What are your favorite driving roads?

stvding · 03-20-2016, 09:51 PM

Back road outside my local dealership. There are a few dealers over there, i think they pay off the cop to not patrol that road. I always do my 0-100kph run there!

sygazelle · 03-21-2016, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Mudnut

https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/S...16.9911644!3e0

here is a great drive if you ever come my way!

Cheers,

Ken

Thanks. Australia is on my bucket list. I'll keep this road in mind when I get in your neck of the woods.

Mudnut · 03-21-2016, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by sygazelle

Thanks. Australia is on my bucket list. I'll keep this road in mind when I get in your neck of the woods.

I just spent a week in San Francisco. I lived there before household computers were even considered.
Rented a Mustang, and drove down to Monterey and spent 3 nights there. Great part of the world. If I lived in the US, that is where I would pick to put down roots.

Cheers,

Ken

fatalkarma · 03-21-2016, 02:02 AM

PCH/101 from Oxnard all the way up to Monterey is beautiful, go northbound, southbound has a fair share of cars fall off the cliff...

PCH out of San Luis Obispo up to Monterey is one of the most scenic drives in the country.

154 Chumash Hwy from Santa Barbara hooks back up with 101N.

Malibu Canyon has bunch of nice drives through the mountains, and Mullholland is always fun.

Beowulf65 · 03-21-2016, 09:20 AM

Route 132 east of Montmagny in Québec. Beautiful areas all the way along the St. Lawrence River/Estuary and around the Gaspé. Also, take it inland from Mont-Joli to Cambellton, New Brunswick and enjoy the Matapedia River Valley run.

Then on to the Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia and across to Newfoundland...up the east coast to Gros Morne National Park and on to L'Anse aux Meadows at the northern most tip of Newfoundland: National Historic site at a Viking settlement.

I know...more a tour than a road, but beautiful and great fun to drive all the way!

bahasad · 03-21-2016, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by auf Deutsch

I-95 from Chester to Phila when the troopers and PHP aren't out during light traffic. It's a nice little Autobahn-like stretch located in a congested portion of the northeastern US.

+ 1. I used to hit triple digit speeds on my E90 when driving through that. There are a couple of sections that usually have troopers though (right near the airport)

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Originally Posted by Michael Schott

I hate you California guys. Perfect weather and a relatively short drive to great roads. I'm just outside Detroit. Our roads are flat and straight. There are a number of nice roads west of Ann Arbor but that's 45 minutes away. These are the roads that Car and Driver and Road & Track use. They also drive 3-4 hours to get to the Hocking Hills area of SE Ohio but I have not had the pleasure. More local to Metro Detroit, if traffic allows there are nice roads in Commerce Township around the lakes (Cooley Lake Rd, Benstein, etc.).

The roads in SE Michigan are the worst roads I've ever driven on. Even in the nice areas in Commerce township, Bloomfield hills, it's like a third-world country. Can't drive in any reasonable manner because if you care about your car, you're going to be ducking cracks/potholes the entire time.

jgoens · 03-21-2016, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by sygazelle

We all like to drive or why would we hang out on a car forum, right?

The car is half the story. The road is the other half. What roads to you all like to drive based on fun to drive, scenery, and whatever other attributes make a particular road your favorite.

It would be great to get responses from the various regions/states/areas of the countries represented on this forum. Feel free to pick more than one. Maybe one from your own area and another that you experienced while you were traveling away from home.

I'll start.

I like California Hwy 120 in Yosemite through Tuolumne Meadows and down Tioga Pass to Lee Vining. Also, Hwy 1 between Morro Bay and Carmel.

Florida Hwy 1 in the Florida Keys.

Didn't you originally have highway 35..somewhere past woodside as a top road? Saw you edited that out. I was going to look that up. I enjoy driving from Canada road to Woodside and then past into the mountains..not sure if that is where you are talking about.

sygazelle · 03-21-2016, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by fatalkarma

PCH/101 from Oxnard all the way up to Monterey is beautiful, go northbound, southbound has a fair share of cars fall off the cliff...

PCH out of San Luis Obispo up to Monterey is one of the most scenic drives in the country.

154 Chumash Hwy from Santa Barbara hooks back up with 101N.

Malibu Canyon has bunch of nice drives through the mountains, and Mullholland is always fun.

Driven them all. Great roads. You are totally right about going North instead of South. If you want a great drive with cliffs, try Nacimiento-Fergusson Rd. from Mission Antonio de Padua to Hwy 1. I loved it. My wife hated it. Great road.

https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/3...4!2d36.0155046

fatalkarma · 03-21-2016, 12:25 PM

Thanks for the tip! Looks like a great drive. Not so much for passenger

daberlin · 03-21-2016, 07:29 PM

Latigo Canyon Rd, Malibu. From the coast to Mulholland. Usually take the P-Car. Talk about the most amount of fun on four wheels.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/La...?sa=X&hl=en-us

RedKloud · 03-22-2016, 12:20 AM

101 - Oregon Coast Highway, with views like this...

Dcarter15 · 03-22-2016, 08:51 AM

Kancamagus highway going through the White mountains in New Hampshire

sygazelle · 03-22-2016, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by RedKloud

101 - Oregon Coast Highway, with views like this...

I love the Oregon coast. Thanks for sharing.

sygazelle · 03-22-2016, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Dcarter15

Kancamagus highway going through the White mountains in New Hampshire

I've never been to New Hampshire. I checked out Kancamagus highway on Google map street view. Beautiful. It must be really special with the leaves changing color.

int · 03-23-2016, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Beowulf65

Route 132 east of Montmagny in Québec. Beautiful areas all the way along the St. Lawrence River/Estuary and around the Gaspé. Also, take it inland from Mont-Joli to Cambellton, New Brunswick and enjoy the Matapedia River Valley run.

Then on to the Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia and across to Newfoundland...up the east coast to Gros Morne National Park and on to L'Anse aux Meadows at the northern most tip of Newfoundland: National Historic site at a Viking settlement.

I know...more a tour than a road, but beautiful and great fun to drive all the way!

I was hoping someone would chime in on a road in Quebec

Thanks!!

wilbur_the_goose · 03-23-2016, 01:06 PM

US-15 between Corning, NY and Williamsport, PA. Really nice mountain road, great views, and very little traffic.

PS - It'll be renumbered to I-99 someday.

RedlinePSI · 03-23-2016, 02:56 PM

This thread just reminded me that I needed to ID a road I was on. Nav took me on this path from Long Island to a mountain in Massachusetts. I've been there numerous times, this time however it took me off the highways for basically the whole 2nd half of the trip. At first I was wondering what the hell it had me doing but pretty soon I was very glad to be there. Winding and hilly, near empty, road that went miles and miles, all along the way next to a beautiful river. Tucked in between hills and little mountains, overhanging trees, passing lakes on either side, a few small cool looking towns. With some perfect music going it was an absolutely amazing ride. The nav took me a different way on the way home. I just tried to find it on Google but I cant be sure. I might have to queue it up in the car again and hope it chooses the same route.

The whole North East New England landscape, everywhere from lower New York state North is incredible. But this was a stand out ride.

jmg · 03-23-2016, 05:09 PM

Recently drove Glendora Mountain Road, and it was pretty fun! I also enjoy Mulholland because it's close to work, but it's more of a nice drive than an all out sprint like the GMR.

Glendora Mountain Road Sunrise by JMG, on Flickr

Glendora Mountain Road i8 by JMG, on Flickr

xdnbc · 03-29-2016, 02:48 PM

One of the best curvy roads for fast driving, and it was mostly repaved 2 years ago, is the Duffy Lake road in BC. It starts/ends just north of Pemberton [which is reached by another pretty good road, the Sea to Sky from Vancouver to Whistler] and goes to Lillouet. Very few use this road so good speeds can be used. However, if you miscalculate braking or cornering speed, the damage to your car can be significant- and I am not sure if a mobile phone is usable out there. And yes, there are a lot of dirt roads that feed off of it
Check out these photos: https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=m...y+Lake+Road+BC

sygazelle · 03-29-2016, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by xdnbc

One of the best curvy roads for fast driving, and it was mostly repaved 2 years ago, is the Duffy Lake road in BC. It starts/ends just north of Pemberton [which is reached by another pretty good road, the Sea to Sky from Vancouver to Whistler] and goes to Lillouet. Very few use this road so good speeds can be used. However, if you miscalculate braking or cornering speed, the damage to your car can be significant- and I am not sure if a mobile phone is usable out there. And yes, there are a lot of dirt roads that feed off of it
Check out these photos: https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=m...y+Lake+Road+BC

Stunning!

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fatalkarma Private First Class 46 Rep 164 Posts Drives: 2024 G87 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Irvine, CA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2024 BMW M2 [10.00]	PCH/101 from Oxnard all the way up to Monterey is beautiful, go northbound, southbound has a fair share of cars fall off the cliff... PCH out of San Luis Obispo up to Monterey is one of the most scenic drives in the country. 154 Chumash Hwy from Santa Barbara hooks back up with 101N. Malibu Canyon has bunch of nice drives through the mountains, and Mullholland is always fun. __________________ [/SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]2016 f32 Alpine White On Porno Red M Sport, 6MT, Dinan Stage 4, Dinan CF Cold Air Intake, Dinan Intercooler, Dinan Big Turbos, Remus Sport Catbacks, and lots of Carbon Fiber Eye Candy
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Beowulf65 Lieutenant 122 Rep 436 Posts Drives: 2016 435i xDrive Gran Coupé Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Canada iTrader: (0) Garage List 2016 BMW 435ix Gran ... [0.00]	Route 132 east of Montmagny in Québec. Beautiful areas all the way along the St. Lawrence River/Estuary and around the Gaspé. Also, take it inland from Mont-Joli to Cambellton, New Brunswick and enjoy the Matapedia River Valley run. Then on to the Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia and across to Newfoundland...up the east coast to Gros Morne National Park and on to L'Anse aux Meadows at the northern most tip of Newfoundland: National Historic site at a Viking settlement. I know...more a tour than a road, but beautiful and great fun to drive all the way!
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daberlin Second Lieutenant 47 Rep 284 Posts Drives: F30 335i EBII MPPK/BBK Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (1) Garage List 1999 Honda CR-V [0.00] 2013 BMW 335i [0.00] 1986 BMW 325e [0.00] 2014 Porsche 991 Ca ... [0.00] 2018 Audi SQ5 [0.00] 1971 Volkswagen Sup ... [0.00]	Near Malibu Latigo Canyon Rd, Malibu. From the coast to Mulholland. Usually take the P-Car. Talk about the most amount of fun on four wheels. https://www.google.com/maps/place/La...?sa=X&hl=en-us __________________ Current Garage 2018 Audi SQ5 2014 991 Porsche Carrera 4S 1986 BMW 325e 1971 VW Super Beetle
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wilbur_the_goose Major 353 Rep 1,245 Posts Drives: 2018 330ix Gran Turismo Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Metro Philly iTrader: (0)	US-15 between Corning, NY and Williamsport, PA. Really nice mountain road, great views, and very little traffic. PS - It'll be renumbered to I-99 someday.
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RedlinePSI Lieutenant 127 Rep 502 Posts Drives: Something else Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: LI, NY iTrader: (0)	This thread just reminded me that I needed to ID a road I was on. Nav took me on this path from Long Island to a mountain in Massachusetts. I've been there numerous times, this time however it took me off the highways for basically the whole 2nd half of the trip. At first I was wondering what the hell it had me doing but pretty soon I was very glad to be there. Winding and hilly, near empty, road that went miles and miles, all along the way next to a beautiful river. Tucked in between hills and little mountains, overhanging trees, passing lakes on either side, a few small cool looking towns. With some perfect music going it was an absolutely amazing ride. The nav took me a different way on the way home. I just tried to find it on Google but I cant be sure. I might have to queue it up in the car again and hope it chooses the same route. The whole North East New England landscape, everywhere from lower New York state North is incredible. But this was a stand out ride.
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xdnbc Enlisted Member 10 Rep 39 Posts Drives: 2016 328xi Touring Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Vancouver iTrader: (0)	One of the best curvy roads for fast driving, and it was mostly repaved 2 years ago, is the Duffy Lake road in BC. It starts/ends just north of Pemberton [which is reached by another pretty good road, the Sea to Sky from Vancouver to Whistler] and goes to Lillouet. Very few use this road so good speeds can be used. However, if you miscalculate braking or cornering speed, the damage to your car can be significant- and I am not sure if a mobile phone is usable out there. And yes, there are a lot of dirt roads that feed off of it Check out these photos: https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=m...y+Lake+Road+BC Last edited by xdnbc; 03-29-2016 at 02:54 PM..
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