As you may already know, I am American and my wife is German (as all hell). We live in Hannover, Germany, and though we do not own a car, we sometimes get to borrow one from friends and family members. During the weekend of December 15th, 2012, we drove between the state of Hesse (Hessen) and Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) along the A7 Autobahn.
People in Germany often drive very fast on the Autobahn. We averaged 120 km/h during our journey, which is about 75 mph. In this video, you can see cars passing us at far greater speeds, especially the first car at the very beginning.
Listen, Germans, I know you want to make it home in time for Tatort and Wiener Schnitzel, but that’s no reason to wrap your Beemer around a tree.
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Oh God, My Wife Is German. 
It looked kinda like my parents’ car, a silver VW Polo, going about 160 kph, but they weren’t anywhere near Kassel and I am the only one in the family who drives that fast (which isn’t exactly fast, with those weather/traffic conditions I’d take her out to 180+)
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Right? People keep telling me 120 km/hr isn’t fast at all. But it is if you’re in the States!
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Oh, wow! They are in a hurry. It’s not like their cars are geared for faster driving, right? I mean they’re not race cars…Be safe!!
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Oh man. If only I could show this comment to my German engineer buddies working for Daimler and BMW. They’d flip! :)
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Ha ha ha…just don’t tell them where I live, okay? :)
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Of course. We must protect The Bumble from angry Germans.
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