20 years ago my new wife and I went to Europe for our honeymoon. Her half brother worked for (still does) BMW in the R&D department developing engines..(he heads that office now!!!) We stayed in Munich for a week......during the Octoberfest.
Anyway....we took his "special" 3 series "werks" car onto the local autobans many times....once I had it up to 266kph....~160mph...the lanes seemed to get very narrow at that speed and I didnt dare go any faster...to be honest I was scared. There were 4 of us in the car and at one point I was passing one of those ugly duck Citroens that was probably going no faster than 90KPH while a bad ass Mercedes was flashing his headlights at me to move over.
The differences in speed between all the cars was huge and very inimidating. All in all it was quite an experience but I dont wish to do it again. Too much going on with too many types of cars and drivers. The French autoban seemed much safer as it was an expensive toll road with not as much traffic...if I recall correctly the lanes were VERY wide as well!. Id love to get my Z on it!
Fastest in my Z....~130mph on a long strech of the 401. the steering was getting real light so it was a quick peak speed, not sustained in any way. As many of you know.......the standard front end of a 240 doesnt offer much down force!! LOL