The Next Batmobile!??? - £3.5m Bugatti Bolide
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Fingolfen
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Oddly enough when I was walking down the street to buy groceries last weekend I heard a lot of revving engines and exhaust crackling - basic hooligan behavior! Turns out a bunch of wealthy blokes in super expensive cars were having some kind of parade though the neighbourhood and were making a helluva racket doing so. When I was about ten I would be impressed with beautiful sleek sportscars but these days they just strike me as ridiculous. Unless you drive them on a racetrack what is the point in all that performance? You certainly can't use it in our city. They seem an exercise in futility and frustration. Let's use an absurd amount of fossil fuel to demonstrate our tiny, um, self esteem. Don't get me wrong - I love riding my motorcycle and love the sound it makes. Although I sold my Harley because it was just too loud. But my Bonneville cost under $10K and uses minimal fuel. It's not exactly a racebike.
Some of those cars cost as much as a house.
Some of those cars cost as much as a house.
I drove a Mazda MX5 once and loved it. I believe it's called the Miata in the US. My neighbour had just bought it for Aust$8000 and that's my kinda sports car!
I also drove a Honda S2000 and it was a lot of fun and not the price of a house. But I could see myself driving an MX5. Our next car will probably be electric, once they become a bit more affordable and don't need the battery replace after 8 years. I can't really see us buying anther petrol car when our little Honda is so reliable. We intend to drive it until electric becomes a realistic option. I'm quite looking forward to electric because they have 100% torque available from stop.
I also drove a Honda S2000 and it was a lot of fun and not the price of a house. But I could see myself driving an MX5. Our next car will probably be electric, once they become a bit more affordable and don't need the battery replace after 8 years. I can't really see us buying anther petrol car when our little Honda is so reliable. We intend to drive it until electric becomes a realistic option. I'm quite looking forward to electric because they have 100% torque available from stop.
owlexifry
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those MX-5s look like so much fun, would love to drive one. i used to be into small hot hatches, nowadays have just been sticking with a turbo forester (occasional weekender; public transport on weekdays)I drove a Mazda MX5 once and loved it. I believe it's called the Miata in the US. My neighbour had just bought it for Aust$8000 and that's my kinda sports car!
I also drove a Honda S2000 and it was a lot of fun and not the price of a house. But I could see myself driving an MX5. Our next car will probably be electric, once they become a bit more affordable and don't need the battery replace after 8 years. I can't really see us buying anther petrol car when our little Honda is so reliable. We intend to drive it until electric becomes a realistic option. I'm quite looking forward to electric because they have 100% torque available from stop.
imo i reckon it'd be pretty cool if retrofitting electric motors in place of ICE was actually commercially/individually viable and widespread. would save a heap of waste from wrecking otherwise perfectly fine vehicles.
Mentaltossflycoon
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My dad had an MG in the mid 80's. I remember it being broken more than it ran. Stupid ass car for a 6'7" dude with a wife and kids. "But it was so coool...."
Huh, evidently my minivan fetish goes deep....
Fingolfen
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Fortunately my friend... well, I would say "works" on them... but this is the guy who put himself through college rebuilding every inch of them to squeeze out more horsepower... so "works" is a bit of an understatement...
That's something I reckon could be a good business - if it was feasible. Electric motors are tiny compared to ICEs, but batteries are not. Every now and again an old guy drives past my house in a very cool '61-ish Falcon ute. In Australia the Ford Falcon is a bit different from the US version, and I'm not sure they ever made a ute version there. Ute = utility = sedan turned into a pickup. Very popular car here for years but now the humble ute is being replaced by stupid dual-cab trucks. Our parking bays aren't big enough! Anyway I love the idea of buying an old early-'60s Falcon wagon and installing and electric motor and airbags. It will never happen because I couldn't afford it but how cool would it be?
Mitsubishi L300 Vans were notoroius for being unreliable that Couriers companies would not use somebody that owned one.
A chap I know had one parked up with the crappy engine in it so he purchased an Electric motor and got an Adapter plate made so it would bolt up to the existing Gearbox!
He purchased a Whole pile of rechargable batteries that line the whole back of his Van and put a False Floor above it & he drives it around everywhere doing Electrical work!
A chap I know had one parked up with the crappy engine in it so he purchased an Electric motor and got an Adapter plate made so it would bolt up to the existing Gearbox!
He purchased a Whole pile of rechargable batteries that line the whole back of his Van and put a False Floor above it & he drives it around everywhere doing Electrical work!
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