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The Bugatti Veyron: could it go over a speed ramp?

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  • 09-11-2007 8:49pm
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    Amtmann
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    I was just looking at this car on TopGear and on Google Images. What a machine!

    But, could it make it around your average suburban housing estate, or is it soleley for the motorway?

    Does anyone in Ireland actually own one, or has anyone on this forum ever driven one?


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    68 lost souls
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    Learn to use the search function.


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    Anan1
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    68 lost souls wrote: »
    Learn to use the search function.
    You need to change either your attitude or your sig.


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    jesus_thats_gre
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    lol


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    colm_mcm
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    off topic, but what is your sig supposed to be jesus_thats_gre ?


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    Creamy Goodness
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    click the links?

    i presume they are links to some server ip's for a online game.

    wild hunch though.


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    Guy:Incognito
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    quarryman
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    dumping counterstrike server stats into your sig is pretty damn nerdy alright.

    Bugatti Veyron + speed-bump? hmmmm


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    Fooz
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    I heard a builder/property developer in Galway bought one. Don't know if there's truth in it.

    They also had one on show in some event in Kildare or Dublin - I forget the details. Apparently it belonged to a local anyway.


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    mike65
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    Owners of a Veyron need not worry about such matters.

    Its a little advertised feature of the car - but if you press the button under the bluetooth input a pod by the fuel filler opens and 6 body builders emerge to lift the car over said obstacle.

    Mike


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    Carroller16
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    was also watching that episode of Top Gear on Dave... Was a good episode.... what a machine


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    unkel
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    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Most supercars would have problems with speed ramps. I'm not sure if a Veyron would be any different compared to say a Ferrari Enzo or a Lamborghini Murcielago
    mike65 wrote: »
    Its a little advertised feature of the car - but if you press the button under the bluetooth input a pod by the fuel filler opens and 6 body builders emerge to lift the car over said obstacle.

    ROFL :D

    That explains it. During the design / prototype phase, the car was supposed to end of weighing about 1200kg. It ended up being just shy of 2 tonnes. Body builders are heavy!
    Anan1 wrote: »
    You need to change either your attitude or your sig.

    Class point


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    Funxy
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    Most supercars have lifting systems for speed bumps. The Veyron is very high off the ground when not above a certain speed:

    "In standard mode, the ground clearance is 4.9 inches all around--enough to climb curbs and straddle traffic-calming speed bumps."

    http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/coupes/0511_bugatti_veryon/suspension.html


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    Carawaystick
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Owners of a Veyron need not worry about such matters.

    Its a little advertised feature of the car - but if you press the button under the bluetooth input a pod by the fuel filler opens and 6 body builders emerge to lift the car over said obstacle.

    Mike


    Ye may have lolled earlier in the thread, but I rofled out loud at this.
    :D


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    octyvrs
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    Furet wrote: »
    I was just looking at this car on TopGear and on Google Images. What a machine!

    But, could it make it around your average suburban housing estate, or is it soleley for the motorway?

    Does anyone in Ireland actually own one, or has anyone on this forum ever driven one?

    i'd say it would be a case of this when you met a bump most of the time:D
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h5Z-O6F56s
    when they were putting it back on the lowloader it grounded the front lip spoiler :eek:


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