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byAnonymous Coward writes:
That's barely warp factor 1!
byFons_de_spons ( 1311177 ) writes:
The warp drive is not available yet. This is impulse power only. It will be an option on the sports version in 2026. Too bad antimatter charging stations are still rare to find.
byshanen ( 462549 ) writes:
So why did you propagate the vacuous Subject? And why couldn't you come up with a Funny joke?
However my reaction to the story was to wonder "Why?" Where could you possibly drive such a car at such a speed? And why would you be in such a hurry?
Also reminds me to wonder about the fancy imported sports cars I see around here. I keep trying to imagine why any sane person would invest in such a car and I'm unable to come up with any positive reasons, though there seem to be various negative ones: (1) Good for p
byhey! ( 33014 ) writes:
Supercars this fast have tires that last less than fifteen minutes, perhaps eighty miles traveled on the track of you're lucky. And since the wear isn't linear, if you go just a little bit faster, you might only get a minute or two at the speeds this car goes before you have to change all the tires, which will set you back $40,000.
The point of such a thing is the same as one of those suborbital tourist space flights. The point is to *have had* the experience, which is too brief to be practically useful.
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byKernel Kurtz ( 182424 ) writes:
Supercars this fast have tires that last less than fifteen minutes, perhaps eighty miles traveled on the track of you're lucky. And since the wear isn't linear, if you go just a little bit faster, you might only get a minute or two at the speeds this car goes before you have to change all the tires, which will set you back $40,000.
The point of such a thing is the same as one of those suborbital tourist space flights. The point is to *have had* the experience, which is too brief to be practically useful.
I'm not sure what you need for tires for 300mph, but your "typical" 200mph supercar uses tires not that much different from ordinary street cars, just in larger sizes. And of course if you have ever driven on racing slicks that is an entirely different world, but even those are not terribly expensive. I think about a grand apiece for an F1 car (where they do indeed last minutes, maybe even just a qualifying lap).
byArchieBunker ( 132337 ) writes:
Last I checked it was $40k for a set of Veyron tires.
byKernel Kurtz ( 182424 ) writes:
Fair enough. Veyron owners probably consider it a feature. Seems a lot of extra money for 30mph over, say, a McLaren W1 with P Zeros.
byBarsteward ( 969998 ) writes:
You'll probably only need those high priced special tyres if you are going on the track at those really high speeds where normal tyres will just disintegrate. But for home use I would guess normal tyres for daily use.
byshanen ( 462549 ) writes:
I don't think this car is going to get much "daily use" at any speed above the local speed limit.
So far no one has said anything about speeding tickets, but Jimmy Carr has a joke about his girlfriend going to jail for his speeding, which could be folded into my attempted joke about picking up young women.
Or maybe this car doesn't have a second seat? For such speed you want to get the weight down. Until you hit a speed bump and have a lovely flight into the next county. Does the car include a parachute? Or m
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So the tyres get tired?
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