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    The Bugatti Veyron Really Does Sound Like Victorian Plumbing

    World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport

    Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Number One Auctions For $2.9 Million

    Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Drives Pebble Beach In Its Bloomers

    Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport: A Targa For The Rest Of Us... With A Few Extra Million To Spend
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    07/10/09

    In reply to The Bugatti Veyron Really Does Sound Like Victorian Plumbing
    These days, an apartment with Victorian plumbing in New York costs probably about the same as a Veyron... Given the choice between the two (assuming I wanted to live in NY in the first place), I'd probably go with the apartment...
    Anywhere else, I'd take the Veyron.
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    07/10/09

    In reply to The Bugatti Veyron Really Does Sound Like Victorian Plumbing
    Compared to all the other exotics (Italians and the Koenigsegg, specifically), it was kind of an underwhelming sound. I agree - it does sound like plumbing, but I suppose I was expecting more of a roar.
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    07/10/09

    @two wheels are enough: The roar comes from your colon when you're spinning the rear tires while doing a ton.
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    07/10/09

    @mr_dude: I still need to hear it at the top of the rev range.
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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    07/10/09

    @philipmein: Same here. I never managed to shoot footage of the Veyrons myself but they weren’t going very fast at all. Unlike Jackie Stewart in his French Racing Blue F1 cars.
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    07/10/09

    In reply to The Bugatti Veyron Really Does Sound Like Victorian Plumbing
    Look at that bonnet gap. Crack pipe.
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    07/10/09

    @mr_dude: But at 250 mph the wind resistance creates much heat and causes the body panels to expand, eliminating the gap at v-max.



    /blatant abuse of SR-71 legend
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    07/10/09

    @Mobius_1000_Club: Well done sir. I hope you don't have to refuel the Veyron after takeoff.
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    Image of cyclopticgaze cyclopticgaze
    07/10/09

    @mr_dude: You do have to refuel, but it has nothing to do with leaking fuel tanks and everything to do with an 8L quad turbo W16.
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    07/10/09

    In reply to The Bugatti Veyron Really Does Sound Like Victorian Plumbing
    I have Victorian plumbing in my apartment,it's just like being in a Veyron,all i need now is one of those car beds with a steering wheel.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/10/09

    @layabout returns: I always wanted one of those when I was kid.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    07/10/09

    In reply to The Bugatti Veyron Really Does Sound Like Victorian Plumbing
    I love its noise. It sounds like a diesel truck. That low rumble is amazing. The turbo whistle too. I don't know how many times I've said that, you're probably sick of it.
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    07/10/09

    @Syrax: I totally agree, it's a really unique sound.
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    Image of Comrade Clockwork Comrade Clockwork
    07/10/09

    @egoods: That new Kanye album has a unique sound too. Can't say I went out and bought it though. He should have just put out an album featuring the Ferrari 355 or Carerra GT and picked up the Grammy for best sound in the history of everything.
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    07/10/09

    @Comrade Clockwork: Carrera GT oh hellz no, it has the unique stepped-on-cat exhaust note.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/10/09

    @Comrade Clockwork: Jay-Z killed autotune a few weeks ago.
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    07/10/09

    @mr_dude: Oh no you di'n't. Carrera GT is as close as an F1 sound as you can get.
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    07/10/09

    @mr_dude: Why wouldn't you want to be reminded of stepping on a stupid smug cat whenever you step on the gas? What I don't want to be reminded of is cousin Jed's Cummins diesel Dodge.
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    07/10/09

    @Syrax: It sounds like a big beast, like the deep, angry growl in those monster movies.
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    07/10/09

    @Syrax: If the nearest F1 event weren't Brazil, I could possibly know that. Oh well. At least now I know how to spell the colloquial "di'n't".
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    07/10/09

    @Comrade Clockwork: Throttle cat sez you should be driving a Prius.
    Don't pick on cousin Jed, he's the nicest brother you have.
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    07/10/09

    @mr_dude: I'm at Interlagos all the time and there's a Carrera GT constantly circling Porsche's dealer at Europa Avenue so I'm spoiled.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/22/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
    I wouldn't actually want to own one, even if I were rich, because I'm not worthy, but I sure would love to go for a nice long ride in this wild thang.
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    06/22/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
    Ah, I can imagine the scene...


    Driving along the Pacific coast in spring time with my Hollywood actress girlfriend in the passenger seat, her Burberry scarf blowing in the breeze. I thrill her with a +250mph pass. Her lovely eyes popping out of her head as the force of the 'breeze' gently strangles her to death!

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    Image of benrobNU benrobNU
    06/22/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
    I have a legitimate question. Can you stow the top anywhere in the car? Little known fact: Murcielago and LP640 roadsters have literally no where to put the roof.
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    06/22/09

    @benrobNU: They have no place to put your groceries, either. In fact, there's barely room for your ass.
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    Image of BLS BLS
    06/22/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
    "That is, if you consider a 223 MPH top-down jaunt across the French countryside road legal and you consider 150 units a "production" model."


    I will add that is if you consider a targa a convertible. I know it is clearly not a roadster but that is what people think when you say convertible. Case in point, Corvette. By this definition every single corvette is a convertible. I personally don't see it that way.

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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    06/22/09

    @BLS: See, this is where it gets pedantic. What is a convertible? Should it have a fabric top? What about metallic ones? What about removable roofs? Should it be automatic? But they have manual fabric tops, don't they? In fact, they have manual metal tops too. Well, what if the roadster doesn't have a top. Or what if it doesn't even have a hard top? So it's not a convertible, right? Because a convertible means it converts from one configuration to the other. So does that mean a roadster with a hardtop you can put on is a convertible? In a way, it's not that different from a manual hardtop convertible isn't it? Well. What are Targas then? They have removable tops right? Does it convert from one configuration to another? But even with the top off they kinda look like coupes although they obviously are missing the tops. But many of them still have the rear window panels, don't they? What about the ones that have buttresses instead of C pillars? What about the ones that have removable buttresses? Is Carrera GT a convertible? It's got a removable hard top and it only has buttresses in the back right? Like the roadsters? But it's has a Targa top. So Targas aren't convertibles? Maybe it has to do with how much of the cabin's exposed in the open. Well what defines that? How many square meters? How many cubic feet? What?


    It's soooo much simpler if you just think


    can take top off => convertible

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    06/22/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: I'm simpler. No top = convertible. I don't care what it was made of or how it got removed or if it folds itself up in the trunk.

    T Top = T Top.


    But back when convertibles were common they were drop tops and rag tops and oh, never mind. Just get off my lawn.

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    06/22/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
    Why are there pictures of photography equipment in #30 & #31? Some kind of artsy-fartsy thing?
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    06/22/09

    @MMFB: Yes. In fact, the Veyron's roo-fumbrella isn't designed to keep things out, but rather to diffuse the light inside, especially when the passenger is holding a light bulb, especially when it's raining.
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    06/22/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
    Ah yes. The open-top motoring car. It makes inspecting peasant much more pleasant without having to soil one's shoes with dirt. Dirt is for the commoners! You wouldn't want your Rapiécés-Reprisés dirty, would you?
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    06/22/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
    I really like the wheels in #5. They're weird, but in a good way. I dig that color too.
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    06/22/09

    @Danimal: I personally like the #7, #8, #13 and #27 the best. It worked out for everybody!
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    06/22/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
    The EB110 was so much better, Ettore's rolling in his grave somewhere.
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    06/22/09

    @Tucker589: I don't know, I actually like the Veyron. The only problem is the 500 special editions.
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    06/22/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: The way I see it, you can end up with your own special edition with those odds. What's wrong with that?
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    06/22/09

    @Tucker589: And Ettore wouldn't have been happy with the EB110 anyway. Veyron is more like the EB110's direct successor.
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    06/22/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: Aren't they still losing money on these things?
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    06/22/09

    @1dollar93: US$3M a piece. And counting.
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    06/23/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: It becomes a problem once the number of special editions exceeds the number of actual cars on the road. The Mustang is following closely but has a slightly higher production starting number to play with.
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    06/23/09

    @Ambivalently Ambitious Leeeeena: Slightly higher?
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    06/23/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: *holding forefinger and thumb very close together* Just a smidgen.
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    06/22/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
    Workers, fetch me some Merlot.
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    06/22/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
    Sure it's a production model, and it looks great as a convertible.

    I can't imagine a sheik driving this thing with the top down though.
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