Lamborghini Reventon
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Lamborghini revealed their latest creation at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It costs $1.000.000 and there will only be 20 units produced. I think Batman is one of their clients. http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-motor-show-the-lamborghini-reventon-revealed/[^]
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Ed.Poore wrote:
I'd like to see a Veyron doing this[^]
:-D That was fun, thanks Ed. First time I've heard of a Range Rover being the David in a David and Goliath battle though :-D As for the Koeingsegg, a smidgen less annoying in discussions than the Veyron. The Koeingsegg is what the real car people mention when people who don't know much about cars mention the Veyron. Real know-it-all ;)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Paul Watson wrote:
:-D That was fun, thanks Ed. First time I've heard of a Range Rover being the David in a David and Goliath battle though :-D
Well I am a Land Rover fanatic, in fact I'd rather have one of each of every Land Rover produced than a Veyron or Lamborghini or any supercar for that matter. Even if you included an original Series I, II (88 and 109), IIA (88 and 109), III (88 [already got] and 109), (Pre-)Defender (90, 110 and 130), Defender (90, 110 and 130), Range Rover Classic, Disco (1, II and 3), Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Freelander (1 and 2). I'd still have money left over from buying a supercar. (Oops forgot all the military variants as well such as the light-weight and 101) Plus I'd get more satisfaction out of them, Sport if you want performance (I mean come on 2.7 tonnes 0-60mph in 6 seconds :eek:).
Paul Watson wrote:
Real know-it-all ;)
Nope just watch Top Gear a lot :rolleyes:, besides I've always had a fascination with the F1 since it's a British car and as usual with the British it was designed well, the same with Concorde, the Spitfire, Aston Martins etc.
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Paul Watson wrote:
:-D That was fun, thanks Ed. First time I've heard of a Range Rover being the David in a David and Goliath battle though :-D
Well I am a Land Rover fanatic, in fact I'd rather have one of each of every Land Rover produced than a Veyron or Lamborghini or any supercar for that matter. Even if you included an original Series I, II (88 and 109), IIA (88 and 109), III (88 [already got] and 109), (Pre-)Defender (90, 110 and 130), Defender (90, 110 and 130), Range Rover Classic, Disco (1, II and 3), Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Freelander (1 and 2). I'd still have money left over from buying a supercar. (Oops forgot all the military variants as well such as the light-weight and 101) Plus I'd get more satisfaction out of them, Sport if you want performance (I mean come on 2.7 tonnes 0-60mph in 6 seconds :eek:).
Paul Watson wrote:
Real know-it-all ;)
Nope just watch Top Gear a lot :rolleyes:, besides I've always had a fascination with the F1 since it's a British car and as usual with the British it was designed well, the same with Concorde, the Spitfire, Aston Martins etc.
It was nice to see the Sport still had some mud-plugging ability.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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dude, just look at it!!! That thing looks like it's been styled with a razor! Those sleek, sleek sharp edges, the gorgeous brake light, the contours of the body... sigh, i bet the disc brakes themselves cost $10,000 :( btw, nothing wrong with KIAs or most other cars, these are just dream cars (for me at least!) I need a rich uncle... :sigh:
There are 10 kinds of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those who don't... ______________________ "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook
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The Bugatti Veyron has ruined car discussions. It doesn't matter if you are comparing super-minis, 4x4s or super-cars. Someone, somewhere at some-point will say "Those all suck, the Bugatti Veyron is ultimate." I freaking posted about the Audi A5 and had my post destroyed by a "Bugatti Veyron" deus ex machina post. For god sakes people! *gets a brown paper bag*
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
So is this Godwin'sWatson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one. :)
This blanket smells like ham
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So is this Godwin'sWatson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one. :)
This blanket smells like ham
:laugh: I like, new sig then.
Andy Brummer wrote:
So is this Godwin'sWatson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Andy Brummer wrote:
So is this Godwin'sWatson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
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:laugh: I like, new sig then.
Andy Brummer wrote:
So is this Godwin'sWatson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Andy Brummer wrote:
So is this Godwin'sWatson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
Paul Watson wrote:
Andy Brummer wrote: So is this Godwin'sWatson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
your sig is missing the strikeout in the original. :doh:
-- If you view money as inherently evil, I view it as my duty to assist in making you more virtuous.
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Paul Watson wrote:
Andy Brummer wrote: So is this Godwin'sWatson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
your sig is missing the strikeout in the original. :doh:
-- If you view money as inherently evil, I view it as my duty to assist in making you more virtuous.
Sorry, yeah, I trimmed it a bit, see below. The Bright Folk should get it.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
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It was nice to see the Sport still had some mud-plugging ability.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
I was given a free ride in the new TDV8 a few weeks before Land Rover released it, ok it wasn't in mud but on a course inside Earl's Court set up by Land Rover to demonstrate what the vehicles can do. All I can say is it's pretty scary considering it was as standard doing all this stuff. I'll see if I can dig out the video.
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Lamborghini revealed their latest creation at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It costs $1.000.000 and there will only be 20 units produced. I think Batman is one of their clients. http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-motor-show-the-lamborghini-reventon-revealed/[^]
blackjack2150 wrote:
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-motor-show-the-lamborghini-reventon-revealed/\[^\]
wasn't that Centari's car in the "Last Starfighter?" the same one that broke down bringing Alex back? :suss: if it flies and jumps to other solar systems, I'll take one. If it only drives, I'll pass.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Yeah but we've had posts here of some cool new 4x4 and someone replies "Yeah, but it isn't a Bugatti Veyron!" and then I phone Chuck Norris. The most irrelevant car on the planet.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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The Bugatti Veyron has ruined car discussions. It doesn't matter if you are comparing super-minis, 4x4s or super-cars. Someone, somewhere at some-point will say "Those all suck, the Bugatti Veyron is ultimate." I freaking posted about the Audi A5 and had my post destroyed by a "Bugatti Veyron" deus ex machina post. For god sakes people! *gets a brown paper bag*
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Paul Watson wrote:
*gets a brown paper bag*
You realize that the "Bagutti Veilon" is the ultimate bag, leaving all others behind!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Paul Watson wrote:
*gets a brown paper bag*
You realize that the "Bagutti Veilon" is the ultimate bag, leaving all others behind!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
:laugh: Bugatti Veyron, better than anything. Your mom, your girlfriend, your house, your boat, your brown paper bag from Gucci. Doesn't matter, the Veyron beats it.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
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Yes, but can it do this?[^]
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
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Yes, but can it do this?[^]
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
I suppose not, but you can sink them (they're amphibious). BTW, just uploaded the Land Rover Experience (20.3MB)[^] video we took in London, compressed with DivX (haven't messed around too much with the settings to make it any smaller so apologise for the size).
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Sorry, yeah, I trimmed it a bit, see below. The Bright Folk should get it.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
Paul Watson wrote:
As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
I am curious what the odds start out at.... what would be the odds of starting a discussion about the Bugatti. How many threads have we got here and the statistical sampling of discussions starting with the Bugatti? It is important afix a mathematical number to all random acts in the universe you know. ;P This reminds me of an SBIR proposal that had me sputtering and laughing. Some people just don't realize how far we are from estimating human behavior. The proposal was for someone to bid on work that would provide AI agents that accurately (above the 85 percentile in all situations) predicted an enemy reaction to any event. hmmm.... It continued in length describing all the requirements and accuracy for predicting human behavior, but idea was they wanted something that always was right, and always accurately described when a person was going to do something, regardless of subject. My psychic intuition says that another member is joining CP right now, someone else is starting a new thread somewhere here, and somewhere in the universe someone, somewhere is comparing any car to the Bugatti. How am I doing so far? :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Paul Watson wrote:
As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
I am curious what the odds start out at.... what would be the odds of starting a discussion about the Bugatti. How many threads have we got here and the statistical sampling of discussions starting with the Bugatti? It is important afix a mathematical number to all random acts in the universe you know. ;P This reminds me of an SBIR proposal that had me sputtering and laughing. Some people just don't realize how far we are from estimating human behavior. The proposal was for someone to bid on work that would provide AI agents that accurately (above the 85 percentile in all situations) predicted an enemy reaction to any event. hmmm.... It continued in length describing all the requirements and accuracy for predicting human behavior, but idea was they wanted something that always was right, and always accurately described when a person was going to do something, regardless of subject. My psychic intuition says that another member is joining CP right now, someone else is starting a new thread somewhere here, and somewhere in the universe someone, somewhere is comparing any car to the Bugatti. How am I doing so far? :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Hey - I started people off on the Bugatti a couple of weeks ago and people were dissing it.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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The Bugatti Veyron has ruined car discussions. It doesn't matter if you are comparing super-minis, 4x4s or super-cars. Someone, somewhere at some-point will say "Those all suck, the Bugatti Veyron is ultimate." I freaking posted about the Audi A5 and had my post destroyed by a "Bugatti Veyron" deus ex machina post. For god sakes people! *gets a brown paper bag*
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Hey - I started people off on the Bugatti a couple of weeks ago and people were dissing it.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Don't be silly, you can *always* trump a Veyron with a http://www.koenigsegg.com/[^]
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
Yeah, you didn't read the whole thread did you? Don't blame you. But in it we make a joke about people who reply to Bugatti Veyron posts with Koenigsegg posts :)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.