[FancyDirt]

Austin has a lot to offer like the hill country, Austin City Limits & COTA, but there is another reason if you're a BMW owner. The mile plus long high sweeper overpass from the SH45 to SH130 south was designed with your car in mind. Feathering the throttle at the edge of grip around the slightly on-camber corner and then the WOT blast onto the SH130 south will raise the heart rate noticeably. What's your favorite stretch of road?

[OC40]

There is an on circular on ramp in OC - Bristol to 405 S. I go out of my way to use it. It definitely increases the heart rate.

[300hp]

Route 23N NJ. You start off with a little light to light fun till you pass the Home Depots/ Walmart and you then get into the hilly sections. Lots of curvy roads there. Watch out for cops though since it's easy to go past the speed limit once your heart rate goes up.

[btbossman]

OOh Ill be in austin soon for biz gotta check that out...Idk what the bridge is called but there is a long bridge on I95 heading north about 20 miles from the Delaware bridge...at night with radar is where I have hit all my cars top speed's throughout the years, I love it, I call it the speed bridge...too bad the last couple times I have been on, there has been to many cars to have some real fun.

[FancyDirt]

The SH130 from south of the SH45 all the way to Seguin has an 85 mph speed limit. This stretch is in the middle of nowhere, smooth and lightly traveled so very tempting to explore triple digits with relative impunity.

[DVC]

Originally Posted by 300hp

Route 23N NJ. You start off with a little light to light fun till you pass the Home Depots/ Walmart and you then get into the hilly sections. Lots of curvy roads there. Watch out for cops though since it's easy to go past the speed limit once your heart rate goes up.

I know right where you mean (my sister-in-law lives in West Milford). Some really nice turns up there...

[X2 Monstah]

Originally Posted by btbossman

OOh Ill be in austin soon for biz gotta check that out...Idk what the bridge is called but there is a long bridge on I95 heading north about 20 miles from the Delaware bridge...at night with radar is where I have hit all my cars top speed's throughout the years, I love it, I call it the speed bridge...too bad the last couple times I have been on, there has been to many cars to have some real fun.

I know the bridge you are talking about. I love heading north on 95. There's a slight downgrade leading to the bridge. Lot's of fun! By Havre de Grace, right?

[300hp]

Originally Posted by DVC

I know right where you mean (my sister-in-law lives in West Milford). Some really nice turns up there...

Yes west milford, thats the area

[btbossman]

Originally Posted by BSM F30

I know the bridge you are talking about. I love heading north on 95. There's a slight downgrade leading to the bridge. Lot's of fun! By Havre de Grace, right?

Yeah thats gotta be the one.

[inChargeOfIT]

Originally Posted by FancyDirt

Austin has a lot to offer like the hill country, Austin City Limits & COTA, but there is another reason if you're a BMW owner. The mile plus long high sweeper overpass from the SH45 to SH130 south was designed with your car in mind. Feathering the throttle at the edge of grip around the slightly on-camber corner and then the WOT blast onto the SH130 south will raise the heart rate noticeably. What's your favorite stretch of road?

Love the hill country! Lime Creek rd up near Lake Travis has a ton of twisties.. just be on the lookout for motorcycles as it's very popular (also LEO is aware of this road). I live between 360 and bee caves and there are some great roads out here too.

Also, the drive from Medina to Garner State Park is one of the best in Texas and probably up there in the top 20 in the US. Nice weekend trip from Austin.

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/03/roa...efore-you-die/

I have done #1 (pacific coast highway CA) and #18 (million dollar highway CO) and they are both amazing.

[FancyDirt]

Originally Posted by inChargeOfIT

Love the hill country! Lime Creek rd up near Lake Travis has a ton of twisties.. just be on the lookout for motorcycles as it's very popular (also LEO is aware of this road). I live between 360 and bee caves and there are some great roads out here too.

Also, the drive from Medina to Garner State Park is one of the best in Texas and probably up there in the top 20 in the US. Nice weekend trip from Austin.

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/03/roa...efore-you-die/

I have done #1 (pacific coast highway CA) and #18 (million dollar highway CO) and they are both amazing.

We're not too far apart...I live just off of Bee Caves road about half way between 71 and 360.

Nirvana would be an opportunity to take Bee Caves Road at full song (closed and no traffic of course). The long sweepers and big elevation changes would be huge fun at about 2x the legal limit.

[inChargeOfIT]

Originally Posted by FancyDirt

We're not too far apart...I live just off of Bee Caves road about half way between 71 and 360.

Nirvana would be an opportunity to take Bee Caves Road at full song (closed and no traffic of course). The long sweepers and big elevation changes would be huge fun at about 2x the legal limit.

Agree! That would be awesome.. good road surfaces too. The 60 to 45 mph section as you get into Westlake kills me!

[pazzo]

I'm gonna have to brag now.

Moved to San Antonio from Austin 6 years ago and the roads you speak of (The Sisters - 336,337, TX39 are some of the best in the country) and in SATX back yard. The roads North and West of SATX are far less congested than 1431, Lime Creek Rd and just better all around roads. I've seen many a motorcycles go down on lime creek because the residents throw gravel in the road in corners.

Hwy 46 from Bandera to Kerrville, 337 Medina to Leakey as mentioned, 473/474 form Comfort to Kendalia, numerous smaller roads, River Road out of Gruene, Old Hwy 9 to Fredricksburg, Park Rd 37 to Medina Lake from Hwy 46 and others around Canyon Lake give a bountiful diversity that the Austin area.

There are some very nice and relatively little known roads in Burnet/Eagle Peak around Lake Buchanan north of Austin.

[RoundelM3]

Originally Posted by FancyDirt

Austin has a lot to offer like the hill country, Austin City Limits & COTA, but there is another reason if you're a BMW owner. The mile plus long high sweeper overpass from the SH45 to SH130 south was designed with your car in mind. Feathering the throttle at the edge of grip around the slightly on-camber corner and then the WOT blast onto the SH130 south will raise the heart rate noticeably. What's your favorite stretch of road?

Absolutely...but remember, this is a TOLL ROAD and you pay for the privilege of driving this "super slab". Aside from that, it's the closest thing Texas has to an Autobahn. Other good roads in TX (also toll roads) include the Hardy Toll Road that runs for about 25 miles from the Woodlands to just north of downtown Houston, and has some really great sweepers along the way.

[btbossman]

Originally Posted by roundel335

Absolutely...but remember, this is a TOLL ROAD and you pay for the privilege of driving this "super slab". Aside from that, it's the closest thing Texas has to an Autobahn. Other good roads in TX (also toll roads) include the Hardy Toll Road that runs for about 25 miles from the Woodlands to just north of downtown Houston, and has some really great sweepers along the way.

Hey gotta pay to play...If its autobahn like Im sure its plenty worth it!

[RoundelM3]

Originally Posted by pazzo

I'm gonna have to brag now.

Moved to San Antonio from Austin 6 years ago and the roads you speak of (The Sisters - 336,337, TX39 are some of the best in the country) and in SATX back yard. The roads North and West of SATX are far less congested than 1431, Lime Creek Rd and just better all around roads. I've seen many a motorcycles go down on lime creek because the residents throw gravel in the road in corners.

Hwy 46 from Bandera to Kerrville, 337 Medina to Leakey as mentioned, 473/474 form Comfort to Kendalia, numerous smaller roads, River Road out of Gruene, Old Hwy 9 to Fredricksburg, Park Rd 37 to Medina Lake from Hwy 46 and others around Canyon Lake give a bountiful diversity that the Austin area.

There are some very nice and relatively little known roads in Burnet/Eagle Peak around Lake Buchanan north of Austin.

Seconded! Have driven all of them and it is hard to think of a better back-road experience than what you mention above. Our BMW CCA chapter has a weekend event every year where we drive some of these roads and they're always a treat. This year, we added Highway 187 north from Vanderpool past Lost Maples and then 39 into Hunt and Ingram after which it joins into 27 leading into the south side of Kerrville. Around Hunt and Ingram, 39 follows the Guadalupe for several miles, with trees forming a canopy over the road with some nearly ground-level river crossings. Pretty spectacular scenery along the way. The "sisters" you mention are the "3 sisters" - 335, 336, and 337, and last year we drove all 3 in one day - over 200 miles - but great roads, except when the bicyclists are out on them at the same time.

Another great back-road drive is to take RR 12 out of San Marcos to 32 just south of Wimberley and follow it to the Canyon Lake High School, then take a short jog south on 3424 to 306 and follow it West to where it intersects 281.

[RoundelM3]

Originally Posted by btbossman

Hey gotta pay to play...If its autobahn like Im sure its plenty worth it!

Definitely worth it, but to enjoy it fully, you need a tolltag so you don't have to "pay by mail", which costs more.

[inChargeOfIT]

Originally Posted by roundel335

Seconded! Have driven all of them and it is hard to think of a better back-road experience than what you mention above. Our BMW CCA chapter has a weekend event every year where we drive some of these roads and they're always a treat. This year, we added Highway 187 north from Vanderpool past Lost Maples and then 39 into Hunt and Ingram after which it joins into 27 leading into the south side of Kerrville. Around Hunt and Ingram, 39 follows the Guadalupe for several miles, with trees forming a canopy over the road with some nearly ground-level river crossings. Pretty spectacular scenery along the way. The "sisters" you mention are the "3 sisters" - 335, 336, and 337, and last year we drove all 3 in one day - over 200 miles - but great roads, except when the bicyclists are out on them at the same time.

Another great back-road drive is to take RR 12 out of San Marcos to 32 just south of Wimberley and follow it to the Canyon Lake High School, then take a short jog south on 3424 to 306 and follow it West to where it intersects 281.

Technically I am a BMW CCA Tejas member but have never went to an event. Will check the calendar for events though!

[btbossman]

Originally Posted by roundel335

Definitely worth it, but to enjoy it fully, you need a tolltag so you don't have to "pay by mail", which costs more.

No Ez pass?

[OC40]

Originally Posted by btbossman

No Ez pass?

An electronic device for toll roads. Allows you to pass without stopping and paying.

[Dog Face Pony Soldier]

Originally Posted by DVC

I know right where you mean (my sister-in-law lives in West Milford). Some really nice turns up there...

I used to live in West Milford (in Awosting on Greenwood Lake) so I know the area very well.

A great drive in the area is going around the Wanaque Reservoir on the Greenwood Lake Turnpike near Ringwood. There is a cool dam to get out and snap some pictures too.

I'd recommend you consider accessing this loop via Skyline Drive off I-287. The whole loop is scenic and very twisty with near zero traffic lights.

[RoundelM3]

Originally Posted by btbossman

No Ez pass?

We call them tolltags, but they're the same thing. They've done away with attended tollbooths now, so either they read your tolltag electronically or they get a picture of your license plate and send you a bill.