30 Oct
2003
30 Oct
'03
11:23 p.m.
For one point,
trafic is ever increasing and 12 years is quite a
time. And then, what's hectic in going just 130 km/h (*1)? 170 km/h
is a nice travel speed for a family car ... if you can still travel
at that speed. Theoretical yes , theoretical even 200 km/h (125 mph)
In court, a
judge ended
up fining me (trust me, you dont want to know how much..) and
warning me: "this is not an Autobahn, son. I am aware of your
extra training in Europe for speeds like these, but never forget
our roads, and, more importantly, our drivers, cannot usually
handle them. Drive slower."
Reminds me of a local sherif somewhere in Nevada after going
some 80 mph on a two lane highway: 'This is not the Autobahn!' :)
So.. on roads like I5 (similar to many Autobahns) they
will
tolerate some degree of speeding (chp told me they usually dont
act on 80-90 if all is OK) but 100+ is a booboo there.
I got to keep that in mind...
> is doable as sustained speed for almost every mid
size car, it it
> wouldn't be for all these slow downs. It is no fun to accelerate
> psitive and negative (aka break) all the time. I had to travel
> between Munich and Konstanz (~200 km) for the last years about
> once per month, due company policies I had to take rental cars,
> and I had a wide variety between a Smart (mayimum speed 135 km/h
> ~85mph) average VW Golf or GM Astra (max. 210 km&h~130 mph) up
> to Crysler 300 or Mercedes E-class (top speed cut at 250 km/h
> ~160 mph), guess what, even when I was partly going way above
> 200 km/h (~125 mph), the difference where less than 7 minutes for
> a two hour drive.
That largely depends *when* you drive, Hans. I quite
often go to
the Frankfurt area, and have no problems "blasting through". I
travel at night, though- that helps a lot. 220-240 is no problem
then, if weather and sight (and state of mind) permit.
> The fact that one is allowed to go as fast as
possible and may
> even go that for a few minutes doesn't help at all. Now go ahead
> and tell me again that our Autobahn is not crowded over the limit.
Its not, at off-peak hours. Between 6-10 and 15-19,
yes, its the
same as here (NL) or US. Ever tried Ca. Hwy. 101 at 4pm? *grin*
Peak hours are over here by now something like 5:30 until 23:00, so
3 am is probably a goot time to be able to drive above 200 for more
than a few minutes. Otherwise ot's just not worth to think about.
Gruss
H.
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