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Red370 · 09-20-2011, 03:56 AM

Ah man, this thread made my day, always fun to get a laugh in at work on an otherwise shitteh day.

In my boredom, figured i'd share a story with my Z to 5.0 brethren.

As you all know, or dont, I'm in the Army and got stationed in Germany (be here for the next 3 years wooo.)

I'm currently living in a small city of about 80,000.

One thing i've learned since moving here: German drivers are Assholes with a capital A, theres no ifs, ands, ors, or buts about it. As i'm sure most of you know, the Mustang is not sold here as a part of the ford lineup. So us Amerikaners tend to stand out a bit.

Anywho, My house/work is directly off the A6 Autobahn, one of the main arteries through the country. The speed limit on the off ramp begins at 130k or just a little over 80mph, then quickly changes into a no speed limit zone, and lemme tell you, its a fvcking blast. I havent really had the chance to stretch her legs yet because i'm rolling on the Pzero Neros and i'm not willing to chance the speed ratings on these things, last thing I need is a 140mph blowout.

So, as it stands, the Mustang has in a way, achieved legendary status here, I cant drive anywhere without people breaking their necks to see where all that noise is coming from and gawking at the silver bullet. This also comes with a few problems, them same dickhead drivers always, ALWAYS, seem to want a piece, and to be honest, I could really give a shyt, I wont be goaded into a street race. However, anything in the no speed zone is fair game and i've had a few awesome encounters.

The other day, driving back from the BX on Ramstein Airbase I managed to come across one of these said Assholes. The law in Germany states that the off ramp merging traffic must yield to traffic currently on the highway, and believe me, they thoroughly practice pacing and speeding up just to make life a bit more difficult for you. Once such cool guy had apparently not read up on the 5.0.

Its about 7 at night, merging onto a 3 lane, when I'm about to merge. I look in my side mirror to see a black BMW rapidly accelerating to pace me so as to not allow me to merge. So of course, I accept this as a challenge, drop into 3rd and easily, EASILY, pull 4 cars on this guy and merge successfully. So I begin to slow down because at this point i'm already doing 120. So here I am, minding my own business when this same dbag pulls up to my left and starts pacing me again and out of nowhere, downshifts and takes off, so of course, I oblige and once again i'm reeling him in and eventually pull a few on him yet again. It isnt until then that I realize that this guy is in a 335i. A new one. Now call me crazy, but isnt everyone talking shyt about how fast those are? for as fast as they should be, I shat on him in both of his attempts.

In other news, theres a guy in my unit with a new M3, track equipped. Wants to do a run at the ring, as well as someone with a new STI. Obviously i'm not going to attempt either in stock form, but i've already got 3 races at the ring lined up for April, plenty time to get my Steeda track pack and Nitto NT01's installed. God I love this land.

09-20-2011, 03:56 AM	#352 (permalink)
Red370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany Posts: 4,391 Drives: your mom to church Rep Power: 296	Ah man, this thread made my day, always fun to get a laugh in at work on an otherwise shitteh day. In my boredom, figured i'd share a story with my Z to 5.0 brethren. As you all know, or dont, I'm in the Army and got stationed in Germany (be here for the next 3 years wooo.) I'm currently living in a small city of about 80,000. One thing i've learned since moving here: German drivers are Assholes with a capital A, theres no ifs, ands, ors, or buts about it. As i'm sure most of you know, the Mustang is not sold here as a part of the ford lineup. So us Amerikaners tend to stand out a bit. Anywho, My house/work is directly off the A6 Autobahn, one of the main arteries through the country. The speed limit on the off ramp begins at 130k or just a little over 80mph, then quickly changes into a no speed limit zone, and lemme tell you, its a fvcking blast. I havent really had the chance to stretch her legs yet because i'm rolling on the Pzero Neros and i'm not willing to chance the speed ratings on these things, last thing I need is a 140mph blowout. So, as it stands, the Mustang has in a way, achieved legendary status here, I cant drive anywhere without people breaking their necks to see where all that noise is coming from and gawking at the silver bullet. This also comes with a few problems, them same dickhead drivers always, ALWAYS, seem to want a piece, and to be honest, I could really give a shyt, I wont be goaded into a street race. However, anything in the no speed zone is fair game and i've had a few awesome encounters. The other day, driving back from the BX on Ramstein Airbase I managed to come across one of these said Assholes. The law in Germany states that the off ramp merging traffic must yield to traffic currently on the highway, and believe me, they thoroughly practice pacing and speeding up just to make life a bit more difficult for you. Once such cool guy had apparently not read up on the 5.0. Its about 7 at night, merging onto a 3 lane, when I'm about to merge. I look in my side mirror to see a black BMW rapidly accelerating to pace me so as to not allow me to merge. So of course, I accept this as a challenge, drop into 3rd and easily, EASILY, pull 4 cars on this guy and merge successfully. So I begin to slow down because at this point i'm already doing 120. So here I am, minding my own business when this same dbag pulls up to my left and starts pacing me again and out of nowhere, downshifts and takes off, so of course, I oblige and once again i'm reeling him in and eventually pull a few on him yet again. It isnt until then that I realize that this guy is in a 335i. A new one. Now call me crazy, but isnt everyone talking shyt about how fast those are? for as fast as they should be, I shat on him in both of his attempts. In other news, theres a guy in my unit with a new M3, track equipped. Wants to do a run at the ring, as well as someone with a new STI. Obviously i'm not going to attempt either in stock form, but i've already got 3 races at the ring lined up for April, plenty time to get my Steeda track pack and Nitto NT01's installed. God I love this land. __________________ 2011 Mustang 5.0 \| 3.55's \| Lethal Performance off road H-Pipe \| Magnaflow Muffler Delete \| JLT CAI/Bama tuned 417whp/ 404 ft/lbs Last edited by Red370; 09-20-2011 at 04:05 AM.