[Chas325]

Arrived at the Sixt counter this morning to collect my hire car in Frankfurt. Booked for a 1-series or similar. Which means....

What a car!!

[ZedsRedBaby]

Nice upgrade

Bet you can't wait to see what the hotel's lined up for you!

[JustChris]

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[Chas325]

Originally Posted by ZedsRedBaby

Nice upgrade

Bet you can't wait to see what the hotel's lined up for you!

Unfortunately a flying visit, home tonight. DOH!

[mikeoz]

WOW that a great upgrade M50d take that over a 1er ....Danke Schone

[Wills2]

Wunderbar!

[Chas325]

A bit scary at 245kmph though as I just found out somewhere on the A3 outside Frankfurt!

[ZedsRedBaby]

Originally Posted by Chas325

A bit scary at 245kmph though as I just found out somewhere on the A3 outside Frankfurt!

Good effort that man

Bet you were still getting overtaken though?

[Chas325]

Originally Posted by ZedsRedBaby

Good effort that man

Bet you were still getting overtaken though?

Of course, I had what I think was an M5 come up very very quickly - pulled over at the first opportunity still doing 220 ish and that was away so bloody fast I couldn’t see what it was!

[ZedsRedBaby]

Originally Posted by Chas325

Of course, I had what I think was an M5 come up very very quickly - pulled over at the first opportunity still doing 220 ish and that was away so bloody fast I couldn’t see what it was!

Sounds about right, which is possibly why their M-way death rate is twice ours! Not so much the big fast cars but the small slow ones that pull out without seeing them coming.

[Quantox]

Sixt have been very good at upgrades over many years, once got a 5L Merc of some description, instead of a Golf. Great.

Q

[mikeoz]

Originally Posted by Chas325

A bit scary at 245kmph though as I just found out somewhere on the A3 outside Frankfurt!

Aaahh you may well have had winter tyres on....which wont have been rated for those speeds? All rentals tend to have them fitted this time of year...hence it may not have suckered down as much...

[Kal101]

Bloody hell. First time I’ve heard anything positive about Sixt experience.

Just hope they don’t try and sting you for it.

Bloody excellent upgrade by the way.

[Chas325]

Originally Posted by mikeoz

Aaahh you may well have had winter tyres on....which wont have been rated for those speeds? All rentals tend to have them fitted this time of year...hence it may not have suckered down as much...

Yep the sticker said 240....

[Chas325]

Originally Posted by Kal101

Bloody hell. First time I’ve heard anything positive about Sixt experience.

Just hope they don’t try and sting you for it.

Bloody excellent upgrade by the way.

To be honest I can’t fault them. Although I hire 60+ times a year with them and our company many many hundreds maybe thousands... never had an upgrade like this though!

[Goneinsixtyseconds]

Originally Posted by ZedsRedBaby

Sounds about right, which is possibly why their M-way death rate is twice ours! Not so much the big fast cars but the small slow ones that pull out without seeing them coming.

Hmm, it's the slow cars fault that could be doing 70, 100 plus mph less than the quicker one.

It's the fast cars responsibility to anticipate. And I don't care what anyone says, boring or not, cars and trucks doing speeds with such a large differential, has to be dangerous.

[Broncho]

A German walks into a bar...

He goes up to the bartender and asks for a martini. "Dry?" the bartender asks. "Nein." says the German. "Just one for now.”

[ZedsRedBaby]

Originally Posted by Goneinsixtyseconds

Hmm, it's the slow cars fault that could be doing 70, 100 plus mph less than the quicker one.

It's the fast cars responsibility to anticipate. And I don't care what anyone says, boring or not, cars and trucks doing speeds with such a large differential, has to be dangerous.

Yes, I didn't word it very well. The slow vehicle pulling out tends to be the immediate cause of the accident, but the underlying cause is mixing very high and low speeds on the same stretch of road.

My (limited) experience of the autobahn is that even when giving it some welly, it's quite easy to get taken by surprise.

Mind you, I've had the same thing on the M45 recently

[mikeoz]

Originally Posted by ZedsRedBaby

Yes, I didn't word it very well. The slow vehicle pulling out tends to be the immediate cause of the accident, but the underlying cause is mixing very high and low speeds on the same stretch of road.

My (limited) experience of the autobahn is that even when giving it some welly, it's quite easy to get taken by surprise.

Mind you, I've had the same thing on the M45 recently

Going off topic a bit but the Green party in Germany recently put a motion down to make 130kph a general limit. It was voted down.

Having spent many many years driving and living there I noticed a change once the country was reunited and open boarders across Europe. Just because a car has a German plate it does not mean it's being driven by someone who took the German test. My wife shes a Brit btw took her test in Germany and the standard is a lot higher. So many hours of Night driving, Motorway driving, basic car maintenance tests and written tests to name a few. Just like here the standard of people and there type of driving has got worse over the years.

[ZedsRedBaby]

Originally Posted by Broncho

A German walks into a bar...

He goes up to the bartender and asks for a martini. "Dry?" the bartender asks. "Nein." says the German. "Just one for now.”

What should you do if a German accosts you in the street?

Just call "Nein, nein, nein".

[Blacktemplar]

Originally Posted by ZedsRedBaby

What should you do if a German accosts you in the street?

Just call "Nein, nein, nein".

My German girlfriend likes to rate our sex between 1-10.

Last night we tried anal, she kept shouting 9!

[Sasquartch]

Originally Posted by ZedsRedBaby

Yes, I didn't word it very well. The slow vehicle pulling out tends to be the immediate cause of the accident, but the underlying cause is mixing very high and low speeds on the same stretch of road.

My (limited) experience of the autobahn is that even when giving it some welly, it's quite easy to get taken by surprise.

Mind you, I've had the same thing on the M45 recently

The M45 is a great road for a blast, as far as I know there are no speed cameras (unless anyone can say otherwise).