Going FAST (CraigD will probably LOVE this)
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I was checking out some local stuff today and found this.
http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Motoring&fArticleId=3879874
It's claimed as doing about 550km/h (that is 342 mph for you yanks). o_O wow.That is probably a whole lot faster than what is healthy for you! Count
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Looks like a casket with fins. Nice and quite appropriate.
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I'll wait 'till they come out with the family-sized minivan version with more room for groceries & kids.
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WOW! I love it! I agree with the last question though...with the vehicle being so light and aerodynamic, why does it need to have 700 bhp?! I would think that a normally aspirated Suzuki Hyabusa engine tweaked to make "only" 250 bhp would still be a lot of speed! He did say that they're making the crazy fast one first, so the less crazy-fast versions would be easier to build later.
Although my Honda CBR954RR (Fireblade) doesn't have a 28 speaker stereo nor does it have weather protection, it does get great gas mileage and goes 0-100 kilometers per hour in under 3 seconds! And I do have rain gear and headphones if I needed to be dry in the rain and hear surround-like music!
...plus it was under $10,000 US dollars!Here's my favorite quote of the article: "They have the basic aerodynamic quality of an ocean container so they attempt to drive 'under the wind' by being low. This is as silly as trying to keep dry in a pool by swimming along the bottom."
Reminds me of my argument about having smoking sections in restaurants...that's like have a pee-ing section in a pool!
Thanks for sharing!!
- CraigD
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I wonder if they'll be smashing up a few of these fast babies in the next James Bond flick? It would be cool to see 007 in one of these speeding down a Los Angeles freeway at over 500km/hr while, say, Bond girl Paris Hilton chases him in a helicopter (Paris at the controls of course -- that would be Hot).
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I'd still rather ride a cheetah - now that would be an adreneline rush.. will it be the speed that kills ya or the teeth and claws + animal rage? Safer rides may be a pronghorn antelope or a swordfish - they are both pretty fast..
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@shaun tennant said:
I'd still rather ride a cheetah - now that would be an adreneline rush.. will it be the speed that kills ya or the teeth and claws + animal rage?
ALA Harold and Kumar go to White Castle?
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ha - Jeff- that's a reference I don't quite get - Haven't seen the movie, but I have a couple of friends who have talked about how funny it was? I just think it would be cool to ride a big cat Skeletor-style..
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