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jabs - 24/2/12 at 09:19 AM

Drive a bugatti for 20 minutes for only £2499.99 or be a passenger for £1999.99 and it's just not even on a track

Groupon have it on offer for only £699 wonder why?

http://hyperdays.co.uk/Home/Bugatti_Taster.html

The Experience

This is a once in a lifetime change to drive the million pound car that everyone loves. Your route is varied so you have the chance to discover the potential of the Bugatti Veyron’s speed and power. Remember, this is not a sight-seeing tour, You will drive the Bugatti for a full 20 minutes, blasting out along motorways and dual carriageways.

loggyboy - 24/2/12 at 09:32 AM

To be fair, the cars worth about 10 times more than the cars used for most £200 experience days so the costs is fairly logical - not saying its not a stupid amount tho!

SeaBass - 24/2/12 at 11:07 AM

Hahaha. Total waste of money @ 2.5k.

You could get a kit for that and tax and insure it.

I wouldn't spend £700 either thank you very much!

JC

Stott - 24/2/12 at 11:13 AM

It's mad that anyone would let you drive a veyron anyway. I read an article in the motoring press that went on about the procedure to gain a test drive. Basically an ex f1 driver (a proper famous one who's name escapes me now) works for bugatti and he takes you out in the car first to ascertain whether you can withstand the g force of the acceleration without getting sickness, then after about an hour of him driving it you get the chance to have a go.

Anyway, after the fuel and tyres it would use they probably make a tenner a pop,

Slimy38 - 24/2/12 at 05:10 PM

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Originally posted by jabs Your route is varied so you have the chance to discover the potential of the Bugatti Veyron’s speed and power. Remember, this is not a sight-seeing tour, You will drive the Bugatti for a full 20 minutes, blasting out along motorways and dual carriageways.


That might be the marketing blurb, but being able to get to 70 really really quick is not worth hundreds of pounds! The Bugatti's strength is its top end, and from memory that's more than three times any UK speed limit.

I don't even buy the 'ascertain whether you can withstand the g force of acceleration', most bikers will experience that acceleration off the nearest set of traffic lights.

Really not worth the money.

Ninehigh - 24/2/12 at 05:39 PM

Iirc the top speed is only official because of the tests on that day, at that high end it can vary somewhat by road/air temps, wind etc.

Plus I wouldn't trust Groupon...Or any of them for that matter heard too many stories that you pay for it and then when you get there the company have never heard of the offer