In Europe the AutoBahn has fewer accidents then in the US with our BS limit laws.
Going fast is not in it's self dangerous.
Another interesting thing about Europe, is in certain countries, it is much more difficult to get a license, requiring far more skill than in America. It costs more than here in the states.
In my world, if you buy an SUV, you have to take a special course in HOW to drive an SUV. If your SUV is one of those ridiculously large SUVs you have to take an more thorough course. If you drive a sports car, you should also take a course on how to handle that car. But in America, you can get a license by driving a Ford Focus with Automatic Transmission. Then, once you have your license, go out and buy a Lambo and speed in that.
It is interesting how there are less accidents on the Autobahn where speed limits are much more flexible that here in the states.
Have you guys ever seen this Speed Channel videos of car manufacturers testing their vehicles both on the track and streets?
http://www.speedtv.com/features/765/ (on that program the camera crew with a race car driver was blasting @ 150 mph on the autobahn)
See, people "cruise" @ 90mph in some parts of these highways in germany, the whole "speeding" is "wrong" thing and i'm sorry is a bit Hypocrite, if conditions permit you go fast if you have guts (if YOU WANT as free human), if not, go slow, if you get caught you pay your ticket, is a matter of good sense, yes when i see people speeding on "navigators" "escalades" yes i agree is wrong since those boats aren't designed for optimal braking/handling/speed ... also people that race while people around is in my opinion dangerous, but how fast is too fast?? i know people that @ 60MPH already freak out, some @ 100mph don't care ... if you have an NSX and never exceded 85mph -----> GOOD for you, but don't judge others for having fun @ 90mph ... in this site i only see sports car enthusiast not people that go from point A to B without even knowing what kind of car they drive.
If you LOVE speed yes you enjoy you car your SPORTS car if not you're just a poser, sorry.
Oscar
(I love to Karting every weekend @ 45mph in this small track, EVERY FRIDAy and is a blast, still i love to drive spirited, but i never raced others on highways)
Amen brother...But are you sure you NEVER raced anyone? That seems hard to believe.
logical? sorry but if your gunning around on the freeway going 100, you arent "street racing" but you are guilty of driving over the speed limit, and possibly wrecklessly. now...if you are to get someone else in an accident or get into an accident yourself, which category does that fall under? the street racing, or total road deaths? thats what i thought, its one of the 42,xxx. whats so hard to understand? WHile there are much worse drivers out there, why do you feel the need to contribute to it? People do not realize the domino effect 1 wrong move has on traffic. Is it so hard to ask people to drive near the speed limit?
i'm not badmouthing the NSX, i'm just saying theres a lot of people that think they're hot stuff, just because they drive an NSX. Its just a car. it doesnt give you the right to excessively speed/drive beyond nor test your limits/endager others. While I'm all for going 80 in a 70 as long as its minimal traffic and your in the fast lane, anything more is excessive beyond reason. if you want to go fast that bad, go to the track where you dont endager your self or others nearly as much as on a public freeway. oh well, i just hope im not near you when you screw up bigtime.
I've presented my views and opinions, and I believe most other members are thinking similarly. so I'm done with this thread.
LMAO, are you kidding me?? So you think that the guys driving supercharged Mustangs, Turbocharged Civics, etc. don't speed/race?? You think they drive around thinking "Man, I wish I could speed, but my car isn't even an exotic so I'm just gonna follow the speed limit". Then when they 'graduate' to an exotic car like an NSX which is only as you say, 'a semi-exotic', they feel they have more justification to speed?? I think it is quite backwards. I see many NSX owners and other exotics cruising on the highway. I cruise as well. Often I have the guys in the aforementioned car group, trying to race me and I ignore them BECAUSE I'm driving an NSX.
So I suppose the guys that own Ferraris, Lambos, Ford GTs, and other supercars, should expect others to pull off the road when they come flying by under this logic.
As far as I'm concerned, most people that buy a sports car, exotic car, or the so-called 'semi-exotic', bought the car because they like performance. Performance means great handling at low AND high speeds, compared to the average car. If you purchased a sports car and NEVER drove at a speed higher than 80mph, you are the minority and quite possibly spouting a bit of duplicity. It makes as much sense to me as buying a Super Luxury car in
Manual Transmission and a super Off-Road SUV that
never sees a bumpy road.