Sanford195 says:

Wow, I don’t trust American drivers above 40 MPH are you completely insane?

Oh and by the way, have you been in Germany lately. The roads are packed like ours so the only time you can drive like that is in the middle of the day or Sunday morning. You can forget driving like that to get to work. That’s why they have 160mph trains and most people are on them.

chris says:

#19 – when you flash your lights they have to move over. I’ve driven over 140mph in a floaty volvo on the Autobahn.

Uhtred says:

Johnny C posts prevail on the board. Per wow!©

“#1 planes are always cheaper. On almost every level” I’m with you – I wouldn’t be surprised if flying was cheapest/safest, but airline travel would be a surprise when infrastructure was factored in.

Flying is cheap. Airline flying is encumbered by slabs of pork from fees to security to any other made up tax. Hire some longhaired flying Dutchman and you’ll get in air entertainment gratis.

ECA says:

THE OLD MENTALITY, was fun/cool/logical.

Those that wish to speed…LET THEM.
1 single person OUT in front, getting in a wreck, is LESS of a problem then 1 IDIOT in a pod of cars, GOING NUTS..
a few speeders OPENS up the group. LESS problems and accidents. REALLY.

WE CAN make cars designed for SLOW and FAST..the makers DONT WANT TO.
A car can be made with computer control of the engine, that would diagnose and SET the timing and Fuel/air ratio, as well as a few other things. but they dont want to ADD a DECENT transmission.
The real problem is the transmissions. China(?) made a new one, belt driven and MEGA Variable. It SHOULD/WOULD be a stick. as it would be a 5 speed with a 2-3 gear over drive on the side.

USA car makers DO NOT WANT to pay royalties..or BUY out a patent..that is the MAIN problem with MOST of the car makers. MOST everything has been DONE, but all the patents are SPREAD OUT and no one WANTS to copy anyone.

Dale says:

The crashes on the Autobahn are spectacular.

Dallas says:

Wow, that was a rush! Great if it was done with better audio/stereo.

Kudos to the organ donors for amazing driving.

Stiffie says:

My grandfather was a very religious man, but he also made lots of jokes about it (he loved to “jolly” people with them). He also owned a black ’56 T-bird, and one time as a kid I was riding with him and someone passed us going 85mph or so. He said to me, “Look, there goes another soul, hurrying hell-ward!”. The he advised me: “Let those who must hurry hell-ward hurry at their own pace.”

Don’t know about you, but to me the image of a person “hurrying to hell” is actually rather amusing.

? says:

“chris”,

Flashing lights on the Autobahn is illegal. And after all, only a douch would flash lights at a douch who needed lights flashed at him.

If you don’t move right on the Autobahn, you increase your risk of being hit from behind, and killed, at high speed.

Driving fast is actually no fun. The driver has to consentrate 100% of the time, and knows he is more likely to die if he hits a deer, has a flat tire, drives over a wet patch (at over 100, you move across large distances quickly, and can go from dry to snow before you are ready), encounters a sudden traffic jam, any number of things. It also burns gas like crazy; wind resistance increases by the square (or greater) with increasing speed.

You also have less control at high speed; the pilot takes on the role of guiding the car, rather than hamfistedly “driving” it. Although most modern cars seem to hunker down at speed.

Only a douch would suggest unlimited speeds have a place in America. These bastards want to see what their car will “do”, but not invest the money in having a safe 130+ MPH car.

Want to go fast, go to a race track, and the damage you do is to yourself.

? says:

Bobbo,

Read “The Simple Science of Flight” before you bastardly post another gem about airplanes. It is a short book, and if you can’t understand its elegant explanations, you’re a lot dumber than you think.