Showing posts with label veyron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label veyron. Show all posts

Friday, March 04, 2016

Arnold Schwarzeneggers car collection









Schwarzenegger is no poser when it comes to military vehicles or military life for that matter. He was required to serve at least a year in the Austrian military and opted to be a tank driver. He said his Patton is ““exactly the very tank that I drove in the Austrian Army when I was 18 years old.”

but it's embarrassing to remember that in the 80s and 90s, a lot of Hollywood celebs did commercials that would never be seen in the USA, and he did his share of stupid schlocky cup o noodles commercials, but even worse are the energy drinks... he must have been out of his mind



http://www.autosportsart.com/top-10-cars-from-arnold-schwarzeneggers-garage
https://www.thrillist.com/cars/the-beastly-car-collection-of-arnold-schwarzenegger
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/brandons-blog-cars/2013/jan/07/arnold-schwarzenegger-owns-tank-and-crushes-cars-it/

Sunday, September 08, 2013

the annual Cruise for Kids, benefits the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Dieguito, and it's the most comprehensive gathering of supercars outside of SEMA


it's all open to the public, and you can walk in to drool... be polite and don't drip on the cars... and you'll see most every expensive car made in the past 5 years. About 1/4 of the cars were Ferrari




the only place you'll ever see Bugatti on the public roads... seriously. I've photographed a dozen or so, and only at car shows or dealerships. No one drives a million dollar vehicle anywhere



Just contrasting the size of the Rolls with the Audi



Gullwings and scissor wings (inspired by the Countach which needed them as a swing out would have never fit between cars in a parking lot) and the only Spyker I've seen in person



I'm pretty sure this is the only Lexus I've ever posted, probably the only one I will ever post. The normal ones are uninteresting


yup, two Avendators








two different Ariel Atoms



and a McLaren


Above, the Nissan GTR which has kicked the butt of the rest of the supercars, for a fraction the cost




at least 3 new Maserati



and a Tesla


damn good looking new Jaguar design



am I the only one that immediately thought of the Austin Powers Jag? This is a terrific looking paint job design


cool old cars are NOT excluded... this GTO and a 60's Mustang were there



Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Another example of Ezra Dyer being one of the few great humorous automotive writers you can find

The most incredible thing about the all-wheel-drive Veyron is not its engine but its drivetrain. A Veyron just digs in and goes. I try not to indulge in hyperbole, but when I floor the Veyron, we pass a tribe of Morlocks and the Wicked Witch of the West, and the sky turns green and commuters fly past on personal dirigibles, and then I hit the brakes and we return to our dimension.

I have a split second to think, "Hey, this is fast but controllable." Then the turbos hit.
It's like a bomb went off behind the rear bumper and we're surfing the shockwave. I upshift and it happens again, except now we're going much faster. The rear end scrabbles for traction and I find myself countersteering at perhaps 65 mph. I back off the gas, because I am not ready to visit third gear of the Mosler Raptor on this particular street. Not even if Waylon Jennings were sitting next to me singing the Dukes of Hazzard theme song.

http://www.automobilemag.com/features/columns/1201_dyer_consequences_has_rear_wheel_drive_reached_its_limit/index.html 

Friday, November 18, 2011