bugatti veyron.. why is it so hyped?

[XitUp]

I wouldn't say the car is aimed at enthusiasts though.

[Martin Keene]

sperminator said:

The thing that makes me laugh is when people bang on about the veyrons top speed. In order to achieve the top speed you need to put it into high speed mode with the turn of a key which goes in a barrel by the drivers door. The car then hunckers down and the rear wing retracts fully. The problem is that if you touch the brake pedal or apply more than 15 degrees of steering lock it comes out of high speed mode and you're back to normal mode. This means in order to get the top speed you need a very straight very clear very long stretch of road. In the real world this isn't ever going to happen, so the bugs top speed is irrelevent. If it hasn't got that to boast about it all becomes a bit of a waste of time doesn't it?

By the same logic, the McLaren F1's top speed is irrelevant as well, as to achieve 240.x mph the rev limiter was removed.