We only have it for a couple of main reasons. It was dirt cheap when we got it (£9K and it had 9K miles on the clock), it’s a big car, so I can fit in it comfortably and it’s quiet and has hydraulic suspension, so it’s a damn good long-distance cruiser. Especially in France and Germany where the roads are good.
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Holy cow, they actually broke the 300. I’m astounded. Though I have to admit, I thought Koenigsegg would have done it first.
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I seen that 
Wasn’t around much to post it 
Also meant to post another article of this one chick that just passed away when she crashed trying to break the female land speed record over here in a desert in Oregon-this being in one of them specially designed jet-like cars 
Ps idk if it’s on my side but that video won’t play here
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More to the point, Andy Wallace just set another record. He was the one who maxed out the F1 back in the 90s.
Those things are deathtraps. Hammond was nearly killed in one as well.
Hammond could be killed in a Prius if he’s given free rein 
But agreed, still would be fun to ride 
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Wow!!! that’s absolutely incredible
Bugatti are just that kind of manufacturer, they’ve done it with the Veryon and now with the Chiron.
Koenigsegg might have been within a chance aswell but it’s hard to underestimate the determination of Bugatti
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It’s weird, but I’m not a fan of their cars. As engineering projects, they’re insane. As cars, I don’t fancy them. I have to admit, I’m kind of gutted, McLaren haven’t stepped up to the plate. Although, they’ve never been a company that makes top speed machines. The F1 accidentally set a record, it wasn’t designed to be a top speed machine. I have massive hopes for the GMA T50 (which also doesn’t claim to be a top speed machine).
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My neighbour across the street just bought a McLaren 570. I don’t get his choice of cars, when we initially moved in, he had a 911, then for some reason he downgraded to a Coxter Cayman and now he’s bought the wrong McLaren. At least I have something interesting to look at when I get out of the house.
I should say, I don’t live in some super rich area, his car is probably the fanciest in a several mile radius. The only other interesting car that used to be on my street was an E60 M5 that had seen some action by the looks of it. I haven’t seen it in a while though.
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Our car has been at the mechnaic yet again the past week, for the same issue with the front right suspension knocking when you go over a large bump. I’m guessing the idiots didn’t fix it properly to begin with. I know this because the time between us buying the car and the suspension first starting to knock was a lot longer than that time between us getting it repaired and it flaring up again a month ago.
Anyway, they gave us a 208 again, I’d like to take back what I said about it last time. It’s a total pile of shit. It’s fine for like a couple of days, but after a week, you start to contemplate suicide. My dad actually told them to give us a different car, and they did, they gave use the current Citroen C3 (more on that in a bit).
The 208, has horrific suspension, no power, a bad gearbox (I didn’t even need to drive it to feel that the ratios were all wrong), my dad said the steering wheel felt like it was attached to rubber bands. The seat support is non existent, there’s no head room, the front is cramped (the back was marginally better), the break and throttle response are terrible, the interior is full of cheap gloss-black plastic and the biggest offence, in my opinion, is all the extra shit they’ve loaded it up with just to bump the price up.
Like it has a touchscreen with a menu system designed to make you have a crash, a bunch of other features it doesn’t need and a physical button UI (for what few there are) that is impossible to use quickly or without having to stare at it.
My dad asked them for a different car, because the seats were actually hurting his back. They gave us the current C3. I was surprised by it, it’s become a much bigger car than it was originally. The seats are miles better, the interior has space, uses better materials, the engine, pedal response and gearbox are much better. This thing is actually a semi decent car. The suspension is a little hard, but it’s tolerable. It still has the same kind of stupid dashboard UI as the 208 though. It also has another problem, the price. It’s ~£18K, that puts it right in the firing line of the VW Golf, which is an actual car.
Compared to our C5, both the 208 and C3 get torn to shreds (obviously), but the one place they both win is when it comes to clambering in and out of them. Getting in and out of our C5 is a bit of a faff if you’re around my height, it’s dead easy in the C3 and 208.
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Wow bloody hell!! 
Literally a month later and the idiots finally gave us our car back, the happiness I felt when I saw it today was immense. I’m fed up of riding around in that shitbox C3. I call the people at the service centre idiots because it took them forever to fix the suspension (they had to call a ‘specialist’ in who then had to ask for help from HQ in France). Then they ran an MOT and apparently it failed because the DPF needed changing (I blame the tree-hugging nazis and their bullshit emissions regulations), they said they’d ordered the part and were waiting for it 2 weeks ago. My dad went to them on Mon to ask what the hell was going on (he had previously told them not to contact him until they finished the job because he was fed up of their BS) and they said they were going to order the DPF later that day. Retards. At least this time they managed to put the ride height sensor back in the right place.
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McLaren just announced the Elva. Not much is known about it for now. It uses the same 4L V8 from the 720, but it produces 850PS and 800 Nm of torque. This one lookes awesome to me. Reminds me of a lotus 3-eleven. The only thing I’m not a fan of is the bonnet intake.
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Meanwhile Tesla unveiling its pick up truck in 3.5 hours
Damnit man, I was blissfully oblivious. Just like I was about the new Defender until a friend mentioned it to me. Like, what the fuck is this shit? It looks like a jacked up Honda Element.
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Soon as I saw the picture my mind went to the element 
Or a tonka truck bumpered Kia soul
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I know I’m a complete moron for wanting it but
If they have this crap in black thennnnn 
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That looks like it was designed in a coffee break and they only had a mangled foam block as inspiration.
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it’s the closest I’ll get to a batmobile so it’ll do 
Getting past the instant batmobile type opinión yeah it’s bad for a pick up
Looks military if anything but coming from target market-that isn’t going anywhere except city boys wanting to pretend like they use a truck