Having taken my vehicle up and down the UK and Ireland for the last 10 years and been frustrated with the traffic, roadworks, potholes, dodgy country lanes etc I was due in Germany through my work for 5 days in Berlin.
I've got a cousin who is living in Leipzig so made a decision to stay for a week and would drive down to see her so I gave her a call to determine if that would be ok which it was and she said you are going to love driving down it'll be an experience.
The next thing I wanted to do was to hire an automobile and what kind of auto would I really like to drive in, now my current vehicle is a Volkswagen so I didn't want to drive another but made a decision to stay with a German make and went for the Mercedes B-Class the reason behind this well I needed to arrive and it has safely help systems which can prevent accidents and minimise the effects of accidents, such as attention help, collision prevention aid, distronic plus and pre-safe, which sounded good to me.
So after the dull five days of work in Berlin was prepared to pick up the car and hit the road. After signing all the paperwork (was like signing my life away) I got the keys and picked up the B-Class and had studied the map, got use to the left hand steering, went for a pit stop, and fast bite to eat was time to set off.
As I was approaching the autobahn was getting a bit frightened as I didn't know what too expect as only found out about it and what I seen off it was Jeremy Clarkson driving a bugatti veyron like an insane man on top gear. Once got on the autobahn and started feeling assured I then began to really like it. The journey was 194km and it took me just under 2 hours and because I know the way, I am sure I would beat that time coming back up to Berlin and did.
It's an inspiring bit of German engineering and would suggest driving on the autobahns of Germany to anyone if you ever get the opportunity.
I've got a cousin who is living in Leipzig so made a decision to stay for a week and would drive down to see her so I gave her a call to determine if that would be ok which it was and she said you are going to love driving down it'll be an experience.
The next thing I wanted to do was to hire an automobile and what kind of auto would I really like to drive in, now my current vehicle is a Volkswagen so I didn't want to drive another but made a decision to stay with a German make and went for the Mercedes B-Class the reason behind this well I needed to arrive and it has safely help systems which can prevent accidents and minimise the effects of accidents, such as attention help, collision prevention aid, distronic plus and pre-safe, which sounded good to me.
So after the dull five days of work in Berlin was prepared to pick up the car and hit the road. After signing all the paperwork (was like signing my life away) I got the keys and picked up the B-Class and had studied the map, got use to the left hand steering, went for a pit stop, and fast bite to eat was time to set off.
As I was approaching the autobahn was getting a bit frightened as I didn't know what too expect as only found out about it and what I seen off it was Jeremy Clarkson driving a bugatti veyron like an insane man on top gear. Once got on the autobahn and started feeling assured I then began to really like it. The journey was 194km and it took me just under 2 hours and because I know the way, I am sure I would beat that time coming back up to Berlin and did.
It's an inspiring bit of German engineering and would suggest driving on the autobahns of Germany to anyone if you ever get the opportunity.
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