Comments by "John Luetjen" (@jehl1963) on "1967 Mercedes-Benz 250SL Manual - Rare 5 Speed German Roadster (POV Binaural Audio)" video.

Curiously -- this seemed to be very much the environment the 250SL was designed for. Even in 1967, I'm sure that it would cruise on a Autobahn at 100 plus for as long as the fuel would hold out. But Germany also has a lot of roads similar to what you were driving on at around 12:45.between the separate towns.. The 50 kph village speed limits would be cancelled and you could open the car up and be driving through forest or fields for about 3-10 miles until you came to the next town when you'd clamp on the brakes to slow down to 50 koh again. In the US they might be called "state roads". In those days (and even today) there is more to driving in Germany than Autobahns. The Mercedes SL would have been king of that environment.
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