Hey, 25 years from now, you'll be able to buy any one of these for under 5k from the back of an auto trader magazine.

Fool_Marquis: Hey, 25 years from now, you'll be able to buy any one of these for under 5k from the back of an auto trader magazine.

In before the "you-can't-drive-them-that-fast-on-the-road-so-what's-the-point" crowd...

I'm pretty sure some of those cars are made of pixels.
DLC's gettin' expensive.

Is there a "one dumbass running a red light and totaling a billion dollar car" crowd ?

headline needs IN THE WORLD

I read this entire article in Clarkson's voice, with rebuttals from Hampster and May at each little blurb.

Oh yeah? The Italian subway train I ride to work costs waaay more than any of that stuff.



/And the seats are about as comfortable as those in a race car

If I ever come into a massive amount of $$ one of the things I'm going to do with it is to buy a really expensive sports car and then drive it around at the speed limit.

Meh, more gasoline dinosaurs.

Awhile back i heard plans to make an electric rally car, which is a great idea. They have obscene amounts of torque compared to something with a combustion engine, and murder them in drag races. That's the kind of thing i want to see in the next generation. Not new sculptures around an engine from 1850.

VaportrailFilms: I'm pretty sure some of those cars are made of pixels.
DLC's gettin' expensive.

And even if they do become actual, drivable vehicles, their performance specs will be purely theoretical to all that own/drive them.

J. Frank Parnell: Meh, more gasoline dinosaurs.

The Porsche's a hybrid.

I have owned four of them

2012 Koenigsegg Agera R

They spelled Koenigseggseggeggseggysegg wrong.

flaminio: The Porsche's a hybrid.

There's no need to half-ass it. They should make the leap to electric and break 0-60 records.

It has none of the real benefits of an electric engine, and still uses gasoline for fuel. I could be wrong, but the electric aspect probably just runs off the alternator, and is a supplement to the main engine, so you're still going to be stuck on the oil companies teat for fuel.

Fear the Clam: Oh yeah? The Italian subway train I ride to work costs waaay more than any of that stuff.

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/And the seats are about as comfortable as those in a race car

I thought MBTA green line cars were made in the Netherlands?

I dont get all the hate towards these cars.

Its really no different than dating that freaky, goth stripper chick.Sure shes down with ars to mouth just for the satifation of sucking the poo pellet from your tip, but its expensive and probably illegal in most states.

Hennessey Venom GT

I don't know if I'd want to buy a car from a company that makes cognac.

Fear the Clam: Oh yeah? The Italian subway train I ride to work costs waaay more than any of that stuff.

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/And the seats are about as comfortable as those in a race car

Never mind... brain fart!

Whatever you want to say about the drivers of those cars, you have to admit they're more likely to have some hot women bouncing up and down on them tonight than you are. And that is one of the three things a high end sports car is.

1. Eye Candy
2. Hair arsonist
3. Membership card to the Empty Ballsack Club.

moike: J. Frank Parnell: Meh, more gasoline dinosaurs.

Awhile back i heard plans to make an electric rally car, which is a great idea. They have obscene amounts of torque compared to something with a combustion engine, and murder them in drag races. That's the kind of thing i want to see in the next generation. Not new sculptures around an engine from 1850.

I was racing in Utah at Miller Motorsports this year and Michael Czysz was there with his TTX-GP electric motorcycle.

They ran in free practice and his electric bike was beating full blow supersport GSXR 1000s down the front straight. It was spooky to hear it rail around the track because the only noise coming from it was the chain.

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I for one welcome our electric overloads...

For how many laps ? and once those laps were done, how long did it take before it could go out again ? and how long did it take the GSXRs to get juiced-up go out again once they ran out of fuel ?

Electrics have been the coming thing since the 1890s. Lack of range was a problem then, it is still a problem today...

Could probably afford one:



But actually drives a Prius.

fusillade762: Hennessey Venom GT

I don't know if I'd want to buy a car from a company that makes cognac.

It's a little harsh looking, I'd want the cognac.

cig-mkr: These are nothing more than phallus symbols. The only thing a car has to do is get you from point A to point B and back, in reasonable comfort.

Well, that settles it.

Mods, close the thread.

No whale penis upholstery? Forget it.

Stupid Yahoo Article doesn't show pictures of ALL THE CARS

2012 SSC Tuatara


Pagani Huayra


Aston Martin One-77


Zenvo ST1

moike: They ran in free practice and his electric bike was beating full blow supersport GSXR 1000s down the front straight. It was spooky to hear it rail around the track because the only noise coming from it was the chain.

Nice.

I have a feeling we'll be hearing more about MotoCzysz after googling them.

I know the future is electric or something other than gasoline, but I hope we get there before all the oil disappears. The idea of never hearing a V12 open up again gives me a sad.

As much as I'd love to own a Veyron, I'd settle for the V8 Ariel Atom. I had a go in the V6 Honda one they did, and that was sensational. I'd love to take that up the Sandia peak road, or through the Sawtooth Pass. Maybe not at this time of year, mind you.

I find it sad that most of the people who own these cars in North America often have them parked in their garage year round, or don't have the opportunity to enjoy them on the roads. Which, truthfully, I could care less about their rich spoiled ass...I feel bad for the cars.

/Everyone should move to Europe.

If someone has enough money to wipe his ass with German bearer bonds I have not problem with that.

I have to ask, has the top end of the supercar market just went farking nuts?

Isn't a standard production line Ferrari 430 or higher end Porsche turbo enough to display how big your dick and wallet is?

/I am aware we might be talking about the super, super rich here.

TheFlannelAvenger: I read this entire article in Clarkson's voice, with rebuttals from Hampster and May at each little blurb.

No, actually here is my rebuttal, delivered by Clarkson

J. Frank Parnell: flaminio: The Porsche's a hybrid.

There's no need to half-ass it. They should make the leap to electric and break 0-60 records.

It has none of the real benefits of an electric engine, and still uses gasoline for fuel. I could be wrong, but the electric aspect probably just runs off the alternator, and is a supplement to the main engine, so you're still going to be stuck on the oil companies teat for fuel.

Please don't post about technical stuff you don't understand, it's weak.

The electric motor system charges iteslf using its motors at part throttle, and under braking (regenerative), and then supplements the petrol engine when you floor it on a straight ... basically, it allows the petrol engine to run harder more of the time, saves up the power and regurgitates it when needed, like a momma bird feeding its wheel-motor chicks.

Porous Horace: No whale penis upholstery? Forget it.


"The luxurious seats are stuffed with eagle down, and the dashboard laced with the beaks of 1000 eagles. Also there are some eagles under the floorboards."

"That's an awful lot of eagle."

"Yes. And yet... "

"What's wrong?"

"It's just that the luxury edition has so much more eagle, it saddens me to think of you missing out. "



One word- Thundercougarfalconbird.

I live in an area with very well maintained rural curvy roads, what great fun you could have with cars like those...

fusillade762: Hennessey Venom GT

I don't know if I'd want to buy a car from a company that makes cognac. is based by a race track near San Antonio, and does some really crappy after market tuning jobs on high end foreign cars, but does a decent job with GM iron

FTFY

r1niceboy: I know the future is electric or something other than gasoline, but I hope we get there before all the oil disappears. The idea of never hearing a V12 open up again gives me a sad.

As much as I'd love to own a Veyron, I'd settle for the V8 Ariel Atom. I had a go in the V6 Honda one they did, and that was sensational. I'd love to take that up the Sandia peak road, or through the Sawtooth Pass. Maybe not at this time of year, mind you.

I don't think you have much to fear .... one person I know collects old V12 cars of all stripe for this very reason, from Aston's to BMW 760's to 512TR's .... at last count he had a couple of dozen - he is of course filthy rich.

A Veyron is a ridiculous penis waving toy, like getting a (real) LV handbag instead of a $60 fake.

An normal Ariel atom is awesome, if you are too hardcore for a Lotus Exige and consider things like a windscreen and bodywork to be unnecessary weight. The V8 Atom is just ridiculous for serious speed junkies who need a new fix after getting used to the Honda engined one and don't own their own railgun or rocket sled test facility.

Enemabag Jones: If someone has enough money to wipe his ass with German bearer bonds I have not problem with that.

I have to ask, has the top end of the supercar market just went farking nuts?

Isn't a standard production line Ferrari 430 or higher end Porsche turbo enough to display how big your dick and wallet is?

/I am aware we might be talking about the super, super rich here.

Yes, apparently not, definitely.

What a car nerd might buy for a tiny fraction of the price ....



.... and on a twisty track it's quicker than most of those things, not least because its owner is not afraid to drive it like it was meant to be driven

/ puts dick away
// AFK to watch last week's Dexter with Mrs PH

moike:

Mike did one thing right in that the batteries that go into his bike can be hot-swapped in about the time it takes to fuel a regular motorcycle. He has power stations that are staged and charging used packs so they're ready for the next practice session/race. It's pretty cool.

What powers the power stations ?

I give it five to ten years before battery technology gets to a point that the electric racebike is right up there with the modern racebike in terms of race distance.

I've been hearing this since I became sentient in the 1960s (yes, yes, get off my lawn !), I'm pretty sure someone made the same claim in the 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, etc.... electrics have always been on the verge of some major breakthrough that never came. They are capable of excellent performance, in fact the first car to go 100km/h was electric (Link (new window)), but boy do they have a short fuse !

Sounds wicked on the dyno... (new window)

Hmm, this is obviously very subjective, but to me it sounds like an old turbojet motor that fails to ignite. I keep waiting for it to light off. And it's not like a drive chain emits a particularly arousing sound. Maybe someday I'll learn to like this sound, but for now I still prefer the sound of my Harley or of my old Triumph (gone but not forgotten) .

Maybe someday I'll be able to use an electric for my daily 120kms round trip commute, but for now I think the Chevy Volt for its built-in generator is a better bet.

moike: capt.hollister:

Sounds wicked on the dyno... (new window)

Azlefty: Huggermugger: If I ever come into a massive amount of $$ one of the things I'm going to do with it is to buy a really expensive sports car and then drive it around at the speed limit

Better yet do 5 under in the left hand lane!

You could also park in handicapped spaces while handicapped people make handicapped faces.

All those have a long way to go to beat the most expensive car of 2011.



$16.4 million at auction in August.

moike: capt.hollister: moike:Maybe someday I'll learn to like this sound, but for now I still prefer the sound of my Harley or of my old Triumph (gone but not forgotten) .

Maybe someday I'll be able to use an electric for my daily 120kms round trip commute, but for now I think the Chevy Volt for its built-in generator is a better bet.

The nice thing is that now technology is actually to the point that electrics are in fact improving at an amazing rate. And you know how it goes when people start racing something, the R&D goes through the roof and the technological hurdles start to get leaped at an impressive rate. Racing is what turned the cars and bikes we ride today into the technological marvels they are.

And, keep in mind that Formula 1 has been using KERS very effectively now. 80 horsepower electric boost with the thumb of a button.

And I agree, I'll never let go of my fuel powered vehicles... This is my baby,

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It's only purpose is to turn fuel into an amazing symphony of noise and fire. It's the closest I will ever get to sitting on the engine cowl of a P-51D Mustang that is flying 10 feet off the deck WFO while Van Halen's 'Panama' is blaring...

And yeah, an electric won't give you that... But I'm a technology geek, and I love watching the progress.

Niiice. I once came up behind a Monster with Termignonis while driving my car. I couldn't help but lower the windows :) my wife gave me one of her well-practiced indulgent looks, but I just couldn't resist the basso profondo symphony !

Maybe we could strategically locate speakers on an electric bikes so that they could be made to emit proper sounds, possibly through an iPhone app... let's see today I want the Czysz to sound like a Pan', or maybe I prefer a wailing H2 or water-cooled RD....