SkyJawa Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Well, that was an hour well spent... Sound of Music Predator Green Onions Battle of britain Where Eagles dare Welshmen Truffles Mansell (thanks for the Sunseeker plug Nige) Oh and a couple of nice cars Summed up mate Anything with Where Eagles Dare music in it rocks Cracking episode, was laughing out loud loads, Top Gear rules Teeth Whitening kit FPMSL And the News when May said he didn't have a clue what they were banging on about - ROTFLMFAO!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Well, that was an hour well spent... Sound of Music Predator Green Onions Battle of britain Where Eagles dare Welshmen Truffles Mansell (thanks for the Sunseeker plug Nige) Oh and a couple of nice cars Hmm, well I was only half watching it, but I thought I heard '633 Squadron' in there, rather than 'Battle of Britain' ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 100 litres in 12 miles. I thought he said 12 minutes not miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Great episode, one of the best. Call me crazy but anyone else think the Veyron looks a tiny but like the 350Z from some angles? What a beast though, really wished they had showed more of it's crazy performance! Those races are so contrived and staged it's untrue, but fun all the same - respect to James for flying the plane - shame about the night flying license lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 I thought he said 12 minutes not miles. Yeah that's right. I wonder how long a Supra would take to empty its tank at Vmax. The marketing stat I hate about the Veyron though is that one that Clarkson trotted out saying that if you give a McLaren F1 a head start and wait until it's doing 125 you will have caught up by 200. You will both be doing 200 at the same time, but up until that point the McLaren will still be pulling away. And after then you're only going to be catching slowly. So its not anywhere near as impressive as it sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 I thought he said 12 minutes not miles. He did. What was cool for me is they almost did the exact same route as I did on my way back from the rivera in August, except they went a slower way for tele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 I thought he said 12 minutes not miles. Pedant much? Anyone worked out how many miles that would actually be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 I wanted them to show what time the rally drivers did the course in just to see the comparison to the 911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Call me crazy but anyone else think the Veyron looks a tiny but like the 350Z from some angles? Looks like a SuperSized Supra to me....especially from the rear. You will both be doing 200 at the same time, but up until that point the McLaren will still be pulling away. And after then you're only going to be catching slowly. So its not anywhere near as impressive as it sounds. so let me see if I got this right.....it will accelerate far quicker to 200 than a mclaren upto 200mph......but then will be slower than the mclaren over 200mph. Still has a top speed of 252mph compared to the F1s 241....so that alone is impressive enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Man Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 And it can seat 2 where I won't even fit in the F1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 loved the "quote me happy" b.u.g.a.t.t.i........is that a Rover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 And it can seat 2 where I won't even fit in the F1 The McLaren seats 3. I'd take a F1 over a Bugatti any day. The Veyron is faster, but not that much faster. The point with the 125mph head start thing is that the Bugatti would beat the F1 to 200mph, and beyond, but by that time the F1 would be miles ahead on the road and it would take ages to catch up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Pedant much? Anyone worked out how many miles that would actually be? What was the top speed, 248mph? I make that 49.6 miles. A bit more than 12 anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra-alex Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 that program was utter class !!!! yes i noticed too the rear lights were in the style of our beloved ...... thought the spoiler seriously looked out of place though even though it needs it. !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 The point with the 125mph head start thing is that the Bugatti would beat the F1 to 200mph, and beyond, but by that time the F1 would be miles ahead on the road and it would take ages to catch up. so what about from a standing start..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Looks like a SuperSized Supra to me....especially from the rear. agreed, it's got the rear lights of a supra and the side profile of a 350Z, it's some sort of hybrid SupraZ with a monster 16 cylinder engine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 What was the top speed, 248mph? I make that 49.6 miles. A bit more than 12 anyway I thought he said car was limited to 252mph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Rear lights of the Supra? WTF!!! More like rear lights of a Skyline than a Supra!! It is a top motor and a hell of an achievement. Shame part of the achievement wasn't to make it look better than the F1 - which to me is still my ultimate car ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Limited to 252mph. What's the point of that? They should have gone the whole hog. I wonder how fast it can really go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 surely it can't go that much faster than that deristricted can it? You get 1000+ bhp supra's and skylines, they don't sail past 250mph do they? There was that Jun supra that did 249 a while back IIRC and surely the Veyron isn't that much more aerodynamically advanced can it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voo51 Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 so gutted, missed it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 so gutted, missed it!!! Its replayed tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Apparently it'll do 257mph delimited. With it's Cd; every 1mph over 200 requires an extra 8bhp!!!! Saying it's not impressive that it does 0-200 quicker than the (previous) fastest road car ever can do 120-200 is just stupid!!! That's a mighty leap forward. Still Saleen are bringing out a 1000bhp production S7 and SSC have the Aero SC/8T that is a supercharged 6.2 V8 at 1050bhp - so Clarkson was very wrong saying there'll never be any car like it (I'm sure they'll both be cheaper as well). They should take it round the track, I just wish they'd get a good driver to do it, the Stig is just a pansy ex-touring car driving front wheel drive crap handling slow poofy ponce of a driver. At least get someone who's driven a RWD car before!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Saying it's not impressive that it does 0-200 quicker than the (previous) fastest road car ever can do 120-200 is just stupid!!! That's a mighty leap forward. Still Saleen are bringing out a 1000bhp production S7 and SSC have the Aero SC/8T that is a supercharged 6.2 V8 at 1050bhp - so Clarkson was very wrong saying there'll never be any car like it (I'm sure they'll both be cheaper as well). Don't get me wrong, it is of course a mighty impressive achievement. The gearbox is apparently incredible. But the F1 was designed to be the ultimate car regardless of cost. That was the only design criteria. The Bugatti had to have 1000BHP, and had to go 250mph, and had to have a fancy double clutch sequential gearbox etc. It was designed as a marketing exercise to beat the F1s stats, not because that was the best way of doing things. I mean, what's the point of having to turn the engine off and activate a special mode that sacrificies all its handling to get top speed? Only to beat a record, not to produce a better car. I just wish they'd started with a blank bit of paper and thought "right, lets build the best car possible with today's technology". Then it would be truly amazing. I would expect an F1 to murder it round a track btw, it's far too heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 I would expect an F1 to murder it round a track btw, it's far too heavy. For sure, we were speculating at work that maybe they were not 'allowed' to take it around the track for fear of showing up the 5million £ cars limitations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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