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Re: Driver's Ed? Huh, what's that?
We joke about the LEFT lane lovers around here--- mostly vehicles with Wisconsin plates ---they will drive for miles on end sometimes for 2-3 hours in "their own lane" before they ever change lanes also usually at 15-20 over the posted limit
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08-26-2021, 01:10 PM | #3 |
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It was such a revelation to drive in Germany, where drivers do not set up camp in the left lane and go into a road coma like they do here in the U.S..
We were in Europe for a month for a trip we built around the European Delivery of my wife's new custom-ordered BMW Track Pack car at the factory in Munich during Oktoberfest. After putting 1,000 miles or so on it driving through Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, over the Swiss Alps into northern Italy (to tour Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati, Pagani, Ducati, and MV Agusta), we finally found an unrestricted section of Autobahn back in Germany on our way to drive the world famous Nurburgring Nordschleife. Even at 155 mph, we kept an eye on our rear view mirrors and used the left lane for passing only. |
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Just about all states have laws (even if the general population doesn't know about them) stating that the left lane is for passing only, that slower traffic must stay as far to the right as possible, or some similar laws aimed at left lane campers. But most states also have little-known laws prohibiting passing on the right. Which means that all it takes to clog a highway, is one dummy in a middle lane doing 5 under. It's not legal to pass them in the empty right lane(s), and they've reduced the number of available left lane(s) for legal passing by blocking one of them. If there's two lanes in each direction of a divided highway, there is no legal way for anyone to pass them at all. If it's three lanes, there's now only half as many lanes available for passing (1 vs. 2). It's really inconsiderate, and causes a lot of traffic congestion. |
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Oktoberfest is pretty fun too. We have not done the Performance Center Delivery, but I can tell you that NOBODY does European Deliveries like BMW. A limo driver in a 3-piece suit picked us up at the airport in Munich in a big black 7-series long-wheelbase limo. Upon our arrival at the BMW Welt, we were issued our credentials, lockers, a coupon to buy accessories, and directed to the Premier Lounge upstairs, reserved solely for European Delivery customers. The free food menu changes three times a day, and all the free alcohol you want. At the appointed time, my wife's delivery consultant walked her down a long dramatic staircase to her new car, which was slowly rotating on a turntable under spotlights in the center of the building. She cried. The car came with German plates, registration, insurance, stickers to get us into the major cities, road triangles, first aid kit, and a full tank of gas. All we had to do was use the coupon to buy a couple of orange reflective safety vests. A professional photographer took her delivery photos, and we were later presented with them framed. After her delivery, they let her drive a "victory lap" around the inside of the building while everybody stopped to watch. It also came with free tours of the BMW factory, the museum, and the Welt itself. It was just epic. When I ordered my new Porsche convertible, we considered doing a European Delivery in Stuttgart at the factory where it was built, but Porsche just doesn't compare to BMW when it comes to European Deliveries. Last edited by 6130; 08-26-2021 at 01:53 PM. |
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I don't have her delivery video hosted anywhere, but this one I found on YouTube gives you kind of an idea what it's like:
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6130, that was painful to watch, hopefully they'll reinstitute the program before I age out on fast cars. Since you're in Texas now you need to go to COTA in Austin; if rumors are true and they build a drag strip there it will be great. I did a M school there in June and it was amazing!
Did you bring your Camaro Super Street car to Texas with you? Lot of wins with a small tire car in that class! Saw you win at Pacific several years back.
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My background also includes being an expert-licensed motorcycle road racer and motorcycle road racing instructor, so I'd also like to do a track day at COTA on my new MV Agusta F3 800. We have also done the Isle of Man TT, and I could bend your ear for hours about that trip. Quote:
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