1001 horsepower, that’s what the ad said. Apparently 1000 horses wasn’t enough. They had to emphasize that 1 extra horsepower. If you are going to be ostentatious you may as well be sure people notice!

I’m talking about the Bugatti-Veyron, the worlds fastest production car with a top speed of 252 MPH and a price tag to match (1.4 million dollars). It couldn’t be rounded to a top speed of 250 MPH but they also had to emphasize those extra 2 MPH. For those of you who can afford one (I can’t) an information video on this luxury is available. The rest of us can only drool or ignore it.

Anyway I got to thinking about the practicality of this car for a normal person. It may be a bit much for commuting to and from work. The ad didn’t mention a few pertinent critical facts like the fact that the engine consumes at least 80 gallons of gas an hour (1.33 gallons a minute) and that’s just idling! Try coping with that in rush hour traffic. You’re going to have to find a gas station every twenty minutes or less or else you run out of gas but maybe you could install a bigger gas tank but, hay, you’d be going 252 MPH between gas stops provided everyone got out of your way!

Let’s see, if your average commute time is an hour each way plus a little extra for the occasional delays and accidents you’ll need about a 200+ gallon gas tank and a bit of luck in order to be sure you get home before the gas tank runs dry. Of course you’ll still have to fill up your gas tank every day. Assuming you can do this what you have created is a FLYING BOMB. Good luck try surviving an accident.

Nor did the ad mention that at top speed the tires will only last 15 minutes before disintegrating but that’s okay because you’ll run out of gas before then since you have a 26.4 gallon gas tank which goes dry in about 7 minutes at a wide open throttle. Starting to get a bit expensive I suspect. Maybe you could just exhibit the car on a pedestal like a work of art. That would still impress your peers and will be a lot safer.

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