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Old 03-21-2013, 06:10 PM   #1
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Arrow Saturday 3/23 DRIVE: Last chance to drive "The Most Dangerous Road in California"

Well we had a super successful meet and drive today, we had 18 cars total join us for a drive down Hwy 1 along the coast and then some twisty back roads! It was a beautiful day and we had a great time with everyone who came.
Please post up your photos and videos if you got them!

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As discussed in the general NorCal DRIVE thread, we're going to do one last drive through the infamous and scenic Hwy 1 at Devil's Slide/Devil's Grade before it closes for good and is replaced by the Lantos Tunnels which are scheduled to open on Monday 3/25. Then the drive will continue south and through some other fun 'n twisty roads.

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Let's meet Saturday 7:30 AM at the Starbucks at 1227 Linda Mar Shopping Center, Pacifica, CA. Depart at 7:45AM. How's that sound to everyone?

The route will take us down Hwy 1 through Devils Grade, and we'll do some back roads and end at Page Mill Rd and Hwy 280, near Palo Alto. I'll go over specifics and hopefully have some maps to hand out day of. The route I'm hoping to do will have some very twisty sections, and there will be bumpy sections which are going to be fine for cars on stock suspension and moderately lowered cars, but slammed cars will have trouble. If we get more than 6 cars, I'll plan another route that will start and end at the same place, but be more hospitable to a larger group.
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Should get to Hwy 280 by about 11am, but let's say noon to be safe...time goes by fast when you have a couple of stops along the way.


For those who care to meet up with us after the drive, we'll try to be at the Park-and-Ride lot at Page Mill Rd and Arastradero Rd by 11:45am. That's just off 280.
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1. SC David
2. PMok
3. BigFatFlip
4. JohnAyySays
5. Overland'n'5thGEN
6. overlookedx
7. Clipdat
8. Kamakanani0
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14. Msnicoleeee
15. crouchingpinoy
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17. SnakeEyes
18. Sleeper WRX
19. dun3 (maybe?)
20. Darweezy (maybe?)

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(Why is it so dangerous?) ... the constant rockslides and erosion would close off the access to that area and leave people "stranded" or facing a very long detour to get in/out of the area. Plus there's mention of reckless drivers who took the turns too fast and "drifted" into the opposite lane or off the side of the cliff into the sea.

So yeah let's take it easy out there on this part of the cruise, we are just going to enjoy the sights and take it in one last time before the road is closed for good. They say it will eventually be repurposed for a hiking and cyclist park but this weekend may be the last time you'll be able to drive on it.
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Devil's Slide, from Wikipedia:


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Photos and videos from the drive/meet!


EPIC video/movie trailer by Kamakanani0:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8pTsRCe1m7c"]ft86 NorCal Club drive Hwy 1 Halfmoon bay / back roads towards Page Mill - YouTube[/ame]


final version by Kamakanani0!
[ame]http://youtu.be/TasAvT5jf9g[/ame]


Video by overlookedx! :

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Alright I finally decided to host the video on my own site, since youtube sucks and I spent some time editing this video. Enjoy:

Click here for video

photo by SC_David:

2/23/13 ZN6 Meet by davidbushphoto.com, on Flickr


photo by Fizzle:



photo from M&M_Hwy9:



photos from Kiteless (courtesy of his passenger):





photos by crouchingpinoy:













my photos (by PMok):


















here is my first full video - recapping the first portion of the drive, along Devils's Slide! bleh, YT kind of killed the video quality but what can you do...


[ame="http://youtu.be/Wi224mQCOnQ"]http://youtu.be/Wi224mQCOnQ[/ame]


and here is part 2!


[ame]http://youtu.be/nQZQIFNIgXo[/ame]




Stanford Mall after-meet/lunch crew:

(overlookedx, SnakeEyes, PMok, crouchingpinoy, JackSmiley, SC David)


my panoramic shot at San Gregorio Beach:
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Old 03-21-2013, 06:16 PM   #2
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Alameda meetup location is the Starbucks lot on Webster & Atlantic.
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Haha I love the title. Sounds like a very epic drive! Can't wait! And I don't have to be anywhere til late afternoon so I won't be cutting out early this time.
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Old 03-21-2013, 06:25 PM   #4
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Alameda meets at:

Starbucks
720 Atlantic Ave Alameda

Quite a headline you got there P, lol. I read it in a Clarkson voice "The most dangerous road <pause for dramatic effect> in the wuuuurld...errr...California"
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Old 03-21-2013, 06:57 PM   #5
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We should all meet up at one area since we are all going to be taking the same way. Just an idea(:
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Old 03-21-2013, 07:06 PM   #6
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I love the idea!


But I don't like driving a dangerous road with a bunch of RWD sports car piloted by drivers that I don't know their experience/maturity level. I've seen these things end badly before.

I guess my message is everyone stay safe and responsible!
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I'm in for Saturday as well - meet up with you guys in Pacifica since I'm coming from SF.
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Quite a headline you got there P, lol. I read it in a Clarkson voice "The most dangerous road <pause for dramatic effect> in the wuuuurld...errr...California"
haha yeah I can totally imagine him saying that.

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I love the idea!

But I don't like driving a dangerous road with a bunch of RWD sports car piloted by drivers that I don't know their experience/maturity level. I've seen these things end badly before.

I guess my message is everyone stay safe and responsible!
Well said. Like I said we'll just be cruising and taking in the view there. But yeah the "dangerous" part is quite a bit of hyperbole driven by media coverage. I've driven this section plenty of times and at a reasonable pace it's just like plenty of other parts of Hwy 1... twisty and beautiful. Only there's the added element of rockslides or the road eroding away from under you at some random moment.
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I love the idea!


But I don't like driving a dangerous road with a bunch of RWD sports car piloted by drivers that I don't know their experience/maturity level. I've seen these things end badly before.

I guess my message is everyone stay safe and responsible!
Well said, let's be careful out there folks!

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Only there's the added element of rockslides or the road eroding away from under you at some random moment.
How much does 12 FR-S/BRZs weigh again? If we're coming from Pacifica and south bound on 1, we'll be on the cliff side
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I've pushed the wife for dinner Fri at Sam's. This talk about Devils got me picturing one last photo op with the iconic PCH landmark. It won't be the same without it next week.

Drive safe and slow! Those with passengers, don't be enticed by your passenger saying "honey, look at that...".
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Now is a confirm cannot come. Have fun guys and keep your eyes on the road and not the beautiful view.
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enjoy the ride everyone! I'll be stuck at PAX East in Boston
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I'll be in the bay area this weekend. Put me down as maybe, this should be fun.
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