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buck19

11-29-2006, 01:03 PM

buck19

11-29-2006, 03:31 PM

The Road I found down south.
http://thumbs.vidiac.com/e9ec2fdb-376e-4225-aed2-988800ef6f3e.jpg (http://videos.streetfire.net/video/e9ec2fdb-376e-4225-aed2-988800ef6f3e.htm)Click here to see Video (http://videos.streetfire.net/video/e9ec2fdb-376e-4225-aed2-988800ef6f3e.htm)

enjoi43081

11-29-2006, 06:27 PM

buck19

11-29-2006, 09:23 PM

That song is this video...Didn't that guy also do most of the music in Team America ? haha.

Yup...

ph0tek

11-30-2006, 07:52 AM

isnt it the theme for the orgazmo?

drift n show

11-30-2006, 12:13 PM

it only looks like hes goin fast, but he just fast forwarded the whole video. but i wouldnt mind trying to drift there.

Silvia_San

11-30-2006, 12:31 PM

^ haha did you see how long those turns were? that shits not really driftable

HellofaPrzeFghtr

11-30-2006, 12:37 PM

Dude, Silvia San, ur sig just made me want to go smoke.

But... uh... oh yeah... Eff drifting that, just hauling ass thru that shit or even being able to drive that each day would make me happy. Im tired of these stop and go straight line florida roads damn it!

mranlet

11-30-2006, 03:19 PM

Granted it's in Alaska, but imagine living down the way from a twisty road like this. (towards the end)

http://thumbs.vidiac.com/6d2b49d3-6d7f-4876-9a46-1ccce099a0aa.jpg (http://videos.streetfire.net/video/6d2b49d3-6d7f-4876-9a46-1ccce099a0aa.htm)Click here to see Video (http://videos.streetfire.net/video/6d2b49d3-6d7f-4876-9a46-1ccce099a0aa.htm)

I'm going to load up a short video of a road I found way down south.
Have you ever been out of Florida? I think that's the most boring video I've ever watched. The Pennsylvania Turnpike has more turns than that...

Seriously, drive to anywhere North of the Mason Dixon Line and you'll see.

For example:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/drive.jpg
A road outside of Seattle

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/44-55%20Curves%2001.jpg
:20 from my house in CT

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/Mohonk%20Sweeper.jpg
Same area, different road

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/Short%20Woods%2002.jpg
The street I lived on there

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/Short%20Woods%20-%20Beaver%20Bog%20Hairpin.jpg
about 1 mile down the street

http://www.butlerwebs.com/camping/images/CC-road-sep1701-26_23.jpg
Some random road in PA

http://www.nycroads.com/roads/hutchinson/img6.gif
The Hutchinson River Parkway, NY

...I think you get the point. Go drive somewhere.

buck19

11-30-2006, 03:31 PM

Have you ever been out of Florida? I think that's the most boring video I've ever watched. The Pennsylvania Turnpike has more turns than that...

Seriously, drive to anywhere North of the Mason Dixon Line and you'll see.

...I think you get the point. Go drive somewhere.

Hahaha. You dont know me too well then. I've lived in Florida for only 5 1/2 years. I'm still young, but I've been on roads that I now only dream about. We had plenty of twisties throughout Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa. Iowa was nice with the Bluffs. A lot of steep grade stuff. Nebraska was a little more difficult to find roads unless you were in the north east part. The same with South Dakota, but in the south east. SD has nice rolling hills with the occasional steep grade, but every single turn and straight flows through the rolling hills and valleys. Beautiful and relaxing drives.

I've driven through the Rockies, So. Cal., and from NE to PA at least 8 times. So I know there's more than what Florida has to offer. I'm just saying I would love to drive that road. Where it takes 30 minutes to go 30 miles, not 1 hour to go 3 miles

buck19

11-30-2006, 03:32 PM

P.S. Videos of roads you've personally driven would be nice.

buck19

11-30-2006, 04:59 PM

What Central Florida has to offer...

Anyone want to go?

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/emo/scenichwy/designated/greenmountain/images/455_070lg.jpg

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/emo/scenichwy/designated/greenmountain/images/view_around_bend_1lg.jpg

mranlet

12-02-2006, 01:39 PM

P.S. Videos of roads you've personally driven would be nice.

No video, it's kinda stupid to hold a camera while driving. Pics are all roads I've driven often.

I guess I just don't understand why this mundane Alaskan road is anything special...

Matt Vassallo

12-03-2006, 03:09 AM

PCH. end discussion

taka86fc

12-03-2006, 02:17 PM

how many people in tampa can manage 4th gear drift? even with grip i think you're going over 110mph. we need more sharp turns like mranlets pictures or move to north statesor jp.

buck19

12-04-2006, 01:21 PM

how many people in tampa can manage 4th gear drift? even with grip i think you're going over 110mph. we need more sharp turns like mranlets pictures or move to north statesor jp.

Not even that, but how many people have the power to keep a 4gr slide :lol: I just want to drive the roads.

McLovin'

12-04-2006, 03:06 PM

Deal's Gap a.k.a. Tail of the Dragon, im sure that will keep most of you entertained and its much closer than freakin Alaska....

LongFellow

12-04-2006, 06:09 PM

Deal's Gap a.k.a. Tail of the Dragon, im sure that will keep most of you entertained and its much closer than freakin Alaska....

I was just going to mention deals gap, i want to run it at night with some Hella fogs and an air horn to warn people around corners.:lol:

mranlet

12-04-2006, 09:42 PM

I was just going to mention deals gap, i want to run it at night with some Hella fogs and an air horn to warn people around corners.:lol:
...as you plummet to the bottom of the canyon? ;)

Deal's gap is not to be fucked with. It's a serious place. Even skilled resident drifters won't drift the Dragon.

LongFellow

12-04-2006, 09:51 PM

Mostly because its a two lane road with no shoulder or guardrail to stop your ass from going off a cliff/steephill/forested area. awesome roads though. ive seen enough videos of people sliding out on bikes..

jonBODON

12-04-2006, 10:01 PM

Deal's gap is not to be fucked with. It's a serious place. Even skilled resident drifters won't drift the Dragon.

someone on clu4ag said awhile back said he wouldnt drift it ever, and he has been in the scene and good for mad long..but fuck drifting it.
i just wanna do some hella fast run's on it.

MR2oldschool

12-04-2006, 10:43 PM

duct-tape death-match?

buck19

12-04-2006, 11:47 PM

I know about Deals gap. And there are a bunch of smaller roads in between and around the dragons tail that a lot of people don't think about driving that is just as crazy if not more.

R3RUN

12-05-2006, 10:18 AM

I used to run a place with some friends of mine back in atlanta called Berkley Lake. Its small but it was nice to have some actually challenging roads that were only about 5min from my house.

dscivicdx

12-05-2006, 11:22 AM

yeah, there are some unbelieveable roads in the smokeys in nc. the area of the blue ridge between spruce pine and boone, nc and some of the mountain roads going from there to blowing rock and banner elk are a lot of fun and pretty damn scary when its really foggy.

FC3Cturbo

12-05-2006, 12:01 PM

You guys ever hear of "The Loop" or how about the famous "Deals Gap" :P

LongFellow

12-05-2006, 01:33 PM

???

12-05-2006, 02:11 PM

You guys ever hear of "The Loop" or how about the famous "Deals Gap" :P

the gap ftw!!!

buck19

12-05-2006, 05:40 PM

You guys ever hear of "The Loop" or how about the famous "Deals Gap" :P

Which loop road? There are a few. Some you have to watch out for random Bison herds sitting in the middle of the road. :lol:

buck19

12-05-2006, 05:45 PM

Ooohhh. You're talking about Loop Road off Tamiami. Screw that. If I broke down out there I'd get eaten by random canibals.

Adalaxy

12-06-2006, 10:05 AM

buck19, what road is that in central florida?

buck19

12-06-2006, 12:27 PM

Don't remember the name of the road but I think it goes around the west end of a lake on the north end of the 300 mile long ridge in the middle of florida.

Adalaxy

12-07-2006, 09:05 AM

doesnt tell me much but gives me a place to start looking.
google map time...
know if it was north or south of orlando?

buck19

12-07-2006, 09:42 AM

It's right around the Orlando area. I know the name of the town, but it's just sitting on the tip of my tongue. Starts with an A

Adalaxy

12-07-2006, 10:13 AM

Apoka? Altemonte Springs?
these look like the nearest on google

buck19

12-07-2006, 10:21 PM

it's on Lake Wales Ridge. It's a huge ridge. but can't remember where exactly.

Chris111

12-08-2006, 11:09 AM

I didn't like the road at all. There is on shifting and no braking. You could cruise through that road and 4th and 5th gear and thats no fun.

buck19

12-12-2006, 01:06 PM

That's why you go really fast.

Adalaxy

12-13-2006, 09:24 AM

That's why you go really fast.

shyea

buck19

12-13-2006, 11:53 AM

shyea

Last night I was doing a run, at about 110mph, basically maxxed out with the limiter, and a damned possum ran out in front of me. Wish I had me camera :lol:

Chris111

12-13-2006, 12:44 PM

I understand what your saying but thats taking all the fun out of driving.

Adalaxy

12-13-2006, 12:52 PM

Last night I was doing a run, at about 110mph, basically maxxed out with the limiter, and a damned possum ran out in front of me. Wish I had me camera :lol:

thats ironic, 'cause the same thing happen to me in while driving my dads Integra, but i wasnt doing 110

I understand what your saying but thats taking all the fun out of driving.

What breaking the law to experience the road or not just cruising?

Chris111

12-14-2006, 03:52 PM

I have no idea what your trying to say.

buck19

12-14-2006, 06:41 PM

He's asking what takes the fun out of driving backwoods roads. Hauling ass or cruising?

Adalaxy

12-15-2006, 09:37 AM

^^ yep

Chris111

12-15-2006, 12:56 PM

I see...well everyone has an opinion. I'm just saying that there really isn't a challenge or much or any skill involved in that kind of driving. I would much rather be on a road that is more technical.

buck19

12-15-2006, 12:59 PM

Come to think of it I do all my hauling ass at night, granted I could sometimes go for a while with out seeing a car. I love having the middle of no where in my backyard, haha

buck19

12-15-2006, 01:03 PM

Well shoot, if you want a challange you should do some open wheel kart racing on the oval. Shits nuts. You rub you flip and I can't imagine flipping your kart with 4-5 people behind you going 45mph is going to be a good way to end the race.
Thankfully I haven't flipped yet.

OMG IT'S A COP

12-19-2006, 12:43 AM

It's right around the Orlando area. I know the name of the town, but it's just sitting on the tip of my tongue. Starts with an A
auburndale?

ironically enough, i just got back from doing teh deals gap a few weeks ago. made a few passes with grip, slid out on one corner, and no no no. grip only. i'm not afraid of shit, but damn that was insane. the craziest road i have ever done was this crazy mountain road just outside of santa rosa cali. it was so twisty that when you looked over the edge all you saw was piles upon piles of cars.

lunchbox

12-19-2006, 01:01 AM

ive driven deals gap in a damn uhaul truck man i wouldent ever even think of drifting there
there is alot of nice turns to grip but that place is way to dangerous to tempt fate like that

knoxville TN is where its at the foothills with roads so unbeliveable. when i moved my sister up there a few years back the girl she moved in with had a s2000 that i got to beat the crap outta for a few days. and ever since ive been trying to get backthere with a driftable car and really hurt myself hehe

OMG IT'S A COP

12-19-2006, 03:33 PM

http://www.angeltowns2.net/nettodd01/DragonsTail/DragonatDealsGap.gif

ph0tek

12-19-2006, 04:11 PM

I loved TN for late night driving, aside from the deer. I used to live in KY and worked in TN.....

truffle_shuffle!

12-20-2006, 02:52 PM

My fav road in FLA to just blast down is Ballies Bluff in Pasco.. it skirts the coast line and if you make a bad judgement you right into the mangroves.

ph0tek

12-20-2006, 03:35 PM

^ yes, unfortunately Ive had a friend die on that road, and I rarely get out there, but everyonceinawhile, if its clear and the moon is full, I will go out there and do no headlight runs =)

Chris111

12-21-2006, 10:51 AM

I went to ballies once and I dont really remember there being alot of corners.

ph0tek

12-21-2006, 11:00 AM

then your certainly not remembering the right road.

Chris111

12-21-2006, 11:12 AM

Yeah a bunch of us went down to a few roads and that was one of them it's off of moog road. Maybe i'll have to go down there again...it's been a while.

ph0tek

12-21-2006, 11:24 AM

if you go down moog, your missing half the road.

Go down trouble creek, it has around 13 turns including 10mph rated turns with guardrails, the road is smooth for the most part, and at the end of the fun it has about a 3mile straight away for the top speed run, then turns into residential.

truffle_shuffle!

12-21-2006, 02:35 PM

Chris111

12-24-2006, 12:00 AM

trouble creek turns into ballies? I'll have to check it out. You it would be cool if a bunch of people took a trip to tail of the dragon.

OMG IT'S A COP

12-24-2006, 03:10 PM

i'd be down to meet yall over there for a run or four on the dragon.

Adalaxy

12-26-2006, 06:41 PM

who wouldnt be down for that if we had the time and money...
i'd hit it up!

Kalik

12-27-2006, 10:43 AM

trouble creek turns into ballies? I'll have to check it out. You it would be cool if a bunch of people took a trip to tail of the dragon.

Trouble Creek headed west..into Strauber Memorial into Bailies. I deliver newspapers and run up and down Straubers in the mini-van at night. I need to get a WRX wagon for delivering.

buck19

12-29-2006, 01:22 PM

The best province in the world to drive in would be Isle of Man. Crazy rolling hills and winding roads. A place where a speed limit does not exit anywhere outside the city limits.
Riding my bike from Peel to Kirk Micheal and back on the Isle of Man. - Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5526117022358135786&q=Isle+of+Man)

SkunX

01-01-2007, 09:36 PM

Around Halloween I went upto Burnsville, North Carolina with my friend to help his mom move. I'm orginally from So Cal and lived there till I was like 7, I grew up on canyon driving and the like, but I was so young I didn't really have any intrest in the roads...I moved to FL, long story short found my passion for cars and driving, look back, wish I could have drove the roads in cali, but going up to North Carolina was new to me. I hadn't been further north than atlanta before then, and I saw completely new roads..I only have a few pictures cause I forgot to charge my camera..lol

(stolen from various websites)
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4290/snowprwymt8.jpg
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7688/spring20thawtk0.jpg
(These two above are of the Blue Ridge Parkway, a road only about 20 mins from where we were at. It was beautiful, and the road was so smooth.)
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9332/iceclmbey2.jpg
(Apperntly when the road is closed people climb the ice walls...sweet...)

These are the Pictures I took...

These two are from a road nearby where I was staying, it was on the way to a campground in the moutains,Futher down this road it splits off into more rual roads which looked great as a rally course btw...lol Gravel, steep grade, wooden bridges...anyways
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/682/nc005iu9sh4.th.jpg (http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc005iu9sh4.jpg)
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4945/nc036eo5dy9.th.jpg (http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc036eo5dy9.jpg)

These are of another road, which is pretty sick, and alot of the loacals run it from what I heard (muscle car guys mostly)
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/442/nc042dj0.th.jpg (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc042dj0.jpg)
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8071/nc041dv7.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc041dv7.jpg)

These are on the Blue Ridge Parkway, only pictures I got of it...It was so nice
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9876/nc051rh9fn1.th.jpg (http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc051rh9fn1.jpg)
(madddd glare...sorry..lol)
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3889/nc060ia7cd1.th.jpg (http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc060ia7cd1.jpg)
(one of the two tunnels we went through)
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/2500/nc049pg7ms6.th.jpg (http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc049pg7ms6.jpg)
(These pictures really don't do it any justice...It was sick though)

A few non related pictures...
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3892/nc003gz3.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc003gz3.jpg)
(You see this sign quite a bit...lol)
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2050/nc056hd4.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc056hd4.jpg)
(That was one of the corners on the Blue Ridge Parkway)
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8906/nc055rd0.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc055rd0.jpg)
(A close up)
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/7281/nc010rc1.th.jpg (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc010rc1.jpg)
(Random cool tree)
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/6121/nc018da0.th.jpg (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc018da0.jpg)
(Another random cool tree)
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/2644/nc024pm3.th.jpg (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc024pm3.jpg)
(Picture Taken from the road going about 30)
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4503/nc014yq5.th.jpg (http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc014yq5.jpg)
(Little bit more distant)
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/9035/nc058qn8.th.jpg (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nc058qn8.jpg)
(Last but not least, a picture from a parking area on the Blue Ridge Parkway)

BACON

01-14-2007, 07:16 PM

Pa has so many crazy roads especially going up the mountain it sucks in winter because its always shitty out side driving through west Virginia is cool too. 2 lane highways big ass hills and a 70mph speed limit which no one ever does

jonBODON

01-14-2007, 07:34 PM

yo bacon we need to chill my man, i need to show you guys the funnnnn roads around here!!!

BACON

01-14-2007, 07:38 PM

bro I'm down, i dont do shit else anyway i like getting out of my house when i can. The weather sucks!!

Presidential_Detail

01-15-2007, 02:48 PM

yo bacon we need to chill my man, i need to show you guys the funnnnn roads around here!!!

Ill take you up on that. what roads you talkin about?

jonBODON

01-15-2007, 09:28 PM

some road's up here in PA. im not in tampa anymore. for now. ill go rock the patt when i get back tho.

Presidential_Detail

01-15-2007, 09:31 PM

some road's up here in PA. im not in tampa anymore. for now. ill go rock the patt when i get back tho.

LMK when your bacl;)

jonBODON

01-15-2007, 10:34 PM

yeah man ,nodought.