Vette FTW?
 

From the comments:

Things that make you go humm....

I wonder how much "cash" went with the ZR1 ?

oops wrong forum

however

Good choice IMO...........the ZR1 undoubtedly handles better, and is probably just as quick. Looks better too IMO. :shrug:

It definitely looks better imho. Probably does handle better but not sure about the quicker part.

Both are sick cars. I'd love to have a Vette...the one with the carbon roof.

I'll pose another unthought of but plausible scenario. You outrun cops to your residence. Not saying you should but it can happen. Or someone in your neighborhood complains...Isnt it easier to use some plausible deniability and say ' well officer it wasny my corvette they saw', rather than 'well yes i do own a Veyron, but I've been home all day'

Advantage anonymity! Like my friend on the very visible LSU Tigers themed Busa, someone that sticks out usually gets to pay the ticket.

Very true and I had a lot of "fun" in my old 5.0 Vortech Supercharged Mustang several years back. :lol:

Vettes are a dime a dozen too...I know...but mine stands out a little which doesn't work in my favor when playing around...as you referenced.

The Bug is an overly hight-tech, finicky solution to a simple HP problem.

Americans have made cars just as fast, without ten radiators.

Yeah when I first heard the tech bits on that I couldn't believe ten freakin' radiators !! :whatwhat:

Watching the guy hit 253 mph in it on video was pretty cool though and so was the race against the British Jet both on "TopGear" I believe.

I'm guessing this owner is the same guy that had the McLaren F1 he imported tested by one of the American magazines. I remember reading the test at the time and wondering who the fuck puts a Jesus fish on a $1 million+ supercar.

ETA: read the link contained in the main article about maintaining a Veyron. If you actually drive the car you are going to pay the equivalent of a ZR1 every couple of years in maintenance.

we do however give you a plastic window with a fantastic view of a plastic engine cover. Ghey

Most of what you see (the silver) is the top of the supercharger/intercooler assembly. There is plastic (blue and black) surrounding it to cover the plumbing and belts though.

:wtfru:

At least he didn't get suckered into paying for the undercoating. That's how they get ya. :lol

I thought it was a roots style supercharger,meaning top of the engine - not front / side of the engine?
*Still covered though...

Recognize anything? I believe that top part is part of the assembly.

So wait a minute, there is really a Punisher logo on the air intake duct, or did you paste that on there Dave :lol:

I just noticed your writing on the picture. That is not the supercharger. In response, you=idiot!

Power steering pump......supercharger.....what's the difference? :lol

I'm not sure why he didn't just sell the car for $500,000 and then buy the Corvette and pocket the rest or spend it on strippers or something...seems silly.

What do you mean? It wasn't a straight trade, the guy got some cash in addition to the ZR1.

meh last i heard that tacky plastic boat used a centrifugal. Me being wrong doesnt change the fact that the window is unessesarily ugly/tacky/ricey and has no real purpose or place. And slice, no i didnt add the logo. Maybe amarok got to the pic before me :lol:

fyi:

a mosler photon? :Lol:

Tacky plastic boat ? :lol: I like everything about that car...except for the window...I do agree on that.


Close but not the Punisher...that's Jake and is the emblem for Corvette C5R and C6R Racing...

Punisher...

http://www.granateseed.com/futilepod...sher_skull.jpg

Jake...(his eyes are the cutout of the Corvette flags)

http://store.corvettemuseum.com/imag...AKE_RACING.jpg

http://www.c5racer.com/catalog/image...ecal-black.jpg

Bad ass logo.

they're still making up for the eighties with me. That and the seats. :Lol:

Everything car wise pretty much sucked in the 80's didn't it ? The seats in the ZR1 ?

Hmm, that skull sucks compared to the Punisher's. It looks like a helmet, not a head.

Well you thought it was the Punisher so I guess that works for them. :lol:

Umm corvette racing? A helmet seems appropriate.

If racers wear hard-hats like construction workers :idk:

Have some imagination.

:lol: I didn't even think of that. It doesn't look too bad on the car imho...

http://www.corvetteracing.com/histor...keGraphics.jpg

I'm impressed that Mr. Beal put over 20,000 miles on the Bugatti. :dthumb:

Well it's not interior design or clothing fashion so.....

:lol

removeable roof cranks?

To each their own.:shrug:

I "think" my 78 that I bought in the late 80's had that with the T-Tops...can hardly remember. I know that there was a big problem with theft of the T-Tops and Targa roofs so maybe that was their reasoning ? I honestly don't know.

My 72 was a Vert and I never owned one from the 80's.

Now that's better...at least it actually shows something.

seriously.

yup, Ghey and ricey
http://www.priceofhistoys.com/wp-con...rari-f40-4.jpg
http://www.khulsey.com/stockphotogra...ine-cover.jpeg
http://image.caraudiomag.com/f/82169...+rear_view.jpg

The 430 shows about as much as the vette does.

on the f car, no. On the vette, yes.

Did you just post a pic of a Fiero40 as the counter argument to the claim of rice? :lol

:lol:

I never even looked at the pic, just posted the first F40 pic I found.

No wonder his rice is blacked out.

Uh, on a Ferrari the view is a lot more substantial than just seeing a square intercooler.

If Chevy really wanted to provide a good view, they would have given it a front-mount IC so that we could actually see the engine.

i knew that looked ''off'' damn tiny phone screen :lol:

The Chinese factory that built that body kit should be hunted down and nuked.

It has a roots type blower and an air to liquid intercooler. Mounting the intercooler up front would accomplish nothing and create some downsides.

ETA: With the F40 you see 2 square intercoolers and some intake runners and that is about it.

Would be cool if they did a "come see it" thing. I'd hop on my bike and go see that purty little thing.


The lagoon girl has been stripped.

http://jalopnik.com/5465116/texas-bu...eyron/gallery/

hahahaha :lmao:

sure are alot of bugatti;s running around TX

I'd trade my right nut for that car!

:?:

got the red jesus fish on them also.......

man i dont know why you would put an ichthys on an exotic. wtf mate

Here is a capture of the Road and Track issue I mentioned before testing (I believe) his McLaren F1 sporting the Jesus fish and Texas plates.

Because it's Texas. Everyone has to announce their religion instead of keeping it personal.

I definitely like his taste in cars and wish I had his $$$.

But... then you'd be ABLE TO SEE THE ENGINE. Don't you understand? If you can SEE IT, then you can paint it mauve with tasteful chartreuse highlights! :bash:

What can I say, being able to see mechanical parts adds to the appeal. The fun of owning a car isn't simply about how fast it is.

Actually, i really enjoy looking at the mechanicals of a vehicle as well, but modern engines just don't lend themselves to it.

That's why i just don't get "car guys" who hate on the Veyron. Yes, it's far more complex (and expensive) than a consumer automobile has any right to be, but it manages to do some remarkable things, and as an engineering exercise it's absolutely fascinating.

Well "car guys" actually like to drive, and all accounts are that the Veyron is rather one-dimensional........In other words it's fast, but its heavy weight prevents it from being tossed around as much as a McLaren or something like that. Plus the front end styling leaves a lot to be desired IMO.

Also, it isn't hard to build an intake manifold that's nice to look at. Or tubular exhaust headers for that matter. Most Ferrari and Alfa Romeo engines look great.

The only reason most manufacturers don't bother making their engines look nice anymore is because they cover it with those stupid plastic shrouds.

this. All the ls engines look like lumpy dogshit. Again window on a vette is dumb

Yeah I like my lumpy dogshit a bit manicured. :lol: I don't care for the window on the ZR1 either.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b4...D550/ry%3D400/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b4...D550/ry%3D400/

nice

You realize it's a GT car and not a track car like the F1, right?

There's more to driving than going fast on a track. It's not a track car :idk: That doesn't change the fact that it's world-record fast, crams an astonishing amount of hardware under an aerodynamic body, and almost every detail is crafted like a fine watch. I'd love to take one apart :rockwoot:

All run by VW electrics.

I will take the british electrics of the McLaren over that, thanks.:lol:

Of course. But wasn't the question "why do car guys criticize it?"

GT cars get criticized all the time, this isn't the first. Supras and 3000GT's were other examples.

And as far as the F1 being a track car, I have never heard anyone use such a classification. You can use an F1 on the street just fine. All street cars sold to consumers are just that: Street cars. Whether they perform well on the track doesn't make them a track car. It's just like bikes -- Manufacturers don't sell "track bikes"........They sell street bikes, and people take them and turn them into track bikes if they feel like it.

Yeah, one driven into a lake and one traded for a Vette. Those Texans sure are rich. :lol: