Hi @All,
first I would thank you all for your welcome.
Quote: How did you hear about this forum?
Well Jim.............wasnt it you ?
The german autobahns are famous in the whole world, cause we dont have a speedlimit. Thats unique in the world. You cant compare anything w/ an autobahn. If you can go WOT until topspeed, well its like sex or even better. Recommended speed is 80 mph, trucks are limited to 56 mph. You MUST NOT overtake on the right lane, always on the left (a big difference to the US). Its better not to exceed speed diffs left/right lane over 50 mph, else you cant break the speed down. But most of the germans go 75 to 100 mph.
If the autobahn is free, you can go as fast as you like. But you loose insurance if you go over 80 mph and have an accident.
I sometimes go from/to Bremen/Bremerhaven and I normally "cruise" at 120 mph. If a Porsche, BMW, Mercedes or Audi want to mess with me, speed goes up. My 90th stock ZR1 goes 175 mph. Most german cars are limited to 156 mph. Cause of the heavy traffic we often have, we only accelerate from speed A to speed B. Topspeed runs are not so common. Some Porsches are tough. I won nearly anything like BMW Z8, Mercedes SL 500, Porsche 993. My buddy got a 993. We raced to the Nuerburgring (on the autobahn). After this he sold his 993 and bought a 993 GT, a twin turbo to beat me
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I realy like to accelerate throu the gears, hearing our LT5 roaring. Nothing sounds better
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LuxZ, I wasnt at Hockenheim. Are you a member of the german forum at
www.corvetteforum.de too ? You will find me there as well.
Thats it for now. cu on the board,
norbert