4 month waiting period to "make" these tires by hand. (away from the normal production proccess) Most dealers, even PAX dealers, would not even touch a car that expensive. They would politely decline service. I know I would.
This clearly falls into the, “If you have to ask how much it costs, you can’t afford it,” category.
That is one nice-looking car.
Hey, if you’re gonna pay 2.1 million for a car....
http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2010/01/19/does-owning-a-bugatti-veyron-cost-as-much-as-a-private-jet/
....what’s 38 grand for tires??
Oh. and that website says you change tires every 2,500 miles.
Sheesh!
“””rear tires....365/710/540””””
According to my calculations, this tire is 365mm = 14.89 inches wide
May have been for Charlie Crist’s pal Scott Rothstein of $1.2 billion ponzi scheme fame. He had one.
Top Gear had the funny James May driving one at VW’s test track with a 5 mile + straightaway. VW owns Bugatti. May got it up over 250 mph. At that speed it would run out of gas in 15 minutes and the tires would probably burn up too. 4 turbos on a V-12 or something. I think it puts out 1,000 bhp.
Texan who swamped Bugatti buys another
Posted on January 20, 2010 at 8:44 AM
http://www.khou.com/news/Texan-who-swamped-Bugatti-buys-another—82157512.html
Keep in mind also that, although those tires are capable of 250+ mph, they can only handle that for a few minutes, and then they degrade and have to be replaced, so a few laps around the Nurburgring (or 6 hours at a local track day, should you be so bourgeoise), or two or three top-speed blasts means a new set of tires.
Relatively speaking putting a $38000 set of tires on a million dollar car is similar to putting a $600 set on a $20,000 car.
They had their entire inventory in doors. Most of their inventory of cars were pre-owned. Some of the cars had 100 miles or less on them. I ask, why so low and was told these guys that buy them bring them home, take them out once and are scared to death of the cars. They turn around and sell them back.
The other 99% of population settle for Douglas Trac II.
:)
Looks like you got a pretty good deal on those MickeyThompsons.