Top 10 Fastest Cars
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Richard Stringer wrote: _http://channels.netscape.com/ns/autos/gallery.jsp?gname=fastest03\[^\]_ Damn the simple life, I want all 10... ;) Nice link. I saw the Lamborghini Murcielago yesterday and it was incredible in the flesh. It is very quite suprisingly, well, at least until they opened it all the way up and then it started howling, awesome! I still reckon though that acceleration and mid-range grunt are better factors to measure cars on. Only 1% of drivers will ever take their Ferrari, Lambo or Corvette* up to the fastest they can go. But every time they leave the garage they will test the accelaration and mid-range. Doing a nice mild 80 and then still being able to floor it and feel it kick you in the arse is magnificent, great for overtaking. Still, must be fun doing 217mph... ok, more like scary... but worth the change in pants. hehe That Vanquish is definitley the best looking, such class. :~ Still would like to rock up in a M3, M5 or EVO and give these supercars a fright by at least matching them most of the way with a way cheaper and less flashy looking car. Q cars are the best. Even John Simmons might like the list a bit. Too many classy cars for him though, so maybe not... ;P * They had a serious Corvette yesterday, but it was left for dead as the track is quite small and twisty, it could not handle the acceleration of the others out of corners. Still fun to watch, what a beast!
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!
Vettes have serious acceleration, but the handling is what makes them fun! And of course, image counts. Corvettes are to cars what Harleys are to bikes. :-D Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)
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Richard Stringer wrote: Compare the Corvette to all the others in terms of price/performance. They are awesome. I have the 2003 Corvette, and it rocks! I looked at Porches, BMWs and such, but nothing touches a Vette in the bang for the buck category. A Viper is faster, but not $30,000 faster. And I never really cared for the coupes. Seems like you'd need two of them, one for each foot. The handling (even on light snow!) is incredible. There is no sway - the nose just points in a different direction. However, if you're going to buy one of these puppies, do yourself a favor and get a radar detector right away instead of waiting 'till later. Don't ask me how I know. :-D Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)
Christopher Duncan wrote: Don't ask me how I know. Oh come on, share the mug shot, we all want to see ;)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!
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Christopher Duncan wrote: Don't ask me how I know. Oh come on, share the mug shot, we all want to see ;)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!
Paul Watson wrote: Oh come on, share the mug shot, we all want to see Sure, why not. I knew I never should have let him[^] drive. Besides, he takes the corners a little fast for my liking. From now on, he stays in the passenger seat. Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)
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Richard Stringer wrote: Compare the Corvette to all the others in terms of price/performance. They are awesome. I have the 2003 Corvette, and it rocks! I looked at Porches, BMWs and such, but nothing touches a Vette in the bang for the buck category. A Viper is faster, but not $30,000 faster. And I never really cared for the coupes. Seems like you'd need two of them, one for each foot. The handling (even on light snow!) is incredible. There is no sway - the nose just points in a different direction. However, if you're going to buy one of these puppies, do yourself a favor and get a radar detector right away instead of waiting 'till later. Don't ask me how I know. :-D Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)
Christopher Duncan wrote: However, if you're going to buy one of these puppies, do yourself a favor and get a radar detector right away instead of waiting 'till later. This wouldn't help much here in Brazil. Here, the police use portable laser speed detectors or fixed piezoelectric weight sensors. There are still some old induction-based speed detection radars here, but they are being quickly replaced. I see dumb people
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Vettes have serious acceleration, but the handling is what makes them fun! And of course, image counts. Corvettes are to cars what Harleys are to bikes. :-D Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)
Christopher Duncan wrote: Corvettes are to cars what Harleys are to bikes. Well there you go. The whole American vs. European issue in a nutshell. If I chose a bike then a Harley would be last on my list. A Ducati or Honda would be my choice (though the Buler division of Harley make damned fine designs if you ask me.) Different strokes for different folks. I cannot stand muscle cars, I like small engines outputting big kilowatts. I like the Q cars which are all go and little show. Also, lets face it, Europeans have handling down. Obviously the Corvette and Viper are helluva good handling cars, but they just can't match the fluidity of a Aston, the chuckability of a Peugoet 106 or the sideways mayhem of a Lotuse Elise. You pit a European against an American down a twisty pass and the European will come out tops, that is what is more important to the Europeans with their tiny roads, tons of mountains and wet conditions. Give me a Vette and I will have tons of fun no doubt, but I still like European more :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!
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but, you could buy two cars that run at 100mph at that price. Practically, I don't have any place nearby where I can drive more than that. My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers
Yea and you can probably develop software quite adequatly on a 1 gig athelon with 256 Megs. Practicality has no bearing on these type of autos - no one NEEDS one but many of us WANT one. Remember that old line about men and boys and toys ... Richard I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein
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Christopher Duncan wrote: However, if you're going to buy one of these puppies, do yourself a favor and get a radar detector right away instead of waiting 'till later. This wouldn't help much here in Brazil. Here, the police use portable laser speed detectors or fixed piezoelectric weight sensors. There are still some old induction-based speed detection radars here, but they are being quickly replaced. I see dumb people
Daniel Turini wrote: Here, the police use portable laser speed detectors or fixed piezoelectric weight sensors. There are still some old induction-based speed detection radars here, but they are being quickly replaced Same here, but they are so predictable that we have websites devoted to speed traps. There is even one website which you can link to your GPS in car and a mobile. It gets updated regularly with info and whenever you get near a speed trap, a warning comes up and you slow down until you have passed the spot.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!
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Christopher Duncan wrote: Corvettes are to cars what Harleys are to bikes. Well there you go. The whole American vs. European issue in a nutshell. If I chose a bike then a Harley would be last on my list. A Ducati or Honda would be my choice (though the Buler division of Harley make damned fine designs if you ask me.) Different strokes for different folks. I cannot stand muscle cars, I like small engines outputting big kilowatts. I like the Q cars which are all go and little show. Also, lets face it, Europeans have handling down. Obviously the Corvette and Viper are helluva good handling cars, but they just can't match the fluidity of a Aston, the chuckability of a Peugoet 106 or the sideways mayhem of a Lotuse Elise. You pit a European against an American down a twisty pass and the European will come out tops, that is what is more important to the Europeans with their tiny roads, tons of mountains and wet conditions. Give me a Vette and I will have tons of fun no doubt, but I still like European more :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!
Paul Watson wrote: I cannot stand muscle cars, I like small engines outputting big kilowatts. Well, that's my own prejudice. I grew up on American muscle cars, leaving large portions of my back tires forever embedded on interesting pieces of pavement, back when gas in the states was 27 cents a gallon and there was nothing more fun than rattling the neighbors' windows as you roared past. But then, I suspect that doesn't really surprise you, does it? :-D Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)
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Paul Watson wrote: Oh come on, share the mug shot, we all want to see Sure, why not. I knew I never should have let him[^] drive. Besides, he takes the corners a little fast for my liking. From now on, he stays in the passenger seat. Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)
Christopher Duncan wrote: Besides, he takes the corners a little fast for my liking. From now on, he stays in the passenger seat. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Admit it, you rest him on the gas pedal and then when the officer pulls you over it is "Sorry officer but my dog just leapt out of the passenger seat and would not let go of the accelerator! I never ever take this huge machine over the speed limit, I use it to run the kids to soccer practice... I swear!" ;) I mean really... these cars do 170mph... what the hell do the traffic authorities think we are going to do with them? Putter down to the store and back obeying the 20mph limit? It's like giving Saddam nukes and saying "Just stroke them every now and then but don't ever push the overdrive button ok?"
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!
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Christopher Duncan wrote: However, if you're going to buy one of these puppies, do yourself a favor and get a radar detector right away instead of waiting 'till later. This wouldn't help much here in Brazil. Here, the police use portable laser speed detectors or fixed piezoelectric weight sensors. There are still some old induction-based speed detection radars here, but they are being quickly replaced. I see dumb people
Brazil ha? If it's like I imagine, you just give the cop a nice "tip" and away he goes. :-) Regards, Alvaro
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. -- Mark Twain
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Christopher Duncan wrote: Besides, he takes the corners a little fast for my liking. From now on, he stays in the passenger seat. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Admit it, you rest him on the gas pedal and then when the officer pulls you over it is "Sorry officer but my dog just leapt out of the passenger seat and would not let go of the accelerator! I never ever take this huge machine over the speed limit, I use it to run the kids to soccer practice... I swear!" ;) I mean really... these cars do 170mph... what the hell do the traffic authorities think we are going to do with them? Putter down to the store and back obeying the 20mph limit? It's like giving Saddam nukes and saying "Just stroke them every now and then but don't ever push the overdrive button ok?"
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!
Paul Watson wrote: "Sorry officer but my dog just leapt out of the passenger seat and would not let go of the accelerator! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That only happens when he's been drinking! Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)
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Yea and you can probably develop software quite adequatly on a 1 gig athelon with 256 Megs. Practicality has no bearing on these type of autos - no one NEEDS one but many of us WANT one. Remember that old line about men and boys and toys ... Richard I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein
I also do want one :-D But, the econmics always discourage me. My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers
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Christopher Duncan wrote: Corvettes are to cars what Harleys are to bikes. Well there you go. The whole American vs. European issue in a nutshell. If I chose a bike then a Harley would be last on my list. A Ducati or Honda would be my choice (though the Buler division of Harley make damned fine designs if you ask me.) Different strokes for different folks. I cannot stand muscle cars, I like small engines outputting big kilowatts. I like the Q cars which are all go and little show. Also, lets face it, Europeans have handling down. Obviously the Corvette and Viper are helluva good handling cars, but they just can't match the fluidity of a Aston, the chuckability of a Peugoet 106 or the sideways mayhem of a Lotuse Elise. You pit a European against an American down a twisty pass and the European will come out tops, that is what is more important to the Europeans with their tiny roads, tons of mountains and wet conditions. Give me a Vette and I will have tons of fun no doubt, but I still like European more :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!
Paul Watson wrote: Give me a Vette and I will have tons of fun no doubt, but I still like European more Hmmm theres a bit of something buried in there. Finesse vs brute power. Small engines wear out faster and work harder and have to be maintained at a higher rate than big block V8's or 10's and cost more due to the level of engineering needed so Americans like big blocks simple and strong and durable. On the street in America its not your top end that really counts its 0-100 than gets the applause and the looks. In MNSHO there are no uglier vehicles on the road than some of the european ( Italy excepted in some cases ) vehicles - some look like insects - some like toy cars. But in terms of practicality they are perfectly designed for an area of high gas costs and little highway useage. I mean in Texas its not uncommon to drive 200-250 miles for lunch. And we really don't pay a lot of attention to the speed suggestions that the highway dept places along the highway - we get detectors and boogie on and the occasional ticket is considered to be a minor distraction kinda like a pothole - you learn where to look out for them. We have miles and miles of road where 100 MPH+ is safe - not legal mind you but safe. Other than the Autobahn I can think of no area in the world quite like it. And BTW there ain't no sissie looking bike out there to keep up with the Harley - take a look at the new H-Rod . Also BTW anybody that riders a bike at any speed over 60 on the highway is crazy. You can be killed by a flying beetle ( insect - not car ) or a piece of trach in the road. Richard I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein
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http://channels.netscape.com/ns/autos/gallery.jsp?gname=fastest03[^] Compare the Corvette to all the others in terms of price/performance. They are awesome. I test drove a 2002 midel and am still quivering. Richard I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein
If you haven't already, check out the latest edition of the Need For Speed game: Hot Pursuit 2[^]. There are versions for the PS2, GC, XBox, and PC, but supposedly the PS2 version is the best. That's the one I have and it's a blast, especially trying to ditch those pesky cops. :-) They have all the cars in your link, except the Enzo. But they have a couple of McClaren F1s in there that blow the doors off the rest (240 mph top speed!). The McClaren is from the late 80s/early 90s, but it's still unmatched in performance. Regards, Alvaro
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. -- Mark Twain
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If you haven't already, check out the latest edition of the Need For Speed game: Hot Pursuit 2[^]. There are versions for the PS2, GC, XBox, and PC, but supposedly the PS2 version is the best. That's the one I have and it's a blast, especially trying to ditch those pesky cops. :-) They have all the cars in your link, except the Enzo. But they have a couple of McClaren F1s in there that blow the doors off the rest (240 mph top speed!). The McClaren is from the late 80s/early 90s, but it's still unmatched in performance. Regards, Alvaro
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. -- Mark Twain
Alvaro Mendez wrote: But they have a couple of McClaren F1s in there that blow the doors off the rest (240 mph top speed!). The McClaren is from the late 80s/early 90s, but it's still unmatched in performance. Carrol Shelbys cars ate McClarens for lunch. And are you sure about that top end ? It sounds a bit fast to me. Richard I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein
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Brazil ha? If it's like I imagine, you just give the cop a nice "tip" and away he goes. :-) Regards, Alvaro
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. -- Mark Twain
Alvaro Mendez wrote: Brazil ha? If it's like I imagine, you just give the cop a nice "tip" and away he goes. It is like you imagine :) But the "tip" will be very expensive, sometimes even more expensive than the fine, because with only 3 speeding tickets you loose your driver's license. And, if your driver's license have less than one year, you only need 1 ticket to go back to the driving school. I see dumb people
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It is surprising that Mercedes, BMW and Jaguar does not have commercial cars in that speed range, considering that along with Ferrari they are among the top in F1. Like the racing cars, BMW has gear shift buttons on the steering wheel on their new sports models. My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers
Thomas George wrote: It is surprising that Mercedes, BMW Oh, but they do! The thing is though that german cars are electronically blocked so you can't go faster than 250 kph/155 mph. There are ways to fix that though.. :rolleyes: I really really really want a Mercedes 55 AMG :) -- Ignorant people upsets me.
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Paul Watson wrote: Give me a Vette and I will have tons of fun no doubt, but I still like European more Hmmm theres a bit of something buried in there. Finesse vs brute power. Small engines wear out faster and work harder and have to be maintained at a higher rate than big block V8's or 10's and cost more due to the level of engineering needed so Americans like big blocks simple and strong and durable. On the street in America its not your top end that really counts its 0-100 than gets the applause and the looks. In MNSHO there are no uglier vehicles on the road than some of the european ( Italy excepted in some cases ) vehicles - some look like insects - some like toy cars. But in terms of practicality they are perfectly designed for an area of high gas costs and little highway useage. I mean in Texas its not uncommon to drive 200-250 miles for lunch. And we really don't pay a lot of attention to the speed suggestions that the highway dept places along the highway - we get detectors and boogie on and the occasional ticket is considered to be a minor distraction kinda like a pothole - you learn where to look out for them. We have miles and miles of road where 100 MPH+ is safe - not legal mind you but safe. Other than the Autobahn I can think of no area in the world quite like it. And BTW there ain't no sissie looking bike out there to keep up with the Harley - take a look at the new H-Rod . Also BTW anybody that riders a bike at any speed over 60 on the highway is crazy. You can be killed by a flying beetle ( insect - not car ) or a piece of trach in the road. Richard I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein
Richard Stringer wrote: . And we really don't pay a lot of attention to the speed suggestions that the highway dept places along the highway - we get detectors and boogie on and the occasional ticket is considered to be a minor distraction kinda like a pothole This my number one bitch about living in TexAss. The dirvers here are just fucking nuts. I see single car accidents at least once a week here...every body thinks they are Jeff Gordan. And God forbid you like to drive at reasonable speeds; I am sick of being "tail gated" while driving in the slow lane at 70 mph. To me there is nothing uglier on the road than a ford expidition or excursion. "Veni, Vidi, Booyah!" - Ceasar
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Alvaro Mendez wrote: But they have a couple of McClaren F1s in there that blow the doors off the rest (240 mph top speed!). The McClaren is from the late 80s/early 90s, but it's still unmatched in performance. Carrol Shelbys cars ate McClarens for lunch. And are you sure about that top end ? It sounds a bit fast to me. Richard I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein
McLaren F1 is _the_ fastest legal street car ever produced (whatever "legal" means). It's a disgusting monster! It's an F1-machine in a street car skin... The mclaren site used to have videos of it accelerating up to 240 mph, and it was amazing. The Bugatti Veyron is also a monster. I can't remember the exact figures on 0-120 mph, but I do remember that it was faster than what the ordinary semi-sports car does on 0-60 mph. -- Ignorant people upsets me.
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Alvaro Mendez wrote: But they have a couple of McClaren F1s in there that blow the doors off the rest (240 mph top speed!). The McClaren is from the late 80s/early 90s, but it's still unmatched in performance. Carrol Shelbys cars ate McClarens for lunch. And are you sure about that top end ? It sounds a bit fast to me. Richard I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein
oh wait. check out www.mclarencars.com[^] -- Ignorant people upsets me.
