Why are Germans allowed 500hp cars but not Americans?
I'm intrigued.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 15:06, 2 replies)

something to do with speed limits

( wakeupandsmellthebacon, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 15:10, closed)

The highest speed limit I've seen in Americaland was 75mph.
Zer Autobahn has a default speed limit of... No, actually, there is no default speed limit.

Something about a vehicle never exceeding even half of it's design speed is just wrong.
(GermanGuy invaded on, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 15:11, closed)

What's that got to do with horsepower?
I don't drive high horsepower cars because they can do 175 mph. I drive them because of how fast they can get from one speed to another* (within designated speed limits of course, officer)

Arguing that Germans should drive high-powered cars for the vanishingly small percentage of German roads that it is still legal to drive at any speed on seems odd. Surely it's more relevant that the vast majority of roads in Germany are clogged with traffic and the vast majortiy in the USA are totally empty?

*and, admittedly, for how fast they can go on the track.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 9:18, closed)

* only trains run on tracks... silly Badge

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 9:44, closed)

Most roads in the USA are empty
...because it's so long since the potholes have been filled that driving anything except a Landie or a tank above 30mph is flirting with a broken axle.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 16:32, closed)

I assumed you meant that American cars are rubbish and German cars are not
500hp is no bloody use at all if your suspension is made of cabbages.
(Eukanuba, Sun 13 Oct 2013, 15:11, closed)