mystic sport
06-11-2005, 03:31 PM
...........and that includes me :p .
I found the vid below of sabine in the taxi being followed by a porker GT3. Gives a good idea of what a lap of the ring looks like. Also some useful info regarding the trip down which I found on another forum, just general observation of driving in Germany, hope it useful to some of you.
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The friendly sign for no speed limit (NSL thereafter) is a white circle with 4 diagonal grey lines on it, nothing else. Remember that 130 is the “theoretical” speed limit, unless NSL is present. In other words, you might see signs that look like the NSL sign, but with a number, such as 80, 100 or 120 on it. This signals the end of whatever corresponding speed limit that had been set previously, but it means that the 130 limit still applies, unless, of course, if the beloved NSL sign appears.
Traffic was quite heavy, and I would not recommend driving faster than 160MPH on the two-lane (each direction) sections of the Autobahn, even in NSL zone. It leaves little room for drivers popping out of nowhere on the left lane. I WOULD RECOMMEND GOING FOR TOP SPEED ONLY IN THE THREE LANE SECTIONS, unless traffic is particularly light. I drove on a week day between 1PM and 6PM, on day one, and traffic was heavy. The next day, I drove from 10AM to 2PM, and it was slightly better. A far as driving really fast, you essentially get a few “clearings” of traffic randomly, whereby the left lane is straight and empty for about 1km ahead, think of allowing some distance to break, 150MPH is pretty fast, and cars a km away get there really quickly, or a turn materialized. I did not feel comfortable taking any turn faster that 160MPH no matter what.
I would say that German drivers are very good. The left lane is fairly busy, with a lot of station-wagon Audi / BMW driving between 120-140MPH. Definitely leave your headlights on at all time. Once they see you, they usually give way, unless there are like 2-5 lorry trucks in the middle or right lane, in which case they only give way after they pass those. This is OK, because it is fairly predictable. I had no situations where a driver popped out of nowhere on the left lane that I could not anticipate (again, keep watching ahead at the middle or right lane to “predict” what cars might pop on the left lane, or when they might leave it and let you go.
The video link is below:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4663069452162988713&q=porsche
I found the vid below of sabine in the taxi being followed by a porker GT3. Gives a good idea of what a lap of the ring looks like. Also some useful info regarding the trip down which I found on another forum, just general observation of driving in Germany, hope it useful to some of you.
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The friendly sign for no speed limit (NSL thereafter) is a white circle with 4 diagonal grey lines on it, nothing else. Remember that 130 is the “theoretical” speed limit, unless NSL is present. In other words, you might see signs that look like the NSL sign, but with a number, such as 80, 100 or 120 on it. This signals the end of whatever corresponding speed limit that had been set previously, but it means that the 130 limit still applies, unless, of course, if the beloved NSL sign appears.
Traffic was quite heavy, and I would not recommend driving faster than 160MPH on the two-lane (each direction) sections of the Autobahn, even in NSL zone. It leaves little room for drivers popping out of nowhere on the left lane. I WOULD RECOMMEND GOING FOR TOP SPEED ONLY IN THE THREE LANE SECTIONS, unless traffic is particularly light. I drove on a week day between 1PM and 6PM, on day one, and traffic was heavy. The next day, I drove from 10AM to 2PM, and it was slightly better. A far as driving really fast, you essentially get a few “clearings” of traffic randomly, whereby the left lane is straight and empty for about 1km ahead, think of allowing some distance to break, 150MPH is pretty fast, and cars a km away get there really quickly, or a turn materialized. I did not feel comfortable taking any turn faster that 160MPH no matter what.
I would say that German drivers are very good. The left lane is fairly busy, with a lot of station-wagon Audi / BMW driving between 120-140MPH. Definitely leave your headlights on at all time. Once they see you, they usually give way, unless there are like 2-5 lorry trucks in the middle or right lane, in which case they only give way after they pass those. This is OK, because it is fairly predictable. I had no situations where a driver popped out of nowhere on the left lane that I could not anticipate (again, keep watching ahead at the middle or right lane to “predict” what cars might pop on the left lane, or when they might leave it and let you go.
The video link is below:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4663069452162988713&q=porsche