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@Max: I'd heard in the 90ies, that in New York you cannot accelerate so fast at a green traffic light, that a real N.Y.taxi-driver will NOT honking.
Indeed, when I'd been in Manhattan (Dec 2003 and Feb 2008), there weren't many horns to hear.
But still annother typical Manhattan-sound (typical in European eyes): the sirens of police and emergency-cars in the night.
A propos the way of riving: when I made my "autodriveaway"-tour in July 1993 across the USA, I've recognized, that the driver's behaviours were really different between the States.
So in Kansas and Oklahoma all drivers are driving not fast. I'd put the cruise-control at 58 mls, when there was a 55 mls-limit and i've passed them all.
Entering Texas, directly on the border-line all drivers had accelerated and were going faster. In California the way of driving was more "dynamic", too, but in Nevada (where I'd heard before, that the people there were driving quite fast), it wasn't that extreme. The state, where all drivers were going very fast ("very fast" in US-eyes, not in German eyes) was Wisconsin.
There I had a little race with around 90 miles (140 km/h) per hour. "Little" means 200 km long on the Interstate 94. I drove a 1986 Pontiac Sunbird, the other driver a same-aged Chevrolet Cavalier.
I had to quit the race, because suddenly the three lamps "check engine", "oil" and "generator" were flashing. I was really pissed - just 200 km with a bit speed and the engine gets exhausted.
For me the US-quality had caused it. Shortly before my US-trip I had made a 600 km-trip with my 1973 K 70 - always full throttle on the Autobahn. Sure, the fuel consumption was high - but the engine was purring like a happy cat.
Indeed, when I'd been in Manhattan (Dec 2003 and Feb 2008), there weren't many horns to hear.
But still annother typical Manhattan-sound (typical in European eyes): the sirens of police and emergency-cars in the night.
A propos the way of riving: when I made my "autodriveaway"-tour in July 1993 across the USA, I've recognized, that the driver's behaviours were really different between the States.
So in Kansas and Oklahoma all drivers are driving not fast. I'd put the cruise-control at 58 mls, when there was a 55 mls-limit and i've passed them all.
Entering Texas, directly on the border-line all drivers had accelerated and were going faster. In California the way of driving was more "dynamic", too, but in Nevada (where I'd heard before, that the people there were driving quite fast), it wasn't that extreme. The state, where all drivers were going very fast ("very fast" in US-eyes, not in German eyes) was Wisconsin.
There I had a little race with around 90 miles (140 km/h) per hour. "Little" means 200 km long on the Interstate 94. I drove a 1986 Pontiac Sunbird, the other driver a same-aged Chevrolet Cavalier.
I had to quit the race, because suddenly the three lamps "check engine", "oil" and "generator" were flashing. I was really pissed - just 200 km with a bit speed and the engine gets exhausted.
For me the US-quality had caused it. Shortly before my US-trip I had made a 600 km-trip with my 1973 K 70 - always full throttle on the Autobahn. Sure, the fuel consumption was high - but the engine was purring like a happy cat.