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no economic down turn here - mia06 - 25-05-2010
This is not stainless steel... (see explanation at bottom).
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Recession? What recession?
So, it seems that this "global recession"
has not impacted negatively on everyone.
Check this out!
It's a Mercedes Benz owned by an Abu Dhabi
oil billionaire (naturally).
Featuring the newly developed V10 quad turbo
with 1,600 horsepower and 2800nm of torque
0-100km/h in less than 2secs, 1/4 mile in 6.89 secs
running on biofuel.
That is NOT stainless steel, people, it is WHITE GOLD!
I'm sure you'll sleep better tonight, knowing that the
exorbitant dollars you're paying for gas these days are
at least going to a good cause...
RE: no economic down turn here - twistgrip - 26-05-2010
6.89sec in 1/4 mile
RE: no economic down turn here - [UNIT] - 26-05-2010
I doubt that 1/4 mile.. Gold can't be light
RE: no economic down turn here - Diablo - 26-05-2010
I agree unit, if the panels were just plated, and they were talking about 0-100 would sound about right.
RE: no economic down turn here - BikerBoy - 26-05-2010
I doubt biofuel can generate that kind of power too.
With that kind of bling though maybe they meant quater of million spent every 6.89 seconds.
RE: no economic down turn here - Dan85 - 26-05-2010
biofuel can mean many things eg methanol/ethanol so yes biofuel can generate that sort of power but i doubt many of those stats are correct. flash looking car tho
RE: no economic down turn here - Timmy_0_T00l - 26-05-2010
well the koenigsegg ccxr runs on biofuel and it is apparently faster than a bugatti veyron, has a much smaller engine too
RE: no economic down turn here - Louwai - 26-05-2010
If there is a complaint about the exhorbitant fuel price we pay, complain to the fuel companies that charge it.
The oil "owners" don't get anywhere near what the retail price is.
Think about companies like BHP. For every ton of coal that is loaded onto a ship, the customer has paid around the $152.
BHP get about $50 of that as clear profit after all mining, transport & shiploading costs are covered.
And export terminals like Newcastle spit out something like 120,000,000 tons per year. (120 million tons)
120million X $50 = $6,000,000,000 per year in clear profit, and that's just from 1 export terminal. There are 3 biggies in Qld (Hay Point, Dalrymple Bay & Abbot Point) & Newcastle is being doubled in size with a twin being built next door.
Nice car tho........
RE: no economic down turn here - Diablo - 26-05-2010
Louwai, if you want to look at who gets what out of the price of fuel at the bowser, it's the Government that gets the biggest slice. It's been a while, but I remember seeing a pie chart that showed the servo owner getting about 4-5 cents from each liter, the fuel company gets about 40-50 cents per liter, the rest goes to the govt in the form of a fuel tax!!!!!
I'm pretty much guessing the figures, but, I think they are in the ball park.
RE: no economic down turn here - Greeny_SA - 26-05-2010
(26-05-2010, 11:03pm)Diablo Wrote: Louwai, if you want to look at who gets what out of the price of fuel at the bowser, it's the Government that gets the biggest slice. It's been a while, but I remember seeing a pie chart that showed the servo owner getting about 4-5 cents from each liter, the fuel company gets about 40-50 cents per liter, the rest goes to the govt in the form of a fuel tax!!!!!
I'm pretty much guessing the figures, but, I think they are in the ball park.
But all that tax goes to our fantastic roads .
RE: no economic down turn here - Kala - 27-05-2010
just imagine how bad the roads would be without all that tax funding to keep them in the tip top condition they are now.
K
RE: no economic down turn here - CeeJay07 - 27-05-2010
This is a bit off topic, but if they built roads properly the first time, the maintenance costs would be reduced substantially, and that would make petrol cheaper (or do I live in Disneyland?). Just look at some of the roads in Europe that are still functioning today that were built back when Jesus was just a spruiker outside Go-Lo at Bethlehem.
RE: no economic down turn here - Madmax - 27-05-2010
I still say that they're the reason we're paying 133 to 140 a liter.
Do you think they could afford to buy cages like that withouty the price being what it is?
AND with the price of crude still hovering around $70 a barrel, why are we STILL paying so much for our fuel?
Bloody politicians and petrol chemical companies.
Come the revolution!!
RE: no economic down turn here - Kala - 27-05-2010
still off topic
i drove from adelaide to port augusta this morning and you can tell that roads are built by the lowest tender.
the trucks rip up the "repaired" bits in no time because they are just a surface scouring and retaring.
the new bits looks mostly like its all a superficial slapping a road on the groupnd rather than a proper build. the substructure of the road seems to be missing. pat down the dirt hard, add gravel, roll it in and hit it with some bitumen.
K