+1 to just leaving a little earlier. Turn in the car at the FRA airport. It is too much hassle to do the public transport thing with four people and luggage while you still have to be on time. Plus, who knows what kind of connection you'd get anyway? Might be that you'd have to leave even earlier than taking the car.
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Originally Posted by
tom tulpe
The choice of car could have something to do with the wobbly feeling... that's the sort of car that gets a little... ahem... makeover in Bremerhaven (the port that handles most car imports into Germany) before the vehicle is released into an environment where it is actually legal to drive the car at speed. Large parts of A 3, A 63 to Kaiserslautern, A 62, A 60 to Belgium and A 48 aren't much better than your average interstate, and not all of them have speed limits (only the truly dire bits do). But your average BMW, or German-built Ford for that matter, do just fine. And they would on the I-10.
Tom, what do you mean? Do you mean this type of car would have its suspension tuned before being allowed on the road in Germany? I don't get you. I really think the suspension is fine. Not as good as a BMW but definitely on par with a Ford. Quite sporty and firm. Steering ratio could be more aggressive for my taste but road feedback and steering feel are very good.
I don't think I ever traveled on the roads you mentioned so I have no reference there.
I also don't think my car ever saw Bremerhaven. It got imported directly from Australia to the USA. They did change the gas tank location for US safety norms, which sucks because now the tank takes up half of the trunk.
Otherwise, I love the car. It is rather well made, has a nice design (when the wing is taken off like I did), is very comfortable and is as fast and quick as a Porsche 911 or BMW M3 but with even more torque. Obviously, it doesn't reach anywhere close to these two cars in handling and prestige but one has to remember that it costs only 1/2 or 1/3 of the other two.
Besides that, being a German in Texas and driving an American muscle car has a nice exotic flair. Good story to tell back home.
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