efb-
Ha! I painted a more reckless picture than it really was. It was 3 lanes, traffic was HGVs in lane 1 and the odd car in lane 2, I was in lane 3 so it was clear for me but I couldn’t be 100% certain someone wouldn’t want to come into lane 3 but there was no immediate concern for that.
The reason it’s floaty is because the rear squats a fair amount when accelerating so the front doesn’t have loads of weight on it. Added to that the boot was fully loaded so that exacerbated the problem.
I think that’s something I’d like to address in the future but I’m not often >100 let alone 150 so it’s not a huge problem. Also the 3rd gear wheelspins in the dry when accelerating out of corners is hilarious.
Wife closed the windows at 130, said the wind noise was too much, and the bab was fast asleep.
When I say floaty and wandery, it wasn’t perceptible to the passengers, it just meant it required more than basic concentration to drive the car at 150mph. Which is the sort of thing you’d expect to have to do at that speed back in the 90s. Last year however I drove my mum’s 2015 Audi A4 on a derestricted autobahn at 160mph 3 up with a full boot and it felt more stable and straighter than my MX5 does at 50mph.
You are reading a single comment by @efb and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
NurseHolliday
Too busy eating, drinking, and dadding to pen anything properly but the drive down was awesome. Bagged one Austrian pass on the way down since we ended up doing France, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, and then Italy.
A lot of desretricted Autobahn but the Bavarians are fucking nuts. They’ll happily do 120+ on 2 lane sections, flashing their lights from half a mile off to make sure you move back over as soon as you’re done overtaking, and if it’s not clear they’ll brake at the very last second and sit 6” off your rear bumper. Volvo did an indicated 150 with plenty more to go but it was really floaty, possibly because it was mega windy, but it was quite busy so I didn’t want to push my luck.
I was trying to conserve petrol so we didn’t drive >100 for long periods but the outside lane was full of <5 year old VAG, Merc, BMW, and Porsches all doing 100+ ADL. Did see a new 991 GT2 RS doing mad speeds not far outside of Stuttgart. It had epic road presence. I did cheekily give chase but it’s bonkers fast.
Austria was amazing. I’d like to just do a week driving holiday in Austria in mid-summer. The views, the roads, the food, the people, all wonderful. It’s a wonderful country.
Italy has terrible roads in the South. That’s all I have to say about that!!