Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Anyone see tonights? (repeated on Tues.) They're clearly staged but they do make good tv. That Bugatti is an incredible bit of engineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted December 11, 2005 Author Share Posted December 11, 2005 oops wrong forum. Can a mod move please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 oops wrong forum. Can a mod move please? 66883[/snapback] Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 0 Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Yeah, totally agree. Beckham has one of those doesnt he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Yeah, totally agree. Beckham has one of those doesnt he? 66886[/snapback] cant imagine so, didnt they say that it was a one off and would cost £5million to make each one? or did I imagine that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8998 Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 didn't say it was a one off, but did mention that it cost £5m to make each also that flat out it ate all the petrol in it's tank in twelve minutes... and that if the Mclaren F1 was travelling at 140 (iirc) the bugatti would still beat it to 240 nice vehicle and I even found the aesthetics of it all, quite beautiful. that Marcos was.. I don't know it sort of reminded me of an old citroen and at the same time a TVR... I didn't like the look of the front, the lights weren't aggressive enough for the rest of the machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 didn't say it was a one off, but did mention that it cost £5m to make each also that flat out it ate all the petrol in it's tank in twelve minutes... and that if the Mclaren F1 was travelling at 140 (iirc) the bugatti would still beat it to 240 nice vehicle and I even found the aesthetics of it all, quite beautiful. that Marcos was.. I don't know it sort of reminded me of an old citroen and at the same time a TVR... I didn't like the look of the front, the lights weren't aggressive enough for the rest of the machine. 66913[/snapback] I know fuck all about cars, but a mate was round tonight and was telling me about the Bugatti after seeing it on Top Gear. Apparently some bloke (owner/manager/whatever) announced they were making it before discussing it with the engineers. When he eventually spoke to them they said it couldn't be done, but he told them to get on with it anyway. He then went public with one of the early designs which was an aerodynamic nightmare. But since he'd announced it, they had to make the impossible car fit that strange design. looked canny like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth Operator 10 Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 They're clearly staged but they do make good tv. 66882[/snapback] Staged? What on god's green earth are you on about? Would they go to the expense of all of that just to stage it? I'm not so sure. The car was a beast like, i thought at the very start Clarkson said it costs 847,000 quid to buy but it costs 5 mill to make so something doesn't add up? And why is it that it's always Clarkson in the driving seat in these races, i know that old bloke drives like Wacky Jnr but the short arse, teeth whitening fanatic doesn't get a look in either, he just got to sit in the back of a light aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Would they go to the expense of all of that just to stage it? I'm not so sure. 66957[/snapback] Why would they go to that expense if the plane went all the way, they won by a country mile and the segment just made boring TV and didn't heap praise on the vehicle intended? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravtash patel 0 Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 of course they are fuckin staged, 1 bloke sets off in a car while the other uses a plane & they get to the destination about 5 seconds apart.. give me fuckin strength !!! enjoyed it tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth Operator 10 Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 So it's basically like wrestling then eh, well fuck it if that's the case, i don't like being lied to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8998 Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Smoothy, the car was a technical exercise, was it possible to make a car that could go that fast, that hard and that sexy? the answer is an incredibly excpensive machine which is simply the best four wheeled machine on the planet, even beating a Nova with a tin can exhaust and a shoddy-kit Clarkson drives because he's the most capable driver, and also I'm guessing he's the biggest ego on the show and would throw a hissy fit of AF proportions if he wasn't allowed to play in the nice new car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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