My Bucket List – 2. Bundesautobahnen

Imagine driving down a highway in your new gleaming black Porsche 911 doing some 220 kmph, feeling like you’re the king of the road. You keep smirking at other ‘lesser mortals’ (read-people with cars that cant go faster than 200!) as you overtake them. You’re having the time of your life, enjoying every bit of it, when you glance at the rear view mirror for a moment. You see a red blob ,somewhere in the distance but approaching fast. You think, ‘who can go faster than my 911?’, and dismiss it with a wave of your hand. But then, you glance back at the mirror out of sheer curiosity. Only this time you can clearly make out that the red blob is a Ferrari 430 getting ominously close to your 911. As you panic and try to gather your thoughts, you hear the 430 swish past you like a ghost and disappearing into the distance ahead. For a moment, your mind goes numb, your palms begin to sweat, you’re too dismayed and horrified to even think, the cockpit of your 911 begins closing in on you dangerously... And then, you realize, you’ve been dethroned! You’re no longer the king of the road. And as if this wasn’t enough, another noisy yellow Lamborghini  Murcielago thunders past your now timid 911.  You can almost imagine the driver now smirking back at you, the lesser mortal.

For those who are not familiar with the term Bundesautobahnen, it literally means - The German Federal Motorway. And what i just described might as well happen to you while driving on an autobahn, of course considering the fact that you’re wealthy and flamboyant enough to drive a 911 (even a 430 or a Murcielago for that matter)!

As Wikipedia correctly points out- German autobahns are sometimes referred to as "the last refuge of the high-speed drivers", since they have no general speed limit, though about 55% of the total length is subject to local and/or conditional limits. But considering that they span almost 12000km across Germany, I’d gladly take the remaining 45% any day. Even the recommended speed limit is 130km/h which of course is not mandatory. Spotting cars and/or bikes doing speeds in excess of 200kmph is not difficult here. You can easily step on the accelerator and test your car’s top speed if traffic conditions permit you to do so. And that is exactly what I(saying this with starry eyes…)intend to do with my Reventón and YZF-R1 as i tick off the 2nd task on my list.