Question:

130 MPH on the track, hit the governor. Decided to get a laptop instead of chiptuning because education is more important and besides because of education I can get a much faster car later. I never drive over 80 MPH on the highway anymore because my lady friend’s father was killed by a guy who was speeding way over the limit. It’s reasonably safe to drive 150-250 MPH in Germany, NOT on American Highways. Oh, really, what’s the fuel economy of a Corvette? What’s the Corvette’s Drag Coefficient? What’s the reliability record of a Corvette compared to a Passat according to consumer reports? What kind of crash test results does it have? Did the Corvette have the 3rd lowest death rate among 200 popular cars compared by the IIHS like the Passat did? What kind of top speed to horsepower ratio do Corvettes have compared to Passats? What kind of ego emmisions do Corvettes put out?

Answer:

Ok I personally have driven my vette  165MPH and have truly felt that speed, and have driven a passat up to around 90 (LA freeways everybody does 90 when clear or 25 when full of traffic) and did not feel near the control in the passat at that low of a speed as I did in my 98 vette at that great of speed. Now your statement  “It’s reasonably safe to drive 150-250 MPH in Germany” is just plain stupid unless you have a full roll cage and a full harness seat belt and helmet you are far from safe. And the Autobahn is not very safe for driving fast either as there are a lot of slow moving vehicles like tractor trailers on it as well, I’m sorry I would not want to be coming up on a truck going 60MPH and me doing 150MPH that would suck if he had to swerve. http://www.car-accidents.com/pages/2005-accident_story/6-1-05.html Despite the widespread belief of complete freedom from speed limits (and a lobbying effort that has the same influence and deep pockets as the American gun lobby), some speed regulations can be found on the Autobahns.  Many sections do indeed have posted limits ranging from 80 to 120 km/h (50-75 mph), particularly those with dangerous curves, in urban areas, near major interchanges, or with unusually constant heavy traffic.  In construction
zones, the limit may be as low as 60 km/h (37 mph).  Also, some sections now feature nighttime and wet-weather speed restrictions, and trucks are always regulated .  Still, about half the Autobahn system has no speed limit, but there is always an advisory limit of 130 km/h (81 mph).  This recommendation is generally seen for what it is– an attempt by the government to cover itself without having to upset millions of Porsche and BMW owners (AKA voters.)  However, if you exceed the advisory limit and are involved in an accident, you could be responsible for some of the damage costs even if youare not at fault.
http://gettingaroundgermany.home.att.net/autobahn.htm#speedlimits

I guess I would just like to end this saying 2 things 1st quit dissing the Vette if you don’t like the car leave the group and
move onto another one, we like them.
2nd Unless you have experience in driving the actual cars (not on a fucking game) then quit trying to argue with everybody, Hell I can read a book on knee surgery and quote it to everybody and even do it on the computer http://www.edheads.org  click virtual knee surgery its kinda cool, BUT it does not mean I know diddly shit about it.
So go play somewhere else you have wore out your welcome here as far as I am concerned.

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