I am sure if that was the case, they would have done that in the first place. Albeit, probably not with rhinestones, and something lighter. The amount of testing that went into maximizing the aerodynamics were insane. Somewhere, a group of engineers are pissed.
The idea that an experiment on a mass-produced family car, where it’s production was focused on efficiency, affordability, and profitability, would somehow render the same results on a hand-crafted, precision engineered race-car, focused entirely on performance, is ridiculous.
Fact: its far easier to improve a poorly designed vehicle than a properly designed one.
Fact: high-end car manufacturers have been chasing “fastest” car in the world titles for years, testing often crazy ideas to improve performance.
Do you find it odd that throughout these constant pursuits , be that F1, Nascar, Bugatti, etc. that none of them have added dimples to increase performance?
I mean, myth buster is cool and all, but I am relatively confident that a group of high school kids could improve your average 90s Ford family car significantly with enough time and resources. That said, we shouldn’t be foolish enough to believe that any of those improvements would be above industry standard, let alone the pinnacle of engineering.
Manufacturers don’t do everything possible on every car. We’d have so many twin charged inline 6 supercars with hybrid systems running on super capacitors 😂
Not on a car like this. This is a car designed to basically be a road legal F1 car that’s tolerances are calculated to the nanometer. Like to give you an idea some parts of this cars aero kit will flex when taking corners at certain speed and angle ratios to give you literal milliseconds of pace. Like the paint on this car is so specially formulated to not interfere with aero. Doing this is like taking a hammer and bashing in your grill and being like “it’s got better gas mileage”
The dimples on a golfball serf to make the boundary layer turbulent so it sticks to the surface for longer, decreasing the pressure drag. But for the size (Reynolds number actually) of a car like this, the boundary layer will transition to turbulent anyway. So the surface texture does nothing to decrease pressure drag and will only add friction drag.
A pair of Valkyrie AMR-LMH variants do compete in the WEC Hypercar league, and one competes in the IMSA GTP series. They're all owned by GabeN (the Steam guy) and operated by his team, The Heart of Racing.
I wonder how pissed off some of Aston Martin’s customers would be if they told them as a part of purchasing their cars, that they cannot be “put on display only”…
Because wealthy folks use these cars as financial instruments, not as cars…
Honestly anything I’ve ever hade that had little jewels on it ended up with completely bald spots. This guys car in one month is going to be bald in spots and dirty between the stones.
It isn't exactly an aesthetic car anyway. The beauty is in the engineering but it isn't necessarily aesthetic. The audacity of the bedazzle is equal to the audacity of people owning these kinds of cars.
It's not like it's permanent. Want it to be bedazzled for shits and giggles? Have your servant bedazzle it. Get tired of it? Have your servant remove it. Change your mind? Servant bedazzles it again. Hot pink? Hot pink. It requires nothing of you, you're rich, you can change your car like the rest of us change our underwear.
I think it's funny that the first few seconds you can't even see a sparkle... It looks like the cheap Costco-esque tabletops my elementary school classrooms had until you finally get close enough to see the bumps.
Poor execution. It could have been interesting if the dazzles had been put on with some skill. But when it's zoomed in it's just thrown on and looks terrible.
Imagine having this kinda money and not like, funding a food shelf in a nearby city for a month or something. Pennies on the dollar relative to this. I cannot imagine having the disposable income to buy a component of this car.
When braising rich people, be sure to go low and slow. Their meat is usually tough and stringy so you want to make sure you dissolve all the connective tissue to get a silky, tender texture.
Yes I’d love to take my light weight hyper car that engineers spent pain staking weeks and months to develop into a road legal race car then shit on their work by making it look like it ran into a Claire’s
Rhinestones are just plastic. The sunlight and humidity will degrade them in no time. And I'm not sure what glue they used, but in 6 months, this car is gonna look like vaguely glittery shit. Dirt, bird poop, and every bug you hit are gonna be damn near impossible to wash off.
the amount of hate this car gets is hilarious. people act like someone superglued that shit directly onto the paint of their own car which is obviously undrivable now.
this dude has an anazing collection and this is clearly a social media stunt that works so perfectly.
Aston spending millions to saves grams, along comes no taste Tony and sticks 15 kilos of rocks on it.
I wonder if it's good for aerodynamics though, kinda like the golfball effect
That is a lot of parasitic drag
I have an ex like that
Take my upvote
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We get it, just a bad joke
What an odd thing to say
I am sure if that was the case, they would have done that in the first place. Albeit, probably not with rhinestones, and something lighter. The amount of testing that went into maximizing the aerodynamics were insane. Somewhere, a group of engineers are pissed.
Mythbusters would like a word https://youtu.be/VUiGhyHC-1A?si=_Qe2mDwhQujRuQcH
Logic would like a word: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence
The idea that an experiment on a mass-produced family car, where it’s production was focused on efficiency, affordability, and profitability, would somehow render the same results on a hand-crafted, precision engineered race-car, focused entirely on performance, is ridiculous.
Fact: its far easier to improve a poorly designed vehicle than a properly designed one.
Fact: high-end car manufacturers have been chasing “fastest” car in the world titles for years, testing often crazy ideas to improve performance.
Do you find it odd that throughout these constant pursuits , be that F1, Nascar, Bugatti, etc. that none of them have added dimples to increase performance?
I mean, myth buster is cool and all, but I am relatively confident that a group of high school kids could improve your average 90s Ford family car significantly with enough time and resources. That said, we shouldn’t be foolish enough to believe that any of those improvements would be above industry standard, let alone the pinnacle of engineering.
You're absolutely right, but i was confused because i thought everybody was talking about the Bugatti Bolide.
https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1130680_the-bugatti-bolide-s-air-scoop-was-designed-like-a-golf-ball
How very interesting! Thank you for sharing.
Manufacturers don’t do everything possible on every car. We’d have so many twin charged inline 6 supercars with hybrid systems running on super capacitors 😂
Not on a car like this. This is a car designed to basically be a road legal F1 car that’s tolerances are calculated to the nanometer. Like to give you an idea some parts of this cars aero kit will flex when taking corners at certain speed and angle ratios to give you literal milliseconds of pace. Like the paint on this car is so specially formulated to not interfere with aero. Doing this is like taking a hammer and bashing in your grill and being like “it’s got better gas mileage”
SPEED HOLES
The dimples on a golfball serf to make the boundary layer turbulent so it sticks to the surface for longer, decreasing the pressure drag. But for the size (Reynolds number actually) of a car like this, the boundary layer will transition to turbulent anyway. So the surface texture does nothing to decrease pressure drag and will only add friction drag.
I thought Reynolds number was a function of speed not size
It's a function of both
If it were they'd do it at the factory. It's not like no one has thought of this.
More like for the goofball effect.
Dimples are good, bumps are bad
On a golf ball it's not to reduce drag but actually creating more drag as the ball is spinning, therefore helping to give it an effect.
literally skinned edward cullen and his family to make this
They cut weight so he can add the rocks
Is this a race car? Otherwise why would drag matter if the speed limit on the highway is still 100?
It is a street legal race car essentially.
It depends on your definition of race car. It's not competing in races, but it could.
A pair of Valkyrie AMR-LMH variants do compete in the WEC Hypercar league, and one competes in the IMSA GTP series. They're all owned by GabeN (the Steam guy) and operated by his team, The Heart of Racing.
I wonder how pissed off some of Aston Martin’s customers would be if they told them as a part of purchasing their cars, that they cannot be “put on display only”…
Because wealthy folks use these cars as financial instruments, not as cars…
Have fun washing it too.
Not particularly good execution tbh
Yeah the placement isn’t uniform or tight at all. Looks like shit in the shade.
Honestly anything I’ve ever hade that had little jewels on it ended up with completely bald spots. This guys car in one month is going to be bald in spots and dirty between the stones.
Bold of you to assume it’s gonna even be driven. Prob gonna be left in some rich millionaire’s penthouse.
Its actually driven a lot if you're wondering
Just search up Supercar Ron on Youtube, it also made an appearance on the Wynn Concours @ Las Vegas
Imagine the work attitude of the person the paid to glue those on?
Someone poor enough to need to work… oh the begrudging
heresy and a damn shame as they completely ruined that car.
But now they don't have to worry about paint scratches.
It isn't exactly an aesthetic car anyway. The beauty is in the engineering but it isn't necessarily aesthetic. The audacity of the bedazzle is equal to the audacity of people owning these kinds of cars.
I disagree, the lines are gorgeous
In matters of taste, one person’s “gorgeous” is another person’s “meh. I’ve seen better.”
It was probably wrapped first before the added all the crap. I hope it's restorable.
I mean to be fair AM ruined it first
i will never understand the ways that rich people will spend their money.
You don't become rich by being a normal level headed joe
When you don't have to work for your money you lose all sense of proportion, which makes it easy to get frivolous with it.
i mean i totally get that and agree. i meant more that most rich people have the worst fucking taste.
It's not like it's permanent. Want it to be bedazzled for shits and giggles? Have your servant bedazzle it. Get tired of it? Have your servant remove it. Change your mind? Servant bedazzles it again. Hot pink? Hot pink. It requires nothing of you, you're rich, you can change your car like the rest of us change our underwear.
Now bedazzle it again!
Well a lot of them must have good taste too, otherwise the unbejazzled version of this car wouldn't exist.
do you think the regular version is good taste? i think that car is ridiculous looking in any case.
Not really!
It was bedazzled as a joke and it ended up staying on the car.
Wow, a new level of tacky
this video itself is terrible execution, why is the bedazzled car in the shade?
If it's in direct sunlight it blinds everyone
I guess it would be absolutely impossible to get the light right on this monstrosity if it stood in direct sunlight
"This is the skin of a killer, Bella."
😂
Because a sparkly paint job would be too ridiculous
Yea this is trash execution.
Glitter! I like it.
When is the next revolt by us peasants? Soon, I hope.
Yeah that's going to go well at high speed
That seems to be r/horribletoclean
People having enough money to pay for this and then spending it on this is the best argument for higher taxes.
They fall off when washed or no?
We can only hope.
Nah, when you have this kind of money you just hire someone to carefully clean it with a tiny soft brush.
No. Crystal Ninja has done several cars before this one and she's shown they can get washed normally.
I think it's funny that the first few seconds you can't even see a sparkle... It looks like the cheap Costco-esque tabletops my elementary school classrooms had until you finally get close enough to see the bumps.
Poor execution. It could have been interesting if the dazzles had been put on with some skill. But when it's zoomed in it's just thrown on and looks terrible.
Imagine that on a sunny day, all the other drivers are gonna be blinded
There's gotta be laws against this
Can’t wait for a pigeon to poop on it.
Fun fact: Swarovski is moving away from selling its crystals individually for artists/DIYers because of tacky shit like this. Seriously.
Imagine having this kinda money and not like, funding a food shelf in a nearby city for a month or something. Pennies on the dollar relative to this. I cannot imagine having the disposable income to buy a component of this car.
The owner of the car does a lot of charity work.
Yes! Supercar Ron does a lot of that
People should watch the process and the Origin of this Valkyrie, it's not a garage queen at all!
It’s had fucking goats in it ! lol
There are people dying Kim!
That gave my friend and I a good laugh lol
That bug splatter is going to be an issue
You can’t buy class
I’ve seen cars like this in the Home Depot parking lot with like pennies all glued to them. That’s the same aesthetic.
Looks like it couldn't clear that 3 inch deep gutter.
Those type guys standing behind it show up no matter where a high-end sports appears.
When braising rich people, be sure to go low and slow. Their meat is usually tough and stringy so you want to make sure you dissolve all the connective tissue to get a silky, tender texture.
Remember friends, Can ≠ Should
MONEY
TASTEAerodynamics team: "Am I a joke to you?"
Disagree on the AT part.
Same
Yes I’d love to take my light weight hyper car that engineers spent pain staking weeks and months to develop into a road legal race car then shit on their work by making it look like it ran into a Claire’s
fuck y’all i love this
They ruined Newey's baby. Now he's at Aston could he get the main dealers to refuse to service this monstrosity?
No
I’ve done diamond art before. Who has the time?
Driving in the sun must be fun.
One fast car vs 1 speed bump
Another example of more money than sense. Shame.
Defeated by speed bumps, impractical.
Sponsored by Safelite™
How does one drive over a pebble or down a hill in one of these?
I mean, it looks kinda neat but could've just done it with a vinyl wrap
Pedestrian grater
Oh ffs, whoever perpetuated this crime needs to get 20 lashes, in public.
I thought Liberace died? Who’s that for?
Awful execution. They're already falling off in places
I kinda love the effect. Hate the execution though.
Vagazzled
The sun hits that thing at the right angle and you would be able to see it from space lol.
At what point does the owner realise it looks shit. Complete shit.
Why didn't they photograph it in the sun, like it would be on a street?
Ngl, I kinda really like it
I don't know if this is amazing or awful.
Oh damn, I thought I was on r/sparklyisacolor, lol.
Money can't buy taste
ATTE
Peak aero
I haven’t bedazzled anything since I was 22!
Looks good from far, but its far from good.
More proof that money doesn’t buy taste
Serious Dubai vibes.
And by Dubai Vibes, I mean fuck that and fuck them.
Idk, I kinda dig it
Gonna be a bitch to clean tho
Wow, it looks very expensive, yet very cheap and tacky at the same time. They should have paid extra to have the LV logo bedazzled
Now THIS is what I’m talking about when I say ATBGE!
A 4.5 million dollar car and it looks like utter shit now.
My 5 year old loves sticker gems too!
You could of just done a wrap and called it a day, one day caught in rain to trap dirt.
Supercar Ron's Valkyrie!
Appeared @ The Montery Car Week and Las Vegas
Tax the rich
That's like a whole rack of sheets of sticky gems from The Works.
Rhinestones are just plastic. The sunlight and humidity will degrade them in no time. And I'm not sure what glue they used, but in 6 months, this car is gonna look like vaguely glittery shit. Dirt, bird poop, and every bug you hit are gonna be damn near impossible to wash off.
Real fuckin ugly.
That vehicle could pulla nation out of poverty. EAT THE RICH
Looks horrific
Imagine those things ripping off at top speed. Suddenly, bystanders are getting shot by sparkles.
Money doesn’t buy good taste
Why not just put a glitter wrap on it?
My son would have stuck those on for free 😄
Looks like ass
Just don't hit any speed bumps.
Am I the only one who loves this
the amount of hate this car gets is hilarious. people act like someone superglued that shit directly onto the paint of their own car which is obviously undrivable now.
this dude has an anazing collection and this is clearly a social media stunt that works so perfectly.
owner is supercarron
Black Ops 2 diamond camo
Frankly no worse than the car itself
As a Ferrari owner, shit like this makes me support Ferrari's restrictions on modifications to their cars.
It’s an ugly car. The bedazzling is the only part I like.
i want to see this car get into an accident and get smashed into pieces (but no injuries please, k thanks jesus)
Aston Martin should sue for this desecration.
Aston's engineers actually like it lol unlike Ferrari