if it's like his viper work, expect to see a lot of e-bay ads titled "spare veyron parts" followed by a news article about some millionaire demanding his veyron back.
Furniture
if it's like his viper work, expect to see a lot of e-bay ads titled "spare veyron parts" followed by a news article about some millionaire demanding his veyron back.
Andreas Preuninger, Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars: "Grandmas can use paddles. They aren't challenging."
Enthusiast
That was a while ago. What Ive seen of him recently hes a good guy and pretty friendly too. Whats he gonna do with this McLaren F1?Originally Posted by clutch-monkey
UCP biggest mustang lover
Enthusiast
No Mclaren F1 although I wish great tuners like Him and Heffner could get their hands on more supercars like that. I would like to see a modified Enzo by either one of the guys. Let the talk begin, for some people perfect just isnt perfect enough or it may be too perfect.
Enthusiast
HEY
You know what will make enthusiasts like the veyron more (or hate it less).
It is a very very complicated process.
It was developed by the Aztecs over a thousand years ago.
Few have attempted it.
It is a time-consuming method of bettering a car.
The way is to... (scroll down)
(wat i said above was bullshit)
REDUCING THE WEIGHT!!!
ITS NOT THAT HARD COMPARED TO DEVELOPING A NEW EXHAUST SYSTEM
it was actually me who killed vasilli zaitsev, heinz thorwald, carlos hatchcock, and simo hayha
Rookie
It's a Veyron. Isn't that kinda the point?
.....likes NASCAR
The Voice of Reason
Holy crap you guys, so what. It's cool. Yes, John Hennessey is a con man, but it's still cool.
The Veryron is a useless piece of garbage if you look at it from a completely practical perspective. Sure it's well-thought out, but it can't do anything functional or legal very well. Giving it a boost just adds more to the insanity.
Oh boo-hoo "VAG engineers put so much though into it". It's not a holy relic, it's an overdone car. It's lame to complain that Hennessey might overdo it (more?); that's the whole point. I'm actually hoping someone asks them to do a whole lot more than just tack on an exhaust system.
/truth
Last edited by Egg Nog; 10-24-2006 at 08:44 PM.
Fanatic
Mabye if somone hit it with a sledgehammer a few times that would help too, Ugly ass car...
Enthusiast
Will every Hennessy-Bugatti receive one of those all-important individually numbered dashboard plaques?
Any bets on a solid rear 'drag axle' option for the Veyron? Maybe nitrous? And polished rims (also suit Hummer) along with a set of Hennessy-approved kerb twangers
Super Moderator
Shawn's been drinking the tuner Kool-Aid.
Space Modulator
The difference between car enthusiasts and those who merely wish for the last kw of performance is the enthusiast will buy a Porsche because it is a Porsche along with the respect they have for all things Porsche. The power maniac will buy it and go shopping at Rinspeed.
They are after two different things both of which the other just can’t grock.
"A string is approximately nine long."
Egg Nogg 02-04-2005, 05:07 AM
Enthusiast
it was actually me who killed vasilli zaitsev, heinz thorwald, carlos hatchcock, and simo hayha
Furniture
Here is the issue. SOme people like to tune their cars even when they are a Porsche and the like. I am not so sure I would but my opinion matters. SOme people liek to tune luxury autos. I think that is retarted, but I respect their choise, it is their car. I think the issue with the Veryon is that should have a model stripped of all luxuries, or better y et, ca car SOLELY designed for speed, power, and handling, and yet still be a road car. Sorta like a GT2 to a turbo S. If you catch my drift. And if people want to tune that. Fine. I think it is a little sad, but then again, maybe I am wrong. And as for us complaining about it? This is a car forum. We do these things. It is kinda riduculous we argue, but that is what we do. I can recpect some things I see out there on the road, and others, make me enraged modded or not. My own personal bias is agaist Japanese Tuner cars, but can you really fault the people that like them? Not really even though I feel a burning hatered for the sometimes. And I also think the point raised by crisis saying that the car (eg a porsche) be non-modded as it is already so good. Where does it end? WHy not just get an F1 car? Mind you, you want to mod a performance european car, do it. I hope the results are sick, and I hope I get a ride!
The Voice of Reason
Your statement is based on the logical fallacy of false dilemma (the idea that either they're enthusiasts or their power-hungry). There is loads of middle ground - "enthusiast" is a totally conceptual term. I think we'd all be a lot more likely to define someone who buys an exhaust system for their car as an enthusiast than the person who leaves the car untouched (who in reality is more likely just to be a rich person who wants a fancy car).
I hardly think buying an aftermarket exhaust makes you a "power maniac" - but it definitely makes you an enthusiast. You're going out of your way to make a change that you think will make your automotive experience better. In doing so, you obviously care about your car and what you get from it. If that doesn't show enthusiasm, I don't know what does.
The point is, you can't simply define an enthusiast like that - there are thousands of different types of car enthusiast, and that's a huge part of what makes the community so interesting. If everyone just bought cars and kept them stock, we would all have a hell of a lot less to talk about. Maybe you personally wouldn't do it, but so what? Variety is the spice of life.
Space Modulator
Perhaps I chose my words carelessly. What I meant was there are those for whom buying a Porsche or Ferrari is the end or ultimate. They would frown on anyone who meddled with the finished product whether or not the meddling brought about performance improvements. Your reference to “a rich person who wants a fancy car” being one of them. The term enthusiast in this sense is what I kind of define as the people who buy old classics and strive for them to be represented in their original manifestation.
I agree when you say that those who wish to modify their cars deserve to be likewise labelled enthusiast although I consider myself more of a petrol head than an enthusiast merely because the term conjures up a purist cigar smoking, tweed flat cap wearing type in an M.G.
…respect…
"A string is approximately nine long."
Egg Nogg 02-04-2005, 05:07 AM
Enthusiast
Although you may rag on his rather primitive drag racing focus, Hennessey has done some excellent work on a diverse range of cars and for you to criticize his antics is a bit overdone. Whether or not you like his reputation or his ways he has done some incredible things with cars and is still creating quite remarkable feats. The veyron may be heavy and ugly in some opinion but regardless what people think Hennessey is living his own passion and putting it into cars can you really criticize that?
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