I have driven the autobahns in Germany but only talked to several who drove in Italy. This was in 1962-63 and at that time the roads in Italy were said to be dangerous. Is that true?Oh, hell yeah. I'd do it in a heartbeat.
You should have seen me on the autobahn in Italy.
I have owned two of those.
The Italian autobahn was not dangerous at all. It was amazingly wide and very little traffic.
rome is for children. drive in naples for a near death experience every minute.The Italian autobahn was not dangerous at all. It was amazingly wide and very little traffic.
The regular roads in Italy were crazy, though. Everyone drove as though which side they were going to use was optional. You had to keep your wits about you.
I fit right in.
Driving in Rome was the worst. I had three maps and still couldn't find my way around. It's like someone took a bowl of spaghetti and dumped it out. That's how scrambled the roads were. I will never go back there without a guide.
I did drive in Naples. That's the place I was talking about where which side of the street you drive on is optional.
I had a 63 Chevy PU at one time. It had a hydraulic lift gate on the back which was very useful at my machine shop. It was the 3/4 ton model with the 6 cylinder engine. I never tried to drive it as fast as you drove yours. I changed from owning the machine shop to getting licensed to sell Real Estate and my wife's car was the Chevy Corvair and not good to carry customers, so I traded in my PU for a late model Ford luxury model and it was fine for selling Real estate in. It was this car only painted gold color.
never again. it is not worth my life to see a cathedral but i can walk to the dockside dives from the ship.
1962/3 was not too remote from WW2 ending and maybe that is why at that time the guys going there told me of it being risky there. German insurance was they said, no good in Italy.The Italian autobahn was not dangerous at all. It was amazingly wide and very little traffic.
The regular roads in Italy were crazy, though. Everyone drove as though which side they were going to use was optional. You had to keep your wits about you.
I fit right in.
Driving in Rome was the worst. I had three maps and still couldn't find my way around. It's like someone took a bowl of spaghetti and dumped it out. That's how scrambled the roads were. I will never go back there without a guide.
Americans learn to appreciate good roads if they take the chance in Europe. Germany at that time was fine as I saw things.
Yeah, Europeans drove tiny cars for two reasons.
I miss those old land yachts. But they required constant repairs and had terrible gas mileage.
