[vacri]

> The Veyron has a range of 50 miles at top speed, for example.

That top speed being 250mph. Who drives 50 miles at 250mph? And where do they do it?

And, more importantly, they can refill in the blink of an eye and travel 50 more.

[lorenzhs]

Well, if you have to refuel every eight minutes, then the time to fill up becomes quite relevant. Not to mention that the main problem will be tyres, as those likely won't do a whole lot of miles at such speeds. Qoute: "In testing Michelin had run the Veyron’s massive meats on its tire dyno at 270 mph — the fastest it can spin — for 20 seconds, then at 250 mph for 20 seconds. It repeated that cycle two more times. Then the tires exploded." http://www.motortrend.com/news/bugatti-veyron-grand-sport-vi...

[mikeash]

The tires also cost tens of thousands of dollars. The wheels need to be replaced fairly frequently as well, and they also cost tens of thousands of dollars. Supposedly there are Veyron owners who ship their car to a destination and then follow along in their private jet because that's cheaper than driving the car there. The P100D isn't cheap, but the Veyron is a whole different category of expensive.

[BMFX]

There's a lot of cars that are like that. Cost in Fuel, Miles and general depreciation. Just ship it. Its not that crazy.

Also if anyone wants to see someone do a full on heavy run of the Veyron check out Ben on Goldrush 2015? He ran his I think to 255mph if memory serves me right...

[mikeash]

What's crazy about the Veyron isn't that it's cheaper to ship it than to drive it. It's that it's cheaper to ship it and fly there on your private jet than to drive it. Your car needs to be pretty expensive to operate for that to be a net win.

Maybe there are still "a lot" of cars like that in the realm of million-dollar supercars. But I think it qualifies as crazy when the context is a family sedan that's fairly cheap to operate.

[kalleboo]

James May only goes 30 miles. On a closed track... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSFX9vrwJf8