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  1. 24th May 2010, 08:58 PM #1
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    Bugatti Veyron in the flesh

    I called in the VW factory up in Wolfsburg, and being the ultimate 'end owners' of Bugatti they had a display building with just one car in it! The Veyron.

    It is really more like art then just a car. Gawd knows how much the building around it cost, let alone the price of the car. It was all silver, so a bit hard to see properly in the photos, but a really stunning exhibit.
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    the car of a life time and the decade, the things id do just to sit in it let alone drive it
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    Quote Originally Posted by spudboy View Post
    I called in the VW factory up in Wolfsburg, and being the ultimate 'end owners' of Bugatti they had a display building with just one car in it! The Veyron.

    It is really more like art then just a car. Gawd knows how much the building around it cost, let alone the price of the car. It was all silver, so a bit hard to see properly in the photos, but a really stunning exhibit.
    I must be the world's youngest boring old Grandpa. I'd head straight to the Mercedes Museum and be in awe of the 2.6 million km 240D
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    I thought about going to the Mercedes factory (I have a 280CE W123 which I love) but it didn't fit with my meanderings. Stuttgart I presume....
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    as good as they are, id prefer a Mc f1LM or even a F40LM.....

    great to be there and see it though. did you do any of the other factory stuff?
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    Didn't go inside the factory, but just to their "Experience" centre, which showcased a of of the end products, includuing Lamborghini and Audi (and yes, even Skoda...).

    I got to see the twin towers of cars ready for delivery, which is a computerised storage system for finished cars. You turn up to pick up your car, and a computerised "picker" goes to the right floor and automatically pulls it out to the lift and brings it down for you. Extremely neat!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by B92 8NW View Post
    I must be the world's youngest boring old Grandpa. I'd head straight to the Mercedes Museum and be in awe of the 2.6 million km 240D
    You're a bit of the mark, I have heard much more.

    Proverbial Longevity in 4.6 Million Kilometers
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  8. 25th May 2010, 06:32 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by series3 View Post
    You're a bit of the mark, I have heard much more.

    Proverbial Longevity in 4.6 Million Kilometers
    Does this line from that article mean what I think it means?

    During this time the owner was able to call upon the original engine and two spare units, deploying them on a rotational basis 11 times in total.

    If I have read it correctly, it sound a bit like grandfather's axe; two new heads and five new handles.

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  9. 25th May 2010, 07:10 AM #9
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    Mine's got 260,000KMs on it, but I only have one engine.....
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  10. 25th May 2010, 08:05 AM #10
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    Hardly think it could be called a Grandfather's Axe. It's still around 1,520,000 km per engine.

    My 300D had 500,000 on it and the auto was like new, far better than the 4HP22 in my D1 which has exactly half the mileage. I don't expect the bodyshell or powertrain of a Land Rover to do 4,600,000 km, except in perhaps the case of an Isuzu, but that's not a Land Rover engine, its Japanese and I'm sure there'd be several LT95 rebuilds in that time.

    *EDIT even 11 rotations is around 418,000 km per engine before any work.
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