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   From: jclarkeusenet@cox.net   
      
   In article <52e34041$0$52782$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, dtravel@sonic.net   
   says...   
   >   
   > 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>, d   
   ravel@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?  :)   
      
   What kind does the GT500 get at those speeds?   
      
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