World's fastest controversy continues as Guinness puts speed record under review

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/04/08/world-fastest-controversy-continues-as-guinness-puts-top-speed-record-under/?intcmp=features#ixzz2Ptlo5qQj 

at what speed would the car try to fly..?? 🤔

Any speed above ~100 MPH if it hits a big enough of a bump.](*,)

Never... The faster it goes, the more it pushes down. It produces 882lbs of downforce at top speed.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/bugatti-veyron-2011-bugatti-veyron-164-super-sport-review 

I don't however understand exactly why you would limit the top speed of a car that is marketed as the fastest production car. Especially when you are only limiting it by 14mph, or something close to that. Is it that much more dangerous at its true top speed? There are also very few places you could actually reach the governed top speed of 253mph anyway.

:-k I wonder where I can rent one... I'll find out.... 🤔

some of the corvettes do that.... I still think the car might to try to take off... even with downward force at some point enough air is gonna get flowing underneath it to create lift... 🤔

Maybe if the had a rocket engine ala the Batmobile that might be a possibility.

It does drop it ride height at some speed, and extend flaps to create more downforce. Then there is the tops speed mode, which drops the car a bit more, and reduces the down force a so it can get the last ~30mph out of it.

It is really simple as to why they limit the top speed. There are no tires that can survive extended runs above 250 mph that are street legal

quoted from your link

"A set of the Super Sport’s special Michelin tires costs $42,000 and may last 10,000 miles if you’re careful, though they last only 15 minutes at the car’s top speed"

True. But I'd think there'd be a difference in ground clearance between a NASCAR vehicle and an exotic sports car that would make it easy for maybe one type to flip, and another to remain grounded.

Not that I've ever had the chance to measure ground clearances on any of these vehicles.

You definitely don't want to take your Bugatti out on the (hilly) country roads and test the limits. You better be on some really flat road with no imperfections. Then again, this guy probably thought he was safe on the track at high speeds in a race car. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIJ4q3PD57A (not sure what the pucker factor was on that, but I'm guessing he clinched so tight he may have just about sucked himself inside of himself like a vacuum)

Actually, you'd just want to keep it in a graage, and rub it with a diaper...

(Anyone get the reference?)

Chances are good that if you have a curb at the end of your driveway, you're not getting either one in the garage. 😳

If you want to get an idea of what it would be like to reach the top speed in a Bugatti, watch Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear....if this is the right video, I think he may have taken a few years off of his life.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1t6S737Cs (it might be James May, not Jeremy...Youtube blocked at work)

The kid is a car fanatic.

Watch the Youtube link I just posted, and you'll probably get all the info you needed AND you'll be entertained.

but ya, we need a kid to look this stuff up.... I'm too lazy I guess.... [melllow]

Michael (one of the curators and friends with Leno) did one of the walk through guides one time I went through. He actually raced that car and said it handeled wonderfully until........BOOM! Never got inside it again.