I love sportscars — And I’m in a conflict
Sportscars are one of my passion.
I don’t own one, but these machines are fantastic for me.
But not the usual every man sportscar. But the super-sportscars, Hypercars, and Mega cars.
I will never be able to afford one of these, but I love these cars.
The engineering and designs of these cars are fantastic.
Look at this Pagani Huarya. It looks awesome
This manufacturer produces pieces of art. I want to encourage you to search for pictures and videos from this car and his predecessor, the Zonda.
The details of each aspect of these cars are breathtaking. Everything is made by hand and to the highest quality standards. The founder and owner of the company, Horacio Pagani, selects his supplier not only by their capability of delivering the highest quality standards, but their product must be visually beautiful as well.
Or the extreme lines of this Koenigsegg Jesko:
The performance figures for this car are radical. It has 1'600 hp from a turbocharged V8 and 1'000 NM (or 737 ft-lb) of torque with a fantastic sound.
The innovations in this car are countless. It starts with the shape of the rear wing to the function of the Dashboard to the completely new gearbox, which is something nobody has ever done before.
When I speak about engine sound, I have to mention the exhilarating Ferrari V12, like the one build in this Ferrari 812 Superfast:
When it rews up, it sounds fantastic.
The contours and the design of this car are breathtaking.
I follow different YouTube channels like Shmee150, MrJWW, Seen Through Glass, and Doug DeMuro.
They present such cars, drive them, experience them, and can transport what’s about these cars to their audience.
When you consider the actual situation of the COVID-19 crisis, such content is useful to experience something different and have some fun.
My conflict
I know that we are in the middle of a climate crisis. We need to try to mitigate the damage, which we are doing to our planet.
I try to avoid things, which a bad for the environment and try to educate my children to look after nature.
I drive a Hybrid car, which consumes a relatively low amount of gas. Unfortunately, I cannot afford an electric vehicle, which fits our requirements in space.
When I look at these supercars, I know that nobody will ever need such a car. They are just toys. They are environmentally harmful toys. The gas consumption of these cars is way too high, and nobody needs so much power.
When I look at the videos from the YouTuber mentioned above, I see a lot of things that they should avoid. Like:
- Unnecessary idling of the car
- Turning off of the Start-Stop automatic
- Remove the catalytic converter to improve the sound
- Etc.
Really?
At some point, I need to realize that these are a tiny number of cars. They cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, Euros, Pounds, or whichever currency you prefer.
The influence on the environment of these cars is minimal.
But these YouTubers should be aware of the fact that they play a role as an influencer. There are peoples who want to replicate what they are doing. And this multiplies the effect.
We should stop doing such things.
Stop!
What’s about fun?
Should we really stop having fun in favor of our nature?
I would say: Yes, but …
I don’t want to stop doing everything which potentially harms nature. But I can start acting more responsibly and avoid things which I can replace with something less harmful.
What can we do to improve our record?
There are several things to improve.
For the moment I will stay on the actual topic of sports- and hypercars.
There are several alternatives:
Take a look at the Rimac C-Two
This an electric car has 1'900 hp and 2'300 NM of torque (or almost 1'700 ft-lbs). Four electric motors powers it, and it looks gorgeous.
It makes no sound, come on? This car is out of this world. You don’t need any engine sound when you have that much power.
Or look at this Koenigsegg Gemera:
This car is a four-seat Mega-GT. It’s the first of it’s kind.
It has a “TFG”. A term coined by Koenigsegg. It means “Tiny Friendly Giant”.
The engine is a 3-cylinder 2-liter twin-turbo engine, which produces 670 hp. Also, it has three electric motors. The combined power reaches 1'700 hp and a whopping 11'000 NM (over 8'100 ft-lb) of torque.
It can run on emission reduced fuel. Take a look at the company website for details on the TFG or watch this video:
If you want to see something record-breaking, you need to check out this:
Or look at this electric hypercar called NIO EP9:
These guys need to realize that old-school is not better. It’s just Old-School. Our world needs a newer and more sustainable way of life.
And nothing is better to have a lot of fun while making sure that we don’t harm nature.
We must find the right balance but never forget that mother nature watches us and, sooner or later, she will present the bill to all of us.
