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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How I felt last week in my busted up 350k miles shitbox when there was a Lamborghini and Ferrari beside me crawling through traffic. Even once we were out of gridlock their average speed was probably the exact same as mine. My car costs probably 500 dollars and there's cost literally a 1000 times more than that. Made me feel good. Also made me feel like ramming them just because

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As it turns out, road speed is limited by laws, safety and traffic, not the HP of your car engine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

At least in my state, traffic tends to be the only inhibitor

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Which perhaps makes the purchase more justifiable in Germany when you live within reach of the Autobahn…