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Replying to: 06ltd (Oct 17, 2007 1:05 pm) Now there's talk that the agreement will soon be abolished. And while there are still several stretches of unrestricted autobahn, some members of the EU seem intent on dragging German cars to a common level of mediocrity by imposing speed limits everywhere as well as regulating horsepower.
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Replying to: roadburner (Oct 17, 2007 6:39 pm) Perhaps in Nevada and Wyoming. It's like me in competing in the U.S. open looking for my ball after every shot, or a lot of duffers like me in the event! Talk about a pile-up!  Regards, OW
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Replying to: circlew (Oct 18, 2007 2:51 am) I guess that explains why the German Autobahn is one of the safest limited access roads in the world.  I've driven much of the unlimited portion of the Autobahn at speeds well in excess of 120 mph and the absolute key is lane disipline. Simply put, if you need to pass, make damn sure that there is plenty of room in the lane to your left before you pull out to pass so that you don't impede traffic moving faster than you, and as soon as your pass is complete, get your butt back over to the right. Best Regards, Shipo
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Replying to: shipo (Oct 18, 2007 3:36 am) You are correct and it works in Europe because of the discipline. I guess I was thinking that would never work here in the US. Regards, OW
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Replying to: circlew (Oct 18, 2007 4:55 am) Best Regards, Shipo |
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Trying to get a drivers license in Germany is much harder than getting one in the states. You will not see a 16 year old in moms' camry cruisng at 120 mph on the autobahn. -Getz
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Replying to: getz (Oct 18, 2007 11:12 am) No, probably not, but you will see plenty of eighteen year olds cruising along in dad's diesel Golf at 140 mph. Ask me how I know. Best Regards, Shipo
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Replying to: shipo (Oct 18, 2007 1:18 pm)  How do you know?? In the U.S., those kids would be in jail for a long time. If you ever watched those Police Chase videos on the boob tube, the endings are usually a horror show. The ability to cruise the Autobahn is one of the reasons the Euro brands are built better than the US brands to begin with. "When you buy a car in Germany, you don't do it with your brain, you do it because of the feeling," Jochen Hövekenmeier, spokesman for the AvD automobile club, told DW-WORLD. He and others in the car industry and related fields are strongly against putting a general limit on autobahn speed. They note that many stretches of the country's 11,980 km (7,444 miles) of freeway already have permanent limits on them and that other sections have so-called dynamic speed limits, which are imposed according to traffic, road or weather conditions. "We also have to remember where our jobs are coming from," Hövenkenmeier added. "We sell a lot of cars all over the world because we have no speed limit," he said. "People want German cars because they know they've been built for high speeds on the highway." The US does not engineer this way, although Cadillac seems to be moving in that direction. Perhaps a new "Indianapolis-Vegas Speed Way" should be built here to make it easier to travel through the less populated areas. Then the cars could be improved to match! Regards, OW
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Replying to: circlew (Oct 19, 2007 3:25 am) Best Regards, Shipo
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Replying to: shipo (Oct 19, 2007 3:34 am) Regards, OW
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