Best places to drive your new Mustang
6/4/10 | 06:41 PM
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From: Ladner,Canada
corvette:
i live in vanc cdn
years ago we drove this (google map it)
-i5 down to olympia...then onto 101
-threw washington,oregon,northern cal (takes forever as winding road) but is unreal beautiful,and killer little coastal towns...wild tunnels,bridges ect
-then after san fran head towards santa cruz and take no1 (as you say...pass by big sur) ect...simple stunning...again windy as all get up...but who cares with views like that...then all way down to san luis obispo...then back onto 101...and on to lala land...and back home on i5 (no time left...so had to do crap interstate back home)
if you take time week to 10 days..be trip you never forget...
i live in vanc cdn
years ago we drove this (google map it)
-i5 down to olympia...then onto 101
-threw washington,oregon,northern cal (takes forever as winding road) but is unreal beautiful,and killer little coastal towns...wild tunnels,bridges ect
-then after san fran head towards santa cruz and take no1 (as you say...pass by big sur) ect...simple stunning...again windy as all get up...but who cares with views like that...then all way down to san luis obispo...then back onto 101...and on to lala land...and back home on i5 (no time left...so had to do crap interstate back home)
if you take time week to 10 days..be trip you never forget...
6/4/10 | 07:10 PM
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6/4/10 | 07:18 PM
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6/4/10 | 07:23 PM
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6/4/10 | 07:33 PM
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And best place to drive your new Stang? ANYwhere jeez. I'd love to drive anyTHING right now.
6/4/10 | 07:35 PM
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I was on 129 near Tapoco last month. I found that part to be pretty congested. I felt like Hwy 28 between there and Bryson City though was a decent alternative. Hardly anyone was on it and you had plenty of room to stomp on it through the curves. Intersting stuff along the way to see too.
Cherohala Skyway is nice, but be prepared to get stuck behind slow Harleys.
I made a pretty nice round trip Cherohala Skyway -> 129 -> Hwy 28 to Bryson City -> Cherokee,NC and back home through Newfound Gap.
Cherohala Skyway is nice, but be prepared to get stuck behind slow Harleys.
I made a pretty nice round trip Cherohala Skyway -> 129 -> Hwy 28 to Bryson City -> Cherokee,NC and back home through Newfound Gap.
That looks like it could be a really fun/dangerous road in the wet. In the dry, I think I would drive cross country just to drive that road! It looks awesome! I love me some tight, technical twisties!
6/4/10 | 08:07 PM
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Sorry guys .. i meant to say THE DRIVE OFF AAI Ramp 51
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6/4/10 | 08:15 PM
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Patrick -- US 129 (aka Deals Gap aka Tail of the Dragon) is one of the finest driving roads on the east coast. 318 turns in 11 miles with basically no driveways, cross-streets, or other normal road obstacles.
On the other hand, there are tons of motorcycles, cars, and sometimes large trucks, RVs, trailers, etc.
For a little fun, watch this YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZFpIpaFMlc
On the other hand, there are tons of motorcycles, cars, and sometimes large trucks, RVs, trailers, etc.
For a little fun, watch this YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZFpIpaFMlc
6/4/10 | 08:20 PM
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You people all siphon with a large amount of negative pressure. I mean, honestly. Don't describe it, SHOW IT, for cripes sake...
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,1.783905&z=10
THAT is good for both a Mustang and your motorcycle, if you have one. Three Twisted Sisters: 335, 336 and 337.
I'd love to do this on a motorcycle, as I've done it in a car several times:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,0.891953&z=11
... well,except for the extreme south side of Haleakala, past Lindbergh's grave, where it's all gravelly... I don't think I'd like takin' a motorcycle there. So back from Hana through Makawao and over to the west side.
So, do that. Much more funner.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,1.783905&z=10
THAT is good for both a Mustang and your motorcycle, if you have one. Three Twisted Sisters: 335, 336 and 337.
I'd love to do this on a motorcycle, as I've done it in a car several times:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,0.891953&z=11
... well,except for the extreme south side of Haleakala, past Lindbergh's grave, where it's all gravelly... I don't think I'd like takin' a motorcycle there. So back from Hana through Makawao and over to the west side.
So, do that. Much more funner.
6/4/10 | 08:32 PM
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You people all siphon with a large amount of negative pressure. I mean, honestly. Don't describe it, SHOW IT, for cripes sake...
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,1.783905&z=10
THAT is good for both a Mustang and your motorcycle, if you have one. Three Twisted Sisters: 335, 336 and 337.
I'd love to do this on a motorcycle, as I've done it in a car several times:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,0.891953&z=11
... well,except for the extreme south side of Haleakala, past Lindbergh's grave, where it's all gravelly... I don't think I'd like takin' a motorcycle there. So back from Hana through Makawao and over to the west side.
So, do that. Much more funner.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,1.783905&z=10
THAT is good for both a Mustang and your motorcycle, if you have one. Three Twisted Sisters: 335, 336 and 337.
I'd love to do this on a motorcycle, as I've done it in a car several times:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,0.891953&z=11
... well,except for the extreme south side of Haleakala, past Lindbergh's grave, where it's all gravelly... I don't think I'd like takin' a motorcycle there. So back from Hana through Makawao and over to the west side.
So, do that. Much more funner.
6/4/10 | 09:08 PM
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6/4/10 | 11:25 PM
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I drive the Cherohala Skyway TN/NC at least once a year....definitely in the fall.
The drive I enjoy the most often, at least once a month, is U.S. 64 (River Road) from Ducktown, TN to Cleveland, TN through the river gorge next to the Ocoee and along Parksville Lake.
In the mountains where I live, almost every drive is a great experience.....especially with the top down, which is probably 75% of the time.
The drive I enjoy the most often, at least once a month, is U.S. 64 (River Road) from Ducktown, TN to Cleveland, TN through the river gorge next to the Ocoee and along Parksville Lake.
In the mountains where I live, almost every drive is a great experience.....especially with the top down, which is probably 75% of the time.