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Sport-Tech · 03-27-2012, 12:29 PM

For those of us living in this neck of the woods - how about we start a thread here of good driving roads where we can get the most from the FR-S/BRZ? Links to other sources would be great too.

Not much to offer to this effort myself, except to say when traffic is light I used to find 2 roads in central T.O. fun when I lived there - Mt. Pleasant north of Bloor to about St.Clair; and the Bayview extension south from Moore Ave. Also the 427 collector lanes starting N of Burnamthorpe going to the Eglinton exit can let you really stretch your legs for about a minute LOL...

The Caledon area NW of the GTA is reputed to have great roads but also lots of cops, especially when the leaves change in the fall.

7thgear · 03-27-2012, 12:46 PM

there are no good places, cop central whole fucking city

gotta keep it at under 20 over pretty much everywhere.

hit me up if you need info on track days though... we have an open house coming up April 1st.

TheJuggernaut · 03-27-2012, 01:04 PM

There is no public road where you should be getting the most out of any modern car, unless it's the most fuel economy out of a Prius. There is absolutely zero excuse for that in the GTA. We have a pile of world class tracks and cheap fun tracks within easy reach. 100 bucks gets you a full day of safe stupidity at Cayuga. 400 bucks gets you a weekend of instructed track time at MoSport with BMW CC. Drive a little longer and you're at Shannonville, Watkins Glen, Calabogie, Mont Tremblant... not only is it the honorable thing to do but you also have no idea what it means to get the most out of a car until you've tried these, especially in a school format.

Sport-Tech · 03-27-2012, 01:15 PM

Not looking here really at the GTA, where I agree you really have to pay attention to reasonable limits - more the wilds outside of the city, no-traffic and safe back roads with some nice curves.

TheJuggernaut · 03-27-2012, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Scion FR-S

Not looking here really at the GTA, where I agree you really have to pay attention to reasonable limits - more the wilds outside of the city, no-traffic and safe back roads with some nice curves.

There are some great ones but the problem is that they're all well known. If you go during an odd time then you may get some open road. Like the Forks of the Credit - great fun even at 15-20 over but good luck getting a clean run. If it's a sunny day on the weekend, you can bet there will be groups of harleys sputtering along at or below the limit, or large groups of buttplug cruises of various marques. Last week I was heading up to Caledon to see a friend and went through the forks. Got stuck behind a bunch of fuhraze Subarus thinking they were rippin it up, going slower than grandma (floor it, then slam on the brakes and tip toe the corner).

Jehuty77 · 03-27-2012, 02:52 PM

Snake Road
http://adventuremotorcycleroutes.ca/?p=1275

This video is uphill but its more fun downhill

MTD · 03-27-2012, 05:45 PM

Lots here
http://bikeroads.atspace.com/roads.htm#tor

Orono86 · 03-27-2012, 05:55 PM

http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?ie=UTF...b565ea3350da57

loaded with cops now though

Sport-Tech · 03-27-2012, 06:38 PM

Great - looks like we have a nice list started, thanks to all contributors. We need our own Tail of the Dragon!

Variant · 03-27-2012, 07:14 PM

The mother load.

Saibot · 03-27-2012, 07:20 PM

lol you shoulda directed me to this thread instead of PM-ing me.

My contribution:
Hwy-18 (airport rd) between mono mills and Regional road 17

Sport-Tech · 03-27-2012, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saibot

lol you shoulda directed me to this thread instead of PM-ing me.

My contribution:
Hwy-18 (airport rd) between mono mills and Regional road 17

It was my PM to you (and your original post) that gave me the idea for this thread - thanks! :happy0180:

Sport-Tech · 03-27-2012, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Variant

The mother load.

Wow - what can I say?

ginog · 03-28-2012, 02:31 AM

I like the off ramp sections on 427 N right after dundas St., then going back on the highway. lots of twists and turns.

03-27-2012, 12:29 PM	#1
Sport-Tech Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Drives: TBD Location: Toronto Posts: 2,583 Thanks: 665 Thanked 685 Times in 386 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Southern Ontario driving roads For those of us living in this neck of the woods - how about we start a thread here of good driving roads where we can get the most from the FR-S/BRZ? Links to other sources would be great too. Not much to offer to this effort myself, except to say when traffic is light I used to find 2 roads in central T.O. fun when I lived there - Mt. Pleasant north of Bloor to about St.Clair; and the Bayview extension south from Moore Ave. Also the 427 collector lanes starting N of Burnamthorpe going to the Eglinton exit can let you really stretch your legs for about a minute LOL... The Caledon area NW of the GTA is reputed to have great roads but also lots of cops, especially when the leaves change in the fall.

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7thgear i'm sorry, what? Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Canada Location: I rock a beat harder than you can beat it with rocks Posts: 4,399 Thanks: 357 Thanked 2,508 Times in 1,268 Posts Mentioned: 40 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	there are no good places, cop central whole fucking city gotta keep it at under 20 over pretty much everywhere. hit me up if you need info on track days though... we have an open house coming up April 1st. __________________ don't you think if I was wrong, I'd know it?

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TheJuggernaut Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: 4Gen 4Runner, BMW racecar Location: San Francisco Posts: 69 Thanks: 3 Thanked 12 Times in 7 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	There is no public road where you should be getting the most out of any modern car, unless it's the most fuel economy out of a Prius. There is absolutely zero excuse for that in the GTA. We have a pile of world class tracks and cheap fun tracks within easy reach. 100 bucks gets you a full day of safe stupidity at Cayuga. 400 bucks gets you a weekend of instructed track time at MoSport with BMW CC. Drive a little longer and you're at Shannonville, Watkins Glen, Calabogie, Mont Tremblant... not only is it the honorable thing to do but you also have no idea what it means to get the most out of a car until you've tried these, especially in a school format.

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Sport-Tech Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Drives: TBD Location: Toronto Posts: 2,583 Thanks: 665 Thanked 685 Times in 386 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Not looking here really at the GTA, where I agree you really have to pay attention to reasonable limits - more the wilds outside of the city, no-traffic and safe back roads with some nice curves.

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Jehuty77 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: AE86 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 174 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Snake Road http://adventuremotorcycleroutes.ca/?p=1275 This video is uphill but its more fun downhill

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MTD Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: Hyundai Location: Canada Posts: 108 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Lots here http://bikeroads.atspace.com/roads.htm#tor

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Orono86 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: 02 WRX Location: Toronto Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?ie=UTF...b565ea3350da57 loaded with cops now though

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Sport-Tech Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Drives: TBD Location: Toronto Posts: 2,583 Thanks: 665 Thanked 685 Times in 386 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Great - looks like we have a nice list started, thanks to all contributors. We need our own Tail of the Dragon!

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Variant Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: '94 Miata Location: Canada Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The mother load.

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ginog Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Drives: NHBP Civic SI Location: Canada Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I like the off ramp sections on 427 N right after dundas St., then going back on the highway. lots of twists and turns.

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