Saturday, July 04, 2009

Bugatti convertible

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport. 1000 horsepower. World's fastest and most expensive production car. Get one of these for the price of seven Ferraris.
I don't know why you would need a convertible which can drive faster than you're allowed practically anywhere in the world, but apparently the richer part of Bugatti's fans demanded it. It wasn't easy to make it strong enough without a roof.
0-60mph in 2.5 seconds? Ouch. Better not drive this thing inebriated.

I could buy one, but it's not practical if you like having two or three girls with you.

10 comments:

TC [Girl] said...
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Eolake Stobblehouse said...

The thing about a super-expensive car is that just one tiny scratch, and the whole effect of that monster is ruined. And it'll cost the price of a small car to fix it, because they have like nine layers of paint, and it can probably only be done one place in the world.
*Maybe* I could be that cavalier with money if I were a billionaire, I don't know.

Anonymous said...

"I don't know why you would need a convertible which can drive faster than you're allowed practically anywhere in the world"

Jeremy Clarkson of the BBC's Top Gear show lives on the Isle of Man for this reason. No speed limits. Plus pretty sparsely populated and quite beautiful it seems.

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

Sounds good.

But still, you can't really drive 250MPH in a populated area, can you? If anything is in the road, you'll have no time to react.

Michael Burton said...

Live fast, die young, leave a twisted, mangled corpse.

Wait, that can't be right...

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

No, I think it's:
"Live fast, be lucky, live a long and productive life, paralyzed only from the waist down".

Anonymous said...

From what little I've seen of the show, the Isle of Man has a lot of long, empty, straightaways where you can see for miles ahead, and would be able to see another car from a long way off. I also would suspect they close off a few roads when they do a show there though.

Pascal [P-04referent] said...

With a car like that, you can convince a girl to ride with you, take her home, tell her "I'll be right back", and redo the same thing with two other girls one by one, in less time than it would take another person to get three girls in their uncool car.
Time-efficient. :-)

I heard that in Germany, there's no speed limit whatsoever on autobahns.

TC [Girl] suggested...
"AND...you can even lose the cops in the dust!"

A woman who's a fan of the Need For Speed videogames in real life? Rrrowrrr!
(Hows THIS for "engine purring", Top Cat? ;-)

"It wasn't easy to make it strong enough without a roof."
"Environment-friendly hairdryer included for no extra charge!"

"*Maybe* I could be that cavalier with money if I were a billionaire, I don't know."
That is, until the expenses turn you into a millionaire! :-)

"Jeremy Clarkson of the BBC's Top Gear show lives on the Isle of Man for this reason. No speed limits."
Otherwise put: there's no law forbidding nuts from driving their car off the ISLAND!

"Live fast, die young, leave a twisted, mangled corpse.
Wait, that can't be right..."

Sounds logical to me, Captain.

"Live fast, be lucky, live a long and productive life, paralyzed only from the waist down".
HEY! My second most important organ is "from the waist down".
And that's only because I'm not Joe, so I like to think even more than to...
Well, it CAN be a very good thing, to think before you...
"Think fast, wear a condom, live without paying alimony."
With a car like THAT, think of how much money you'd be saving. Enough to have a scratch repainted!!!

"The Isle of Man has a lot of long, empty, straightaways where you can see for miles ahead, and would be able to see another car from a long way off."
Note to self: in case of heartache and suicide decision, go to scenic Isle of Man, hide on roadside behind a bush, and wait for a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport.
Should be vey quick and very painless.
Well, except for the snotty Daddy's boy's wallet, of course!
And to think I always wanted to go on a final joke... :-)

Now all I need, is to get tired of life. That's the tough part!
Pesky happiness!

Dang! I'm trying to open this article in my browser, and let me tell you, I can really feel my dial-up internet connection is no Bugatti Veyron. Even the REVIEW of that car demands some expensive oomph!
"My luxury sports car is so fast, you need broadband just to read a review written about it."

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

"Note to self: in case of heartache and suicide decision, go to scenic Isle of Man, hide on roadside behind a bush, and wait for a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport."

At full speed it'd be past before you even get off your feet.
Good thing too, such a nice car to damage.

Pascal [P-04referent] said...

Well, sometimes damaging a work of art is considered art too...

"it'd be past before you even get off your feet."
Vhat, joo meen eet eez elektronik-soopersonik? Gone before joo heer eet?

Anyways, a good, artistic suicide deserves some effort. I'll make sure to stay up and alert, not lazily lying in the grass fondling a charming native.
Because let's be honest, THAT might slightly ruin my concentration for the suicide. :-)