OZ v German car cultures - good read.

[Shay]

http://www.caradvice.com.au/30280/german-vs-australian-car-culture/


think im goin on a holiday...

[ChrisMaz]

Or just wait 23 more days for track time :D

[Shay]

dude on the skid pan youll get a top speed of no more than 120 i reckon...

my top was bout 100.

hot girls,
ten min track, prob the best in the world
decent music,
luxury cars,
go out and as fast as you want wheneca you want,

germany, here i come, in a few years...

[ASTRAY]

over 500km in around 3 hours, now we need hwys like that!

[Calibrated]

why oh why cant the gumbyment here realise this :(

[GreyRex]

I'll be in Germany in September...

And will be going to the Nurburgring...

And have booked a lap in the BMW M5 Ring Taxi with Sabine Schmidt:D:D:D

Be interesting to see how our hire car goes on the Autobahns too

Cannot wait:)

[sooty]

But as he says, it's all because of their attitude..
Everyone here thinks they own the road...if you came up to some guy in his VL and you were going quicker than him...there is not a chance in hell he'd change in to the slow lane.
We'll be lucky if they let us do 130km/h on country highways.

[Keep'emRunning]

if you came up to some guy in his VL and you were going quicker than him...there is not a chance in hell he'd change in to the slow lane.

so very true...... :rolleyes:

[gman]

I'll be in Germany in September...

And will be going to the Nurburgring...

And have booked a lap in the BMW M5 Ring Taxi with Sabine Schmidt:D:D:D

Be interesting to see how our hire car goes on the Autobahns too

Cannot wait:)

You will love it!! I have done a few laps with Sabine and she AWESOME!!!! Definitly a woman that CAN drive...

Bu the article is right. Aussie's have the worst driving attitude in the world (bar maybe India and China) that I have experienced. Italy on the Autostrada and the German Autobahns are amazing. 275+KPH and people are always out getting out of your way. Its a larger fine for staying in the fast lane, going too slow in the fast and mid speed lanes and not indicating than most of the speeding fines in Australia.

2KPH over the limits is dangerous at 2am in a 4 lane hwy...Yeah right..Only because the other freaks on the road don't keep left, don't indicate, don't care and do 90KPH in a 110 zone...

I have always said the answer is driver training. But Speeding fines rake in too much cash for the government...How else are they going to pay their over-inflated salaries, payouts, super and long lunches....

[Shay]

I have always said the answer is driver training. But Speeding fines rake in too much cash for the government...How else are they going to pay their over-inflated salaries, payouts, super and long lunches....

def agree with driver trainin
and car trainin, so that ppl respect their cars...

the answer to the bold bit is mobile phones...
my mate got a 250 dollar fine and 3 points for aan extended scratch of his ear.
when he told the cops to check his phone and they said "no, and whats to say you dont have another phone in the car"

so he said search the whole bloody car then. they said no again, think hes takin them to court...

[gman]

I would....That's a fair call... (pun intended ;) )

[Jerram]

Good stuff

True the point they make about the M1. It's flat as a billiard table, high grip concrete a lot of the way, with huge radius turns.

yet the coppers are still there every night just waiting to slap a thousand dollar fine and license suspension on you. McGoanna Bligh and the idiots will never see it the proper way though.

[Shay]

Good stuff

True the point they make about the M1. It's flat as a billiard table, high grip concrete a lot of the way, with huge radius turns.

yet the coppers are still there every night just waiting to slap a thousand dollar fine and license suspension on you. McGoanna Bligh and the idiots will never see it the proper way though.

didnt they say a lot of australian roads ARE better than the autobahn's

[tomtom]

WOAHH that was an unnecessarily angry post.

[Shay]

WOAHH that was an unnecessarily angry post.

yours, lol what did you say, can pm it to me...

[tomtom]

lol nah deleted. might be in your notifications?

[Shay]

god i love your rants, just what i would say, although not all of us P platers are stupid, you should know that, you were there a couple of months ago...

should start a tomtoms rant thread :D

[rjastra]

def agree with driver trainin
and car trainin, so that ppl respect their cars...


What training have you done?

[Shay]

the same as everyone else, as well as a defensive driving course, and a performance driving course, as well as a basic mechanics course.

[tomtom]

should start a tomtoms rant thread :D

I think it'd look bad... for OA. lol

[Shay]

nah, swearing is beeped out remember :D