Sunday, May 4, 2008

Lost in Germany: The Lancia Musa and Me

Ok, so I cannot lie, when traffic moves there is nothing more fun than cruising down the Autobahn going 180km/hr. Even in a Lancia Musa.
What is a Lancia Musa you might ask? Perhaps the crappiest most unaerodynamic vehicle I have ever had the good fortune to hop behind the wheel of. Honestly, this thing uses over 14 liters of gas per 100km when you're going 80. Awful.

But still fun to drive the Autobahn even with a less than spectacular car. I am super tempted to find a really nice car, like say a Porsche or an Audi A8 or (this one's for you Dad) one of the new Maserati coupes to take out for a spin for a day. You know, see what it's really like to drive these roads in an actual car.

Now however I am sitting in a 20km traffic jam only 100km from Frankfurt. Whoever said driving the Autobahn is always a speed adventure has clearly never driven thru Germany on a holiday weekend. Here's hoping we make it home by midnight, which would make a supposedly 4. 5 hour drive into an 8+ hour drive . . .

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