This article is from an old European Car magazine where they drove a highly modified Brabus EV12 Mercedes Benz(Morphed from "E" Class).

They tested the car at 222MPH and here's what they had to say about driving on the AutoBahn.

 

pootling?

 

Mike: Good list!

BlackCat: I think its the UK version of putt-putting along...

Cheers;
Eric

 

I like it.

 

Correct!

Clive.

 

Pootling is NOT the same as pooting. Your GF does the latter. Slow driving Limeys do the former.

 

Except for the requirement of plastic, this is total Bull!

 

My experience of driving from Frankfurt to Berlin a few years ago was ignore all of those rules and add:

Thou shalt dodge huge potholes in poorly maintained road and

Thou shalt watch thy rear-view window 95% of the time when in the outside lane due to suicidal locals looking for accidents!

Louis - only joking! I used to stay in Bad Soden when I was visiting Unisys. It's a lovely bit of the country!

Cheers,

David

 

I got pulled over near Cologne for running my fog lights in a torrential downpour. Soaking wet female cop was chapped that I hadn't heard her telling me through her car's loudspeaker to turn them off. She said something like visibility has to be under 10 meters before foglights are allowed. But she let me go.

 

Hi Rick,
Nice SC with the duck tail spoiler!

 

And I think making rude or suggestive hand gestures to other drivers and flashing headlamps at slower cars up ahead is now illegal in Germany as part of reducing road rage and dealing with the greater autobahn congestion.

 

Thought I revive this old Autobahn Driving picture

 

Passing on the right?!? Verboten!

 

There's actually a very good summary of Autobahn driving on Wikipedia now:

Always good for a review before you head back: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahn

It features some interesting, typically German, phrases that are quite descriptive, like...'Elefantenrennen' (Elephant Race), when two heavy trucks are vying to get ahead...

 

In many places, big trucks have to stay in the right lane by law, and don't think they can legally pass a passenger car.