Berlin: Unexpected car upgrade - where to drive?
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Berlin: Unexpected car upgrade - where to drive?
[Warning. First world problems.]
Help! I booked a diesel Golf and blagged a free upgrade to a BMW M2 in Berlin. I can't relegate this amazing car to driving in city traffic for three days. Can someone recommend somewhere I can blast the crap out of this thing, preferably a bit twisty and not just autobahn?
Help! I booked a diesel Golf and blagged a free upgrade to a BMW M2 in Berlin. I can't relegate this amazing car to driving in city traffic for three days. Can someone recommend somewhere I can blast the crap out of this thing, preferably a bit twisty and not just autobahn?
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Route no. 2 - Berlin - Hanover. An autobahn without limits. But be careful with the Ferraris and Lamborghinis racing on the left lane. If you see lights in your mirror, leave the line.
Enjoy the ride
Enjoy the ride
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PS: I was once in the right lane on the A1 South going at 220km/h in a rental Audi. Check my mirrors before going round a lorry and there were lights in the distance. I pulled out and the lights were suddenly right up behind me, flashing. Thought I must've missed something in my blind spot. I pulled in around the lorry and a Bugatti Veyron shot past me and left me like I was standing still. The whole thing took less than five seconds to play out. The only one I've ever seen in the wild.
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PS: I was once in the right lane on the A1 South going at 220km/h in a rental Audi. Check my mirrors before going round a lorry and there were lights in the distance. I pulled out and the lights were suddenly right up behind me, flashing. Thought I must've missed something in my blind spot. I pulled in around the lorry and a Bugatti Veyron shot past me and left me like I was standing still. The whole thing took less than five seconds to play out. The only one I've ever seen in the wild.
PS: I was once in the right lane on the A1 South going at 220km/h in a rental Audi. Check my mirrors before going round a lorry and there were lights in the distance. I pulled out and the lights were suddenly right up behind me, flashing. Thought I must've missed something in my blind spot. I pulled in around the lorry and a Bugatti Veyron shot past me and left me like I was standing still. The whole thing took less than five seconds to play out. The only one I've ever seen in the wild.
Great story!
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A2 is a very fast but also somewhat crazy/ aggressive Autobahn. It has some tricky passages, but also very long and straight ones. A trip to Berlin is often the first time I push a new car into the limiter.
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Don't drive only on the Autobahn. Find some place with twists.
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That's what not to do unless OP is ready to buy the rental-company if necessary a nice M2. Also a little bit like: Hey, I'll be in Miami, let's go surfing in Malibu
Last edited by offerendum; May 17, 2017 at 7:28 am
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The twisty roads are proving hard to come by. Twisty roads are usually a result of hilly bits and the local area is really flat.
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Quick update. Didn't get much sleep last night. Did about 400km overnight on the A2 and out to Dresden. Got pulled over by a cop who spotted me experience a "traction issue" on a slip road. He laughed, told me to calm down and got me to rev the engine.
The car was incredible but isn't an Autobahn beast. It was much more interesting on the occasions I hit the turns. I want one sooooo badly...
The car was incredible but isn't an Autobahn beast. It was much more interesting on the occasions I hit the turns. I want one sooooo badly...