re: Anyone ever drive the Autobahn?

Just drove on it recently for 2 weeks in Bavaria. The roads are smooth and the turns are often banked so that speed does not make it difficult to drive fast. Relaxed cruising was around 90MPH and it felt like nothing up to 120mph. I hit 150 a few times just to do it but it requires a lot of concentration and is a bad idea if you're coming up on a sharper turn where you can't see if there's traffic around the corner (lots of medians there have thick bushes between the safety rails) making it harder to see past your current section of road.

Since 18 wheelers drive very slowly and will pass each other, I recommend to take a drive on Sundays when 18 wheelers are not allowed on roads. Traffic will be fairly light and flowing. Great experience.

As everybody else has said, do not hang out in the left lane. You will notice that if someone does pull out in front of you, they will move back over as soon as possible.

Autobahn Zoo

Lived in Germany for three years. Before the wall fell. You need an international lic. Hard test.

Just got back 3 weeks ago from a trip to Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic. It was amazing.

Rented a car in Munich and drove all through Austria and Germany. Tyrol and Bavaria I'm convinced are some of the prettiest places on earth.

If you go to Austria of Salzburg area you must visit the Salzkammergut lake region, particularly Hallstatt.

Here are some pics we took

ETA: To get back to your question...driving on the autobahn is fantastic. Felt very comfortable cruising between 95 and 100 mph. Crossing borders between Germany and Austria was easier than going across state lines; in fact, there was no signage that I saw and didn't really know when I left on country and arrived in the other.

Hallstatt, Austria







Salzburg, Austria




Innsbruck, Austria


Tyrol, Austria


Near Fussen, Bavaria, Germany


Prague, Czech Republic