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- Thread starter Slash
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The 'XR' trademark is common down under. Our Falcon has the XR6, XR6 Turbo, XR8 (recently dropped). Then what Europe would call an ST Focus, we call it an XR5 Turbo and the ST Fiesta is known as the XR4.
Firstly, I'm just going off what was said on Mega Factories cause I posted this whilst I was watching the epsiode where they talked about the Bugatti Veyron and the narrator stated that the tyres were over engineered.
Secondly, I didn't want to bore everyone reading my post to death.
Thirdly, 25 and a bit mph is a consiederable margin. Fair enough for your case but if these are the same tyres used on the Veyron SS; as well all know can achieve 267mph, it would still be deemed safe enough at those speeds and you could consider it to be over engineered, but delibreately.
Thankfully the tyres have been designed to withstand speeds of more than 253mph. Thankfully they took that precaution cause this an important factor of not just all cars but particulary this one.
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- Crash852
Cool story. That show then is at best, misleading, and at worst, wrong.
Absolute numbers don't mean much without context. "25 and a bit mph" may be significant if it was only designed to go 25mph, but at the other extreme, 25mph is a negligible difference for a Atlas V rocket reaching 35,800 mph. In this case, 25mph remains a fairly small fraction of the overall top speed that the Veyron is designed to achieve.
Assuming those tires do fail beyond 279mph (hence why they were only tested up to that speed), I certainly hope they don't use the same tires for the Veyron SS. Only a 5% margin of safety? That's incredibly risky and irresponsible.
Perhaps that's a coincidence? I'm more inclined to believe Koenigsegg than mere speculation.
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- GTP_RogerTheHors
The Audi name was first reintroduced by Volkswagen in the 1960s to mark their recently acquired Auto Union's move from the two stroke engines used in older HKWs to newer four stroke engines.
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- Sydney
You being the only one responding to my posts with your conjecture sounding response makes me think you're Shledon from Big Bang Theory. But with all that aside could you just acknowledge that the tyre of a Veyron was tested at 279mph over the 253mph top speed like everybody else and move on?
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- RandomCarGuy17
The first Ford Mustang that was ever sold to the public was sold to a 22 year old school teacher.
http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/first-ford-mustang-owner-still-keys-49-years-123831938.html
http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/first-ford-mustang-owner-still-keys-49-years-123831938.html
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Seriously Crash stop, just stop. This is just going to keep going around in circles and no prgress will be made and I'm going to let you decide where we stand.
You can either believe what you believe and win the argument. And I'll acknowledge that I was wrong. And we both move on.
Or you can either continue the current arguement with no clear idea when or if it'll end. Either way it'll be pointless and with any luck it'll get abusive.
Your call.
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I thought I'd heard somewhere that flamethrowers were actually legal in the U.S. The reason is one of man's most formidable enemies: killer bees. They're a perfect storm of too aggressive to lose easily, too numerous to ride out an attack by, and too small to shoot.
Of course, I read that in a Cracked article a long time ago, so you should probably take it with a grain of salt.
Of course, I read that in a Cracked article a long time ago, so you should probably take it with a grain of salt.
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- slashfan7964
I thought the firstcar was mistakenly sold to a pilot?
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