Hennessey Viper – Zero to 220 MPH In 24.1 Seconds

You could give out 1/24 scaled models :mrgreen:

It does have a great design, too.

- S

As is the case for most of us :) Mine's not quite that crappy but my Hyundai's still not going to go half as fast as that car ;)

Lucky you, I don't even have a bicycle :sad:

A friend of mine told me that Vipers are really rough to drive.

The flashing red lights are not meant to be directly looked at, only so you can see out of the corner out of your eye that you need to shift or the boost is at it's max psi.

Thanks for the information, I was curious about the light myself.

- S

Probably illegal on the streets ;)

- S

LoL! No doubt man, no doubt!

Eddie Griffin wouldn't be allowed to drive my Hyundai... :P

I need a bumper sticker
"honk if you see griffin"

- S

true..but you gonna need better insurance if you gonna travel 220mph

If you're traveling 220mph, you don't need insurance at all. If something goes wrong, you won't be around to worry about it afterwards.

Definitely. Viper suspension = Jeep suspension (relative to a Bugatti suspension).

Yep, due to the tires. The Veyron is engineered to go 255MPH while this is just a Viper with a huge engine. As John said, only the Veyron has tires that can transfer 1000HP to the road. Any other tires if you floor it just spin around and do nothing.

I'm also going to guess that the Viper doesn't have proper brakes and the chassis probably won't handle 255.

Unles, of course, you use slicks which are illegal on the road. :wink:

I think that legal doesn't matter on this track..

But you also have to take into account the camera and sound equipment used in each video. Top Gear's video utilized a high-end television production camera (with steadycam, etc.) and a microphone that was wired to pick up his voice and muffle all other sounds.

The Hennessey video, however, simply used a rear-mounted camera (no steadycam technilogy) with a microphone wired directly to the camera itself, no muffling. Huge, huge difference. Perceptionally speaking, they create two entirely different worlds of sensation, even if filmed in the same car at the same speed.

That, and there's also a massive difference between the price of the two cars. $1.2 million vs. less than $100,000. As far as I'm concerned, with a price like that, the Bugatti (though I love it) needs even more refinement.

Did I just type technilogy?!? :razz:

Should probably also throw in that there's also a huge difference in the tracks they were running on. The Volkswagon Ehra-Lessien track, which is near Wolfsburg, Germany, is as smooth as glass. The Bugatti needed that in order to reach its top speed. The track the Viper ran on, as you can see, leaves quite a bit to be desired.

Nonetheless, both cars rock. Personally, I've only driven a Viper (total rush), so I can't speak for the Bugatti...though I imagine it's insanely orgasmic!

Whatever, man. All the tracks here in Texas are AWESOME!!! :cool: Hehe, you said "technilogy".

How could you write 'technilogy' on a blog who's owner runs The TechZone :razz:

Also consider the video quality, as said below

- S

too bad I can't afford anything like that. I'll have to put it on my list of goals.

Start making money like John Chow and you can.

I don't think that even John could afford one of these..

Man...I can't imagine driving a car with that much power!!! But one day!! :twisted: