Which way through Europe in typical Maranello speed??

Many of the big trucks that damaged the A7 came from Denmark.
I often drive on Sonday evenings from Northern Germany to the southwest part.
Trucks (except trucks with food) are not allowed on German Autobahns on Sundays til 10PM. I very much enjoy driving through the Kassel Montains with more than 100m/h. However, I never dared to go much more then 200km/h on the other parts. Too risky when it becomes dark. Also during daylight you only can go very short stretches with speeds above 250km/h. I only do it, when the middle and the left lane are free.
Normally the German autobahns are to full.
Here is a site with some stretches where people drove very fast:
Autobahn-Speedhunter

 

Jeez, you guys are lucky, I envy you.

In most states in Australia our max speed limit is 110km/h with plenty of speed cameras and police waiting to take your license and money.

 

But we also have six months of winter.

 

..while being chased by a Scandinavian snowstorm. Amazing drive, have fun.

I don't have the details but regarding routes, but a few years back a German manufacturer launched one of their cars in Bayreuth and the driving route through the Bohemian Forest around the border with Czech was phenomenal. A bit off your route though.

 

Avoid hilly areas in winter. You never know if it will snow. The Germans use salt. Who wants to drive a Ferrari in this conditions. This year we had snow in April in the Kassel Montains in April. A lot of people got stuck. No fun to sit in a cold car for hours.
Saturday seems to be a good day to drive. The temperatures will be not too low. Next week it will be below freezing during the nights.
A good day (the only good day) to drive through Germany is the 24th of December. Germanies Christmas day. People who want to drive to their families drive earlier. If the roads are dry it's fairly relaxed driving.
I don't care about the temperatures in Germany the next weeks. We will fly to the Seychelles for three weeks and go sailing. When I look at the wheather report it will be more motor boating. No wind.

 

Erik, honestly spoken, I would postpone your trip to the forthcoming year....

Having spent the previous week at the area of the Lago di Garda as well as in close to Brixen (Bressanone) i really enjoyed my time there really much. Six day's of pure sunshine and temperatures around 20 degrees. Enjoyed four of my favorite passes in Italy (Falzarego, Grödner Joch, Pordoi Joch and Sella Joch - unfortunately not in the Maranello...). But…, I might have also had to face the first snow.

On most of the austrian and italian roads from the 15th of november on, winter tyres are obligatory and within the next days I even expect the first salt on the highway's. Better to keep your Maranello save at home
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whatever you do, dont go through switzerland.

 

Juergen -
beautiful pix!
Where is the view in the first pic? Somewhere on Garda?
TIA,
James

 

Why not????

 

speed cameras everywhere.
tickets indexed to your income and net worth.
and if you are caught at more than 30mph over the limit, you go to jail - no exceptions.

 

is that for anyone? (U.S. residents also?)

 

Why do you expect the law to be applied differently to you ?

 

Um, I don't expect it to; just asking if its different for non-residents....how would they calculate a non-residents income/net worth? interesting topic...
kevin

 

It's not quite as bad as Ross portrays but it if you were caught above 100km/h (62mph) in town where the limit is 50km/h (31mph) a Swiss resident you could face jail and an income related fine.

On the autoroute, you would need to be caught above 200 km/k 124mph (where the limit is 120km/h (75mph)).

Cars can also be confiscated.

This also applies to tourists as some unlucky Brits found out this summer but I do not know how it ended for them. See below link in French.

20 minutes - Les bolides de chauffards britanniques séquestrés - Romandie

P.S. There was one case in Geneva recently when someone avoided jail when they argued that a temporary speed restriction on a piece of autoroute meant that the victimless crime(!) had much more serious consequences (for the driver) than it might otherwise have done been, but you simply don't want the hassle of having to fight this sort of thing in court. See below link...

20 minutes - Délit de chauffard annulé pour la première fois - Suisse

 

You can do it the french way: the judge is allowed to impound the car, confiscate it (deprive you of it for ever) and have it sold at an auction...

Rgds

 

I'm sure that the Swiss would allow your trimmer to visit you and might even allow him to decorate your cell in the finest quilted Poltrona Frau leather, in cream with contrasting stitching naturally!

 

One of our writers was speeding in Switzerland, with a 48-valve, 6.0 litre V12 (Aston DBS). He got caught (roadblock), spent the night in jail, big fine.

This is my favourite Swiss speeding story. His fine alone would buy a 456, a 550, a 575, a 612, a 599 and a 360.

Swedish driver gets world's largest speeding fine after 180mph chase | Daily Mail Online

 

James, thank you. The picture has been taken at the Lago di Garda. When you exit the autostrada arriving from the Brenner Pass this is the first glance at the beautiful lake laying below. Afterwards you'll arrive at Torbole....

....and yes, better to avoid speeding in Switzerland ☺️….
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Erik, Desenzano is a very nice small village at the lake. I have been one week ago, sure, you'll enjoy it. At this region usually no snow at all, you can see and drive the Ferraris all over the year....

By the way, there are a lot of exceptional RIVA Mahagony boats stored around the Lake. Visited this time one place where there were between 25-30 stored - and there are some of them...