If you owned a Bugatti Veyron, would you hypermiling it, too?
A Bugatti Veyron gets 5 city / 15 highway.
Hypermiling is SO a part of me,that I'm unable to stop doing it no matter what vehicle I drive. Are you the same? |
I enjoy very fast cars, but I also enjoy conserving fuel and slashing emissions too. So most of the time, if I had a fast car, I would be driving it slowly. That's why I'm becoming a fan of cars that are fast and economical too!
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I just remembered an interesting fact from top gear, at top speed (252 mph) the Veyron will use 100 litres of fuel in 10 minutes (that's 26 US gallons!)
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Along with your comment, here's a visual demo of how fast gas passes through a dragster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfbV1PlJMeY |
That's a scary amount of fuel, way too much for any vehicle regardless of how many thousand hp it has!
The only thing with hypermiling a fast car is that you begin questioning the point of owning such a car, and you get people looking at you saying "why own a car like that and drive it slowly?" at least that's what I say everytime I'm forced to overtake a Ferrari with its 75+ aged owner travelling at 45 Mph everywhere... I used to have a Sporty little car, but I drove it slow to get good fuel economy, that's why I changed to my little diesel, it suits my laid back nature more, but if I want to drive quick and aggressively, my fuel economy won't drop below 50 Mpg anyway. Win win. |
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In the right hands and with the right tires, that humble little car can probably make a 90 degree, right turn at any intersection as fast as any supercar. :) Draigflag, your earlier comment inspired me to have a bit of fun and post this Fuelly message: https://www.fuelly.com/forums/f22/hyp...ous-17941.html Cheers, Doug in Oakland, California :) |
I said yes, however I have absolutely no desire to own a vehicle like that.
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Did you also know that a routine service costs about $20,000, a set of tyres on the SS version cost $30,000 and will last about 15 minutes at top speed! Then every few thousand miles the wheels have to be stress tested for cracks etc, that's about another $35,000. To run a car like that would cost 100,000's of $$$ alone.
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Along those lines, a buddy bought a Tesla. They start at $70k, but I heard they're more like $120k after you get the most popular options. In California you might was well call the sales tax 10%. My friend paid more in sales tax than I paid for my lovely, although used MX-5. With the $113k savings that's like getting "free gas for life"! :) |
Oh. And, as expensive as the Veyron may be to buy, Volkswagon STILL loses money.
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