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Old 11-14-08, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by theanimala
Wow, a VP got one? In most companies that I work with, they give VP titles out like they are going out of style. I'd like to see what your CEO drives.
haha we do have a few vp in our companies. our ceo just drives a normal 3 series a few guys in my office are billionaires, and there are a lot of 10s or 100s millionaires, all from the old IPO days (which i missed of course, haha). money is really no issue to them

the guy owning the veyron? he has a real collection of cars (ferrari, lambo, bentley, am, maserati, etc....), and he actually has a gas tank at his home for fill up, so he doesn't have to drive out to get gas, coz' he's annoyed with all the attention and questions people have when he's just trying to fill-up. what a life

i still remember that day when i was leaving and he pulled in in the veyron. i sweared i said to myself "no way, no ******* way!"
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Old 11-14-08, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Stage3
I wonder how much Audi is making per car? I can't see them charging too much above cost to make one of these cars...
The car actually costs about near $5-million to make.

They're taking a hit for bragging rights. And magazines and shows pay to advertise the car...
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Old 11-14-08, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by nabbun
all i know is that the guy who built the transmission grew a full set of white hairs when trying to build a tranny that would handle 1,001 HP AND last on this car.

he normally builds F1 tranny's and they can handle such power but they only have to last 1 or two races before being rebuilt.

try That one on for size . . .
I almost can't believe there's an automatic tranny in this 1010 hp beast. To this day, automakers are building transmissions that fail with 200 hp.

It's just nuts.
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Old 11-16-08, 03:37 AM
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I'd trade in my GS for one of those, LOL.
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Old 11-17-08, 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by JLSC4
I almost can't believe there's an automatic tranny in this 1010 hp beast. To this day, automakers are building transmissions that fail with 200 hp.

It's just nuts.
there are only 2 cars in this world with a tranny built to handle more than 800 ft/lb of torque.

the 1st goes in the Veyron and the 2nd?

http://www.ruf-automobile.de/content...hr=&details=25
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