Here's What No One Tells You About Driving 180 MPH On The Autobahn
During the fuel-destroying run, I did manage to best the
manufacturer’s top speed figure by a marginal amount, but it didn’t
actually result in me realistically getting to my destination any
sooner.
The others in my four car group, driving mechanically identical cars,
managed to accelerate to a formidable 150 mph and stay there for most
of the journey, shifting to higher gears and remaining at a reasonable
RPM, while I was accelerating like a frantic idiot. Their brisk pace
gave them half a tank of usable premium fuel left, but my car was
pleading with me to take it to the next fuel station before it gave me
the silent treatment. I beat them to the scheduled stop by about 10
minutes, but managed to kill sixty Euros worth of fuel and took twice as
long to refuel. It was also likely that they didn’t blow past
unassuming trucks at a closing speed deemed unsurvivable in a crash, and
may have probably been a bit better off had something catastrophic
occurred.
This is the exact reason why planes don’t fly at top speed all the time,
it’s because cruising speed matters in terms of fuel management, cost,
and safety[.]
(Jalopnik.com)
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