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It's Not Going to Shift Itself
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1976 Volare autobahn. In the rain no less. His speedo said 160 at one point. Did they have a 200 mph speedo?
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I'm fairly certain that is a metric speedo. 120MPH = 196 KmPH, so a 200KmPH speedo unit
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1976 Volare autobahn. In the rain no less. His speedo said 160 at one point. Did they have a 200 mph speedo?
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This sounds utterly badass
This sounds utterly badass
Needs another gear or two.
We do it now with 6 speeds and 8 speed automatics. An overdrive unit on there would help that engine.Is that even possible?
Well the A(utobahn) 8 near Munich is one of the busiest roads we have. Driving at 120mph or more is not very fun (most of the time impossible die to traffic) because of all those slow moving drivers around you. But we also have some Autobahnen that are not that busy and you can push the pedal to the metal almost 24/7.
But for real, you do it, experience the speed at 150mph or more and never do it again. There's no one who goes 150mph every day just because traffic permits. It's exhausting, gas mileage is horrible at 6$per gallon, it's dangerous so yeah, when I'm on the autobahn and there's no traffic, I still just go at 110mph or so because that's a nice traveling speed to me.
I was stationed in Germany during the mid 1970's, all of the 1980's, and the early 1990's. Rarely was I driving over 120 mph. I was stationed in Augsburg from 1984 to 1992 except when I was in the Gulf War 1990-1991. Traffic or weather was a constant problem.
To be fair, cars changed a lot in the last 2 decades. There are so many electronic assistance systems now working in the background without us recognizing that it changed our driving habits competely. When I push my 68 Poncho beyond 80mph I'm 100% focused. My eyes constantly search for potential threats meaning other stupid drivers or potholes / bumps on the road, my ears focus wether the engine makes noises that don't belong there, even my nose is working to check if burning odour from the engine bay is coming through the heater
Maybe I'm a little paranoid also
In my 2016 VW it is so quiet that I don't even recognize how fast I'm going, I set the cruise control to whatever speed I think is adequate and after 30 minutes of constantly driving at that speed I've a hard time staying awake because I'm literally doing nothing but staring outside the window. When I was in my rental truck on I-45 from Houston to Dallas last year I found it horrifying that about 90% of the drivers around me were staring at their phones. But to be fair, driving at 70mph with cruise control on a wide, empty straight road for hours is so boring that I caught myself looking at my phone / playing with the cars infotainment system or staring at the landscape.
That's why I'm glad that we don't have a speedlimit on certain parts of the Autobahn. Driving fast keeps you kinda busy and therefore focused.
Of course, six months in it had to return to the dealer for a software update.
The Fury is more fun.
I'm not trying to advertise German car brands, they've been betraying in the last years and the thing that grinds my gears is that they don't get published over here at all. They say,, oh no if we have to pay a billion dollar penalty we have to fire 5.000 people " so our government doesn't do anything at all.
Of course is cars are more fun, that's why we drive them don't we? They look better, sound better and have a character.
You could keep the engine in it's sweet spot all the time
This sounds utterly badass