De Badging De Rigueur in Deutschland
07-21-2012, 11:28 PM
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Exactly! Take a wet towel and place on top of the **** let it become moist and before wiping off apply more water and try to pick it off not wipe. Bird **** has sand and rocks since to get full they eat anything they can.
07-21-2012, 11:44 PM
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I keep a small sample sized bottle of Meguiars Qwik detailer and a towel in the frunk. Mothers makes a similar product. Spray the poop liberally, let it dissolve the stuff a little then gently wipe off. The detailer has lubricants in it to help protect the finish when you wipe it off. Works well for me....
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07-22-2012, 01:18 AM
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This one will summarize for you:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21365795
Did you say facts? Try again...
07-22-2012, 12:54 PM
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I've noticed a change in Italian driving habits since my last visit five years ago. Speed limits have been reduced in tunnel areas and autostrada areas with curves.
Italians are behaving much more civilized than they used to. The 130 kph autostrada limit is about perfect for the most part. When the speed limit drops to 100 kph due to curves - believe the number! Pushing the little Audi much beyond 110 on a 100 kph corner required some effort.
Italians are behaving much more civilized than they used to. The 130 kph autostrada limit is about perfect for the most part. When the speed limit drops to 100 kph due to curves - believe the number! Pushing the little Audi much beyond 110 on a 100 kph corner required some effort.
(and I am Italian) but thanks the “Tutor”.Tutor is a system that controls, on highway, the average speed between two “portals” (for each single car)
http://www.autostrade.it/en/assisten...ico/tutor.html
Beside this, what helps to convince people reducing speed, are speed tickets in place.
Less than 10km/h (*over the limit): 50 USD
Between 10km/h and 40 km/h*: 200 USD
Between 40km/h and 60 km/h*: 600 USD + 1/3 month driving licence suspended
Over 60km/h*: 950 USD + 6/12 month driving licence suspended
But I agree with you that looks challenging compared to the 55 MPH on a never-ending straight road I used to take when working in Bmore and landing in DC.
One of the biggest complaint on the 991 here in Europe it’s the poem they decided to stick on the rear of the car.
I also noticed that very few of the German cars tend to be the "high performance" version. Very few AMGs, M series or RS series cars and 997s tended to be vanilla rather than "S" or turbo models. Thats a bit ironic and also a bit edifying considering the differences in speed limits and road conditions between Europe and North America.
Not different with M3 (starting from 86.000 USD).
And when I say "naked" I mean "naked". In US they have a lot of optional packages included in the starting price.
07-22-2012, 06:12 PM
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For all of our trumpeting about freedom in North America while cackling about European "nanny states" and a prevailing sense of entitlement, the opposite seems to be true in many perspectives.
Driving is an excellent example. Drivers in Europe are expected to take greater responsibility for their own behaviour in comparison to the rule enforcement approach used here.
In Europe freeways and roads have no or sometimes scary high speed limits, people are expected to use good judgement regarding road conditions and their own abilities. Traffic enforcement is almost non-existent compared to North America.
In many European cities (noteably in Italy and France) driving lanes are often unmarked or arbitrary. Traffic ebbs and flows with a sense of sharing the road prevailing between drivers. Try driving around the Arc de Triomphe traffic circle or down just about any roadway in Milan and notice how vehicles and bicycles weave amongst each other fluidly.
Every time I return from a trip to Europe I feel like I've stepped into a world running in slow-motion. Our highways littered with cops, ludicrous speed limits and high horsepower vehicles really is silly in comparison.
07-22-2012, 08:16 PM
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Thanks for the remarks. I really love the European driving experience vs North America, in many ways it epitomizes the lifestyle/attitude differences between the continents.
For all of our trumpeting about freedom in North America while cackling about European "nanny states" and a prevailing sense of entitlement, the opposite seems to be true in many perspectives.
Driving is an excellent example. Drivers in Europe are expected to take greater responsibility for their own behaviour in comparison to the rule enforcement approach used here.
In Europe freeways and roads have no or sometimes scary high speed limits, people are expected to use good judgement regarding road conditions and their own abilities. Traffic enforcement is almost non-existent compared to North America.
In many European cities (noteably in Italy and France) driving lanes are often unmarked or arbitrary. Traffic ebbs and flows with a sense of sharing the road prevailing between drivers. Try driving around the Arc de Triomphe traffic circle or down just about any roadway in Milan and notice how vehicles and bicycles weave amongst each other fluidly.
Every time I return from a trip to Europe I feel like I've stepped into a world running in slow-motion. Our highways littered with cops, ludicrous speed limits and high horsepower vehicles really is silly in comparison.
For all of our trumpeting about freedom in North America while cackling about European "nanny states" and a prevailing sense of entitlement, the opposite seems to be true in many perspectives.
Driving is an excellent example. Drivers in Europe are expected to take greater responsibility for their own behaviour in comparison to the rule enforcement approach used here.
In Europe freeways and roads have no or sometimes scary high speed limits, people are expected to use good judgement regarding road conditions and their own abilities. Traffic enforcement is almost non-existent compared to North America.
In many European cities (noteably in Italy and France) driving lanes are often unmarked or arbitrary. Traffic ebbs and flows with a sense of sharing the road prevailing between drivers. Try driving around the Arc de Triomphe traffic circle or down just about any roadway in Milan and notice how vehicles and bicycles weave amongst each other fluidly.
Every time I return from a trip to Europe I feel like I've stepped into a world running in slow-motion. Our highways littered with cops, ludicrous speed limits and high horsepower vehicles really is silly in comparison.
07-22-2012, 09:19 PM
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Thanks for the remarks. I really love the European driving experience vs North America, in many ways it epitomizes the lifestyle/attitude differences between the continents.
For all of our trumpeting about freedom in North America while cackling about European "nanny states" and a prevailing sense of entitlement, the opposite seems to be true in many perspectives.
Driving is an excellent example. Drivers in Europe are expected to take greater responsibility for their own behaviour in comparison to the rule enforcement approach used here.
In Europe freeways and roads have no or sometimes scary high speed limits, people are expected to use good judgement regarding road conditions and their own abilities. Traffic enforcement is almost non-existent compared to North America.
In many European cities (noteably in Italy and France) driving lanes are often unmarked or arbitrary. Traffic ebbs and flows with a sense of sharing the road prevailing between drivers. Try driving around the Arc de Triomphe traffic circle or down just about any roadway in Milan and notice how vehicles and bicycles weave amongst each other fluidly.
Every time I return from a trip to Europe I feel like I've stepped into a world running in slow-motion. Our highways littered with cops, ludicrous speed limits and high horsepower vehicles really is silly in comparison.
For all of our trumpeting about freedom in North America while cackling about European "nanny states" and a prevailing sense of entitlement, the opposite seems to be true in many perspectives.
Driving is an excellent example. Drivers in Europe are expected to take greater responsibility for their own behaviour in comparison to the rule enforcement approach used here.
In Europe freeways and roads have no or sometimes scary high speed limits, people are expected to use good judgement regarding road conditions and their own abilities. Traffic enforcement is almost non-existent compared to North America.
In many European cities (noteably in Italy and France) driving lanes are often unmarked or arbitrary. Traffic ebbs and flows with a sense of sharing the road prevailing between drivers. Try driving around the Arc de Triomphe traffic circle or down just about any roadway in Milan and notice how vehicles and bicycles weave amongst each other fluidly.
Every time I return from a trip to Europe I feel like I've stepped into a world running in slow-motion. Our highways littered with cops, ludicrous speed limits and high horsepower vehicles really is silly in comparison.
. I'd love to stretch its legs once in a while or at least more often..
