RE: Caparo Lays Claim To Top Gear Power Lap

[cpufreak]

corozin said:

Agree with cpufreak entirely, except the bit about "wettest summer in history". The midlands may have drowned but down here in Bournemouth it was actually lovely all year.

You need to move yourself and your R888's to the South Coast fella

heh, cheers chap.

I'm based on holland, and germany mostly these days, where it was very wet this year.

[Beyond Rational]

I think TG may be protecting the top place for if/when they get a Veyron

[tinman0]

Beyond Rational said:

I think TG may be protecting the top place for if/when they get a Veyron

and then hopefully they'll review the T1 again and beat the veyron time.

Edited by tinman0 on Saturday 24th November 22:17

[EDLT]

I think they will only get the Veyron on track if they remove every car over £30k and wipe the memorys of everyone who ever saw the board pre-veyron. Its lack of track appearences makes me think its got something to hide.

[tinman0]

EDLT said:

I think they will only get the Veyron on track if they remove every car over £30k and wipe the memorys of everyone who ever saw the board pre-veyron. Its lack of track appearences makes me think its got something to hide.

cant help feeling you are right. although i can't understand why a veyron owner hasn't come forward yet to offer their car. probably because they don't want to damage their ££ investment. maybe flemke can shed some light.

[moleamol]

tinman0 said:

EDLT said:

I think they will only get the Veyron on track if they remove every car over £30k and wipe the memorys of everyone who ever saw the board pre-veyron. Its lack of track appearences makes me think its got something to hide.

cant help feeling you are right. although i can't understand why a veyron owner hasn't come forward yet to offer their car. probably because they don't want to damage their ££ investment. maybe flemke can shed some light.

May be part of the purchasing contract that they can't.

[tinman0]

moleamol said:

tinman0 said:

EDLT said:

I think they will only get the Veyron on track if they remove every car over £30k and wipe the memorys of everyone who ever saw the board pre-veyron. Its lack of track appearences makes me think its got something to hide.

cant help feeling you are right. although i can't understand why a veyron owner hasn't come forward yet to offer their car. probably because they don't want to damage their ££ investment. maybe flemke can shed some light.

May be part of the purchasing contract that they can't.

doesn't say much of VAG if they have.

[moleamol]

I'm not saying that's the reason but there are so many about these days you'd think one or two would have been on track by now.

[PiB]

Oh dear!

[M400 NBL]

PiB said:

Oh dear!

Monarch Airlines?

[robbyt]

I think the caparo guys should run and hide. with every public outing being a total embarrassment. With fires, breaking suspension, wont go round corners, falling apart etc...

[zagato]

If you pick a track small enough a 1/10th scale electric rc car will be quicker than Hamilton's F1.

So why would you choose to take a large GT like a veyron on a cramped little track?

[Frik]

robbyt said:

I think the caparo guys should run and hide. with every public outing being a total embarrassment. With fires, breaking suspension, wont go round corners, falling apart etc...

A little exaggeration there perhaps?

It corners very well indeed - it was Clarkson who didn't have enough talent to drive it. Though leads to some interesting questions as well.

[10 Pence Short]

zagato said:

If you pick a track small enough a 1/10th scale electric rc car will be quicker than Hamilton's F1.

So why would you choose to take a large GT like a veyron on a cramped little track?

I wouldn't have said the TG track was cramped, its just appears short.

I still don't get why people are slating Caparo for making the car, either. All they wanted to do was showcase the engineering. Whilst the (very public) failures might not have done much good demonstrating their engineering prowess, it certainly won't have harmed the sales figures as it was not about sales figures in the first place.

[CommanderJameson]

zagato said:

If you pick a track small enough a 1/10th scale electric rc car will be quicker than Hamilton's F1.

So why would you choose to take a large GT like a veyron on a cramped little track?

ISTR that the Veyron did a leisurely 7:40 round a much larger track.

[robbyt]

Frik said:

robbyt said:

I think the caparo guys should run and hide. with every public outing being a total embarrassment. With fires, breaking suspension, wont go round corners, falling apart etc...

A little exaggeration there perhaps?

It corners very well indeed - it was Clarkson who didn't have enough talent to drive it. Though leads to some interesting questions as well.

Ok maybe the cournering part but on the whole things have gone very poorly so far.

[moleamol]

CommanderJameson said:

zagato said:

If you pick a track small enough a 1/10th scale electric rc car will be quicker than Hamilton's F1.

So why would you choose to take a large GT like a veyron on a cramped little track?

ISTR that the Veyron did a leisurely 7:40 round a much larger track.

So it did it slower than a 50k Nissan GT? Impressive.

[NobleGuy]

Beyond Rational said:

I think TG may be protecting the top place for if/when they get a Veyron

I'm not sure anyone really knows how the Veyron goes round corners. Maybe Bugatti do, hence they haven't supplied one......

[flemke]

moleamol said:

CommanderJameson said:

zagato said:

If you pick a track small enough a 1/10th scale electric rc car will be quicker than Hamilton's F1.

So why would you choose to take a large GT like a veyron on a cramped little track?

ISTR that the Veyron did a leisurely 7:40 round a much larger track.

So it did it slower than a 50k Nissan GT? Impressive.

I don't think you will find that a standard GT-R on standard tyres did anything like 7:40.

[Bada Bing!]

NobleGuy said:

Beyond Rational said:

I think TG may be protecting the top place for if/when they get a Veyron

I'm not sure anyone really knows how the Veyron goes round corners. Maybe Bugatti do, hence they haven't supplied one......

Didn't Tiff recently say that the chassis was astonishingly agile, given the BHP it's got to put up with?