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Old 06-15-2024, 07:53 PM
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Default Did 298 kph the other day...

Now that is fast, but then I was in the ICE train between Frankfurt and Cologne and confirmed by my GPS and the train's overhead cabin display.

Damn fast but 6 kph slower than my 991.1 GTS as we were passing cars on the A3.

Now this is fast...go to the 3:35 mark...
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Nice!
And at least in Germany cars can race those trains legally!!
Cheers!

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Here, also. I bet a common-or-garden 911 could go faster than a VIA Rail train.
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Originally Posted by LZRD GRN
Nice!
And at least in Germany cars can race those trains legally!!
Cheers!
I'm driven around in a KIA Sorento at 200 kph. That is a normal cruising speed and it is a diesel SUV.
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Here, also. I bet a common-or-garden 911 could go faster than a VIA Rail train.
When I went to pick up my 993, the 4:00 hour train ride turned into 5:50 with just 10 minutes to get to the licencing office.
VIA Rail did hit just under 160 kph at one point. A high speed train in Canada would be so nice here. I'd take it.
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I do this fairly regularly....old vid here of a fairly high speed run at 4am on a Sunday morning many years ago:....also another trip with 7.1RS there...........







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Originally Posted by RDMcG
I do this fairly regularly....old vid here of a fairly high speed run at 4am on a Sunday morning many years ago:....also another trip with 7.1RS there...........
Not something I would do at night. Too risky with critters and long range visibility.

The driver in the video I posted had very light traffic with a car here and there and without a need to pass, therefore less of a chance of them changing lanes. I know on the A3 there it far too much traffic. The A9 towards Munich where it widens to three lanes, maybe. I'd want a buffer.
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Originally Posted by IXLR8
Not something I would do at night. Too risky with critters and long range visibility.

The driver in the video I posted had very light traffic with a car here and there and without a need to pass, therefore less of a chance of them changing lanes. I know on the A3 there it far too much traffic. The A9 towards Munich where it widens to three lanes, maybe. I'd want a buffer.
Was actually a deliberate choice; no trucks on the autobahn on a Sunday and 4am meetup., ( was near Weisskirchen) and the other M6 ahead of me was a local buddy who is German and familiar with the strip we chose, so I let him run a bit ahead of me for that drive. Both cars had been delimited at Hartge prior to the run and had brand new tires properly rated for the speed.
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