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01-05-2010, 17:44
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the ultimate thrill - is it really a car?
... see attached a picture of the Bloodhound SSC (1:1 model of the front end). The vehicle will be powered by a jet engine and a rocket. It shall attempt to reach 1,600km/h. It is under construction by the same British consortium which built the Thrust SSC, the first car to break the sound barrier at 1,228km/h in 1997 and current land speed record holder...
Note that the Thrust SSC had 110,000 HP, acceleration 0-1,000km/h in 16s, and the fuel consumption was at 5,500L/100km (0.04 mpg). Haha! The vehicle is on permanent display at Coventry Transport Museum. ... another reason to go to Coventry  .sources: Bloodhound SSC and Thrust SSC. Last edited by amzamz; 02-05-2010 at 07:49. 
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01-05-2010, 19:00
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Wow that means peak accelerations of over 6g
 . Who is the beast that's able to control this rocket?? The silver Spyker might still be at the Coventry Transport museum as well.
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01-05-2010, 21:15
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I visited the Coventry Museum a few years ago for a Saab meeting and took these photos ..
But yes, a Spyker was at the Muesum last December 
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01-05-2010, 22:02
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04-05-2010, 18:56
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a more "realistic" thrill
... is going 650 km/h with an electric vehicle a thrill? Did anyone have this experience yet? Please let me know.
Acabion "Da Vinci", electric motor 600 KW, 24,000rpm, aerodynamic drag coefficient cd=0.08, weight 430kg, acceleration 0-550km/h in less than 30s. See source here price tag: EUR 500,000 to 5,000,000 depending on model  See the inventor's presentation here. Last edited by amzamz; 04-05-2010 at 19:52.
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06-05-2010, 22:51
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Biggest thrill I had was not on a bike or car but on a snow mobile!
0-100 km/h in 2,5 seconds and doing 160 km/h on a narrow track between the trees is something that gave me a bigger adrenaline rush than doing the Gumball 3000...
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06-05-2010, 23:51
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Wow that's a fast snow mobile!
I drove one this winter too, on a safari. I'm sure it wasn't as quick as yours, but it definitely felt very quick. Too bad (not that I didn't enjoy myself!) we ended up in one of the biggest snow storms of the year! Took me 1,5 hours to travel a 20min route 
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 Must have been really impressive! I have never tried... (The adrenaline in Gumball probably comes from the participation fee, the Hollywood stars, paparazzis and the gamble with losing your drivers licence... otherwise, driving a supercar across thousands of miles of normal roads, in any weather, in a crowd... I am not sure if it would attract me...)
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