[Gay State Conservative]

I used to have a fantasy of going to Germany,renting a BMW/Mercedes/Audi,and doing 120MPH on the Autobahn.But I don’t any more.

[TexasGator]

“I used to have a fantasy of going to Germany,renting a BMW/Mercedes/Audi,and doing 120MPH on the Autobahn.But I don’t any more.”

Cruising along I-5 at almost 100 saw a black speck coming up from behind. Dude on a motorcycle passed me in no time. Never had the front wheel to the pavement.

[Night Hides Not]

I loved my time in Germany, 4 1/2 years to be exact. I drove close to 150,000 miles there, probably 1/4 of that on the autobahn, at 100+ MPH. My last two years I had a Volvo 242GT, an awesome car.

Its best cruising speed was 90 MPH, pretty much maxed out at 115. It also handled great on back roads.

My personal favorite drive was driving from Kaiserslautern to Spangdahlem AB, 90 miles in 55 minutes. The kicker is, back then only about half of that drive was autobahn. Scared the crap out of one of my passengers, a newly arrived major to our battalion.

We had a meeting go late, it was 5:05, and his wife had big plans for 6. My other rider, had ridden with me on several trips, and was comfortable with my driving, saw the gleam in my eye, and said, "you shouldn't have said that."

The major was showing white knuckles at 115, and the other guy said, "you know why the radio isn't on when he drives? It can't keep up with him." lol

We pulled into the main gate at Spangdahlem just before 6. Some 35 years later, I'm comfortable driving up to 85 on the wide open spaces in Texas.