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Bugatti Veyron...Out of Gas! Big Surprise. watch!

youtube.com — Sure, any car can run out of gas, but it's always an odd sight to see a car like this being pushed in the middle of the street!

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  • Error601, on 02/04/2008, -2/+137You can actually go from full to empty in one of those in something like 12 minutes. Of course it will also cover 50 miles in those 12 minutes.
    • pixel4e, on 02/04/2008, -1/+55That would be the perfect commuter car, if you were Batman.
      • lex0nyc, on 02/04/2008, -1/+26I'm Batman.
        • nigh7dagger, on 02/04/2008, -16/+2Your mom's batman.
        • Tyrghast, on 02/04/2008, -7/+2You have it wrong, it is "I'm the Goddamn Batman!"
        • themastersb, on 02/04/2008, -5/+1How could you do that to Heath Ledger!? Why!?
      • Lunarbunny, on 02/04/2008, -0/+2"I have sent my opponents pictures of Batman to remind them I'm playing the role of Batman."
    • charliethehawk, on 02/04/2008, -14/+2Can the Veyron even hold its top speed for that long without it's engine overheating?
      • redstorm986, on 02/04/2008, -0/+16For 1.2 million It better.
      • brainster31, on 02/04/2008, -2/+5it does its got somethin like 7 radiators
      • PdxPhoenix, on 02/04/2008, -0/+2Maybe...but supposedly it's tires would delaminate first.
    • Rotzooi, on 02/04/2008, -4/+15Source: BBC Top Gear
    • diadem2, on 02/04/2008, -6/+5that's... 250mph....
      • mjfitzge, on 02/04/2008, -0/+45A+, good work. you can proceed to 4th grade.
        • diadem2, on 02/04/2008, -0/+23...i've been in aircraft that can't go that fast... that's insane....

          ..then again, the aircraft probably cost less, too
          • capiCrimm, on 02/04/2008, -3/+3A Cessna 172(average single-engine airplane) tops out at ~130 knots. The Cirrus SR22(new and getting quite popular) maxes out around ~200 knots(costs around $100k I think). Basically, fairly few small airplanes go that fast. Infact, the speed limit for airplanes is 250 knots under 10k feet(above 10k you're at the whims of traffic control). The exception being in class B airspace(the area around big airports like O'Hare or JFK) where you can only go 200 knots.
          • jstone, on 02/04/2008, -4/+2Actually, you're right. The Cessna 172 has a maximum speed of 141mph, and a 2007 model can be had for ~$255,000. Of course, the plane can probably still make it from point-to-point faster, because it travels "as the crow flies," where the Veyron has to follow roads and slow down for turns.
          • gameforge, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1@jstone
            141mph is not its top speed. Its top speed is 123 knots ***indicated*** air speed, which at sea level with normal conditions is around 141mph. At its service ceiling of 13,500 feet, 123KIAS is over 180mph **actual** air speed in modest conditions. Of course still slower than the Veyron.

            @capiCrimm
            Same thing - you are not taking indicated air speed into account, or the fact that 1 knot is faster than 1mph. ~200 knots is about 425mph at 30k feet in modest conditions.

            A Mooney M20J (sweet plane) is a single piston engine aircraft that would be comparable to a Veyron in terms of top speed. Its max speed is 155 knots, and its service ceiling is almost 19,000 feet - that equals out to about 258 mph actual air speed, or about as fast as the Veyron. It's priced in roughly the $500k - $700k range (and far more worth it IMO).
          • Error601, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1Yea, but running out of gas in that M20J wouldn't be pretty.
          • gameforge, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1@Error601
            Yeah, good thing it goes 800 miles on a single tank...
          • capiCrimm, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1@gameforge

            First, 200 knots is 230mpg. Second, I was talking about casual day flying. Last, I didn't take into consideration true airspeed because I consider it an unfair advantage. If you run my old beater down a steep hill I'm sure I can up my track time and max speed. But that's not what people are talking about when they say max speed.
        • chrisaug18, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1Didn't the bugatti race a fighter jet once? ...i'll see if I can find the video I remember seeing it on digg a while back
          • popfrogs, on 02/04/2008, -2/+12If you wait long enough it'll get duped and hit the front page again. Such is Digg.
          • Tyrghast, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1it was on top gear, and it wasn't much a race.
        • troon, on 02/04/2008, -1/+1remember how it use to be in the third grade
          we use to laugh & play & cherish each day in the third grade
          we learned wondrous things from our teacher so nice sat on marshmallow desks
          with teddy bear smiles
          the world seemed to all make sense
          but that sense seems to slowly fade
          after third grade

          in third grade we use to write with crayons
          we would make sparkly pictures with glitter & glue

          we had warm cookies & hearts full of love
          & there wasn't a care in the world for me
          or for you
          theres's not a thing in this life that i wouldn't trade
          just to go back for one minute to third grade
    • moofer, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1That thing must have a ***** of horsepower. Does anyone know the equation of horsepower to peoplepower? We could get a few more blokes on the back bumper of that hog and see if we can restore some performance.
      • Error601, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2An analogy would be if you lift 137 pounds 4 feet over 1 second, that would be about 1HP of work for that one second. There's more than one definition from horsepower but that would be based on James Watt's original definition.
  • eliomar, on 02/04/2008, -9/+37I'd laugh too.
    • theblt, on 02/04/2008, -1/+7Was that Hilary cackling in the background?
    • Hickeroar, on 02/04/2008, -1/+2Hopefully not as annoyingly as the person in the video.
    • PRlME, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1I'm sure the guy in the Veyron would be laughing back at you
  • BlindingDawn, on 02/04/2008, -10/+22re re re re re re re re re re re re re re
  • slim5234, on 02/04/2008, -6/+73Where are your sixteen cylinders now?
  • eviltwnn43, on 02/04/2008, -13/+3*evil laugh*--"I would so buy that guy gas."
    • moofer, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1I'd die laughing if that station only served up 89 octane.
  • vincimus, on 02/04/2008, -4/+84that woman's laugh sounds like elmo on crack.
    • vibrokatana, on 02/04/2008, -6/+9Reminds me of hillary...
    • ross., on 02/04/2008, -0/+11I thought it was a man...sounds like John Candy.
    • calon9, on 02/04/2008, -1/+2I gravely fear there is an unwritten rule somewhere that the one holding the camera for any web video shall have an annoying voice or laugh, or shall have very unsteady hands.
    • Dbeneath, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1thats a man, baby
  • satanswetnipple, on 02/04/2008, -16/+1You know that the oil companies are price gouging when the owners of these cars cant afford to buy it...

    or maybe the uber rich have found that the Pharaohs were on to something with slaves to get them from place to place?
    • alex7575, on 02/04/2008, -2/+6I'm willing to bet that if gas went to $100 a gallon that guy would care less, if he's dumb enough to buy a 1.2 million car, then he'll be rich (dumb) enough to pay whatever amount for gas...
  • hammer310, on 02/04/2008, -2/+48You'd think that guy would just have enough money to hire his own gas filling truck to follow him around and save some of the hassle.
    • peterjmag, on 02/04/2008, -10/+2Pshh, stopping to refuel is so boring. If you have that kind of money, why not spring for your own personal Stratotanker, so you can gas up SR-71 Blackbird style? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC-135_Stratotanker
      • gyrfalcon, on 02/04/2008, -1/+16Like we needed the wiki link to understand you lame attempt at humor.
      • alex7575, on 02/04/2008, -1/+6Holly *****, the Veyrom can fly too? No wonder's worth $1.2 million
    • RaDeus, on 02/04/2008, -4/+6dont think a tankertruck can keep up with this car...
    • rudy23, on 02/04/2008, -9/+2he needs to geta chopper to follow him around doing mid ari refuels like em planes
    • chrisaug18, on 02/04/2008, -0/+5But that truck would burn so much gas keeping up it would need another truck to follow the filling truck and that truck....ahhh
  • jmpeagle, on 02/04/2008, -12/+4@hammer
    how would the gas truck be able to keep up with him?

    ...sorry, had to edit the @hammer b/c I am retarded and didn't click the reply link under his comment even though I've been on digg for almost a year
    • alex7575, on 02/04/2008, -0/+2At least you do recognize your own mistake, some people just randomly spray responses with an "@someone", and get pissy when people call them on it...
  • redrock34, on 02/04/2008, -8/+124I'd help push the car just to be able to say I touched a Veyron.
    • XBunnyRacer, on 02/04/2008, -18/+5and SCRATCH it! Mwahahaha!
    • moofer, on 02/04/2008, -2/+1Leave your wedding ring on, and see what it takes to chisel your way through that paint job.
  • chingy1788, on 02/04/2008, -12/+7Bugatti Veyron - The car that can't go 253MPH without petrol
    • iziizi, on 02/04/2008, -2/+4because ***** loads of other cars can.
      • terracottapai, on 02/04/2008, -4/+3It was a joke, moron.
        • iziizi, on 02/04/2008, -1/+1yeh, you see for a joke to be work it needs to be funny, moron.
        • chingy1788, on 02/05/2008, -1/+1nice English there iziizi
  • DeathJux, on 02/04/2008, -11/+35Dugg for maniacal laughter.
  • crackah, on 02/04/2008, -1/+17wanna drag?
    • gyrfalcon, on 02/04/2008, -0/+4Now if he would have yelled that at them.... I definitely would have dug this video. :D
    • brianbb98, on 02/04/2008, -1/+1ewwwww no i dont not.
      • moofer, on 02/04/2008, -0/+2no i dont not...

        So you do? Oh wait... no you do? Gawd I'm lost here.
  • bloodmack, on 02/04/2008, -12/+4I respect the car because its a very nice car it ran out of gas because its just that powerful. Sure you can say ***** about it like "wheres your 253MPH now?" But if someone saw your car (Which is probably a corolla or somethin) besides a veyron with no gas they'd forget you where even there.
    • ploop, on 02/04/2008, -4/+7Nice meandering drivel, bloodmack. Kudos!
  • Error601, on 02/04/2008, -5/+3Which would run out of gas first. The Bugatti or the SSC Ultimate Aero?
    • ploop, on 02/04/2008, -0/+2It depends on the situation, doesn't it?
      • RedForLife, on 02/04/2008, -1/+2Bugatti is 6 mpg in the city and Aero is 18 mpg also in the city, but there are also different circumstances, such as traffic and those damn traffic lights.
    • Error601, on 02/04/2008, -0/+2In a race...duhh..
  • DeFex, on 02/04/2008, -5/+26if i saw someone pushing a ferrari like that i would automatically think it was broken.
    • ploop, on 02/04/2008, -0/+25If someone was pushing a Ferrari, I guarantee it's broken.
    • CyberSol, on 02/04/2008, -5/+12You sir, owe me a new coffee, seeing as how I spit mine out when I read your comment.
  • optoomistic, on 02/04/2008, -19/+2hybrid ftw
    • NoCt1, on 02/04/2008, -1/+4I dont know about that... How can you compare the two.

      I mean its like saying prius V veyron.. No contest. Veyrons left lug nut is more than the prius...
      • ploop, on 02/04/2008, -0/+2I guess you never saw the Top Gear comparison test between the Daihatsu Materia versus the Ascari A10.
    • Grimdotdotdot, on 02/04/2008, -0/+5"for the wankers"?
    • thebankshow, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1more like Tesla Roadster ftw...
  • rudy23, on 02/04/2008, -2/+5Starting tomorrow all veyron customers get a list of gas stations across teh continent as you can only drive from one station to another before you need a refill.
    • popfrogs, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1Yeah the practicality of this car dooms it to trackday affairs, not everyday driving. I wonder if the Koenigsegg CCX is any better.
  • 3magine, on 02/04/2008, -18/+132so the ***** what that he ran out of gas???? Big ***** deal, I'd rather be the guy in the bugatti running out of gas, than that loser with a laugh of a hyena filming it all.
  • punterfpc, on 02/04/2008, -8/+3I wouldn't mind going empty in this car...
  • hpymondays, on 02/04/2008, -8/+2they just assumed that he ran out of gas. I think it's much more likely the car stalled for a mechanical problem. These cars are not mass produced and are not known for their reliability.
  • wilhoitm, on 02/04/2008, -1/+23Fuel Type Premium

    MPG (city) 8
    MPG (highway) 14
    MPG (combined) 10
    • shadeOfGrey, on 02/04/2008, -1/+50 highway, 1 city /Rainier Wolfcastle voice
      • SurlyDuff, on 02/04/2008, -0/+3I think it's the other way around, but I still love that line:P
        • ChaosProfessor, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1no thats right you always get better on the HWY
          • shadeOfGrey, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1No, he's right. It should be delivered "1 city, 0 highway". I feel like a fool.
            Of course someone named SurlyDuff would catch that.
    • sloppjyoe890, on 02/04/2008, -1/+0I have a 1985 el camino with a 454 big block and i get about 7 city and 11 highway. But when i hot rod it i get maybe 4 mpg. :(
  • searcade, on 02/04/2008, -2/+2Maybe they are trying to jumpstart it:P
  • ripple123, on 02/04/2008, -5/+21It kinda loses its edge when you realize the guy who owns it probably wipes his ass with more money than you'll see in your lifetime. Ha ha ha indeed.
    • DephexTwin, on 02/04/2008, -1/+8He'd probably get ***** on his hand.... bills are just not large enough or absorbent enough to use as a replacement for toilet paper.
  • RSS14, on 02/04/2008, -15/+9The Camera Guy in this Video:
    http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9171/douchebagm ...
    • aristotle0dude, on 02/04/2008, -2/+1Wow dude. You sound really insecure.
  • perhapsimcrazy, on 02/04/2008, -1/+4I think if you can buy one of those, you aren't really worried about the gas bill.
  • talonstriker, on 02/04/2008, -15/+7look at them plebs pushing an aristocrat's car....they should have told the ***** to call a tow truck
    • OverkillTASF, on 02/04/2008, -2/+20Or... maybe they're not as bitter about someone else's personal wealth as you are?
      • MasteRR, on 02/04/2008, -12/+2People are not usually bitter about other peoples' personal wealth. They are bitter when the douchbags flaunt it by driving a Bugatti around town. Is a Bugatti ever necessary for street driving?

        I would laugh too.
        • se1zure, on 02/04/2008, -2/+1at least he appriciates what his own purchase... rather than let it sit in the garage.
          • MasteRR, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2Or instead he could have not bought it and instead have used the $1M for something useful, like donating to those who need it.

            When you waste your personal wealth on things like Bugattis then yes, you are a douchbag.
      • mrremy, on 02/04/2008, -1/+9Masterr: so he can afford a nice car, and isn't allowed to buy something he wants/can afford? Well then ***** I hope to see you shopping at walmart buying their brand merchandise, or the grocery store brands because you're obviously buying only the necessities, not a "better" name brand product to flaunt what money you can spend (according to your logic).

        Douche.
        • MasteRR, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1There is a big difference than spending $1.50 more on a name brand bag of chips and spending $1,500,000 on a shiny car. The chips are to eat and enjoy in private, the car is to say "hey, look at what I can waste money on and you cant!" ***** this bastard.

          If anything defending this guy is just being the douche.

          And so you know I do try to avoid name brands on groceries.
  • Hillsbottom, on 02/04/2008, -2/+22it hasn't run out of gas they are stealing it!
  • Phatlip012, on 02/04/2008, -5/+37Whats so funny? It's only a car that ran out of gas.It doesn't matter how expensive it is, all cars run out of gas eventually. It should be less of a shock actually considering this cars gas mileage.

    haha?
    • chicagobiker, on 02/04/2008, -1/+14I guess some people find it funny that a $1.4 million dollar car is rendered useless by forgetting to get enough of a $60 fill up
    • psevium, on 02/04/2008, -0/+8Duh, the people filming will never afford the seat from a Veyron, so they have to laugh to make themselves feel better
  • Dolomite, on 02/04/2008, -10/+3pure p0wnage.. RAWR!
  • lothar250, on 02/04/2008, -5/+15OH YEA HOW FUNNY'S THAT! A VID OF A NICE CAR RUNNIN OUTTA GAS WITH PPL LAUGHING IN THE BACKGROUND!
    • quaunaut, on 02/04/2008, -1/+1Caps lock is cruise control for cool, not funny
  • Kanaka, on 02/04/2008, -4/+3The laugh was annoying even though i get that its funny for a million dollar car to run out of gas
  • GeorgeStone2, on 02/04/2008, -5/+1I can't watch the video. But please tell me they aren't pushing it too far.
    You really should only move an AWD car on a flat bed unless it's under its own power.
    You're gunna have major drivetrain otherwise.
    • zspeed78, on 02/04/2008, -1/+8Oh jesus.. the misinformation... you could possibly overheat things, if you towed it on a trailer with the two wheels up and two down..
      Also, pushing it on the ground is fine as long as its a manual tranny, only autos risk overheating, once again because of lack of circulation. Dont listen to your car salesman so much and think about it. Pushing your car 1/4 mile in neutral wont do anything to anykind of car.
    • iziizi, on 02/04/2008, -1/+5that doesn't make sense. So, if a car is neutral and you 'roll' down a hill in an AWD car it damages it? I don't think so.
    • GeorgeStone2, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1I did say I couldn't watch the video. I wasn't 100% sure what was happening in the video.
      Well the Veyron has a computer controlled sequential gearbox. A bit of an iffy area when towing, no?
      Also, if you tow an AWD car with 2 wheels on the ground you likely will ***** up the center diff coupling. I have heard numerous accounts of that happening. You're not just going to "Overheat things".
      zspeed needs to shut the ***** up about misinformation when he's the one spewing it.
  • zspeed78, on 02/04/2008, -0/+6Oh no it gets the gas mileage of a Chevy Tahoe XL.. Oh NO.
  • kn34, on 02/04/2008, -1/+9***** lame laughs
  • joshhan, on 02/04/2008, -6/+1hater.

    don't hate the playa, hate the game. lol.
  • D3THk4t, on 02/04/2008, -1/+3Not like there's any irony in the fact that you can hear Incubus' Drive (off Make Yourself) on the radio :)
  • goldwish, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1
    I think if you can buy one of those, you aren't really worried about the gas bill.
  • ObeseSnake, on 02/04/2008, -1/+1Vegas? Most likely an exotic rental. There are a lot of places in Vegas that rent high end cars.
  • neiltc13, on 02/04/2008, -2/+1What is more important is that the person in the video describes the vehicle which blocked the shot as a "minivan". Try "hugevan".

    Don't block the shot pal.
  • AlienMushroom, on 02/21/2008, -2/+3Well, 4 MPG, people. Nothing to be surprised of.
  • kayamm, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1Whats with the fat guy, he is proud that is pushing a veyron? lol
  • goldwish, on 02/04/2008, -2/+1
    Which would run out of gas first. The Bugatti or the SSC Ultimate Aero?
  • marffa, on 02/04/2008, -1/+1
    Maybe they are trying to jumpstart it:P
  • Toxigen, on 02/04/2008, -0/+2Is it me or is there an echo in here?
    (I'm referring to the last 3 posts)
  • thoand, on 02/04/2008, -4/+1G.W.Bush Out of Gas! Big Surprise.
  • Joshdk14, on 02/04/2008, -0/+6Whoever is laughing in this video is a douche. Do you have a bugatti? no you dont, i would rather have one and run out of gas, knowing i could afford it, then to not have one at all.
  • verevi, on 02/04/2008, -0/+2An expensive car that ran out of gas? 830 Diggs??!! WTF?
  • MYarms, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1It would have been more funny if nobody came to help and just sat there and laughed at him.
  • Cyberdactyl, on 02/04/2008, -0/+2I bet the conversation went something like this, "Hey you all, I ran out of gas, how about a hundred for each of ya to push me to that gas station around the corner?"
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