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Kjesse · 08-26-2008, 02:44 AM

Also was on the Autobahn last fall.... went a steady 190 km/h in a low end rented Mercedes from Dresden to Munich. Lots of fun. Was passed by a pair of Audi A4's going who knows how fast, other than that, I was about the quickest on the road. I guess that makes me a tourist. I'd have gone faster but the Mercedes couldn't handle it, started to shimmy past 200.

In Canada.... took my current car to about 235 on a flat highway west of Calgary, no houses/traffic anywhere around, with great visibility. Just took it up there quickly, then let it go, was in 5th of 6 gears.... apparently it will do 300 but I'm not that crazy.

I was near the roads shown here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJF8-PS0ZsY

(those guys were lucky not to get charged after this video, though there was an investigation)

08-26-2008, 02:44 AM	#16
Kjesse Retired Join Date: Oct 2003 Exp:	Also was on the Autobahn last fall.... went a steady 190 km/h in a low end rented Mercedes from Dresden to Munich. Lots of fun. Was passed by a pair of Audi A4's going who knows how fast, other than that, I was about the quickest on the road. I guess that makes me a tourist. I'd have gone faster but the Mercedes couldn't handle it, started to shimmy past 200. In Canada.... took my current car to about 235 on a flat highway west of Calgary, no houses/traffic anywhere around, with great visibility. Just took it up there quickly, then let it go, was in 5th of 6 gears.... apparently it will do 300 but I'm not that crazy. I was near the roads shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJF8-PS0ZsY (those guys were lucky not to get charged after this video, though there was an investigation) Last edited by Kjesse; 08-26-2008 at 02:47 AM.