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Shelby's new supercar
Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a
pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car with a reptile's name (Tuatara, an ugly beast -- the lizard, not the car, which is very cool). Think of it as the anti-EA, anti-whoyakidding, screw-you-everybody vehicle. The mileage probably sucks. It only weighs 2750 pounds, but it has (be still, my heart) 1.350 hp and produces 1,280 lb-ft. of torque. They're actually fudging the horsepower, just like the Big Three did with their 7-liter engines back in the '60s, to avoid Congress's attention. The Tuatara engine actually can produce 1,700 hp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, theoretical top speed is 276 mph. No word yet of a plug-in hybrid version... http://tinyurl.com/b4ohmju This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. -- Ed Huntress |
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On May 15, 8:02*pm, Ed Huntress wrote:
Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car with a reptile's name (Tuatara, an ugly beast -- *the lizard, not the car, which is very cool). Think of it as the anti-EA, anti-whoyakidding, screw-you-everybody vehicle. The mileage probably sucks. It only weighs 2750 pounds, but it has (be still, my heart) 1.350 hp and produces 1,280 lb-ft. of torque. They're actually fudging the horsepower, just like the Big Three did with their 7-liter engines back in the '60s, to avoid Congress's attention. The Tuatara engine actually can produce 1,700 hp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, theoretical top speed is 276 mph. No word yet of a plug-in hybrid version... http://tinyurl.com/b4ohmju This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. -- Ed Huntress http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/29/s...ts-a-new-name/ "When you hear the Shelby name, the first person who comes to mind is likely Carroll, father of the Cobra, racing legend, and a man still involved in the development of performance Fords at nearly 90 years of age. You probably don't think of Jerod Shelby, even though his company, Shelby SuperCars, has for years been building cars that compete for the title of world's fastest. His latest creation, the Tuatara, might steal the title back from the Bugatti Veyron, but in the meantime has proven to be very popular in the Middle East. Problem is, the automotive world isn't big enough for two companies named after a Shelby, and so it has come to pass that Jerod's company will change its name from Shelby SuperCars to SSC North America. The switcheroo is reportedly a result of a settlement with Carroll Shelby Licensing and Carroll Shelby International. With that behind him, hopefully Jerod can get back to the Veyron- beating business. His company has also just broken ground on the new 36,000-square-foot world headquarters and production facility in West Richland, Washington we reported on a few months back." |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car with a reptile's name (Tuatara, an ugly beast -- the lizard, not the car, which is very cool). Think of it as the anti-EA, anti-whoyakidding, screw-you-everybody vehicle. The mileage probably sucks. It only weighs 2750 pounds, but it has (be still, my heart) 1.350 hp and produces 1,280 lb-ft. of torque. They're actually fudging the horsepower, just like the Big Three did with their 7-liter engines back in the '60s, to avoid Congress's attention. The Tuatara engine actually can produce 1,700 hp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, theoretical top speed is 276 mph. No word yet of a plug-in hybrid version... http://tinyurl.com/b4ohmju This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. -- Ed Huntress It seems Shelby Super Cars has no relation to Carroll Shelby at all. They had to change their name to SSC for obvious reasons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_SuperCars |
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On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:32:14 -0700, "anorton"
wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message .. . Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car with a reptile's name (Tuatara, an ugly beast -- the lizard, not the car, which is very cool). Think of it as the anti-EA, anti-whoyakidding, screw-you-everybody vehicle. The mileage probably sucks. It only weighs 2750 pounds, but it has (be still, my heart) 1.350 hp and produces 1,280 lb-ft. of torque. They're actually fudging the horsepower, just like the Big Three did with their 7-liter engines back in the '60s, to avoid Congress's attention. The Tuatara engine actually can produce 1,700 hp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, theoretical top speed is 276 mph. No word yet of a plug-in hybrid version... http://tinyurl.com/b4ohmju This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. -- Ed Huntress It seems Shelby Super Cars has no relation to Carroll Shelby at all. They had to change their name to SSC for obvious reasons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_SuperCars Damn! Winding Road should have made that clear. Oh, well. It's still a fascinating piece of work. -- Ed Huntress |
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On 5/15/2013 8:02 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. My '94 Escort will beat the pants off it on a Costco beer run... lol. Seriously though, that's a nice looking car. Definitely in the "if ya gotta ask, ya can't afford it" class. Hell, I probably couldn't afford a tune up for something like that.... Jon |
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"Jon Anderson" wrote in message ... On 5/15/2013 8:02 PM, Ed Huntress wrote: This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. My '94 Escort will beat the pants off it on a Costco beer run... lol. Seriously though, that's a nice looking car. Definitely in the "if ya gotta ask, ya can't afford it" class. Hell, I probably couldn't afford a tune up for something like that.... Jon But if I don't ask how am I going to write the check? Robert |
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On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:40:27 -0700, Jon Anderson
wrote: On 5/15/2013 8:02 PM, Ed Huntress wrote: This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. My '94 Escort will beat the pants off it on a Costco beer run... lol. Seriously though, that's a nice looking car. Definitely in the "if ya gotta ask, ya can't afford it" class. Hell, I probably couldn't afford a tune up for something like that.... Jon It does look nice, doesn't it? And I don't always like the looks of today's supercars. A lot of them look like they had just run out of ideas, and this was all they could come up with. -- Ed Huntress |
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On 5/16/2013 4:53 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:
It does look nice, doesn't it? And I don't always like the looks of today's supercars. A lot of them look like they had just run out of ideas, and this was all they could come up with. Sorta like a Lamborghini, a lot of 'aerodynamic' features that probably have at least as much to do with appearance as with actual aerodynamics. This really does have a clean sheet look to it. Jon |
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 10:23:29 -0700, janders
wrote: On 5/16/2013 4:53 AM, Ed Huntress wrote: It does look nice, doesn't it? And I don't always like the looks of today's supercars. A lot of them look like they had just run out of ideas, and this was all they could come up with. Sorta like a Lamborghini, a lot of 'aerodynamic' features that probably have at least as much to do with appearance as with actual aerodynamics. This really does have a clean sheet look to it. Jon Yes, the recent Lambos are definitely of that type. They don't look like they could be aerodynamic at all -- the Lambo Veneno and Aventador look like they have the aerodynamics of a squashed tomato can -- but they apparently do well in the wind tunnel. I never forget that Lamborghini originally was an agricultural tractor company. g The new one from SSC looks much better to my eyes. -- Ed Huntress |
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Ed Huntress wrote: must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. Nah - nitromethane - it's a green fuel, right? d;^) -- Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by Please don't feed the trolls. Killfile and ignore them so they will go away. |
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Ed Huntress wrote:
Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car with a reptile's name (Tuatara, an ugly beast -- the lizard, not the car, which is very cool). Think of it as the anti-EA, anti-whoyakidding, screw-you-everybody vehicle. The mileage probably sucks. It only weighs 2750 pounds, but it has (be still, my heart) 1.350 hp and produces 1,280 lb-ft. of torque. They're actually fudging the horsepower, just like the Big Three did with their 7-liter engines back in the '60s, to avoid Congress's attention. The Tuatara engine actually can produce 1,700 hp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, theoretical top speed is 276 mph. No word yet of a plug-in hybrid version... http://tinyurl.com/b4ohmju This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. SSC is a different company BUT A 6.9 that can turn close to 10K rpms! That thing must be howling like a banshee... I'm thinking it's probably not MPG you get but GPM... Like the little speed indicator for the passenger, that could be fun with some high strung types. Looks like you need to be a gymnast to get in though if the body cuts are anything close to the entry areas. Mirrors ruin it though. Would think they would have opted for a small camera bubble on each side with a small display screen inside instead. -- Steve W. |
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On 5/15/2013 10:02 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car with a reptile's name (Tuatara, an ugly beast -- the lizard, not the car, which is very cool). Think of it as the anti-EA, anti-whoyakidding, screw-you-everybody vehicle. The mileage probably sucks. It only weighs 2750 pounds, but it has (be still, my heart) 1.350 hp and produces 1,280 lb-ft. of torque. They're actually fudging the horsepower, just like the Big Three did with their 7-liter engines back in the '60s, to avoid Congress's attention. The Tuatara engine actually can produce 1,700 hp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, theoretical top speed is 276 mph. No word yet of a plug-in hybrid version... http://tinyurl.com/b4ohmju This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. Useless, no room for two deer and gear when I come back from the deer harvest, no ground clearance for hidden rocks in the fields. Also, twice as many wheels on the ground as needed for go fast feeling. David |
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On Wed, 15 May 2013 23:02:13 -0400, Ed Huntress
wrote: Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car with a reptile's name (Tuatara, an ugly beast -- the lizard, not the car, which is very cool). Think of it as the anti-EA, anti-whoyakidding, screw-you-everybody vehicle. The mileage probably sucks. It only weighs 2750 pounds, but it has (be still, my heart) 1.350 hp and produces 1,280 lb-ft. of torque. They're actually fudging the horsepower, just like the Big Three did with their 7-liter engines back in the '60s, to avoid Congress's attention. The Tuatara engine actually can produce 1,700 hp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, theoretical top speed is 276 mph. No word yet of a plug-in hybrid version... http://tinyurl.com/b4ohmju This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. No mention of the pushrods! At 9200 RPM surely there are at least two sets. |
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 06:43:31 -0700, whoyakidding's ghost
wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 23:02:13 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote: Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car with a reptile's name (Tuatara, an ugly beast -- the lizard, not the car, which is very cool). Think of it as the anti-EA, anti-whoyakidding, screw-you-everybody vehicle. The mileage probably sucks. It only weighs 2750 pounds, but it has (be still, my heart) 1.350 hp and produces 1,280 lb-ft. of torque. They're actually fudging the horsepower, just like the Big Three did with their 7-liter engines back in the '60s, to avoid Congress's attention. The Tuatara engine actually can produce 1,700 hp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, theoretical top speed is 276 mph. No word yet of a plug-in hybrid version... http://tinyurl.com/b4ohmju This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. No mention of the pushrods! At 9200 RPM surely there are at least two sets. Yeah, the engine in this one is a quad-cam affair with dual turbos. It's tall, although it looks like it has a dry sump to compensate. However, they had an earlier version of it with pushrods. I didn't see any rpm specs on that one but they must have needed the revs and four-valve setup of quad cams to get all that horsepower. The supercar race is becoming ridiculous. Apparently the sheiks in the Middle Eastern oil countries are buying them up -- Maserattis, Ferraris, McLarens, Bugattis, etc. -- Ed Huntress |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
... Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car with a reptile's name (Tuatara, an ugly beast -- the lizard, not the car, which is very cool). Think of it as the anti-EA, anti-whoyakidding, screw-you-everybody vehicle. Well, "anti-" in diff. senses, of course.... Anti-EA is, as you allude, bigdick hp.... Anti-Kidding is, well, anything that makes engineering sense, like, well, superfluous multi-planetary gears in a $1+++ BIL """green""" science project.... Ahhh, but hypocrisy is a glorious thing. The FIRST thing I do in any car review is check out the hp..... LOL!!!!!! Hennesey motors can take any 300-400 hp car, and give it back to you with 1,000-2,000 hp. Preferably 'vettes. The mileage probably sucks. It only weighs 2750 pounds, but it has (be still, my heart) 1.350 hp and produces 1,280 lb-ft. of torque. They're actually fudging the horsepower, just like the Big Three did with their 7-liter engines back in the '60s, to avoid Congress's attention. The Tuatara engine actually can produce 1,700 hp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, theoretical top speed is 276 mph. No word yet of a plug-in hybrid version... http://tinyurl.com/b4ohmju This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. Somebody had to kick Veyron's ass. -- EA -- Ed Huntress |
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 14:01:44 -0400, "Existential Angst"
wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message .. . Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car with a reptile's name (Tuatara, an ugly beast -- the lizard, not the car, which is very cool). Think of it as the anti-EA, anti-whoyakidding, screw-you-everybody vehicle. Well, "anti-" in diff. senses, of course.... You guys are arguing about automobile economy while this Shelby dude is building megamillion supercars with 1350 horsepower, probably getting worse milage than a loaded dump truck going up a hill, and all I could think about was your...disagreement. g Anti-EA is, as you allude, bigdick hp.... Anti-Kidding is, well, anything that makes engineering sense, like, well, superfluous multi-planetary gears in a $1+++ BIL """green""" science project.... Ahhh, but hypocrisy is a glorious thing. The FIRST thing I do in any car review is check out the hp..... LOL!!!!!! Hennesey motors can take any 300-400 hp car, and give it back to you with 1,000-2,000 hp. Preferably 'vettes. The mileage probably sucks. It only weighs 2750 pounds, but it has (be still, my heart) 1.350 hp and produces 1,280 lb-ft. of torque. They're actually fudging the horsepower, just like the Big Three did with their 7-liter engines back in the '60s, to avoid Congress's attention. The Tuatara engine actually can produce 1,700 hp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, theoretical top speed is 276 mph. No word yet of a plug-in hybrid version... http://tinyurl.com/b4ohmju This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. Somebody had to kick Veyron's ass. I wonder, after you've poked the throttle a few times and blasted up to 250 mph without killing yourself (problematic, at that), what you do with the car next? Sell it? -- Ed Huntress |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
... On Thu, 16 May 2013 14:01:44 -0400, "Existential Angst" wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message . .. Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car with a reptile's name (Tuatara, an ugly beast -- the lizard, not the car, which is very cool). Think of it as the anti-EA, anti-whoyakidding, screw-you-everybody vehicle. Well, "anti-" in diff. senses, of course.... You guys are arguing about automobile economy while this Shelby dude is building megamillion supercars with 1350 horsepower, probably getting worse milage than a loaded dump truck going up a hill, and all I could think about was your...disagreement. g Anti-EA is, as you allude, bigdick hp.... Anti-Kidding is, well, anything that makes engineering sense, like, well, superfluous multi-planetary gears in a $1+++ BIL """green""" science project.... Ahhh, but hypocrisy is a glorious thing. The FIRST thing I do in any car review is check out the hp..... LOL!!!!!! Hennesey motors can take any 300-400 hp car, and give it back to you with 1,000-2,000 hp. Preferably 'vettes. The mileage probably sucks. It only weighs 2750 pounds, but it has (be still, my heart) 1.350 hp and produces 1,280 lb-ft. of torque. They're actually fudging the horsepower, just like the Big Three did with their 7-liter engines back in the '60s, to avoid Congress's attention. The Tuatara engine actually can produce 1,700 hp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, theoretical top speed is 276 mph. No word yet of a plug-in hybrid version... http://tinyurl.com/b4ohmju This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. Somebody had to kick Veyron's ass. I wonder, after you've poked the throttle a few times and blasted up to 250 mph without killing yourself (problematic, at that), what you do with the car next? Sell it? Keep it in a 50 car garage, like Jay Leno, drive it once a year. I wish they'd make these cars look like fukn CARS..... these things remind me of the Aptera, ferchrissakes.... How bout a '70s vintage Plymouth Gran Fury or Dodge Charger or MonteCarlo with 1700 hp?? These fukn Veyrons, SSCs look like cigars with wheels. -- EA -- Ed Huntress |
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 15:27:44 -0400, "Existential Angst"
wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 16 May 2013 14:01:44 -0400, "Existential Angst" wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car with a reptile's name (Tuatara, an ugly beast -- the lizard, not the car, which is very cool). Think of it as the anti-EA, anti-whoyakidding, screw-you-everybody vehicle. Well, "anti-" in diff. senses, of course.... You guys are arguing about automobile economy while this Shelby dude is building megamillion supercars with 1350 horsepower, probably getting worse milage than a loaded dump truck going up a hill, and all I could think about was your...disagreement. g Anti-EA is, as you allude, bigdick hp.... Anti-Kidding is, well, anything that makes engineering sense, like, well, superfluous multi-planetary gears in a $1+++ BIL """green""" science project.... Ahhh, but hypocrisy is a glorious thing. The FIRST thing I do in any car review is check out the hp..... LOL!!!!!! Hennesey motors can take any 300-400 hp car, and give it back to you with 1,000-2,000 hp. Preferably 'vettes. The mileage probably sucks. It only weighs 2750 pounds, but it has (be still, my heart) 1.350 hp and produces 1,280 lb-ft. of torque. They're actually fudging the horsepower, just like the Big Three did with their 7-liter engines back in the '60s, to avoid Congress's attention. The Tuatara engine actually can produce 1,700 hp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, theoretical top speed is 276 mph. No word yet of a plug-in hybrid version... http://tinyurl.com/b4ohmju This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. Somebody had to kick Veyron's ass. I wonder, after you've poked the throttle a few times and blasted up to 250 mph without killing yourself (problematic, at that), what you do with the car next? Sell it? Keep it in a 50 car garage, like Jay Leno, drive it once a year. I wish they'd make these cars look like fukn CARS..... these things remind me of the Aptera, ferchrissakes.... How bout a '70s vintage Plymouth Gran Fury or Dodge Charger or MonteCarlo with 1700 hp?? You're stuck in the past, EA. Not that I'm not g. These fukn Veyrons, SSCs look like cigars with wheels. Look at the Lambos. They look like Transformers: push a button, and it unfolds into an Intergalactic Dump Truck. -- Ed Huntress |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
... On Sat, 18 May 2013 15:27:44 -0400, "Existential Angst" wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message . .. On Thu, 16 May 2013 14:01:44 -0400, "Existential Angst" wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message m... Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car with a reptile's name (Tuatara, an ugly beast -- the lizard, not the car, which is very cool). Think of it as the anti-EA, anti-whoyakidding, screw-you-everybody vehicle. Well, "anti-" in diff. senses, of course.... You guys are arguing about automobile economy while this Shelby dude is building megamillion supercars with 1350 horsepower, probably getting worse milage than a loaded dump truck going up a hill, and all I could think about was your...disagreement. g Anti-EA is, as you allude, bigdick hp.... Anti-Kidding is, well, anything that makes engineering sense, like, well, superfluous multi-planetary gears in a $1+++ BIL """green""" science project.... Ahhh, but hypocrisy is a glorious thing. The FIRST thing I do in any car review is check out the hp..... LOL!!!!!! Hennesey motors can take any 300-400 hp car, and give it back to you with 1,000-2,000 hp. Preferably 'vettes. The mileage probably sucks. It only weighs 2750 pounds, but it has (be still, my heart) 1.350 hp and produces 1,280 lb-ft. of torque. They're actually fudging the horsepower, just like the Big Three did with their 7-liter engines back in the '60s, to avoid Congress's attention. The Tuatara engine actually can produce 1,700 hp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, theoretical top speed is 276 mph. No word yet of a plug-in hybrid version... http://tinyurl.com/b4ohmju This car is either a sign of the Apocalypse or evidence that we're crawling out of our penurous, poor-economy state of mind. And somebody must figure that we're going to find more oil somewhere. Somebody had to kick Veyron's ass. I wonder, after you've poked the throttle a few times and blasted up to 250 mph without killing yourself (problematic, at that), what you do with the car next? Sell it? Keep it in a 50 car garage, like Jay Leno, drive it once a year. I wish they'd make these cars look like fukn CARS..... these things remind me of the Aptera, ferchrissakes.... How bout a '70s vintage Plymouth Gran Fury or Dodge Charger or MonteCarlo with 1700 hp?? You're stuck in the past, EA. Not that I'm not g. I think a 1970 Charger with 1700 hp would weigh less than fuknKidding's BloatVolt. Might even get better gas mileage: Press the Charger's accelerator ONCE, and it would proly COAST for 40 miles.... -- EA These fukn Veyrons, SSCs look like cigars with wheels. Look at the Lambos. They look like Transformers: push a button, and it unfolds into an Intergalactic Dump Truck. -- Ed Huntress |
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On 5/18/2013 3:25 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
I wish they'd make these cars look like fukn CARS..... these things remind me of the Aptera, ferchrissakes.... How bout a '70s vintage Plymouth Gran Fury or Dodge Charger or MonteCarlo with 1700 hp?? You're stuck in the past, EA. Not that I'm not g. These fukn Veyrons, SSCs look like cigars with wheels. Look at the Lambos. They look like Transformers: push a button, and it unfolds into an Intergalactic Dump Truck. I wanna '68 fastback hemi 'Cuda that Transforms by raising to 10" ground clearance so I can take it off road while deer hunting. No 8 track, though, stock AM/FM customized to take an MP3 player input. David |
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Shelby's new supercar
Ed Huntress wrote:
I wonder, after you've poked the throttle a few times and blasted up to 250 mph without killing yourself (problematic, at that), what you do with the car next? Sell it? Keep it in a 50 car garage, like Jay Leno, drive it once a year. I wish they'd make these cars look like fukn CARS..... these things remind me of the Aptera, ferchrissakes.... How bout a '70s vintage Plymouth Gran Fury or Dodge Charger or MonteCarlo with 1700 hp?? You're stuck in the past, EA. Not that I'm not g. These fukn Veyrons, SSCs look like cigars with wheels. Look at the Lambos. They look like Transformers: push a button, and it unfolds into an Intergalactic Dump Truck. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w9X5Io0mvk -- Steve W. |
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