David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH)
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And I got the Lamborghini Giada we were driving up to 200 miles an hour.
And I'd driven 200 miles an hour or close to it on a racetrack before.
That feels like one thing.
Driving on a public road 200 miles an hour feels really, really fast.
Scary.
Actually, a little scary, yes, because you constantly think, like, on a racetrack, you know the road, you know the surface, you can walk the track most of the time, you can know if there's a dip.
On a public road, you can't know if there's suddenly a pothole.
Presumably, there's not going to be a pothole on the German Autobahn, but it does feel a little scary.
but also exhilarating.
Speed is just intrinsically really fun.
I don't know anyone I've taken out in a fast car.
Well, actually, I do know a few people.
Most people I take out in a fast car, they grin.
It's a human reaction to grin when you go really fast.
I was probably at Le Mans.
I think when the LMP2s were at their maximum power and had 600 horsepower and really sticky tires, we were going 340 kilometers an hour, which is just over...
200 miles an hour, a bit over 200 miles an hour.
That does feel fast.
And it's really interesting with speed is that the difference between going, let's say, 150 and 160 doesn't feel that much, actually, those 10 miles an hour.
But the difference between going 190 and 200 feels crazy faster.