I have it on pretty good authority (James May) that the Veyron is entirely undramatic in its demeanor, despite its phenomenal power, and that as a result pretty much anybody could drive one in the manner of a normal car. And the thing that I really like about the Veyron is that it's built for that kind of thing; it was engineered specifically not to be pathetically fragile in the tradition of the "regular" supercar, but instead to stand up to being used in the manner of a standard automobile.
(VW use a smaller variant of that same engine concept in the Phaeton, a car which is built to be driven all day at ca. 180 mph with the air conditioning on, if its German plutocrat owner so desires. I have a strange love for the Phaeton too, despite the fact that it sold so poorly here that they don't offer it in North America any more.)
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Date: 2010-12-09 03:16 am (UTC)(VW use a smaller variant of that same engine concept in the Phaeton, a car which is built to be driven all day at ca. 180 mph with the air conditioning on, if its German plutocrat owner so desires. I have a strange love for the Phaeton too, despite the fact that it sold so poorly here that they don't offer it in North America any more.)