XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 1/23/2014 9:19 PM, J. Clarke wrote:   
   > In article , chrysicat@gmail.com says...   
   >>   
   >> On 1/23/2014 9:17 PM, J. Clarke wrote:   
   >>> In article <52e1dc57$0$52801$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, dtravel@sonic.net   
   >>> says...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> On 1/23/2014 4:42 AM, J. Clarke wrote:   
   >>>>> In article <52e0c96f$0$52806$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, dtravel@sonic.net   
   >>>>> says...   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 1/22/2014 4:19 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>>>> In article , Thomas Koenig   
   >>>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Robert Bannister  schrieb:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Much of the rail system goes down the   
   >>>>>>>>> middle of two of our freeways, and when you're stuck in the traffic   
   it   
   >>>>>>>>> is quite annoying to see a train go whizzing past.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Trains are a good alternative for some routes in Germany.  Germany,   
   >>>>>>>> being a fairly densly popoulated country, has a reasonably dense   
   >>>>>>>> rail network.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> The ICE 3 trains between Cologne and Frankfurt airport are quite   
   >>>>>>>> fast, up to 300 km/h (185 mph).  They run parallel to the Autobahn,   
   >>>>>>>> and you cannot hope to pass them in a car, even if there is   
   >>>>>>>> no traffic jam :-)   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Two words: Bugatti Veyron.  ;-)   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Ugly as sin, but fast ... of course you would need to stop to refuel it   
   >>>>>>> every 50 metres, which means the train still gets there first.  :-)   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Just don't car pool with Jeremy Clarkson.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Who raced the train from London to Milan and came close to beating it,   
   >>>>> with a Ford Mustang.  If he had been driving a Veyron he might have won.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> IIRC part of why he lost was because of how often he had to refuel.   
   >>>> Someone has already pointed out this would be even worse in the Bugatti.   
   :P   
   >>>   
   >>> Why would it be worse in the Bugatti? The Bugatti has nearly twice the   
   >>> fuel capacity of the Mustang.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> ...and gets about 8 MPG, so it's at least fueling at the same positions   
   >> as the Mustang, possibly _still_ more often despite that huge tank...   
   >   
   > Actually it gets about 15 on the highway per the EPA.   
   >   
   At 55 MPH.  What kind of mileage does it get at the kind of speeds the   
   Top Gear crew drive at?  :)   
      
      
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