Running super rich also means lots of unspent fuel spraying out of the tailpipes. Some of those Lambo burning vids pretty clearly show a light coating of gas getting ignited on the back end:
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If you’re rich enough, flaws in the idiotic over-the-top toys you spend $$$$$$$$ on magically become described by said owners (and those who frequent exotic car concours) as charming traits.
Oh. My rich uncle? No! He’s not insane; he’s eccentric.
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I assume one of those exceptions would be incompetently slamming on your brakes in the middle of a high-speed roadway…
That’s one hell of a fan belt! And what museum was the car stolen from for there to even be an exposed axle to wrap around? No offense but I call urban legend. (Pics or it didn’t happen, lol!)
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mechanical failure
Almost certainly that the driver didn’t know how to handle a rear-wheel-drive high-performance vehicle. Those things fishtail like crazy, especially if you gun them.
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Why can’t the car just vary the mixture as required? By all means go super rich at high speed on a freeway.
This is a good question. I’m not sure they do run rich all the time!
You watch that video, and it’s pretty clear it’s spitting out unburnt fuel when the guy floors it. At low to medium throttle I am guessing it runs far more lean.
Having lived with a gearhead for a while, I’m acutely aware that at certain RPM’s and gearings that there’s a certain amount of fuel that gets provided for that particular cell in the table (AFAIK, the amount of air is generally known for a given RPM and gear). So how rich it runs at full throttle is a technical decision they made for a reason. You can imagine the reason (they won’t get sued for cars catching fire in excess of the cars they will sell for it going like stink at full throttle).
ETA: I am pinging my gearhead friend. He will provide a good answer. His credentials? He made beer money teaching AMG how to tune cars in grad school. He currently works for NASA.
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What a piece of crap!
Also, what a dick! The driver didn’t even bother to get out and thank anyone for putting his car fire out after his genius plan of fanning the flames didn’t work out.
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The quick reply:
big engine small space
packaging problems
all you need is one drop of oil falling on a hot part instead of the ground, poof
Runs counter to what I was saying, but there we are. Also:
of course everyone has these problems and their shit dont start on fire cuz it’s tuesday…
Maybe he doesn’t know exactly…
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Or in Asphalt 8.
…it is Italian.
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I agree. And this idiot will now go buy another Lamborghini Huracan Performante Spyder, and tell his passenger a funny story about the last Lamborghini Huracan Performante Spyder he had.
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I am not surprised at the depths of incompetence at DfT.
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Or beryllium copper, for $1,155.60:
https://www.ohiopowertool.com/p-7107-cs-unitec-non-sparking-sledge-hammer-1764-lbs-copper-beryllium-ex104-8000b.aspx
It really should have fancier handle though.
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I hope that Lamborghini has good quality control, but a friend of mine bought a Fiat Bravo (1st gen) and after a dozen of kilometres out of the parking lot the clutch pedal fell off, someone in the assembly line forgot to tighten a nut. Luckily for him there was a phone booth nearby and nobody had smartphones at the time, so no car accidents, and an angry call to the car dealer solved the problem, with a quick arrival of a tow truck.
The car was like this:
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I’m not sure running rich makes it hotter or provides more power. My understanding is that running lean tends to do those things to some extent.
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I bet it can tell the time a lot faster!
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The Dutch have been doing the same thing (using the hard shoulder as an extra lane in busy periods) for years now, as well as a weird halfway house where the hard shoulder becomes a bus lane in rush hour to allow local buses to keep running on time.
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But do they have a fancy name for it?
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