Hi Rich, I am a Dutch D-owner, living north of Amsterdam. I have friends living near Frankfurt/Main who wished to see my car. I drove the car on the Autobahn at an average cruising speed of soem 150 Kms/hr (approx 93 Mph). At some point on my trip I was overtaken first by a BMW, shortly thereafter by a big Mercedes. Both car owners challenged me by first overtaking, then driving in front of me, lowering speed so I had to overtake them to keep my speed. By the time we did some 165 Kms (102 Mi) I got a little irritated by their behavior and wanted to show them what an old car like the D still was worth. I reached 190 Kms (approx 120 Mi) and saw the other cars get smaller and smaller in the rear view mirror. I have to admit that the steering did not need any power at that speed, it felt a way like driving a VW Beetle, one of your countrymen refered to it as being somewhar squirrely, but not a moment of feeling unreliable. I had to go slower then because of speed limits going up and down mountains. The experience was a little like "you may have a faster beemer or merc but if you don't dare going as fast as the car can go, you may have to give way to a slower car who's driver knows how to drive at high speed". Welmoed. VIN #2572 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@...> wrote: > > This question is primarily directed towards our European owners: > > Has anyone driven their DeLorean on the autobahn? Would you describe > the experience? Top speed? How did the car handle? Any comments from > other drivers at times when you pulled off of the road for rest or > fuel? > > Please keep it on topic. I'm not asking about anyone's grandmother's > cousin's friend who drove their BMW or their Opel GT or their Vespa > scooter.... > > Just first-hand DMC-12 experiences please and thanks. > > Rich > #5335 > ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/