NorCal (Bay Area) DRIVE Chat Thread

[Pwolf]

I'm coming down with a cold so I'm probably not going to be up for a drive this weekend :\

[Clipdat]

Hope you feel better soon.

Originally Posted by Pwolf

I'm coming down with a cold so I'm probably not going to be up for a drive this weekend :\

[sonoobish]

I commute from redwood city to dublin 8-5 mon-fri. Here is a general route from dublin pleasanton or livermore to redwood city during rush hour that takes about an hour 15 min.

Foothill road. To Niles canyon. Right on mission. Left on nursery. Right on Alvarado niles. Left on decoto. Right on paseo padre(or you can stay straight on decoto but a lot of traffic) follow paseo all the way to dumbarton. You can follow this the way back and take palomares from niles canyon. Not saying this is for a cruise or anything but if anyone sees me wave!! Lol

[sonoobish]

And I meant dublin to redwood city^ lol

[SLEEPER WRX]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

I want to do Pinehurst, Redwood, and Palomares on Saturday morning...

I wanna leave my house at like 7am and get out there before the cyclists!!

Any chance you can wait until the 19th ?

If we do a Redwood Rd run that day, we can end up in Orinda for their "Cars & Coffee"

[Clipdat]

Yeah sounds good, lets do it then as well.

Originally Posted by SLEEPER WRX

Any chance you can wait until the 19th ?

If we do a Redwood Rd run that day, we can end up in Orinda for their "Cars & Coffee"

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by SLEEPER WRX

Any chance you can wait until the 19th ?

If we do a Redwood Rd run that day, we can end up in Orinda for their "Cars & Coffee"

Ooooh nice, I'll try to make it, maybe actually get some breakfast this time

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Yeah sounds good, lets do it then as well.

[Clipdat]

Bump. I'm leaving Alameda at 7am to hit up these driving roads.

Then I'm going to get gas in Sunol and head out to Patterson Pass and take the 5 (damn mines rd gravel) to Del Puerto Canyon and go get lunch at The Junction.

Originally Posted by Clipdat

I want to do Pinehurst, Redwood, and Palomares on Saturday morning...

I wanna leave my house at like 7am and get out there before the cyclists!!

[lamune]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Bump. I'm leaving Alameda at 7am to hit up these driving roads.

Then I'm going to get gas in Sunol and head out to Patterson Pass and take the 5 (damn mines rd gravel) to Del Puerto Canyon and go get lunch at The Junction.

Did I miss a drive today? Or is this the plan for next Sat?

[__angelv]

anyone want to go for a late night drive?


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[Clipdat]

Yeah, I did this yesterday morning. Thanks to getting on the road early, Pinehurst and Redwood were completely free of any cars in front of me. Palomares had only one car in front of me and I was able to go around it.

The 94 octane pump at Sunol Super Stop automatically shut off at 7.99 gallons for a total of $39.99. Thought that was interesting. I mistakingly took Tesla Road instead of Patterson Pass out to the 5. Oops. Kind of a boring road especially with slow traffic holding me up.

The stretch of 5 from the Tesla onramp to the Del Puerto Canyon offramp seemed way longer than it looks on the map. I was going 80 and it felt like I wasn't moving.

My first time driving Del Puerto Canyon turned out to be pretty fun. Overall road conditions were good with a few bumps and potholes in some places, but easily avoidable. The road gets gravely as you approach The Junction where the road surface changes into the same type as the later section of Mines Road. It's an interesting road that in my opinion is fairly high speed (3rd and 4th gear) but with a few surprise technical corners thrown in there that you have to be ready for. Also somewhat annoying are the numerous cattle guards that seem to come out of nowhere. Definitely hit a few of them going way too fast because I couldn't slow down in time without excessive braking.

At one point there was a rock in the middle of my lane and I thought to myself "Oh, I'll clear that no problem, I'm only dropped 3/4 of an inch." Well, the front bumper cleared it but as it passed under the car maybe the wind rolled it and made it taller for a moment because there was a loud BANG metal sound and I realize the rock hit something as I look in the rear view and see that the one rock is now approximately 9 little rocks.

I ended up getting to The Junction at 10:15am, so I waited around until they open for lunch at 11am and admired some of the many motorcycles (especially the Ducatis and an Aprilia) that were beginning to show up. Had a delicious plate of pulled pork and headed back the other way on Del Puerto back to the 5.

On the way back as I approached one of the blind mountainside right hand turns, I noticed cars were parked on the shoulder. As I rounded the turn, I see a man on the left talking and on the right all huddled up against the mountain on the tiny shoulder, there are probably 15-20 people standing there. I guess the guy was giving some sort of guided tour and talking about a section of the canyon? Anyway, there was no time for me to slow down out of courtesy so I pretty much entered and exited the turn at the same pace as all the previous turns I had taken. I looked in the rear view mirror and notice the guy made a unfavorable and sarcastic motion toward my car as I drove way. I wonder what he said?

Originally Posted by lamune

Did I miss a drive today? Or is this the plan for next Sat?

[Pwolf]

Was there a bunch of you guys going up to Thunderhill this weekend? ( @PMok ?) I might head up there and hang out/take pictures. I'm curious what this west side is all about.

[PMok]

Originally Posted by Pwolf

Was there a bunch of you guys going up to Thunderhill this weekend? ( @PMok ?) I might head up there and hang out/take pictures. I'm curious what this west side is all about.

No, some of us will be out there the weekend of Apr 25-26. I'll be there for the West track on the 26th. You should come out then!

[mkivsoopra]

Originally Posted by Pwolf

Was there a bunch of you guys going up to Thunderhill this weekend? ( @PMok ?) I might head up there and hang out/take pictures. I'm curious what this west side is all about.

Sunday is that private event on West that Neal posted. A few of us will be there... not sure who else though.