Comments on: Super-Secret Volkswagen Test Track http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:12:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-200310 Chris Thu, 29 May 2008 17:25:09 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-200310 The only reason it's called top secret is because it used to be in the middle of a no-fly zone during the cold war so no-one knew what it was The only reason it’s called top secret is because it used to be in the middle of a no-fly zone during the cold war so no-one knew what it was

]]> By: Mandel http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-136403 Mandel Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:03:05 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-136403 I'm in the airline industry and fly to Germany often, I have seen this place from the sky making our approach in Leipzig Germany, which is in the former East Germany, I would love to see it someday, but I hear from locals that it's pretty secure much like CIA headquarters or NSA facility. I guess you really need to know somebody to get close. I’m in the airline industry and fly to Germany often, I have seen this place from the sky making our approach in Leipzig Germany, which is in the former East Germany, I would love to see it someday, but I hear from locals that it’s pretty secure much like CIA headquarters or NSA facility. I guess you really need to know somebody to get close.

]]> By: Cori http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-136251 Cori Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:12:27 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-136251 oops sorry I meant the Google video mentioned in the beginning is awesome. Sorry chris, I know yours isn't a video link!!! oops sorry I meant the Google video mentioned in the beginning is awesome. Sorry chris, I know yours isn’t a video link!!!

]]> By: Cori http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-136249 Cori Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:09:10 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-136249 Thanks for the video link chris, it was AWESOME!!! Thanks for the video link chris, it was AWESOME!!!

]]> By: chris http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-135509 chris Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:09:50 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-135509 This BBC link contains photos of a crashed Veyron - rather expensive insurance job I should think. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6423241.stm This BBC link contains photos of a crashed Veyron - rather expensive insurance job I should think.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6423241.stm

]]> By: Ottereven http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-135488 Ottereven Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:41:29 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-135488 >Do they have fences around this place? I’m just wondering what would happen if you encountered a deer at 253 mph. Quck-minced venison. And a 1 million Euro pile of scrap carbon fibre, decoratively spread across the test site. I used to work at a similar test track in Arizona - and yes, they do have good fences around to keep out big critters. The fences didn't keep out the rattlesnakes, scorpions, and tarantulas, but I doubt they have that trouble in Germany. While I was working there, someone on an off-site test hit a black bear on a mountain road with a test vehicle - the next generation Corvette - and it did total a very expensive test car. The bear was unhurt, apparently. Otter >Do they have fences around this place? I’m just wondering what would happen if you encountered a deer at 253 mph.

Quck-minced venison. And a 1 million Euro pile of scrap carbon fibre, decoratively spread across the test site.

I used to work at a similar test track in Arizona - and yes, they do have good fences around to keep out big critters. The fences didn’t keep out the rattlesnakes, scorpions, and tarantulas, but I doubt they have that trouble in Germany.

While I was working there, someone on an off-site test hit a black bear on a mountain road with a test vehicle - the next generation Corvette - and it did total a very expensive test car. The bear was unhurt, apparently.

Otter

]]> By: Cesar in Orl http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-134961 Cesar in Orl Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:02:19 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-134961 I have to agree with Steve there. Plenty of room in Albuquerque to hold it WFO!!!All the way till the cows come home. I have to agree with Steve there. Plenty of room in Albuquerque to hold it WFO!!!All the way till the cows come home.

]]> By: Alex http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-134693 Alex Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:43:15 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-134693 @cookie monster & KickerOfAss: LOL! If we had a quotes page, it would definitely feature that one :D "Scheiße! Diese verdammten Google-Sightseeing-Schweine haben unsere geheime... [insert previously secret thing here]!!" @cookie monster & KickerOfAss: LOL! If we had a quotes page, it would definitely feature that one :D

“Scheiße! Diese verdammten Google-Sightseeing-Schweine haben unsere geheime… [insert previously secret thing here]!!”

]]> By: KickerOfAss http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-134689 KickerOfAss Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:19:53 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-134689 @ Patrick: That's the best sentence I heard today! @ cookie monster: that would be “Scheiße! Diese verdammten Google-Sightseeing-Schweine haben unsere geheime Teststrecke entdeckt! Wir müssen sofort eine neue finden!” in German. But don't mention the war! By the way, isn't that the test track you can drive on in the PS2 games Gran Turismo 3 and 4? @ Patrick: That’s the best sentence I heard today!

@ cookie monster: that would be “Scheiße! Diese verdammten Google-Sightseeing-Schweine haben unsere geheime Teststrecke entdeckt! Wir müssen sofort eine neue finden!” in German. But don’t mention the war!

By the way, isn’t that the test track you can drive on in the PS2 games Gran Turismo 3 and 4?

]]> By: Patrick http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-134630 Patrick Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:18:22 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/21/super-secret-volkswagen-test-track/#comment-134630 The Bugatti Veyron is sex on wheels. The Bugatti Veyron is sex on wheels.

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