# Bugatti Veyron owners, I need your advice. Thinking of buying... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467 "2006-07-21T12:43:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/21 "2006-07-21T19:06:24Z")
I like mine but I’m looking around for something that will get lower milage. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/22 "2006-07-21T19:27:07Z")
> [@Ol'Gaffer](#): > > I hear that an “aspiring actress” comes stock for the passenger seat…is this true? And if it is, what are the options? Dual air bags, I’m sure! ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/23 "2006-07-21T19:48:06Z")
Why is everybody badmouthing it? One of the really big advantages is that I save a lot of money, as I don’t have to tip the valet parking guys. They all fight to see who can park it. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/24 "2006-07-21T19:51:24Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > I like mine but I’m looking around for something that will get lower milage. Have you considered just hiring a guy to follow you around burning gasoline while you walk? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/25 "2006-07-21T20:08:16Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > Have you considered just hiring a guy to follow you around burning gasoline while you walk? I was doing that for a while last week, but it made it hard to get a table at Charlie Trotters, so I’m back to just pouring a few gallons around here and there when I need to. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/26 "2006-07-21T20:20:53Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > I like mine but I’m looking around for something that will get lower milage. The Queen Mary? ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/27 "2006-07-21T20:24:47Z")
I don’t know about anyone else’s, but mine starts to shimmy at around 190-200 mph. Other than that, I guess I’m pleased. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/28 "2006-07-21T21:24:47Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > I like mine but I’m looking around for something that will get lower milage. M1 Abrams? Half a mile to the gallon, and that’s the way we likes 'em. [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m1-specs.htm](http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m1-specs.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/29 "2006-07-21T22:11:29Z")
I don’t know about you guys, but the cup holders are waaaaay too small for my Big Gulp. Plus the dogs find the leather on the doors too slippery to properly stick their heads out the window. Two fatal flaws. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/30 "2006-07-21T22:24:11Z")
I’m getting one, but need to add a wing to the garage first. (The wing isn’t just for this car. It will hold twelve more cars, as I plan to buy several at the auction in Scottsdale in January.) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/31 "2006-07-22T00:57:33Z")
Not enough cup holders. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/32 "2006-07-22T01:22:32Z")
What do you need a cupholder for? Doesn’t your valet hold your cups? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/33 "2006-07-22T03:22:14Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Not enough cup holders. Just get the kind that clip on to the door panels. Sheesh, do I have to think of everything? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/34 "2006-07-22T04:27:03Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#): > > Just get the kind that clip on to the door panels. Sheesh, do I have to think of everything? Well that’s where I keep my clip on ashtrays, and besides, they interfere with my Tweety Bird sun blockers. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/35 "2006-07-22T05:09:38Z")
Okay, very funny, guys. What I’d like to know is whether I’m the only one here who has actually seen a Veryron live in person. I saw it in the dealership window while walking through Berlin a few years ago, and had to go inside to get a better look. I’d never heard of it before that, so I’ve been following its progress since. The one I saw was a pre-production prototype, of course, since they hit some engineering snags and only released them earlier this year. So, have any of you jokers seen one in person? What I’d like like to do now is see a production model running on a track, live in person. (What I _really_ want is to **drive** one around a track!) ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/36 "2006-07-22T05:10:46Z")
When I stuck my arm out the window to signal a left turn at 230 mph, the air blast dislocated my elbow and pulled off my watch and wedding ring. So don’t try that. Also,[these](http://www.bullsballs.com/red/truck/balls.html) tend to drag on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/37 "2006-07-22T08:56:29Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > So, have any of you jokers seen one in person? Yes. A beautiful car. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/38 "2006-07-22T09:18:54Z")
> [@Ol'Gaffer](#): > > I hear that an “aspiring actress” comes stock for the passenger seat…is this true? And if it is, what are the options? Just one? My Ferrari came with a whole slew of Phillipino sex slaves and this little Mexican houseboy. Admittedly, the Bugatti looks better, but it sounds like my Ferrari’s better equipped. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/39 "2006-07-22T18:03:21Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Just one? My Ferrari came with a whole slew of Phillipino sex slaves and this little Mexican houseboy. Admittedly, the Bugatti looks better, but it sounds like my Ferrari’s better equipped. Well, I guess that’s what you get when you outsource production. I hear that the houseboy doubles as a mechanic. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467/40 "2006-07-22T18:31:27Z")
What pisses me off about both my Veyrons is that there is no place to hang my air fresheners. Also, the windows are too small for my Garfield to hang. Buffy says I should, like, get over myself. But Chaz says it’s just too, too awful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-owners-i-need-your-advice-thinking-of-buying/365467.md?page=3)