WTF 331 mph from a street car?

[Wallythacker]

https://www.evo.co.uk/news/11863/ssc...production-car

You know, I used to own a Lancair with a turbo conversion which could fly at nearly 400mph which is truly insane from a single engine 4 place aircraft. (It also had a ceiling of near 30,000 feet, again insane for General Aviation craft. Thing is my Lancair was worth $450K US give or take. Yes, some guys want nearly $1M US for one, but w/e. You can bet this car is more than $3-4M US!.)

Why, why why spend that kind of cheese on a ride where you can never take it to it's limit unless you live close to an Autoahn????? Is your piece really that short? At least with my Lancair I could fly it legally @360mph to get there fast!

[dspace9]

https://www.evo.co.uk/news/11863/ssc...production-car

You know, I used to own a Lancair with a turbo conversion which could fly at nearly 400mph which is truly insane from a single engine 4 place aircraft. (It also had a ceiling of near 30,000 feet, again insane for General Aviation craft. Thing is my Lancair was worth $450K US give or take. Yes, some guys want nearly $1M US for one, but w/e. You can bet this car is more than $3-4M US!.)

Why, why why spend that kind of cheese on a ride where you can never take it to it's limit unless you live close to an Autoahn????? Is your piece really that short? At least with my Lancair I could fly it legally @360mph to get there fast!

I will be honest Wallythacker, you know this already but my number 1 dream growing up was to get my pilot's license and fly private planes. Definitely my big dream growing up and playing hours of Flight Simulator. My grandfather had a piper way before I was born, and flying family vacations were pretty scary at times apparently.

Anyhow remarkable stuff, must have been a hoot.

[Wallythacker]

Oh, well if you can pass the medical it's never too late to learn. When I was looking to buy my Lancair there was one owned by guy at least 85 or more. He was only retiring becuase he knew his reflexes weren't up to flying such a high performance plane.

And quite honestly, with COVID so many people stopped taking lessons that some flying schools, the ones still operating, are dying for clients. There are many good unpublished deals out there.

Maybe one day you can do as I've done and have fractional ownership in a twin turbofan small jet. I've never had a conflict when I wanted it and it's as cheap to fly (not maintain though) as my Lancair was. Once you've flown jets, you're spoiled and that's all you want to fly forever. Go for it.

[dspace9]

Oh, well if you can pass the medical it's never too late to learn. When I was looking to buy my Lancair there was one owned by guy at least 85 or more. He was only retiring becuase he knew his reflexes weren't up to flying such a high performance plane.

And quite honestly, with COVID so many people stopped taking lessons that some flying schools, the ones still operating, are dying for clients. There are many good unpublished deals out there.

Maybe one day you can do as I've done and have fractional ownership in a twin turbofan small jet. I've never had a conflict when I wanted it and it's as cheap to fly (not maintain though) as my Lancair was. Once you've flown jets, you're spoiled and that's all you want to fly forever. Go for it.

Thanks for the words of encouragement. You make a great point that now may be a good time. Go figure. Anyways I am pretty sure they have a flying school out of Sarnia Chris Hadfield airport. Honestly the other thing I would love to get into is auto racing.

[2of9]

There's already speculation that the speed is inaccurate. Here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3daT...annel=Shmee150


As for "why", I'm assuming it's a 'marketing gimmick'. Even though, there are already some people claiming that it didn't do 331mph. Also, I feel like it's what some really REALLY rich dude would tell his other rich friends about, haha. But really, if conditions are on your side, I guess 300mph isn't impossible lol

[Fummins]

https://www.evo.co.uk/news/11863/ssc...production-car

Oh yeah, well I can get 40mpg. I bet it's a real pain to change the oil too on that thing lol
There now I feel better.

[Wallythacker]

There's already speculation that the speed is inaccurate. Here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3daT...annel=Shmee150


As for "why", I'm assuming it's a 'marketing gimmick'. Even though, there are already some people claiming that it didn't do 331mph. Also, I feel like it's what some really REALLY rich dude would tell his other rich friends about, haha. But really, if conditions are on your side, I guess 300mph isn't impossible lol

Video guy makes valid points, I doubt it hit 331mph after some thought.

Oh yeah, well I can get 40mpg. I bet it's a real pain to change the oil too on that thing lol
There now I feel better.

I get more satisfaction from our awesome little cars and 40-50mpg than 300+ mph on the street. And I enjoy doing oil changes too!