[DeTomaso] NPC Speed Record Set

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Wow... I could get to work in less than 10 minutes.  Sweeeeeet!

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 7/21/2010 17:12, Art Stephens wrote:
>> There are not many flat, straight places you can run at 268 mph for more
>> than a few minutes without running out of road.
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> 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
>> the
>> time?
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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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