Originally Posted by
BarracksSi
Only 80? That ain't nothin'... That diesel Ford Transit van I mentioned earlier (the one my family rented in Germany) was flying along nicely at 95 mph (and sucking down fuel like it was cool... but, boy, was it ever expensive!).
That's not a fair comparison, though. I felt safer on the unrestricted stretch of A5 in southwestern Germany than I ever have on an east coast interstate highway in the US.
Yeah
only 80... but well over the 65MPH speed limit. I didn't want him getting the mindset that "well it's OK... " And that seems to have worked.
These days he says "I leave fat gaps." I thought it was a cool expression... basically he holds to the 2 second + rule... and better. That is a lot better than many folks drive on local freeways.