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Sh!t seen on "die Autobahn"

N8 v2.0

Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Oct 18, 2002
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A dude running shuttle b!tch for his riding buds with a Porsche Panamera Turbo on the A8 this afternoon.

 
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JohnE

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May 13, 2005
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Front Range, dude...
This is why I ride to work most days. Idiots on the road taking pictures when they should be driving their ****ing cars and paying attention to traffic.
 

N8 v2.0

Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Oct 18, 2002
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This is why I ride to work most days. Idiots on the road taking pictures when they should be driving their ****ing cars and paying attention to traffic.
Pfft,

You & I both know, the most dangerous pavement in all Stuttgart is the Commissary parking lot the day before a German holiday weekend.
 
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JohnE

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Front Range, dude...
Good point...which is why I avoid that place like the plague. Big 'murican stuff from there, shop locally for other stuff...

If you are feeling just a little too good and want a shot of depression with an over priced coffee chaser, just go to the Panzer food court on a weekend.
 

N8 v2.0

Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Oct 18, 2002
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Good point...which is why I avoid that place like the plague. Big 'murican stuff from there, shop locally for other stuff...

If you are feeling just a little too good and want a shot of depression with an over priced coffee chaser, just go to the Panzer food court on a weekend.
We tend to shop local (Rewe), but the Comm is hard to avoid since it's practically out the front door of my bldg.

Panzer? Fawk-no! Die Frau and I avoid that sh!thole like the plague... nothing but overpriced crap, grazing dependopotamuses and their screaming spawn.

:dead:
 
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JohnE

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May 13, 2005
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Front Range, dude...
We tend to shop local (Rewe), but the Comm is hard to avoid since it's practically out the front door of my bldg.

Panzer? Fawk-no! Die Frau and I avoid that sh!thole like the plague... nothing but overpriced crap, grazing dependopotamuses and their screaming spawn.

:dead:
Panzer does occasionally have its upside...you can always sit there and say "There but for the grace of (Insert name of your favorite diety here) go I..."
 

N8 v2.0

Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Oct 18, 2002
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Yeah, you "need" a Chevy Silverado or Ford F-wutever to pull two horses in a trailer.

Oh wait, a Hyundai Sonata can do that.

 

berkshire_rider

Growler
Feb 5, 2003
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Yeah, you "need" a Chevy Silverado or Ford F-wutever to pull two horses in a trailer.

Oh wait, a Hyundai Sonata can do that.

:stosh: That person is an idiot. Hopefully, if/when the hitch rips off the back of the car and/or trailer breaks free, there aren't horses in the back or other cars around.

I've seen similar dumb $hit on the interstates here.

The trailer probably weighs more than the 1,000lbs a Sonata is allegedly rated for towing. I guess breakaway chains are also optional in Germany? :think:
 

C.P.

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Jan 18, 2004
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eh, 'tis no big deal, those euros tow bigger **** than that with smaller cars.

but for sure, they must be right on a edge of that car's limits (looks like a Hyundai i40 diesel). That car is rated to tow 1500kg* (*with trailer brakes). The trailer alone weighs 840kg, and a horse probably 4-500kg...so yeah, right on the edge. Those Cheval trailers come with inertia brakes, a neighbor in town has one, she tows it with a 2 Door basic Toyota Taco 4Cyl 4Wd, and it does great (usually two smaller horses).
I find it kind of interesting that the tongue weight isn't just burying that rear end down on that Hyundai...
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
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Craziest thing I saw when I was there was a Mini Cooper S doing about 160mph. Freaked me out and I had not ever seen one before that.

Something like this:


12" tires, that's crazy.
 

CBJ

year old fart
Mar 19, 2002
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Also I know in Denmark and I am sure in the rest of the EU you are not allowed to drive the max speed limit when towing. Not like here in the US where you see huge trailers being pulled at 80 mph.
 

CBJ

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Mar 19, 2002
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Well in the US people are hammered with the word towing capacity and build tough in pick up truck commercials so its only natural.



Don't get me wrong I would rather have a nice pick up than that ****ty Hyundai :)
 
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DaveW

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Jul 2, 2001
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Yeah but those caravans for all their bulk actually weight sweet FA, so even with the drag a wagon like that merc would have no problems hauling that at 160kmph down the Autobahn.
 

HardtailHack

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Craziest thing I saw when I was there was a Mini Cooper S doing about 160mph. Freaked me out and I had not ever seen one before that.

Something like this:


12" tires, that's crazy.

I'd say it would have had a road bike engine in it or a VTEC, stock mini is doing 4000RPM at 60MPH even with a 2.9 ratio diff that speed would be near impossible for a Mini engine.
 
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jonKranked

Detective Dookie
Nov 10, 2005
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Do you want to be chained to that trailer should it drop off? I'd rather be able to get the f@ck out of the way. But not sure how fast that car gets out of the way. :rofl:
So your good with whatever you might be towing breaking free and taking someone else out, as long as you get out of the way and don't damage your vehicle? :rofl:
i think some states mandate towing chains. you're the one towing, it's your liability.