Monday 16th July 2007

Is this Rust?

Veyron Corrosion

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A sharp-shooting PHer snapped this Veyron at the Goodwood Festival of Speed exhibiting what looks like signs of rust below the rear spoiler. If we’d forked out for Bugatti’s superlative supercar we might have something to say about that. Having said that, we’d probably be too busy driving it to care…

[deevlash]

Now I can say my puma shares a feature with the veyron

[gizmo.mp3]

Wow, I never knew that obtainium expensiveride oxidised...

[ASBO]

Has the rust magicly disapeared now?

ETA: Now viewable.

Looks like an old nail!

Edited by ASBO on Monday 16th July 14:11

[runnersp]

It might be rust, however I think the more pressing question is: Is that an extraordinarily cheap looking silencer box on the back of my extraordinarily expensive Bugatti? How come the F1 didn't have anything like that?

[odyssey2200]

as an old nail!!

[megy]

Is that area not carbon fibre with a heat reflective coating?

[daveco]

Hats off to the owner for fitting two beer kegs in there...

[stephen300o]

Glue residue on the heat shield?, not fatal but untidy.

[KUB3]

So when they've rusted away like old Alfa's in a few years, those engines will be begging for a transplant. Would the lump fit in a caterham 7? If so, what would the performance figures be? Anyone like to calculate?

[jon-]

KUB3 said:

So when they've rusted away like old Alfa's in a few years, those engines will be begging for a transplant. Would the lump fit in a caterham 7? If so, what would the performance figures be? Anyone like to calculate?

0-60 would be rubbish, couldn't get the power down.
Top end - who knows at what speed it would get uncontrollable. Personally I wouldn't want to find out.

Not to mention where all the radiators would go on a 7, it would end up looking like an octopus

[-Z-]

KUB3 said:

So when they've rusted away like old Alfa's in a few years, those engines will be begging for a transplant. Would the lump fit in a caterham 7? If so, what would the performance figures be? Anyone like to calculate?

Put the figure into www.letstorquebhp.com and it breaks the computer

computa said:

Invalid Entry : Power to Weight Ratio must be between 95 and 1000 BHP/Ton

[clonmult]

KUB3 said:

So when they've rusted away like old Alfa's in a few years, those engines will be begging for a transplant. Would the lump fit in a caterham 7? If so, what would the performance figures be? Anyone like to calculate?

Maybe if the corrosion keeps on, prices will drop and we'll be seeing the Veyron listen in Shed of the Week .....

[sprinter885]

it's not just rust....it's exquisitely placed, German engineered, road car speed record-holding rust from M & S--ooops -sorry Bugatti/VW/Audi...

[runnersp]

KUB3 said:

Would the lump fit in a caterham 7?

Before asking that question, you must ask if a Catheram can be equipped with a two axle trailer capable of taking the weight of a 16 cylinder quad-turbo donkey and all its associated cooling gubbins...

[rgracin]

Would have thought the heat from the exhaust would evaporate any moisture in that area. Unless it's been sitting around outside for long periods. In which case. It serves them right!

[Road_Terrorist]

Could that one have been a test mule at some stage? If so it would mean it's put through some extreme weather testing or similar which might provide some explanation.

Or maybe it was pranged in the rear and poorly/hastily repaired. Might explain why the exhaust seems brand spanking new but the rest is suspiciously rusty.

[Adam B]

that's not rust, its gold leaf

[TEKNOPUG]

Just cancelled my order.

[Jackass]

rgracin said:

Would have thought the heat from the exhaust would evaporate any moisture in that area. Unless it's been sitting around outside for long periods. In which case. It serves them right!

Exhausts may evaporate moisture, but they also bake paint and generally increase reaction rates for any water in the area.

[tegwin]

The veyrons made out of compostites....it cant be rust...looks like somekind of glue..