Deutschland Part II: The Autobahn

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The view from the hotel where I stayed (and street racers came buzzing by at 3AM….every night!)

Completely separate from the beautiful scenic landscape and bier, is the Autobahn.  The roadbed itself is more than twice as thick as the best road in America. consequently, the ride is uber-smooth.  It would need to be if speeds commonly average over 200km/h (125mph).

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BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, and Volks Wagon all have facilities/headquarters within 200km of where I was! 

I can gladly say that our Ford Kuga maxed out around 210km/h (~130mph). 

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A Lotus whizzin' by

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This Ferrari had no problem doing well over the "average speed." It blew by us as we were going 160km/h (100mph)

This concludes the posts from my trip to Germany.  I hope you've enjoyed looking at these pictures as much as I've enjoyed taking them

-Matt
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