a beautiful thing

[Nick Trano]

Don't worry I read it the same way as Thalia did.

[Aria]

Haha

[Jon Little Bird]

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<dd>May 20 2014, 08:20 AM</dd>
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How does shiny car equal old and retro car?

Have to rain on my parade, eh thal?

*sad puppy.

'Cause in 2045 that style will be 31 years old, of course.

It's a joke on sci-fi movies and TV shows especially when you go back and watch stuff made in the 1950s and 60s. We see the future through the eyes of the present. And stuff.

...these things seem a lot funnier in my head...

[Thalia]

Hey, it's not raining on your parade to say car specs woosh over my head faster than I presume that thing can drive! Now quit the sad puppy, or you'll start to make me feel all bad and stuff. *grin*

[Jaxen Marveet]

To set the record straight, and restore JLB's faith in my ability to side-step all-too-common tropes, I took the current year Agera's specs and transformed them into the 2046 version. Granted, I likely underestimated the 30-years' worth advancements in raw engine power, but the effort was made nonetheless: to avoid saying this year's car is sufficient to describe future ones because this year's is going to be seriously unrefined compared to what will be rolling off the line 30 years in the future.


2014
Engine: 1,030 hp, twin-turbo, 5.0-liter V-8
0-62 mph (that is, 100 km per hour): 2.9 seconds
Starting price: $1,520,000 USD

2046
Engine: 1,460 horse power engine, V-8 block
0-62 mph (100 km/hr): &lt;2.5 seconds
Starting price: $3,000,000 CCD


And as a note, if I had a schematic representation of the 2046 version, I would have posted it. Alas, I am not privy to Koeinigsegg's engineer's sketchpads.


*Don't mess with a man and his obsession with outrageous sports cars.

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Hey, it's not raining on your parade to say car specs woosh over my head faster than I presume that thing can drive! Now quit the sad puppy, or you'll start to make me feel all bad and stuff. *grin*

*trades out sad puppy for fierce growling puppy.

That better, thal?

[Thalia]

Haha, so grumpy! Since I have no pertinent insight (aside from yep, that's a car!) lemme just side step awaaay from the thread =P

[Jaxen Marveet]

[Thalia]

*surreptitiously slips angry puppy in her pocket as she leaves*

Seriously, dying of cuteness over here.

[Connor Kent]

That's awesome. looks like Angry Birds.

[Jaxen Marveet]

Wha--? What's that, again?