'm much more sorry now that I wasn't in the park last Sunday

smash

Kersh wrote:

It hit 181mph on the straight using 700bhp, apparently there are 2 keys, one for 700bhp, one for 1000Bhp,
There is even an alert sent back to the factory when the car is started. Allegedly they rang to owner to enquire how the car showed up in Dublin without having being driven or started up!..

yeah, one 2 raise the spoiler and kick in the extra horses isn't there...

DaveD

steve06 wrote:

yeah, one 2 raise the spoiler and kick in the extra horses isn't there...

It had the spoiler raised during one of its laps.

rabbitinlights

When the 2nd key is used (1000bhp), the spoiler actually drops back down.

S.

Plug

Here lads i heard he is bringing it straight to Spain, the new owner that is. It wont be on the irish roads:(
Is this true?:eek:

Mr Magnolia

Plug wrote:

Here lads i heard he is bringing it straight to Spain, the new owner that is.

Seen that somewhere alright.

It wont be on the irish roads:(
Is this true?:eek:

Can't blame him for not wanting to drive it on Galway's roads.

Plug

He's from Co. Cork.
Now ireland probly dosen't have a bugatti.
I tell ya, i'd fcuking flake the roads out of it here.

Hagar

Someone please tell me that he didn't pay Irish VRT to drive in Spain...

Plug

Hagar wrote:

Someone please tell me that he didn't pay Irish VRT to drive in Spain...

He might just be going on holidays with it(hopefully).

tdc

anyone have a link saying that its going to spain?? i doubt he paid VRT on it.

sure in the last week and a half i've heard:

-sport and classic delivered a veyron before cunningham higgins
-the phoenix park veyron is going to spain
-the phoenix park veyron was sold to a guy in cork
-there was a veyron seen driving in galway last week
-there was a veyron seen driving in lucan a few days ago

any sources/links/pictures for any of this??

Plug

I just heard it was going to spain, a few people heard it now.

AndyT

tdc wrote:

-there was a veyron seen driving in galway last week


any sources/links/pictures for any of this??

Source for that is me (or more correctly my GF) There are pics, but they're on her phone so I can't post them.

Victor_M

What I read was that the VRT bill was going to be in excess of E600K, when he discovered that he understandably said feck this and brought it to Spain.

pete4130

I was lucky enough to see one parked up in London the other week outside a rather swanky hotel.....hidden behind an enormous Rolls Royce......never seen anything quite like it.

Seth Brundle

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