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One little thing makes me grin: Your posture. It has become "more formal" in a German style. It is more "defined", not "as slack"; at least from a Germans perspective. It is something you can percieve on People on the brink of "getting Germanized". And for the Water: Tap Water.
"There is no such thing as bad weather, there is only wrong clothing." My goodness, that's been my motto forever. I am in the Midwest where it gets very cold in the Winter and I am extremely impatient with people complaining about the cold. "Oh, that's a nice JACKET you have on, did you ever consider buying a COAT?" There are people living in Antarctica, you CAN dress for the cold! :D
@@surlespasdondine I understand some people feel cold differently. "In general" there are people who do not dress for the weather then complain about being cold. (Winter's coming! Bundle up!) ;)
@@JDoors i don't wear scarves up to my nose.😆 but anyway, even when i'm covered up really well and it's -10 degrees Celsius or lower, I do feel the cold, you breathe in the cold...
After living in Prague for 17 years I got back to the US using lift for elevator, and saying pardon (pronounced completely different from what you think) instead of excuse me and of course removing my shoes at someone's front door. That changed fairly quickly though. I also use my left blinker to indicate that I want to pass and still use Czech words when speaking, especially to my dog. My neighbors have no clue what's happening when I give Sam commands in Czech. 😁
I really would like to hear you talking to your dog in Czech. I remember, being German myself, when I wanted to go to the railway station in Mariánské Lázně by cab. The driver did not speak one of the languages I had to offer: German, English, French or Russian. So as he thought to had understood where to go, he drove to some trickle and pointed towards the dark. I was shocked and tried again, this time with steam train sounds, now he understood and off we went...
My favorite Allwetterjacken are those with multiple jackets in one. where you have a fleece jacket on the inside and a waterproof windbreaker on the outside, of which you can each one wear by it‘s own or connect them together with a zipper. And of course they have to have multiple pockets everywhere on the outside and on the inside. 🙂 In German „Also“ is often unconsciously used as a starter in front of a presentation to get all of the necessary attention of the audience. And it‘s a bad habit that is difficult to get rid of, once you‘re doing presentations at your workplace. And I‘m guilty of using it. 😉
Did all parts of the 2CV made it through the accelaration? Or did someone hold onto the roof to keep it in place? 😃 I love those cars but there is a reason you rarely see them on the autobahn 😁
@@naneneunmalklug4032 Well, definitely some corrosion flew off, the front wings were heavily shaking and doors bent open a little (not more than a centimeter), but my sister cried honk,honk! Because there was a ford sierra in front of us 'blocking our way'... I set the left indicator ... ;-) ...
Meine Mutter hatte in den 70er eine Ente 2CV4. 80km/h gingen ganz gut, ab 90 km/h musste sie das Steuer bewusst festhalten. Auf einer Tour fuhr sie mühsam mit knapp 80 km/h auf einer Landstraße, die leicht bergauf führte, als die Straße nach der Kuppe plötzlich ziemlich heftig bergab ging. Das Tacho kletterte auf 100 km/h, meine Mutter umklammerte verzweifelt das Lenkrad, die ganze Ente klapperte und knarrte und ich hatte das Gefühl: Wir heben gleich ab. Meine Mutter hatte das Gaspedal lange los gelassen und versuchte, vorsichtig "stotternd" zu bremsen, weil die Fahrbahn nass war (Bis zur Kuppe war sie trocken gewesen, aber danach e musste ein Regenschauer niedergegangen sein) Ich war schon bereit, zu beten, als das Tempo endlich runterging und meine Mutter die Ente wieder in den Griff kriegte. Seitdem erzähle ich gern, dass unsere Ente "flugfähig" war.
I made 134 km/h in my 1990 2CV at Elzer Berg on BAB 3 downhill PLUS slipstream. Ok, it had 29 HP, a real monster... If you open both side windows 90 degrees at this speed, the "Ente" might fly away! Today I drive a black Twingo with two (!) flag holders. When I insert, let's say, the flags of Djibouti I receive much more respect with low speed on the left lane than driving without any flag.
The fastest I have driven on the autobahn was one Sunday morning and I managed to get up to 263 (GPS Speed) in my Porsche.....I was in the left lane with my palms sweating and was seriously concentrating....then I looked in the rearview mirror and a Porsche 911 Turbo was behind me flashing his lights.... when I move over he went past me at about 320km/hour or more....it was like I was standing still :( That day I learned that no matter how fast you are driving there is always someone faster!
^5, Porsche people. My top speed was from topping out a Taycan Turbo S loaner, which is irritatingly limited to 250 (but did 259 with some downhill momentum). I had to be egged on by friends to put my foot in it, not gonna lie, but it's like a track day: once you get used to it...........nah fam there are traffic jams and no yellow flags on the, ahem, non-toll'd public roads. Still gonna chill out a bit unless it's eeeeempty.
About the Autobahn: When I do long distances, I usually don't go faster than 140 km/h on the speedo, I even use cruise control then as much as possible. You simply don't gain much time by going faster, no matter what you do, you only spend more money on fuel. I have to admit, though, that it took me some time and some getting older to finally realize that 😂 I wasn't always that sensible when I was younger 😉 However, when I drive shorter distances (100 km or less), I usually still go a lot faster and sometimes as fast as possible for a bit of fun, depending on the traffic situation. Luckily, I live in an area where the local Autobahn is very often quite empty. I would never go very fast when there is a lot of traffic, but I appreciate that I'm allowed to do it responsibly when the traffic situation allows it. The fun about driving fast on the Autobahn is not so much about being able to max your car all the time anyway - that is far too stressful - but to enjoy the feeling of acceleration every now and then when the road is empty. Also, I won't drive very fast when I have passengers on board - except they explicitly ask me to do so. Last but not least my number one safety tip for driving on the Autobahn: always drive with your low beams on, no matter the weather or if it's day or night. It's a lot harder for other drivers to overlook you in the mirror when you drive with your headlights on.
Same do I. For a short trip to next city there is no speed limit and there are times the Bahn is empty I go over 200 eventually. For longer routes it makes less sense.
Since i am a father i dive mich slower ... before i go for 240 kmh when i dive back home from my wife (back then she was my girlfriend). Now 120 is the max the most of the Time - but so my car only needs 4,5l avarege
Speed: 250 km/h. But you can't keep that for more than a minute or two before some other vehicle gets in the way, or the end of the unlimited stretch has been reached.
my normal traveling speed was 130 +-10 km/h. if the road wasn't crowded occasionally 150-160 (half an hour per year when passing the first "end of limit" sign after the first restricted 300 km when going on holiday; costing me twice the fuel consumption), and only once ever 180 for two hours straight (350+ km) on an almost completely empty autobahn (right lane all the time, overtaking no other cars, being overtaken by maybe 5 porsche), and once 5-10 minutes from 140 up to 220 and back to 140 to "once have done it" when i had a new faster car and there happened to be only few other cars, but it was too stressfull (felt like work and nothing to enjoy) for a longer time. my current speed is mostly 50-80 in town and 120-160 or maybe even faster outside of town: Nowadays i don't drive for holidays any longer, and also in town i don't use my own car. for much less money (50€) than i would have to pay for a rented parking space (80-100+), i now have a card to use ALL public transport (bus, tram, Ubahn, Sbahn, some ferries, and all trains except for ICE trains) in town and everywhere in Berlin and Brandenburg (the entire net of VBB). for some rare occasions i can easily pay a taxi with all the money i save by not paying for tax, insurance, parking in town, gas, tüv, repairs, etc. and all of this doesn't even include the cost i am saving from not owning a car (buying a new one and/or value loss) in the first place.
The fastest I ever drove was 190 km/h - during my driving lesson. My driving instructor said "You'll do it anyway, so I feel better you do it while I'm still sitting beside you". His favorite place for doing that was the A6 between Homburg/Saar and K-Town-West - at that time the 130 zone only started at Einsiedlerhof - which is essentially straight with only a few bends that can be negotiated at high speeds. It did the trick, too as I never felt the urge to repeat that experience - I feel comfortable at 130 for cruising and up to 160 for overtaking.
Me too, did 190 kph with a golf diesel in driving school. We went to the Autobahn for driving lessons, and i asked him how fast are we allowed to drive on this section. He answered "speed of sound", and i replied, cool i´ll try :D
Good to know that the bottle thing is now wide spread. It's a relatively new thing I first learned about moving to Berlin from a smaller city 10 years ago. It wasn't common in my hometown back then.
@@seanthiar As a German of 62 years, this is the first time I heard of this. I wouldn't dream of not taking my trash back with me until I can get rid of it appropriately, and with Pfand that usually means a Pfand machine.
@@KaiHenningsen Jo viele Rentner sammeln die, um sich noch ein paar Groschen zusammen zu kratzen. In Berlin mache ich das seit 25 Jahren man hilft damit Leuten die es brauchen und nicht immer ist eine Pfandmaschine in der Nähe!
Danke, dass Ihr das Thema mit den Pfandflaschen adressiert habt, das habe ich noch nie auf einem Expat-Channel gesehen! Respekt für Eure Beobachtungsgabe. Es ist würdelos für den Flaschensammler, in den Mülleimer greifen zu müssen, um an das Gut zu kommen. Manche Städte haben Vorrichtungen an Mülleimern angebracht, in die man die Pfandflaschen einfach hineinstellen kann, dann müssen sie nicht einmal mehr auf den Boden gestellt werden.
About 15 years ago I drove a race bike, which was tuned up to high end. My biggest fun was annoying super sport cars. My fastest speed was about 320 km/h ~199mph I don’t like sparkling water, too. But I love Apfelschorle, especially in hot summer days. I am still not a friend of small talks , but due to my connections to foreign people I learned to do it.
I thought you were just ridiculously bragging until I got that you´re not talking about a Rennrad (racing bicycle) but rather a Rennmaschine (Racing Motorbike) 😀
Bottles: my first thought was "why not putting them on top of the trash can (if it has a flat roof like the ones you show) so nobody will trip over the bottle and smash it - but then I realized the wind might throw them down and smash them for sure.
I like sparkling water and even have a device for turning tap water into sparkling water. I rarely buy bottled water, but if I do, I get the sparkling variety. I normally drive between 130 and 140 km/h nowadays (I like to use cruise control); as has been mentioned several times here, it is much less stressful and certainly saves on fuel. But a few years ago, I was driving to Berlin on a weekend, the weather was good, and there was very little traffic (a rare occasion indeed). I hit a little over 210 km/h on that day.
I used to quite regularly max out my company cars at 250km/h (~155mph). In about 3 years of doing so, I had to make room for 2 or 3 cars that wanted to overtake (I remember a Porsche 911 Turbo and a BMW X6). Many cars that would have the power to go faster than 250km/h are actually electronically capped.
We have the same recykling here in Norway 🙂 The recykling automat for bottles is a norwegian invention and it is now 50 year since they starting in Norway 🙂
My partner traveled a lot for work and usually drove at a pace that was close to the recommended speed. After a family visit about 500 km away, we actually drove for about 20 minutes just under the top speed of 340 km / h. Let's be honest in the short term it's fun, but even with a high-quality car it takes a lot of strength and concentration. (The time of high-quality company cars is over now ;) )
@@PassportTwo There are some cars that can go that fast but they are imho no „standard“ cars. My 190 PS VW Passat is getting to a may of about 240km/h on the tachometer when I drive the pedal to the metal on a straight and empty part of the autobahn. And I did it, just to see how fast it will go. But normally I‘m going about 130-150km/h or 160-170 if I need to be fast. But most of the time I don‘t need to be that fast, so probably drive most of time at a speed of 100-120, depending on the traffic, speed limits and road construction sites. Yesterday my speed was 0 for about 1.5 hours, because Ignatz has blown a transporter(?) on it‘s side in the middle of a road construction site. But despite 3 ambulances and 5 firetrucks passing through the Rettungsgasse thankfully nobody was hurt.
The highest speed I drove on the Autobahn was 300 km/h with a motorcycle. I did this once bc I was interested how fast it can go. As a test driver for a German car manufacturer I drove 250 km/h regulary but after changing the job my typical speed on a Autobahn without havy traffic is 160-180 km/h. For me this is still a relaxing speed driving a modern car.
I think the thing with the bottles next to the trash cans at least started as a way to keep people from rummaging through the trash and possibly just throwing what they don't need on the ground. So it's helping in more then one way :)
My Personal record on German Autobahn was 183moh 👍👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 but I also have many special Safety driving Trainings. I also hat been overcomed by other drivers with more than that
I am Plautdietsch mennonite from Canada 🇨🇦 we speak a mix of English and mennonite low German. Leaving my home to go to college at 28 i quickly found out how hard it was not to use Plautdietsche words!! Love the bloopers!!
I am German from Germany, first time I heard of Plautdietsch, very interesting. Had to live for nearly 55 years to learn, that there is a German dialect spoken by the Menonites. Is there a way, I could actually hear, what it sounds like?
@@ANNEWHETSTONE Thank's Anne, I found something. To my regret, it is less understandable to me, then I thought it would be. Maybe because my dialect is a high German on, while Plautdietsch is a low German dialect. As it originates from Eastern Prussia, there are not many speakers left in Germany, only after 1990 some Mennonites from Russia/Kasachstan and so on returned to Germany. So Plautdütsch was hard to find in Germany, at least in my region, what explaines, why I did not hear of it for almost 55 years of my life!
Yup there might not be many in Germany. But i did meet a very old gentleman who helped set up the osb plant in Northern Alberta. He spoke no English but i could understand all his German so i helped out in the Subway sandwich shop i worked at. I have also come across others but the guys were talking about me and i did'nt have the nerve to speak up. I met a guy on holiday that was from Germany North of Berlin that said he had met some and couldn't understand a word they were saying!! Great chatting with you!!
My fastest on the Autobahn was about 210 km/h with my VW EOS and I got passed by a Mercedes so fast that I thought I can get out and pick some flowers 💐 Cheers from the Niederrhein
My dad was a testdriver for Porsche. Back when I was jung (in the 90's) we had sometimes new Porsche models for a weekend when they needed to put on a larger amount of Kilometers for specific tests. there for the fastest speed I experienced on the Autobahn were about 320km/h but only in the back seat. My self only got to 220km/h but I think that's fast enough I don't need to top that. My dad was a very experienced and good driver in his more than 35 years working for Porsche he had only one crash and that was a very bad one he was very lucky there. When I got my lisence i've got a lot of knowledge and tips to keep me safe and one of the really importend ones is to never Drive on your limit better save than cool and death. If you drive on a high speed you need maximal concentration to not harm yourself or others. I drove on the Autobahn for 15 years on a daily basis to Work and back and there are a few unlimeted Km on that part of the Autobahn and what I've seen there is enough for me to be pro a speedlimit on the Autobahn. You could still go to "events" or workshops on the different F1 race tracks if you can afford a Car that drives highspeeds and there you will not put other people in danger.
There were definitely a couple words that I used all the time in my daily life (it would even creep in back home in America): genau, doch, und echt? Somehow, those just became the standard response for me, more than the English response. As always, great video! Edited to add: I think I've driven about 160km on the Autobahn. About normal for long stretches when there is no traffic. I do love the Autobahn. :D
The highest speed I drove on the Autobahn was 307 km/h (~191 miles per hour) - but I have to say, that I have a lot of driving experience, because in any job I had, I had to drive on a regular basis and had three safe-driving trainings, including a "Blaulicht-Lehrgang" which is a special training to drive police patrol cars with flashing blue light (because I am a police officer). I made my driver license in 1993, drove meanwhile way more than 1.000.000 kilometers. In 1994 I had one crash (small rear-end collision, beginner fault) and one time I scratched a bumper on a pole. That's it. If you drive, fast or slow, be concentrated and use your BRAIN!
@@EnnovonSchwerin Not a car driver. An acquaintance wanted to show me how fast his Jaguar can drive one evening. Suddenly the almost empty Autobahn felt like inner-city traffic during rush hour. I soon convinced him to slow down again - that was awful. I have no idea how fast it was, but it was over 200 km/h (124 mph). Definitely not for me!
hey sag mal wie ist eigenlich die lenkung and wie fühlt sich das verhalten bei solchen geschwindigkeiten an grüße aus Österreich wir sind auf 120 KM/H glaub ich maxmimal beschränkt (hey how feels the steering and overall handling of the vehicle on such speeds greetings from Austria our Speedlimit is at somewhere betwwen 74 and 80 MPH
@@GamesZockerLP Hallo, die Unterschiede zu niedrigeren Geschwindigkeiten sind eigentlich gar nicht so groß. Die Lenkung wird noch etwas leichtgängiger. Wichtig ist, dass man nur ganz sachte Lenkbewegungen macht, denn bei hohen Geschwindigkeiten sind die Reaktionen des Fahrzeugs deutlich intensiver. Bei leichten Kurven hat man bereits das Gefühl, der Radius wäre geringer, am besten lenkt man (fast) gar nicht mehr - aber einen erfahrenen Autofahrer stellt die Geschwindigkeit an sich bzw. das Verhalten des Fahrzeugs nicht wirklich vor große Probleme. Wegen der hohen Geschwindigkeit muss man nur wesentlich aufmerksamer sein und man ermüdet schneller. Man muss sich immer vergegenwärtigen, dass man auf ein Fahrzeug, welches einem mit 130 km/h in die Spur fährt, bei eigenen 250km/h, genauso schnell auffährt, wie mit 120 km/h auf ein stehendes Hindernis...
always so weird to see your old hometown in videos... especially places you walked by on a daily basis in the past... but nice to see the brunnen am markt again (lived about 2 minutes away from it for over 13 years, moved to kaiserslautern, kinda miss how quiet ramstein was
I first tried salted popcorn while travelling in the US (at the time you would only get sweet popcorn in Germany). I have not eaten sweet popcorn ever since.
Saw you 2(?) weeks ago in Bingen. Unfortunately I was driving and wasn't able to stop to say hallo. Maybe another time. Hope you had a nice trip to the Rhine.
Cards: One has to know that retail in Germany has a tough calculation. In groceries the margin is some 0.25% (!!!) Since every payment has to be payed by the shop (not mentioned that the technical equipment is expensive and cost a monthly fee) they do not force that. Payments of lager sums (>100€) most people will do by card. There is a (maybe) German speciality: We use our "EC Karte" much - that is a guaranteed payment directly from the bank account. That's cheaper than credit cards. This has a long tradition here.
I love saying Genau. So widely used and like the sentiment of the word. Also I don't mind the sparkling water here, way less sparkled than the US. I still prefer still though.
Thanks for the video! Sprudel any day, no medium either lol. The card thing is not about debit cards just credit cards in most places because it is laughably expensive for stores to accept credit. And when you go to cities or most stores near the border, foreign debit won't be a problem either, or near Spangdahlem/Ramstein because Americans frequently shop there. Since ATMs are literally everywhere it's not a big deal anyway. Any German store will gladly tell you the nearest ATM and will not actually be mad/irritated because you don't have cash either. German customers don't all carry cash🤣 Don't expect to pay for Brötchen with a credit card tho lol
I'm just like Donnie when someone is cruising in the left lane. I grew up in the northern US and it didn't seem to be as big of a problem there. But then I moved south and it seems to get worse the more south you are. Texas is horrible and just keeps getting worse. I haven't verified this but my friends from TX say it's because "left lane passing only" wasn't expected, a law, or taught in driving school until maybe 20 years ago. Also where I grew up in the north you could flash your lights if someone was going slow and they'd pull to the side to let you pass. I wouldn't do that in TX unless you want to be a road rage victim...
I have lived in Germany practically all my life, but I wasn't aware of the bottle thing, i.e. putting the bottles next to the trash cans for a reason... 🤔
I used to live in the US in the late 80ties to mid 90ties. As a german I still use english words or phrases to this day without even thinking about that!
First of all: thank you for all these interesting videos. The fastest I have ever driven on the Autobahn was something between 290-300 kph. It was on a new build Autobahn with a motorcycle. I was the only one on the track and i see only the 29X on the display because I have to concentrate on driving. The adrenaline kick was intense but honestly it is something i can not recommend on public streets. I know now how 300 kph feels on two wheels and I don´t have to drive so fast ever again.
My fastest drive as a driver was about 160 km/h (about 100 mph). The fastest drive as a passenger was 240 km/h (about 150 mph) from Leipzig to Berlin, as one of the three fastest cars on that route. I don't like driving fast over long distances because it's exhausting and dangerous and you only gain a few minutes. I prefer plain water over sparkling water.
Left lanes: in US many freeways have car pool lanes that are the far left lane. Water: For exercise or taking an aspirin, I like regular flat water. When I want a soda, but not the sugar, I like flavored sparkling water.
I mostly agree with the saying about dressing for the weather, but I think it's mostly to do with Germany having mild conditions. I grew up with tornados, blizzards, and down to -40 winters.
Sparkling. I stay thirsty otherwise 🤣. Not sure if you can call it a true habit but I have cranberry juice now for breakfast. I adopted that from frequent trips to the US. And the juice is even sometimes hard to get here.
These videos are very interesting for me. I am German through and through, but the interesting point is, finding out that Americans don’t have that. And it is funny when people are wondering about the things which are normal for me (:
You two are great and yes everything you say is true. Places such as an Imbiss, a warm snack bar, you can say, doesn't accept paying with your card. Kiosk, which sells tabbaco, soft drinks and other snacks such as chips, candy bars, etc, also doesn't accept paying with a card. To ride a bus, because they have a good transportation system here, I need cash as well and they also suggest to pay with a 10 euros bill or less, I experienced from another passenger that got on that wanted to pay with a higher money bill
Stilles Wasser. As a German living in Australia (Sydney) I very rarely use cash. Especially during the COVID pandemic, most shops/ restaurants would only accept card payments. It is months since I have withdrawn cash from the ATM. Not a habit, but I remember when I stayed with my family in Munich some years ago, I visited someone living in a block of units. So I asked for the unit number, totally forgetting that the name would be next to the bell at the frontdoor. I also take a couple of moments in German grocery stores, waiting for the cashier to pack my items in a bag for me 😀
8:09 Oh yes that is a habit of mine as well. I am a dog owner meaning I HAVE to go outside no matter the weather because my dog has to get outside so the only jackets are Drei Jahreszeiten Jacken (3 seasons jacket) which is basically a rain jacket with an additional zipper on the inside of the jacket with which you can connect a fleece jacket to the rain jacket to make it a winter jacket (the fleece jacket is already included in the purchase). They're not that expensive (or at least in my opinion), have a good quality and you can wear them all year round no matter the weather
Concerning driving fast on the Autobahn: In the Eighties (or Nineties? Dunno anymore) the ADAC (german equivalent to the AAA) sent two cars to drive from Munich to Cologne, wich is about 450 km, half of the complete distance from the southern to the northern borders. One driver was instructed to go as fast as he could whenever it was possible, the other was to drive as taught by driving instructions: striving for the recommended speed of 130 km per hour, going with the traffic flow while keeping a relaxed, defensive and cooperative attitude towards other drivers, and last but not least attending the urgently recommended recovery breaks every two hours. In the end the driver that had pressed forward by all needs made the race indeed - with an advantage of just TWENTY MINUTES! The price he paid was utter exhaustion and a bad mood, plus having risked his and others' lives by rising tiredness, resulting in sinking levels of concentration. The other driver was still quite relaxed, also he had used much less gasoline. As the sayword goes: "Wer langsam reit', kommt grad so weit!" ("riding slow you cover exactly the same distance").
I made this experience by myself in the 90s. I drove several times from the Ruhrgebiet into the Bavarian Wood near to Passau what was more than 600 km. And one time I decided to drive around 120 km/h instead of pushing the car because I had found out that because of the traffic on the Autobahn it is almost impossible to drive more than 130 km/h in average. It took me 25 minutes more, I saved 15 DMark what now may be around 7,50 €. I was used to have a stop near Nürnberg to refuel and so I did it the first time I tried this but it was not necessary. So I could have saved another 15 minutes what reduces the real delay time from 25 to 10 minutes. And I was not stressed so I did not have to sit down for half an hour and have a coffee before I was relaxed again to have a conversation. All in all it saved time and money to drive that way. After that experience I changed my whole style of driving.
In the nineties two young men from our neighbourhood copied that same experiment with driving from Ruhrgebiet to Hamburg and the next day back with the very same results. Only when driving back the one who should have driven fast refused to do so to prevent from being exhausted. Let's call it 'learning by doing'.
I regularly drive from Kiel to the Saarland (around 800km). A few years ago, I usually drove 160-180 km/h when possible, but I don't like to do that anymore and always drive 130 km/h in the unlimited areas. It really doesn't make much of a difference. Traffic jams, construction sites and pee breaks have much more influence on the travel time and you can't really influence those. But now that I drive a little slower, I don't need to refuel anymore at a gas station while on the trip. That saves a lot of money because gas stations at the Autobahn are just crazy expensive. And taking a detour to a cheaper one in some town makes driving excessively fast to arrive earlier kinda pointless.
Yeah, not rocket science breakthrough discovery. ;) For longer distances i tend to hoover around 140-160, for shorter ones and sections of autobahn which i know have usually less traffic it can go up to 180-200.
Went 250 kph, earlier this year. Not personally (I don't drive). Funny thing is I didn't even notice we were going THAT fast until I checked. Quality car meets quality road, I guess.
The fasted i went was around GPS 305 (the speedo showed more, obviously). Completely empty Autobahn, early on a Sunday morning many years ago. Today i drive electric and mostly stay under 140.
Been here for 31 years now………originally from SC…….have lived in your home state at Ft. Sill for a year as well. I’m fluent in German but speak a lot of Denglish at times!!!!
Funny thing, answering both of your last questions in one go: I, as a German, adopted to drink ONLY still water after being for just one month on a student exchange in the US :D
Sparkling water. It often diminishes my thirst much more than tab water, though I love drinking water without sparkle too - in form of a nice cup of tea.
Still water. In the early 1990ies we had a friend from Japan living nearby for one year to research for his German dissertation (he is a professor for the history of (the) German constitution). During this time there were several family members and friends visiting Europe, Germany, and him. So, as he had no car, we offered to pick up and drop off said relatives and friends at Frankfurt/Main Airport, which is about 90kms to the north. To get there we had to drive on 2-lane and 3-lane stretches of the Autobahn where I normally wouldn't dare go faster than 200-220 km/h. But after the "Darmstädter Kreuz" there is an almost 20 km long stretch of 4 lanes in every direction with no speed limit. And as it always was Sunday mornings (no trucks!) between 5 and 6 am there was hardly any traffic at all, I pushed my Lexus LS400 to the limit of 270km/h - and had a blast. So did most of the passengers. Only once there was an elderly couple who asked me to drive slower, which I obliged as they were used to Japanese speed (max. 90 km/h).
I have driven over 200 -210 km/h as a passenger and maybe 180 km/h myself. But I am most comfortable driving around 150 km/h over longer distances. Tab water at home and sparkling water at restaurants.
Not being paid but I can recommend Readly wholeheartedly;) It saves me so much money each month especially since English magazines are not cheap to get.10€ a month and you can have up to 5 users under one logg-in. Btw...sparkling all the way!
Fastest ever was around 210 km/h in my old seat Toledo. But downhill and "rückenwind". Chesney hawkes' the one and only was in the cassette deck. 😀 Usually we drive around 140 km/h with going up to 170 if we overtake someone. (You don't want to Block the Fast lanes...)
Many stores don't accept cards because the card reading machines (I don't know their name in English) are really expensive and small shops mostly souvenir shops can't afford them.
Sparklimg water of course, in summer preferably as Rieslingschorle. My personal top speed, 245 km/h on the A60 going towards Wittlich, fairly new road back then and really not a lot of traffic at all. So I consideredthis safe. My usual travel speed is below 140 km/h much more relaxed.
Like your videos a lot, most the bloopers at the end 😂 to answer your questions… max speed I driven often was 250 km/h what is around 155 mph, but still be kicked of the left way from faster going ones… typical in Germany..🤷🏼♂️ there is always one faster than you….if I drink water I am used to sparkling, non sparkling is Tapwater… I know it’s the best tapwater you can have, but still… and putting empty bottles beside the bin can be seen in Germany as littering (also typical German way of seen) so most areas now put metal rings around the bins where you can put them safe and secure ( also typical German, Ordnung muss sein).. I live in the Netherlands and the only I use to is being more open minded than befor.. and there is less littering in the city’s than in Germany…
About 220km/h in my Toyota/Scion/Subaru GT86/FR-S/BRZ. Owned a Ford Focus before. While the Focus felt unsafe at 140-160km/h, 220km/h in my Toyota feel incredibly safe. On an empty Autobahn, of course.
Fastest was 290 Kmh but circumstances dont allow to keep it up for long and its also quite stressful. So usually I don‘t exceed 260 and a more relaxed travel speed is 230.
Living in germany, the fastes I ever drove on the Autobahn was ~ 230 kmh on the speedo (which translates to about 210 via GPS). That is as fast as my car will go, downhill.
264kmh but I guess it’s more about how far you can go on a short amount of time. If not crowded, early morning like 4 a m sometimes you hit crazy times.. Hannover to Leipzig about 270km distance in 1:27h etc. But most important ist drive safe and within your own limits.. the car can go much faster than most drivers are able to really can control.. when you are at 250kmh and someone pulls out beyond a lorry with about 120.. you know what it feels like when you are about to how a wall.. so drive safe not fast is what I learned in about 15 years Business travel in really fast cars..
Regarding the cash/card topic: I also live in the kaiserslautern area and tbh I cannot even remember having any cash with me in the last 2 or 3 years, even at the bakery you can usually pay by CC. I'd be interested if you tend to encounter those situations in the smaller villages around or also in the city area. Love your videos and to get another perspective on the country!
For me the trigger to use mainly credit cards was the wide-spread adoption of NFC cards and pay-by-phone apps, in conjunction with the pandemic. Granted, prior to that I did pay my groceries with debit, but I would never have considered trying to buy ic-cream with card. There are some hold-outs, especially low-value transactions (ice cream parlor, coffee shop) and small independant restaurants, based on the fees charged by the payment systems to process the payments. But for bigger places trying to get rid of cash is actually cheaper than the credit card fees (counting the tills costs money and even getting new change from banks is not free)
Whether speedlmit or non: You can go to jail, if You disregard Paragraph 1 of the German "Strassenverkehrsordnung" (Road Traffic Act) says: "§ 1 Basic rule (1) Participation in road traffic requires constant caution and mutual consideration. (2) Anyone who takes part in traffic must behave in such a way that no one else is harmed, endangered or more than unavoidable under the circumstances, hindered or annoyed"
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One little thing makes me grin: Your posture. It has become "more formal" in a German style. It is more "defined", not "as slack"; at least from a Germans perspective.
It is something you can percieve on People on the brink of "getting Germanized".
And for the Water: Tap Water.
Sparkling Water when outside/ on a trip/ in a restaurant, but at home just flat tab water right from the sink.
"There is no such thing as bad weather, there is only wrong clothing." My goodness, that's been my motto forever. I am in the Midwest where it gets very cold in the Winter and I am extremely impatient with people complaining about the cold. "Oh, that's a nice JACKET you have on, did you ever consider buying a COAT?" There are people living in Antarctica, you CAN dress for the cold! :D
There are still parts of your body that get cold.
@@surlespasdondine I understand some people feel cold differently. "In general" there are people who do not dress for the weather then complain about being cold. (Winter's coming! Bundle up!) ;)
@@JDoors :) i have already.☺️ but my face gets cold.
@@surlespasdondine Balaclava, or whatever it's called, scarfs, etc. ;)
@@JDoors i don't wear scarves up to my nose.😆 but anyway, even when i'm covered up really well and it's -10 degrees Celsius or lower, I do feel the cold, you breathe in the cold...
After living in Prague for 17 years I got back to the US using lift for elevator, and saying pardon (pronounced completely different from what you think) instead of excuse me and of course removing my shoes at someone's front door. That changed fairly quickly though. I also use my left blinker to indicate that I want to pass and still use Czech words when speaking, especially to my dog. My neighbors have no clue what's happening when I give Sam commands in Czech. 😁
I really would like to hear you talking to your dog in Czech. I remember, being German myself, when I wanted to go to the railway station in Mariánské Lázně by cab. The driver did not speak one of the languages I had to offer: German, English, French or Russian. So as he thought to had understood where to go, he drove to some trickle and pointed towards the dark. I was shocked and tried again, this time with steam train sounds, now he understood and off we went...
My favorite Allwetterjacken are those with multiple jackets in one. where you have a fleece jacket on the inside and a waterproof windbreaker on the outside, of which you can each one wear by it‘s own or connect them together with a zipper. And of course they have to have multiple pockets everywhere on the outside and on the inside. 🙂
In German „Also“ is often unconsciously used as a starter in front of a presentation to get all of the necessary attention of the audience. And it‘s a bad habit that is difficult to get rid of, once you‘re doing presentations at your workplace. And I‘m guilty of using it. 😉
Ja die sind toll 😍😍😍👍
Those jackets are actually really nice
What 'felt' fastest for me was downhill on the A4 up to 130 km/h in a 2CV built in the late 60's :-) .
Did all parts of the 2CV made it through the accelaration? Or did someone hold onto the roof to keep it in place? 😃 I love those cars but there is a reason you rarely see them on the autobahn 😁
@@naneneunmalklug4032 Well, definitely some corrosion flew off, the front wings were heavily shaking and doors bent open a little (not more than a centimeter), but my sister cried honk,honk! Because there was a ford sierra in front of us 'blocking our way'... I set the left indicator ... ;-) ...
@@uwekall6281 😂🤣 would have loved to see that. Little duck just wanted to fly...
Meine Mutter hatte in den 70er eine Ente 2CV4. 80km/h gingen ganz gut, ab 90 km/h musste sie das Steuer bewusst festhalten. Auf einer Tour fuhr sie mühsam mit knapp 80 km/h auf einer Landstraße, die leicht bergauf führte, als die Straße nach der Kuppe plötzlich ziemlich heftig bergab ging. Das Tacho kletterte auf 100 km/h, meine Mutter umklammerte verzweifelt das Lenkrad, die ganze Ente klapperte und knarrte und ich hatte das Gefühl: Wir heben gleich ab. Meine Mutter hatte das Gaspedal lange los gelassen und versuchte, vorsichtig "stotternd" zu bremsen, weil die Fahrbahn nass war (Bis zur Kuppe war sie trocken gewesen, aber danach e musste ein Regenschauer niedergegangen sein) Ich war schon bereit, zu beten, als das Tempo endlich runterging und meine Mutter die Ente wieder in den Griff kriegte. Seitdem erzähle ich gern, dass unsere Ente "flugfähig" war.
I made 134 km/h in my 1990 2CV at Elzer Berg on BAB 3 downhill PLUS slipstream. Ok, it had 29 HP, a real monster... If you open both side windows 90 degrees at this speed, the "Ente" might fly away!
Today I drive a black Twingo with two (!) flag holders. When I insert, let's say, the flags of Djibouti I receive much more respect with low speed on the left lane than driving without any flag.
The fastest I have driven on the autobahn was one Sunday morning and I managed to get up to 263 (GPS Speed) in my Porsche.....I was in the left lane with my palms sweating and was seriously concentrating....then I looked in the rearview mirror and a Porsche 911 Turbo was behind me flashing his lights.... when I move over he went past me at about 320km/hour or more....it was like I was standing still :(
That day I learned that no matter how fast you are driving there is always someone faster!
^5, Porsche people. My top speed was from topping out a Taycan Turbo S loaner, which is irritatingly limited to 250 (but did 259 with some downhill momentum). I had to be egged on by friends to put my foot in it, not gonna lie, but it's like a track day: once you get used to it...........nah fam there are traffic jams and no yellow flags on the, ahem, non-toll'd public roads. Still gonna chill out a bit unless it's eeeeempty.
German Autobahn aka drive to the right lane at 250 to not slow other people down
Thats German, Best comment, your little story
There was an instance with a bugatti driver with 417
About the Autobahn: When I do long distances, I usually don't go faster than 140 km/h on the speedo, I even use cruise control then as much as possible. You simply don't gain much time by going faster, no matter what you do, you only spend more money on fuel. I have to admit, though, that it took me some time and some getting older to finally realize that 😂 I wasn't always that sensible when I was younger 😉 However, when I drive shorter distances (100 km or less), I usually still go a lot faster and sometimes as fast as possible for a bit of fun, depending on the traffic situation. Luckily, I live in an area where the local Autobahn is very often quite empty. I would never go very fast when there is a lot of traffic, but I appreciate that I'm allowed to do it responsibly when the traffic situation allows it. The fun about driving fast on the Autobahn is not so much about being able to max your car all the time anyway - that is far too stressful - but to enjoy the feeling of acceleration every now and then when the road is empty. Also, I won't drive very fast when I have passengers on board - except they explicitly ask me to do so. Last but not least my number one safety tip for driving on the Autobahn: always drive with your low beams on, no matter the weather or if it's day or night. It's a lot harder for other drivers to overlook you in the mirror when you drive with your headlights on.
Same do I. For a short trip to next city there is no speed limit and there are times the Bahn is empty I go over 200 eventually. For longer routes it makes less sense.
160 km/h, but usually not more than 130 km/h. In some cars you doesn't feel the speed
Since i am a father i dive mich slower ... before i go for 240 kmh when i dive back home from my wife (back then she was my girlfriend). Now 120 is the max the most of the Time - but so my car only needs 4,5l avarege
I love the titles in rhymes! Great fun each time.
Sparkling or flat water, depending in mood or temperature.
Speed: 250 km/h. But you can't keep that for more than a minute or two before some other vehicle gets in the way, or the end of the unlimited stretch has been reached.
my normal traveling speed was 130 +-10 km/h. if the road wasn't crowded occasionally 150-160 (half an hour per year when passing the first "end of limit" sign after the first restricted 300 km when going on holiday; costing me twice the fuel consumption), and only once ever 180 for two hours straight (350+ km) on an almost completely empty autobahn (right lane all the time, overtaking no other cars, being overtaken by maybe 5 porsche), and once 5-10 minutes from 140 up to 220 and back to 140 to "once have done it" when i had a new faster car and there happened to be only few other cars, but it was too stressfull (felt like work and nothing to enjoy) for a longer time.
my current speed is mostly 50-80 in town and 120-160 or maybe even faster outside of town: Nowadays i don't drive for holidays any longer, and also in town i don't use my own car. for much less money (50€) than i would have to pay for a rented parking space (80-100+), i now have a card to use ALL public transport (bus, tram, Ubahn, Sbahn, some ferries, and all trains except for ICE trains) in town and everywhere in Berlin and Brandenburg (the entire net of VBB). for some rare occasions i can easily pay a taxi with all the money i save by not paying for tax, insurance, parking in town, gas, tüv, repairs, etc. and all of this doesn't even include the cost i am saving from not owning a car (buying a new one and/or value loss) in the first place.
250 is a bit silly
@@a.b.4317 Agreed - but the car was limited to 250 by the manufacturer ... :D
The fastest I ever drove was 190 km/h - during my driving lesson. My driving instructor said "You'll do it anyway, so I feel better you do it while I'm still sitting beside you". His favorite place for doing that was the A6 between Homburg/Saar and K-Town-West - at that time the 130 zone only started at Einsiedlerhof - which is essentially straight with only a few bends that can be negotiated at high speeds. It did the trick, too as I never felt the urge to repeat that experience - I feel comfortable at 130 for cruising and up to 160 for overtaking.
Me too, did 190 kph with a golf diesel in driving school. We went to the Autobahn for driving lessons, and i asked him how fast are we allowed to drive on this section. He answered "speed of sound", and i replied, cool i´ll try :D
Good to know that the bottle thing is now wide spread. It's a relatively new thing I first learned about moving to Berlin from a smaller city 10 years ago. It wasn't common in my hometown back then.
Its a City thing. Even today its not common in smaller villages or even small citys. Cause there are no "Pfandsammler" or homeless persons.
In some cities you have extra holders on the trash cans for the empty bottles and cans.
@@seanthiar As a German of 62 years, this is the first time I heard of this. I wouldn't dream of not taking my trash back with me until I can get rid of it appropriately, and with Pfand that usually means a Pfand machine.
@@KaiHenningsen Jo viele Rentner sammeln die, um sich noch ein paar Groschen zusammen zu kratzen. In Berlin mache ich das seit 25 Jahren man hilft damit Leuten die es brauchen und nicht immer ist eine Pfandmaschine in der Nähe!
Danke, dass Ihr das Thema mit den Pfandflaschen adressiert habt, das habe ich noch nie auf einem Expat-Channel gesehen! Respekt für Eure Beobachtungsgabe. Es ist würdelos für den Flaschensammler, in den Mülleimer greifen zu müssen, um an das Gut zu kommen. Manche Städte haben Vorrichtungen an Mülleimern angebracht, in die man die Pfandflaschen einfach hineinstellen kann, dann müssen sie nicht einmal mehr auf den Boden gestellt werden.
About 15 years ago I drove a race bike, which was tuned up to high end. My biggest fun was annoying super sport cars.
My fastest speed was about 320 km/h ~199mph
I don’t like sparkling water, too.
But I love Apfelschorle, especially in hot summer days.
I am still not a friend of small talks , but due to my connections to foreign people I learned to do it.
I thought you were just ridiculously bragging until I got that you´re not talking about a Rennrad (racing bicycle) but rather a Rennmaschine (Racing Motorbike) 😀
@@biggee1191
😂😂😂
splat :)
My friends from Syria incorporated ACH SO into their ever day arab conversations
Bottles: my first thought was "why not putting them on top of the trash can (if it has a flat roof like the ones you show) so nobody will trip over the bottle and smash it - but then I realized the wind might throw them down and smash them for sure.
Not all trashcans have a flat top.
So it's easier to put the bottle next to the trashcan everytime
I like sparkling water and even have a device for turning tap water into sparkling water. I rarely buy bottled water, but if I do, I get the sparkling variety.
I normally drive between 130 and 140 km/h nowadays (I like to use cruise control); as has been mentioned several times here, it is much less stressful and certainly saves on fuel. But a few years ago, I was driving to Berlin on a weekend, the weather was good, and there was very little traffic (a rare occasion indeed). I hit a little over 210 km/h on that day.
I used to quite regularly max out my company cars at 250km/h (~155mph). In about 3 years of doing so, I had to make room for 2 or 3 cars that wanted to overtake (I remember a Porsche 911 Turbo and a BMW X6). Many cars that would have the power to go faster than 250km/h are actually electronically capped.
Thanx for another entertaining and informative video! Good luck!
Sparkling water of course, still is just for washing...
We have the same recykling here in Norway 🙂 The recykling automat for bottles is a norwegian invention and it is now 50 year since they starting in Norway 🙂
And you like Spezi. Welcome to Germany ;) Fastest I was driving myself was around 250 km/h
Sparkling. German living in the US for 20+ years. Pellegrino from Italy is the most common choice where we live, in Philly.
3:52 Standard car: 270 km/h (168 mph)
Sprinter Van, empty, as a co-driver, whilst sweating profusely: 197 km/h (122 mph)
Wow! Haven't even had a car capable of 270 😂
My partner traveled a lot for work and usually drove at a pace that was close to the recommended speed.
After a family visit about 500 km away, we actually drove for about 20 minutes just under the top speed of 340 km / h. Let's be honest in the short term it's fun, but even with a high-quality car it takes a lot of strength and concentration. (The time of high-quality company cars is over now ;) )
@@PassportTwo There are some cars that can go that fast but they are imho no „standard“ cars. My 190 PS VW Passat is getting to a may of about 240km/h on the tachometer when I drive the pedal to the metal on a straight and empty part of the autobahn. And I did it, just to see how fast it will go. But normally I‘m going about 130-150km/h or 160-170 if I need to be fast. But most of the time I don‘t need to be that fast, so probably drive most of time at a speed of 100-120, depending on the traffic, speed limits and road construction sites. Yesterday my speed was 0 for about 1.5 hours, because Ignatz has blown a transporter(?) on it‘s side in the middle of a road construction site. But despite 3 ambulances and 5 firetrucks passing through the Rettungsgasse thankfully nobody was hurt.
Almost 200 in a Sprinter...., I would also be sweating . Not made for this speed and no protection whatsoever In caase of a crash.
Was für ein schöner Moment, als du deine Mutter begrüßt hast.
Sparkling, I like the taste and the feel. And it als feels a little colder.
I almost always drink tap water when at home because it is way easier and cheaper to just go to the sink and fill it up instead of buying water...
Autobahn - self: 187 . Seen 300 ish. 30y ago . Now I have grey hair, a hat , a Fiat Panda and ordert a 'Wackel Dackel' ;-D
There is one exception for the weather thing. No hiking in the woods in heavy winds or storm.
The highest speed I drove on the Autobahn was 300 km/h with a motorcycle. I did this once bc I was interested how fast it can go. As a test driver for a German car manufacturer I drove 250 km/h regulary but after changing the job my typical speed on a Autobahn without havy traffic is 160-180 km/h. For me this is still a relaxing speed driving a modern car.
I think the thing with the bottles next to the trash cans at least started as a way to keep people from rummaging through the trash and possibly just throwing what they don't need on the ground. So it's helping in more then one way :)
My Personal record on German Autobahn was 183moh 👍👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 but I also have many special Safety driving Trainings. I also hat been overcomed by other drivers with more than that
I am Plautdietsch mennonite from Canada 🇨🇦 we speak a mix of English and mennonite low German. Leaving my home to go to college at 28 i quickly found out how hard it was not to use Plautdietsche words!!
Love the bloopers!!
I am German from Germany, first time I heard of Plautdietsch, very interesting. Had to live for nearly 55 years to learn, that there is a German dialect spoken by the Menonites. Is there a way, I could actually hear, what it sounds like?
@@GuyHeadbanger look up Mennonites on utube whether it be mexican, bolivian, Belize
They are all very similer.
@@ANNEWHETSTONE Thank's Anne, I found something. To my regret, it is less understandable to me, then I thought it would be. Maybe because my dialect is a high German on, while Plautdietsch is a low German dialect. As it originates from Eastern Prussia, there are not many speakers left in Germany, only after 1990 some Mennonites from Russia/Kasachstan and so on returned to Germany.
So Plautdütsch was hard to find in Germany, at least in my region, what explaines, why I did not hear of it for almost 55 years of my life!
Yup there might not be many in Germany. But i did meet a very old gentleman who helped set up the osb plant in Northern Alberta. He spoke no English but i could understand all his German so i helped out in the Subway sandwich shop i worked at.
I have also come across others but the guys were talking about me and i did'nt have the nerve to speak up.
I met a guy on holiday that was from Germany North of Berlin that said he had met some and couldn't understand a word they were saying!!
Great chatting with you!!
My fastest on the Autobahn was about 210 km/h with my VW EOS and I got passed by a Mercedes so fast that I thought I can get out and pick some flowers 💐
Cheers from the Niederrhein
My dad was a testdriver for Porsche. Back when I was jung (in the 90's) we had sometimes new Porsche models for a weekend when they needed to put on a larger amount of Kilometers for specific tests. there for the fastest speed I experienced on the Autobahn were about 320km/h but only in the back seat. My self only got to 220km/h but I think that's fast enough I don't need to top that. My dad was a very experienced and good driver in his more than 35 years working for Porsche he had only one crash and that was a very bad one he was very lucky there. When I got my lisence i've got a lot of knowledge and tips to keep me safe and one of the really importend ones is to never Drive on your limit better save than cool and death. If you drive on a high speed you need maximal concentration to not harm yourself or others. I drove on the Autobahn for 15 years on a daily basis to Work and back and there are a few unlimeted Km on that part of the Autobahn and what I've seen there is enough for me to be pro a speedlimit on the Autobahn. You could still go to "events" or workshops on the different F1 race tracks if you can afford a Car that drives highspeeds and there you will not put other people in danger.
Still water. Because sparkling is gross. IMHO, lol! You guys are the best! Another fantastic video!
These topic titles always bring a smile on my face! ;)
Sparkling water 4 ever. Except when I'm sick, then still water just feels better
There were definitely a couple words that I used all the time in my daily life (it would even creep in back home in America): genau, doch, und echt? Somehow, those just became the standard response for me, more than the English response. As always, great video! Edited to add: I think I've driven about 160km on the Autobahn. About normal for long stretches when there is no traffic. I do love the Autobahn. :D
Die cow ist ueber den Fence gejumpt............ My sister actually said that once and we never let her live it down.
The highest speed I drove on the Autobahn was 307 km/h (~191 miles per hour) - but I have to say, that I have a lot of driving experience, because in any job I had, I had to drive on a regular basis and had three safe-driving trainings, including a "Blaulicht-Lehrgang" which is a special training to drive police patrol cars with flashing blue light (because I am a police officer). I made my driver license in 1993, drove meanwhile way more than 1.000.000 kilometers. In 1994 I had one crash (small rear-end collision, beginner fault) and one time I scratched a bumper on a pole. That's it. If you drive, fast or slow, be concentrated and use your BRAIN!
same here.
special training not from police but from red cross for Bloodtransportation over long distances.
@@EnnovonSchwerin Not a car driver. An acquaintance wanted to show me how fast his Jaguar can drive one evening. Suddenly the almost empty Autobahn felt like inner-city traffic during rush hour. I soon convinced him to slow down again - that was awful. I have no idea how fast it was, but it was over 200 km/h (124 mph). Definitely not for me!
hey sag mal wie ist eigenlich die lenkung and wie fühlt sich das verhalten bei solchen geschwindigkeiten an grüße aus Österreich wir sind auf 120 KM/H glaub ich maxmimal beschränkt (hey how feels the steering and overall handling of the vehicle on such speeds greetings from Austria our Speedlimit is at somewhere betwwen 74 and 80 MPH
@@GamesZockerLP sehr empfindlich bei solchen Geschwindigkeiten lenkt man so gut wie gar nicht mehr .
@@GamesZockerLP Hallo, die Unterschiede zu niedrigeren Geschwindigkeiten sind eigentlich gar nicht so groß. Die Lenkung wird noch etwas leichtgängiger. Wichtig ist, dass man nur ganz sachte Lenkbewegungen macht, denn bei hohen Geschwindigkeiten sind die Reaktionen des Fahrzeugs deutlich intensiver. Bei leichten Kurven hat man bereits das Gefühl, der Radius wäre geringer, am besten lenkt man (fast) gar nicht mehr - aber einen erfahrenen Autofahrer stellt die Geschwindigkeit an sich bzw. das Verhalten des Fahrzeugs nicht wirklich vor große Probleme. Wegen der hohen Geschwindigkeit muss man nur wesentlich aufmerksamer sein und man ermüdet schneller. Man muss sich immer vergegenwärtigen, dass man auf ein Fahrzeug, welches einem mit 130 km/h in die Spur fährt, bei eigenen 250km/h, genauso schnell auffährt, wie mit 120 km/h auf ein stehendes Hindernis...
always so weird to see your old hometown in videos... especially places you walked by on a daily basis in the past... but nice to see the brunnen am markt again (lived about 2 minutes away from it for over 13 years, moved to kaiserslautern, kinda miss how quiet ramstein was
I first tried salted popcorn while travelling in the US (at the time you would only get sweet popcorn in Germany). I have not eaten sweet popcorn ever since.
Saw you 2(?) weeks ago in Bingen. Unfortunately I was driving and wasn't able to stop to say hallo. Maybe another time. Hope you had a nice trip to the Rhine.
9:33 Here in Hamburg, if you're at the Harbour, a lot of people greet each other with "moin!"
The two of you are just so entertaining! I love all of your creative video ideas and seeing a new one pop up, just makes me smile ☺
Cards: One has to know that retail in Germany has a tough calculation. In groceries the margin is some 0.25% (!!!)
Since every payment has to be payed by the shop (not mentioned that the technical equipment is expensive and cost a monthly fee) they do not force that.
Payments of lager sums (>100€) most people will do by card.
There is a (maybe) German speciality: We use our "EC Karte" much - that is a guaranteed payment directly from the bank account. That's cheaper than credit cards. This has a long tradition here.
The fastest speed I hit while myself driving was 245km/h and with somebody else driving a little over 300km/h
My Opinion on the clothing thing is, that the weather in Germany is so often bad, that you only have the possibility to do it like this.
Sparkling water . Always
I love saying Genau. So widely used and like the sentiment of the word. Also I don't mind the sparkling water here, way less sparkled than the US. I still prefer still though.
Thanks a great one we use all the time as well! 😅
I prefer tab water. But sometimes I also drink sparkling water when I am outside in a restaurant or in a friends place.
Thanks for the video! Sprudel any day, no medium either lol. The card thing is not about debit cards just credit cards in most places because it is laughably expensive for stores to accept credit. And when you go to cities or most stores near the border, foreign debit won't be a problem either, or near Spangdahlem/Ramstein because Americans frequently shop there. Since ATMs are literally everywhere it's not a big deal anyway. Any German store will gladly tell you the nearest ATM and will not actually be mad/irritated because you don't have cash either. German customers don't all carry cash🤣 Don't expect to pay for Brötchen with a credit card tho lol
I'm just like Donnie when someone is cruising in the left lane. I grew up in the northern US and it didn't seem to be as big of a problem there. But then I moved south and it seems to get worse the more south you are. Texas is horrible and just keeps getting worse. I haven't verified this but my friends from TX say it's because "left lane passing only" wasn't expected, a law, or taught in driving school until maybe 20 years ago. Also where I grew up in the north you could flash your lights if someone was going slow and they'd pull to the side to let you pass. I wouldn't do that in TX unless you want to be a road rage victim...
😂😂Flash light in Germany means, hey you are to slow and I am to fast, go get Right and I can give more Gas, it's normal here we are Germans 💪💪💪
244 km/h. Still water; it's easier because it comes straight out of the faucet.
I have lived in Germany practically all my life, but I wasn't aware of the bottle thing, i.e. putting the bottles next to the trash cans for a reason... 🤔
I used to live in the US in the late 80ties to mid 90ties. As a german I still use english words or phrases to this day without even thinking about that!
First of all: thank you for all these interesting videos.
The fastest I have ever driven on the Autobahn was something between 290-300 kph. It was on a new build Autobahn with a motorcycle. I was the only one on the track and i see only the 29X on the display because I have to concentrate on driving. The adrenaline kick was intense but honestly it is something i can not recommend on public streets. I know now how 300 kph feels on two wheels and I don´t have to drive so fast ever again.
My fastest drive as a driver was about 160 km/h (about 100 mph). The fastest drive as a passenger was 240 km/h (about 150 mph) from Leipzig to Berlin, as one of the three fastest cars on that route. I don't like driving fast over long distances because it's exhausting and dangerous and you only gain a few minutes.
I prefer plain water over sparkling water.
417 km/h last summer by a Bugatti.
Left lanes: in US many freeways have car pool lanes that are the far left lane. Water: For exercise or taking an aspirin, I like regular flat water. When I want a soda, but not the sugar, I like flavored sparkling water.
You should interview Hayley Alexis about her use of denglish ... That'll be fun!
That’ll be a good idea
I mostly agree with the saying about dressing for the weather, but I think it's mostly to do with Germany having mild conditions. I grew up with tornados, blizzards, and down to -40 winters.
I didn’t realize that we are so different 😄😄😄🙋♀️ 🇩🇪Native 🥰
Sparkling. I stay thirsty otherwise 🤣.
Not sure if you can call it a true habit but I have cranberry juice now for breakfast. I adopted that from frequent trips to the US. And the juice is even sometimes hard to get here.
These videos are very interesting for me. I am German through and through, but the interesting point is, finding out that Americans don’t have that. And it is funny when people are wondering about the things which are normal for me (:
Yap, exactly. Specially that weather thing
There used to be signs on the left of multi lane roads and highways instructing slower traffic to keep to the right. Please bring those signs back!!!!
You two are great and yes everything you say is true. Places such as an Imbiss, a warm snack bar, you can say, doesn't accept paying with your card. Kiosk, which sells tabbaco, soft drinks and other snacks such as chips, candy bars, etc, also doesn't accept paying with a card. To ride a bus, because they have a good transportation system here, I need cash as well and they also suggest to pay with a 10 euros bill or less, I experienced from another passenger that got on that wanted to pay with a higher money bill
Stilles Wasser. As a German living in Australia (Sydney) I very rarely use cash. Especially during the COVID pandemic, most shops/ restaurants would only accept card payments. It is months since I have withdrawn cash from the ATM. Not a habit, but I remember when I stayed with my family in Munich some years ago, I visited someone living in a block of units. So I asked for the unit number, totally forgetting that the name would be next to the bell at the frontdoor. I also take a couple of moments in German grocery stores, waiting for the cashier to pack my items in a bag for me 😀
Answer: sparklich water mostly, but sometimes I prefer flat/tab water
a "HB-Männchen" @ a steering wheel while someone passing on the right🤣🤣🤣🤣 very german! congrats👍😉
8:09 Oh yes that is a habit of mine as well. I am a dog owner meaning I HAVE to go outside no matter the weather because my dog has to get outside so the only jackets are Drei Jahreszeiten Jacken (3 seasons jacket) which is basically a rain jacket with an additional zipper on the inside of the jacket with which you can connect a fleece jacket to the rain jacket to make it a winter jacket (the fleece jacket is already included in the purchase). They're not that expensive (or at least in my opinion), have a good quality and you can wear them all year round no matter the weather
Use of cash : same in Belgium. Shops do it to avoid giving the IRS too much info. Everything that appears on the bank account is known and taxed.
Concerning driving fast on the Autobahn: In the Eighties (or Nineties? Dunno anymore) the ADAC (german equivalent to the AAA) sent two cars to drive from Munich to Cologne, wich is about 450 km, half of the complete distance from the southern to the northern borders. One driver was instructed to go as fast as he could whenever it was possible, the other was to drive as taught by driving instructions: striving for the recommended speed of 130 km per hour, going with the traffic flow while keeping a relaxed, defensive and cooperative attitude towards other drivers, and last but not least attending the urgently recommended recovery breaks every two hours. In the end the driver that had pressed forward by all needs made the race indeed - with an advantage of just TWENTY MINUTES! The price he paid was utter exhaustion and a bad mood, plus having risked his and others' lives by rising tiredness, resulting in sinking levels of concentration. The other driver was still quite relaxed, also he had used much less gasoline.
As the sayword goes: "Wer langsam reit', kommt grad so weit!" ("riding slow you cover exactly the same distance").
I made this experience by myself in the 90s. I drove several times from the Ruhrgebiet into the Bavarian Wood near to Passau what was more than 600 km. And one time I decided to drive around 120 km/h instead of pushing the car because I had found out that because of the traffic on the Autobahn it is almost impossible to drive more than 130 km/h in average. It took me 25 minutes more, I saved 15 DMark what now may be around 7,50 €. I was used to have a stop near Nürnberg to refuel and so I did it the first time I tried this but it was not necessary. So I could have saved another 15 minutes what reduces the real delay time from 25 to 10 minutes. And I was not stressed so I did not have to sit down for half an hour and have a coffee before I was relaxed again to have a conversation. All in all it saved time and money to drive that way. After that experience I changed my whole style of driving.
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In the nineties two young men from our neighbourhood copied that same experiment with driving from Ruhrgebiet to Hamburg and the next day back with the very same results. Only when driving back the one who should have driven fast refused to do so to prevent from being exhausted. Let's call it 'learning by doing'.
I regularly drive from Kiel to the Saarland (around 800km). A few years ago, I usually drove 160-180 km/h when possible, but I don't like to do that anymore and always drive 130 km/h in the unlimited areas. It really doesn't make much of a difference. Traffic jams, construction sites and pee breaks have much more influence on the travel time and you can't really influence those. But now that I drive a little slower, I don't need to refuel anymore at a gas station while on the trip. That saves a lot of money because gas stations at the Autobahn are just crazy expensive. And taking a detour to a cheaper one in some town makes driving excessively fast to arrive earlier kinda pointless.
Yeah, not rocket science breakthrough discovery. ;)
For longer distances i tend to hoover around 140-160, for shorter ones and sections of autobahn which i know have usually less traffic it can go up to 180-200.
Went 250 kph, earlier this year. Not personally (I don't drive). Funny thing is I didn't even notice we were going THAT fast until I checked. Quality car meets quality road, I guess.
Aubrey looks fantastic in this video! ;)
240 km/h / 155 mph, sparkling water since here in Bavaria, still water is reserved for cattle only. 😃
The fasted i went was around GPS 305 (the speedo showed more, obviously). Completely empty Autobahn, early on a Sunday morning many years ago. Today i drive electric and mostly stay under 140.
Been here for 31 years now………originally from SC…….have lived in your home state at Ft. Sill for a year as well. I’m fluent in German but speak a lot of Denglish at times!!!!
Funny thing, answering both of your last questions in one go: I, as a German, adopted to drink ONLY still water after being for just one month on a student exchange in the US :D
Sparkling water. It often diminishes my thirst much more than tab water, though I love drinking water without sparkle too - in form of a nice cup of tea.
The fastest I have driven 265km/h. A6 Stuttgart-Frankfurt. It’s such an experience to drive in Germany
Still water.
In the early 1990ies we had a friend from Japan living nearby for one year to research for his German dissertation (he is a professor for the history of (the) German constitution). During this time there were several family members and friends visiting Europe, Germany, and him. So, as he had no car, we offered to pick up and drop off said relatives and friends at Frankfurt/Main Airport, which is about 90kms to the north. To get there we had to drive on 2-lane and 3-lane stretches of the Autobahn where I normally wouldn't dare go faster than 200-220 km/h. But after the "Darmstädter Kreuz" there is an almost 20 km long stretch of 4 lanes in every direction with no speed limit. And as it always was Sunday mornings (no trucks!) between 5 and 6 am there was hardly any traffic at all, I pushed my Lexus LS400 to the limit of 270km/h - and had a blast. So did most of the passengers. Only once there was an elderly couple who asked me to drive slower, which I obliged as they were used to Japanese speed (max. 90 km/h).
I have driven over 200 -210 km/h as a passenger and maybe 180 km/h myself. But I am most comfortable driving around 150 km/h over longer distances.
Tab water at home and sparkling water at restaurants.
I'm from Lower Saxony (Gernany) and I never saw a bottle next to a trash bin ever before.
Not being paid but I can recommend Readly wholeheartedly;) It saves me so much money each month especially since English magazines are not cheap to get.10€ a month and you can have up to 5 users under one logg-in.
Btw...sparkling all the way!
So glad to hear you have been using it and enjoy it! 😃
Gosh I luv this title! 👍🤣
Fastest ever was around 210 km/h in my old seat Toledo. But downhill and "rückenwind". Chesney hawkes' the one and only was in the cassette deck. 😀
Usually we drive around 140 km/h with going up to 170 if we overtake someone. (You don't want to Block the Fast lanes...)
Many stores don't accept cards because the card reading machines (I don't know their name in English) are really expensive and small shops mostly souvenir shops can't afford them.
Your guys are lucky, 30 years back for my out duesseldorf and many travelers money was mark, gulden, franks end so on.
Sparklimg water of course, in summer preferably as Rieslingschorle.
My personal top speed, 245 km/h on the A60 going towards Wittlich, fairly new road back then and really not a lot of traffic at all. So I consideredthis safe. My usual travel speed is below 140 km/h much more relaxed.
I drink still water from the tap. In my region of Germany it's really clean (according to my supplier's website).
Like your videos a lot, most the bloopers at the end 😂 to answer your questions… max speed I driven often was 250 km/h what is around 155 mph, but still be kicked of the left way from faster going ones… typical in Germany..🤷🏼♂️ there is always one faster than you….if I drink water I am used to sparkling, non sparkling is Tapwater… I know it’s the best tapwater you can have, but still… and putting empty bottles beside the bin can be seen in Germany as littering (also typical German way of seen) so most areas now put metal rings around the bins where you can put them safe and secure ( also typical German, Ordnung muss sein).. I live in the Netherlands and the only I use to is being more open minded than befor.. and there is less littering in the city’s than in Germany…
About 220km/h in my Toyota/Scion/Subaru GT86/FR-S/BRZ. Owned a Ford Focus before. While the Focus felt unsafe at 140-160km/h, 220km/h in my Toyota feel incredibly safe. On an empty Autobahn, of course.
Usely I prefer to drink tab water, but if I drink some juices I NEED sparkling water to make a nice Saftschorle (mixed 50/50).
Greetings from Berlin 😎
Fastest was 290 Kmh but circumstances dont allow to keep it up for long and its also quite stressful. So usually I don‘t exceed 260 and a more relaxed travel speed is 230.
Living in germany, the fastes I ever drove on the Autobahn was ~ 230 kmh on the speedo (which translates to about 210 via GPS). That is as fast as my car will go, downhill.
264kmh but I guess it’s more about how far you can go on a short amount of time. If not crowded, early morning like 4 a m sometimes you hit crazy times.. Hannover to Leipzig about 270km distance in 1:27h etc. But most important ist drive safe and within your own limits.. the car can go much faster than most drivers are able to really can control.. when you are at 250kmh and someone pulls out beyond a lorry with about 120.. you know what it feels like when you are about to how a wall.. so drive safe not fast is what I learned in about 15 years Business travel in really fast cars..
Regarding the cash/card topic: I also live in the kaiserslautern area and tbh I cannot even remember having any cash with me in the last 2 or 3 years, even at the bakery you can usually pay by CC. I'd be interested if you tend to encounter those situations in the smaller villages around or also in the city area. Love your videos and to get another perspective on the country!
For me the trigger to use mainly credit cards was the wide-spread adoption of NFC cards and pay-by-phone apps, in conjunction with the pandemic. Granted, prior to that I did pay my groceries with debit, but I would never have considered trying to buy ic-cream with card.
There are some hold-outs, especially low-value transactions (ice cream parlor, coffee shop) and small independant restaurants, based on the fees charged by the payment systems to process the payments. But for bigger places trying to get rid of cash is actually cheaper than the credit card fees (counting the tills costs money and even getting new change from banks is not free)
Whether speedlmit or non:
You can go to jail, if You disregard Paragraph 1 of the German "Strassenverkehrsordnung" (Road Traffic Act) says:
"§ 1 Basic rule
(1) Participation in road traffic requires constant caution and mutual consideration.
(2) Anyone who takes part in traffic must behave in such a way that no one else is harmed, endangered or more than unavoidable under the circumstances, hindered or annoyed"
Hello Donny,
you have to let to repair the damage on the frontglass of your car.
If you have in the frontglass a damage from a little stone or what ever; when it is 2 cm andon the site on the driver, it has to repair nearly almost.
Please apologize when my english is not so correct.