BigJim19

just watching an old top gear, the one where they drive from brussels to blackpool on one tank of fuel, and where they have the veyron and the zonda f on the track........


anyone notice the damage on the offside sill of the veyron, i had to rewind it to double take, quite a hefty dent on that there white on white veyron.........

perhaps stig had a bit of an off?????

Mike C

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I remember seeing that myself now you mention it. I had forgot until now to be fair.

steviecossie

I just seen that on DAVE and noticed the big dent on the sill, could be a pricey repair.

when jenson button was on a few weeks back they were talking about the time he had his veyron on there test track and something happened to it but he didnt want to mention it because he was putting it up for sale, so that might be his veyron they used for the lap. I could be wrong though

BigJim19

jensen's is a black on black car, its on the autotrader iirc.....

that was a white on white car, reg 69 KP, but yeah, thats a bad place for that kind of damage

steviecossie

I was wrong then. But i'm sure if you can afford the car then the repair bill wont be a problem

BigJim19

very true, was reading an old evo, the first service on a veyron is like Ł13k!!!!

and tyres need to be changed every 2.5k, at nearly Ł700 a corner, the wheels every 7.5k and they are Ł29k a set!!!

there's a fella round here who has one and he uses it often too, fair play to him i say!!!

steviecossie

Why do the wheels need to be changed very 7.5k?

dojj

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the tyres need to be changed every 2.5k because they are apparently bonded to the wheels
and after a few goes at bonding, they need new wheels too

it's begining to sound more and more like a cossie

steviecossie

thats a bit shite

i suppose its buggati's way of making some money off these cars

dojj

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performance machinery mate, they don't want any legal bills when someone dies like they might have had when the tt's were crashing ebcaus they couldn'tr go round corners

BigJim19

they loose Ł4.5million on every single veyron the produce.....

Benni

That Veryon wasn't driven by the Stig, but by the wealthy owners Son.

Benni.

steviecossie

Is that why it didnt make the top of the leaderboard

dojj

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but who's to say the owners son wasn't the stig

Benni

I wondered that. The deal was his Son would drive as The Stig.

Benni.

steviecossie

I bet the son has a t-shirt saying I AM THE STIG

Porkie

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I was at the filming of that Episode.

The damage was done by the owner himself. He did it at a Petrol station.

You know the large raised curb kinda things that surround petrol pumps? well he whacked the side into one of those manouerving around after filling up with Fuel

Porkie

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not true.

where did you hear that?!?!?!?!

I met the owner... he would have had to have had a child at aged about 9 for that to be true!

steviecossie

That would've pissed me right off

dojj

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i don't know if i'd have been cringing when that happened or pissing myself laughing if i'd have seen that

i know the camera would have been out in seconds though