[DeTomaso] NPC Speed Record Set

[Art Stephens]

> There are not many flat, straight places you can run at 268 mph for more
> than a few minutes without running out of road.


Good point!  At 268 miles per hour,  you are travelling 4.47 miles per 
minute.  Twelve minutes of fuel at that speed would allow you go 53.64 
miles.  I haven't found that 53 mile straight yet.  LOL.  Although,  driving 
across Texas seemed like that.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On Behalf Of Cullen McCann
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 12:31 PM
> To: michael at michaelshortt.com; 'Art Stephens'
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC Speed Record Set
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> And it uses some obscene amount of fuel....I think it was Jeremy
> Clarkson or
> the other Brit that drove it on Top Gear and said ( while at speed) that
> it
> would run out of fuel in like 4 minutes or something.....a matter of
> minutes, I don't  recall specifically....but it was ridiculous....
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> Cullen
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> But the real question is, were both the radio and air conditioning on at
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> Michael Shortt
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> I read once about the Veyron that it takes 400 hp of it's 1,100 hp to
> help
> it get to 200 mph and the other 700 hp to make it to the old 250 mph
> mark.
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