edelschmetterling
New member
I have miss you all, your comments, troubles, news and things over the last ten months. It has been a most profound duration, but I am so pleased to catch up and learn that new owners are still joining and reading their first experiences of ownership has brought much joy and refreshed my own personal experience. Thank you for that.
So, now in Germany life is a little different. I can, as Clarkson likes to put it, put my "pedal to the metal" on the unrestricted roads. The other day I hit 170 mph, and my little baby is 14 years old now. Years of servicing costs have paid off. She still wanted to give me more too, but alas there was a white van in the way. C'est la vie.
The whole driving experience in Germany is completely different. Obstacles, NL and B registration drivers who still do not know which lane they are supposed to be driving in and, well in short as a whole cannot drive. In Belgium it is worth noting that it was not until 1977, you were required to have a driving licence. I suspect the test today still only consists of proving you can open and lock your vehicle and start / stop the engine. Don't get me started with this subject. Too late! That is eight years after man walked on the moon (one small step for man, one giant step for mankind - except for Belgium). & I have seen far too many Belgium drivers hit the curb in spaces that could fit a whole train! Careful where you park in Brussels, if petty car crime does not hit you then a Belgium driver just might.
There are also still a number of faster car haters and general members of the "we are the official arbitrators of society and we determine how fast you can drive by just sitting in the over taking lane doing two kilometers faster than the other lane even though there is nothing in front of us for miles - idiots".
Germany has the safest road safety record in the world. The highest car insurance premiums and the largest number of surrounding European twats on the road. I will let you do the maths...
Anyhow, the reality of living and driving here is a little different from the cloud I once imagined it to be, but the occasional freedom is something else. I read recently on the Yahoo website that Americans have been clocked at 81 and some even 90mph. Being legally able to hit double that reminds me that Germany is car country, not the United States of propaganda.
In the mean while I still encounter many compliments and despite DE being the home of the 911 I have found ownership is still noted and admired. People still stop me for a chat. That is nice, especially so when they note you are English and therefore make the linguistic change to accommodate.
So, now in Germany life is a little different. I can, as Clarkson likes to put it, put my "pedal to the metal" on the unrestricted roads. The other day I hit 170 mph, and my little baby is 14 years old now. Years of servicing costs have paid off. She still wanted to give me more too, but alas there was a white van in the way. C'est la vie.
The whole driving experience in Germany is completely different. Obstacles, NL and B registration drivers who still do not know which lane they are supposed to be driving in and, well in short as a whole cannot drive. In Belgium it is worth noting that it was not until 1977, you were required to have a driving licence. I suspect the test today still only consists of proving you can open and lock your vehicle and start / stop the engine. Don't get me started with this subject. Too late! That is eight years after man walked on the moon (one small step for man, one giant step for mankind - except for Belgium). & I have seen far too many Belgium drivers hit the curb in spaces that could fit a whole train! Careful where you park in Brussels, if petty car crime does not hit you then a Belgium driver just might.
There are also still a number of faster car haters and general members of the "we are the official arbitrators of society and we determine how fast you can drive by just sitting in the over taking lane doing two kilometers faster than the other lane even though there is nothing in front of us for miles - idiots".
Germany has the safest road safety record in the world. The highest car insurance premiums and the largest number of surrounding European twats on the road. I will let you do the maths...
Anyhow, the reality of living and driving here is a little different from the cloud I once imagined it to be, but the occasional freedom is something else. I read recently on the Yahoo website that Americans have been clocked at 81 and some even 90mph. Being legally able to hit double that reminds me that Germany is car country, not the United States of propaganda.
In the mean while I still encounter many compliments and despite DE being the home of the 911 I have found ownership is still noted and admired. People still stop me for a chat. That is nice, especially so when they note you are English and therefore make the linguistic change to accommodate.
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