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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
12/23/08

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The Autobahn really trains you to keep an eye on your mirrors and to judge your overtaking and merging clearances. There are a lot of very slow trucks and cars, some of which will pull out in front of you with little warning. You can be closing on them at more than twenty miles per hour, while someone's closing on you at more than forty mph. It can be a little tense.
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tenbeers
12/24/08

@Van Sarockin: And once off the autobahns, there are even more learning opportunities to be had.

For example, it took me some time to get used to the advisory speed signs on curves, as here in the states they are merely suggestions, but in Germany they are "You will die in a fiery wreck if you are going 1km/h above this speed in anything other than an F1 car".

I learned a lot of good driving habits in Germany. I have subsequently lost them all.
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Uberdude328i
12/23/08

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The wrap around tail-lights are just an effect of an object traveling at a ridiculous rate of speed literally wiping the image as it transfers onto what can only be an ancient magnetic tape recording device. Its a little known fact that when an object's speed transfers from the unbelievable to ridiculous, it creates a wave of compressed everything. That wave of compressed everything will literally mind-fuck human beings and "totally screw with" electronic and mechanical devices. It's a wonder that in this case the camera vehicle was not sucked into the wake of the ridiculous fast traveling vehicle and churned in the vacuum into roughly nine, maybe eight, pieces before being chucked into an alternate dimension.

Now that I've proven the tail-lights were blurred, AND WHY, it's a Corvette of some sort, either Z06 or ZR1.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
12/23/08

@Uberdude328i: Thank you for that detailed, technical explanation.
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domino
12/23/08

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note to self:
never drive in the left lane of the autobahn.
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bzr
12/23/08

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I could have sworn it was this:

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MushyHeirloom
12/23/08

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Nah, you're all wrong. That's a Geo Tracker.
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Felix Kaschützke
12/23/08

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The Infinity brand isn't sold here in Europe, so given that I have never seen an Infinity on German roads I assume it can't be a G37.

Judging by the white LED running lights you see in the mirror when the car is approaching I was gonna say its a Panamera prototype but the taillights doesn't fit.
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Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
12/23/08

@Felix Kaschützke: It would be the Nissan Skyline Coupe in Europe.
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Novaload
12/23/08

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Having only recently been on the autobahn for the first time, and cruising at around 120 most of the times, occasionally something like this video would happen--just astounding speed. I was also impressed that I never saw slow drivers in the left lane--in the US you would inevitably run up on some fool going 40 mph. The biggest blurs we saw were some species of Bimmer, too fast to tell which big one it was, and a white Maser.

I think it's safe to say the black beast in this video is going at least twice as fast as the taping car.
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Braff
12/23/08

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...PREPARE SHIP...

prepare ship for ludicrous speed...
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Come&VetteMe
12/23/08

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You guys are ridiculous. LISTEN and you'll know it's a C6 Vette. Are you guys serious with this G37 talk? Really?
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Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
12/23/08

@Come&VetteMe: Just looking at the screencap of the rear end posted there--doesn't look like round/oval taillights, it looks like one-piece Infiniti-style lamps with a spoiler above.

I can't watch the video for myself...apparently LiveLeak is deemed "pornography" by my employer.
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jduffy13
12/23/08

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares:

So Ash, are you admitting to looking at pr0n previously at work?

And they still let you keep your job?

Pretty lenient employer I'd say. You ain't working at Toyota!
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Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
12/23/08

@jduffy13: Hahaha...more like the "pre-set" categories that the corporate web filters use. IT buys these things off-the-shelf and I don't think they customize them much.
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Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
12/23/08

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Isn't it funny how we get off-subject? Everyone is trying to identify the car, but I think there's but one response to the question of speed. I'll venture in the 250 MPH range, anyway.
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P161911 probably shoudn't have
12/23/08

@timtoolman: Ok, so what is the frame rate of this video and what is the length of the white lines on the road. Once you can figure that out the rest is just simple math.

The engineer in me is coming out today.
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jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware
12/23/08

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Its an Infiniti G series
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c0de
12/23/08

@jbownsabmw but still wants GM to survive: +1
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A strolling player
12/23/08

@c0de:
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Elhigh
12/23/08

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The profile looks too tall for a Vette.
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Elhigh
12/23/08

@Elhigh: Too tall and too narrow.

I tried to get a good look at the bow in the mirror as it approaches, but there just isn't enough caffeine in my system to click the buttons that fast. The front in the mirror, in the split second I can see it, looks Porschey.
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boot shrew
12/23/08

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If you pause it right you can see the car approach in the wing mirror. The front looks like it could be a ZR1, but the back still confuses me. Also, the crease on the door and the angles at the base of the window don't correspond to a 'vette.
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A strolling player
12/23/08

@boot shrew riding out the carpocalypse thanks to the MTA: Z06.

Done.
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Danimal
12/23/08

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heres the best I could get...

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Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
12/23/08

@Fourstring85: Nice capture. Yeah, not a Vette. Looks like a Nissan something...Infiniti G37, but more likely a true Skyline/Godzilla.
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c0de
12/23/08

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: i agree on the g37s. especially with those headlamps. a narrow and high car.. fits all descriptions
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P161911 probably shoudn't have
12/23/08

@Fourstring85: Those aren't Vette tail-lights.

I'll vote for "a kid in a hopped up Model-A"
Sorry but I have "Shut Down" on my mp3 player.
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medmoney
12/23/08

@c0de: @The Name's Ash78, Housewares: @jbownsabmw but still wants GM to survive: It definitely looks like a g37, but can a g37 really go that fast? At the speed that car was travelling (I assume minimum 175 mph) you would probably need more power than a g37 has. This video just confuses me.
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c0de
12/23/08

@medmoney: the g37s 6 mt has top speed limited at 155. dunno how much faster it can go without the limiter.

@Fourstring85: you raise a good point. now i'm confused !
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Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
12/23/08

@c0de: I believe the 155mph limiter is ECU-based and is an "unofficial" agreement among various car manufacturers (especially the Germans). I don't think it's power-limited or drag-limited for a lot of cars, so I think it could easily be defeated by a performance chip. Plus, this thing is probably forced induction and who-knows-what-else.
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Syrax
12/23/08

@Fourstring85: i got a better one, and i think it is a vette:

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Syrax
12/23/08

@syrax: also, that's not 90 MPH, it's 90 KMH.
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A strolling player
12/23/08

@syrax: No, it's 150 km/h. Watch the video.
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Syrax
12/24/08

@A strolling player got SMACKed: yeah, i looked at it now. i just assumed they said mph.
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Miscellanea
12/23/08

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The driver doing the video taping was going around 95 mph so I'd wager the passing car was maxing out at 180-200 mph.
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