However, it is noisier but only to us that have poorly sound insulated cars. Our tyres are also designed to be better in the wet ( ie big fat thread blocks) and thus also contribute to the noise problem. Try to get those Touring type tyres and you will enjoy better economy and less noise.

We can consider ourselves lucky as our highway systems are one of the BEST in the world (as much as the rest of you may tend to disagee).

The road surface and condition does effect your fuel consumption. Driving in the rain will cost you an additional 5-10% more fuel (driving in the snow is much worst, but consider yourslef lucky you dont have to). The surface condition and tyres will also contribute higher consumption as each will contribute to some rolling resistance even without aerodynamic drag.

Remember…the higher grip tyres you use, the more fuel you will burn.

i think you’re missing the whole point of the discussion here.

having a highspeed highway has got nothing to do with what type of car gets into an accident.. its about disciplined drivers knowing each others roles on the highway, therefore helping reduce the incident of accidents. A bad driver in an iswara will also be a bad driver in a bmw.

IN FACT, the whole article isn’t even about road safety.. they want to impose speed limits to reduce greenhouse gasses, not accidents.. that in itself shows that fatal accidents on the autobahn, isn’t even a problem!!!

Anyway, does Autobahn construction involve concrete mixture? I’m sure it’s designed to provide comfort to the motorists.

somemore on german hi-we, impreza chased by evo 6 i guess

let ride in this merc on autobahn

Naza Ria also can go fast what, 180 km/h as tested so far, fuel also finish fasterlah.

I loved my previous car…..Honda Inspire …. max out at 240 km/h. Nice car.

Come on our local highway 110 km/h to slowlah. Powerful cars sure wanna test their limits ! Kancil also wanna fly what about others.

January 4, 2007 @ 1:35 pm

Almost completely off topic, but here’s an interesting read on policing the Autobahn from an old edition of Car & Driver

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/3471/the-wild-wild-east.html

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when a proton iswara doing 150kmh on bolehland hit a trailer, everything gone into pieces… when a BMW doing 200kmh on autobahn hit a trailer, driver walk away safely… malaysia can never ever have no-speed-limit highway…

u got my signal? heheh

I once did 310km/h in a GT-R on the Autobahn but was careful enough to look out for motorists. As long as everybody co-operates on the road, things will be fine.

Malaysia still has a higher mortality rate than Germany despite the imposed speed limits and still shows no signs of improvement. Its all up to the drivers and their code of ethics on the road

Does the second opinion sound familiar? Sounds like Malaysia doesn’t it?

In the restricted areas on the Autobahn, there are still traffic jams on a daily basis. Thats why the unrestricted areas level it out. Imagine if they were restricted. It would be hell on earth.

Plus the drivers who use the Autobahn are very disciplined. When somebody signals that they intend to go faster, they move out of the way very calmly and accurately not like the buggers here who move out of the way and give chase like rabid animals endangering others.

The environmentalists haven’t really thought about it have they? Nutters.

Wolfgang Tiefensee, I salute you and shall forever be your apprentice.

the Autobahn is part of Germany’s heritage, like the volkswagen beetle, it was the brain child of Hitler.

CO2 emissions are high because of speeding vehicles, but be realistic, how many speeding supercars will there be on the autobahn compared with multitude of other slower vehicles that will dump pollution into the area as they slowly trot by. Whats more the main contributors of pollution is the multitudes of two-stroke engines powering the 3rd world. Thats us.

Furthermore the autobahn is responsible for mobilizing an entire nation very quickly. The autobahn is not like our highways here. There they will close up a whole strech of highway to fix a little irregularity in the road surface, they have that high level to attention to detail. Therefore the roads are silky smooth, making a possibility for a crash unlikely.

Furthermore road regulations and driver tests are extremely tight over there in Germany. A simple hand gesture is enough to land you in the lock-up. The reason why speed kills in Malaysia is because we are a nation inhabitated by idiots who have half a brain and twice the balls.

The Autobahn is a symbol of freedom to the motorist. It is an opportunity for everybody just in that space and time to travel as fast as they like. Im personally not a fast driver, but i think that everybody should be granted their rights.

As for empting tanks, the SRL and Continental would be going well over 200MPH (>320km/h). My DSM tops out at 255km/h limited by revs @ 5th gear and only makes just slightly over 300hp compared to those 600hp monsters.

aliasreed: disagree with your comments. A reduction of average speeds from the 160 to the 120 area would increase mileage (and reduce emissions) significantly. 4G63T nicely explains why… Moreover, it would ease congestions. Most traffic jams over there are caused by accidents. Speed limits have significantly reduced accidents and traffic jams in congested areas there.

normal_user: about hybrid… well, a hybrid is loosing all it’s advantages at highway speeds. There was a recent test with a Lexus RX 400h. That Lexus ended up at 25 L/100 KM at highspeeds in Germany. Far more than any modern diesel SUV. Hybrid is pretty useless on highways, period.

4G63T: 20L/100 KM at 250. That’s not bad, sounds quite efficient… to prove your point: driving a SLR McLaren or a Bentley Continental flat out (probably any other super-fast car, too) empties the fuel tank in less than 30 minutes and probably less than 150 kilometers (about 60 – 70 liters). There really is exponential growth, and also to emissions!

KY and kinwawa: speed doesn’t kill, as long as you play it safe. The acceleration kills, but the root cause is usually concentration and a safe distance.

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/3471/the-wild-wild-east.html

also brings out the point.. great safety in a beemer…

Autobahn Accidents:
http://www.car-accidents.com/pages/2005-accident_story/6-1-05.html

germany already has one of the cleanest enviroments in europe, and their new cars have some of the lowest CO2 emissions .. but being german, they will always push to improve it.

speed doesn’t kill, only the change of speed over time kills.

kthxbai

Drive your car at 90kmh and you’d get excelent fuel economy, belt it at 180 and you’d see the needle drop. Let alone unrestricted highways where speeds of over 250 is fair. Once I had my Turbo DSM at over 250 for several top speed runs and it was probably averaging 20L/100Kms. I went though 1/4 tank in 10-15mins.

However, as cars become more fuel and aerodynamic efficient that argument has somewhat fallen on the way side, but the rules of aerodynamics still apply.

It is just unfortunate that the last vestiges of the speed freak will come to an end.