{"id":15069,"date":"2011-03-30T23:28:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T06:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=15069"},"modified":"2013-02-17T18:07:25","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T01:07:25","slug":"supercars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/supercars\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars: When Too Much Is Almost Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fsupercars%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F03%2FSupercars-at-Petersen-Museum.jpg&amp;description=Supercars%3A+When+Too+Much+Is+Almost+Enough\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[15069]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/supercars\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/supercars\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Supercars: When Too Much Is Almost Enough\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/supercars\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Supercars: When Too Much Is Almost Enough&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/supercars\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/supercars\/\" data-text=\"Supercars: When Too Much Is Almost Enough\" data-desc=\"Exotic Car Exhibit At The Petersen Museum Every time I step into the Petersen Automotive Museum I learn something new and enjoy being amazed by works of art known as automobiles. The newest exhibit at the Petersen, Supercars, is no exception. If any automobile could be called art, the Supercar would\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Supercars-at-Petersen-Museum.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>Exotic Car Exhibit At The Petersen Museum<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Supercars-at-Petersen-Museum.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[15069]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15133\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Supercars at Petersen Museum\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Supercars-at-Petersen-Museum.jpg\" alt=\"Supercars at Petersen Museum, super cars, Super car pics, supercar pics, super car pictures, supercar pictures, pantera, manta, lambourghini\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Supercars-at-Petersen-Museum.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Supercars-at-Petersen-Museum-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Supercars-at-Petersen-Museum-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Supercars-at-Petersen-Museum-400x218.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every time I step into the <a title=\"Inspired at the Petersen Automotive Museum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.petersen.org\/\" target=\"_self\">Petersen Automotive Museum<\/a> I learn something new and enjoy being amazed by works of art known as automobiles. The newest exhibit at the Petersen, <em><strong>Supercars<\/strong><\/em>, is no exception. If any automobile could be called art, the Supercar would be a top contender. What is a &#8220;Supercar?&#8221; I think the Petersen&#8217;s curator, Leslie Kendall, explains it well:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Like supercomputer, supermarkets, and supermodels, supercars represent an extreme. More than mere transportation, they offer a bold and extroverted means of self expression. Supercars have existed since the first decade of the twentieth century and while their mechanical and design specifications have evolved from era to era, they have always had in common immensely powerful engines, minimal passenger carrying capacity, adventurous mechanical specifications, and a commanding presence. Such attributes guaranteed that supercars always had far more power and performance than would ever be thought necessary for everyday motoring. That they have always been extremely exotic in appearance and impossibly rare makes them even more special.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So while just looking at modern Supercars didn&#8217;t seem very exciting to me at first (although I&#8217;d be first in line to drive one,) this exhibit brings them to life. Some of my favorite things about the Supercar exhibit were:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15134\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1923 Mercedes Supercar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1923-Mercedes-Supercar.jpg\" alt=\"1923 Mercedes Supercar, early mercedes, Petersen Automotive Museum, Petersen car museum,super cars, Super car pics, supercar pics, super car pictures, supercar pictures,\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1923-Mercedes-Supercar.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1923-Mercedes-Supercar-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1923-Mercedes-Supercar-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1923-Mercedes-Supercar-400x264.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seeing where they began, such as with the earliest Supercar on show, the 1923 Mercedes (28\/95 Targa Florio.) With a whopping 7.2 liter engine it was able to reach a top speed of 75 miles per hour! To put\u00a0this in perspective &#8211; remember that just 25 years earlier, in 1898, the world&#8217;s first<a title=\"Bonneville Dreams of the 200 MPH Club\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-dreams-of-the-200-mph-club\/\" target=\"_blank\"> land speed record<\/a> was set at 39.24!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Manta_Photo_Scott_Williamson_Photodesign_Studios.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[15069]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15135\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1968 Bizzarini Manta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Manta_Photo_Scott_Williamson_Photodesign_Studios.jpg\" alt=\"Manta, super cars, Super car pics, supercar pics, super car pictures, supercar pictures, 1968 Bizzarini Manta, Petersen Automotive Museum\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Manta_Photo_Scott_Williamson_Photodesign_Studios.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Manta_Photo_Scott_Williamson_Photodesign_Studios-150x76.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Manta_Photo_Scott_Williamson_Photodesign_Studios-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Manta_Photo_Scott_Williamson_Photodesign_Studios-400x203.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/a><em>Photo courtesy of Scott Williamson Photodesign Studios<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Viewing oddities of the Supercar world, such as the 1968 Bizzarrini Manta. Imagine what you would&#8217;ve thought if you saw this rolling down the street in 1968! Pulling up to the stoplight next to a huge 1968 Lincoln, with the Manta&#8217;s driver sitting in the middle of the car like a Jetson&#8217;s spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p>Another interesting Supercar on show is the 1971 De Tomaso Pantera. Still there are the holes that Elvis shot in it &#8211; when he reportedly got mad at it not starting.<\/p>\n<address><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Bugatti_Veyron.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[15069]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15136\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Bugatti_Veyron\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Bugatti_Veyron.jpg\" alt=\"Bugatti_Veyron, petersen automotive museum, fastest production car, super cars, Super car pics, supercar pics, super car pictures, supercar pictures\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Bugatti_Veyron.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Bugatti_Veyron-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Bugatti_Veyron-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Bugatti_Veyron-400x233.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>Photo Courtesy of Scott Williamson Photodesign Studios <\/address>\n<address> <\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Then of course, the sexiest machine of them all &#8211; the Bugatti. No, not the original 2006 Veyron, a 1001-horsepower engine with four superchargers (although this one&#8217;s on show too!)<\/span><\/address>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1939-Bugatti-Supercar.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[15069]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15138\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1939 Bugatti Supercar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1939-Bugatti-Supercar.jpg\" alt=\"1939 Bugatti Supercar, petersen museum, bugatti coupe,super cars, Super car pics, supercar pics, super car pictures, supercar pictures\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1939-Bugatti-Supercar.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1939-Bugatti-Supercar-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1939-Bugatti-Supercar-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1939-Bugatti-Supercar-400x237.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In my opinion what&#8217;s even sexier is the 1939 Bugatti (57C Adalante) with 180 horsepower and some of the prettiest lines you&#8217;ve ever seen on a car! This Bugatti is powered by a straight-8 double over-head cam 3.3 liter engine (that&#8217;s less then half the size of the earlier 1923 Mercedes!)<\/p>\n<span class=\"vvqbox vvqyoutube\" style=\"width:575px;height:355px;\"><span id=\"vvq-15069-youtube-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ehto_NZMio0\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ehto_NZMio0\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Preview Image\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p>If you want to see these for yourself, you&#8217;re just going to have to motor on down to the Petersen Museum! The Supercars exhibit will be on show until October 16, 2011. Admission will get you into not just the Supercar exhibit &#8211; but the other great rotating exhibits and regular museum stuff as well! It&#8217;s a great place to learn something new and gain some inspiration for whatever project you&#8217;ve got going on in your garage!<\/p>\n<p>If you can make on April 5th, Leslie Kendall, will be leading a special Curator&#8217;s Tour &#8211; more information can be found at the <a title=\"Peterson Automotive Museum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.petersen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Petersen Automotive Museum website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/tripanel_v01_small.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[15069]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15132\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"tripanel_v01_small\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/tripanel_v01_small-400x518.jpg\" alt=\"super cars, Super car pics, supercar pics, super car pictures, supercar pictures,\" width=\"400\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/tripanel_v01_small-400x518.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/tripanel_v01_small-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/tripanel_v01_small-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fsupercars%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Supercars%3A+When+Too+Much+Is+Almost+Enough\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/supercars\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/supercars\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Supercars: When Too Much Is Almost Enough\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/supercars\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Supercars: When Too Much Is Almost Enough&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/supercars\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/supercars\/\" data-text=\"Supercars: When Too Much Is Almost Enough\" data-desc=\"Exotic Car Exhibit At The Petersen Museum Every time I step into the Petersen Automotive Museum I learn something new and enjoy being amazed by works of art known as automobiles. 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