Rails Creator's New Custom Hypercar

http://www.secretentourage.com/lifestyle/autos/pagani-zonda-hh/

by polymath21 • 16 years ago

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tptacek2• 16 years ago

But... but... but... they're not a startup! They're just a... a... small business!

Must be all that crazy blog money they have pouring in. I'd have a car built by spacemen too if I had an award-winning blog!

blasdel• 16 years ago

Fuck You Money for EU citizens

cageface4• 16 years ago

My esteem for DHH just fell a few notches. What a tacky, ugly, gratuitous waste of money. Obviously he's entitled to spend his money however he likes but this doesn't show much class.

zalew2• 16 years ago

Criticizing one's fantasies doesn't show much class.

cageface4• 16 years ago

Hardly. If any of my friends let me buy a car like that I'd be angry as hell once I came to my senses.

If you must dump money on a car at least get something that doesn't look like a running shoe, like a jag or something. All that one is missing is a blonde bimbo in the passenger seat.

maxawaytoolong2• 16 years ago

That car is truly hideous.

evo_94• 16 years ago

Not everyone works at google and has the mindset of 'oh dear I better not enjoy my success'.

jf• 16 years ago

One of the reasons I like living in the Silicon Valley is because, in general, the wealthy here do not flaunt their wealth.

msie• 16 years ago

This is the same guy who failed to mention Merb in the Rails 3.0 annoucement? I'm shocked!

hopeless• 16 years ago

Wow! That looks pretty awesome. It's interesting to see what buy/do to express themselves when they have the money. Personally, I couldn't care less about fast cars but I'd be straight onto one of those Red Bull Air Race planes and a private airfield. What would you do?

evo_94• 16 years ago

Agreed on the car - but each their own.

Me? I'd buy or build a hockey rink. I've always wanted one, ever since I started skating as a kid. Yeah, not very flashy but maybe I'll hire some extravagant architect to create something really unique/different. Actually... I kind of like that idea. Dream updated...

evo_94• 16 years ago

Wow no love for hockey or ice rinks, or unique architecture...

timmaah• 16 years ago

The first paragraph of the article basically says the only reason it is a custom car is because of US rules and regulations, but then the end mentions he will never drive it in the US and it will stay in Italy..

kbob• 16 years ago

You might have read it that way but I don't think that was the author's intent. In fact, the Zonda has gone out of production (twice so far), so the only way to get a new one is to order one custom.

Not that "production" versus "custom" means a lot in such a low-volume car.

octavore• 16 years ago

While tacky, this makes me wonder what the market is for custom built cars. You always see these nifty concept cars that never see the light of day. Yachts are already custom built, this would be a sort of... land-yacht, I suppose, occupying the same niche in terms of status signaling toys, while at the same time being more practical.

superk2• 16 years ago

Is that a rocket engine a la batmobile?

http://www.secretentourage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/zo...

there2• 16 years ago

no, it's just the 4 exhaust tips collecting into one outlet

superk2• 16 years ago

But surely flames still do shoot out?!

betageek• 16 years ago

37 Signals go truly rockstar, from their "Appetite for Destruction" beginnings they're entering their "Use Your Illusion" period, just hope they don't end up going the way of "Chinese Democracy"

PStamatiou• 16 years ago

To those who don't know of DHH's passion for cars - he is a huge car guy! He races Lamborghinis on the weekends - He has/had a White Gallardo LP560-4 that he raced at Autobahn Country Club.

there2• 16 years ago

and has moved on to club racing: http://twitter.com/dhh/status/20155491804

joshu• 16 years ago

I like driving a great deal and have thought about buying something serious but can't get over how radically ten reliability drops on cars that are much over $100k.

My favorite so far, though, is the GT-R. It drives like a video game. If I owned one I am sure I sure I would get in trouble, though.

There are some really great old cars out there that are not particularly expensive. I am looking around for an e30 or e36 m3...

Rails Creator's New Custom Hypercar

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