Long road trip including a couple runs on the Tail Of The Dragon - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

guybo · 10-15-2017, 04:38 PM

I took a great trip with my wife for our 5th wedding anniversary to NC/TN and I got to run the Tail in my FRS. Wow is that fun- but my wife was freaking out LOL. There's a lot more to driving up there than just the tail, there's a LOT of great driving roads in that area.

The trip total was just shy of 2000 miles. I strapped on the OEM muffler for the trip and the car performed like a champ the whole way. At high elevations I could feel that the car was extra breathless and the clutch and brakes felt slightly harder. But this car slinks along the mountain roads like nothing I have ever driven before!

I saw 2 other 86's up there- blue and red. There's photographers along the route and they have websites where you can buy professional photographs of you in a corner. I wanted to buy a calendar with my car on it, but the site says that the calendar is 2016.... so I ended up not buying one. If it was a 2018 calendar I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Capt Spaulding · 10-15-2017, 05:09 PM

What other roads did you run? I thought dragon was a ball, but the skyway and the moonshiner were a hoot. My wife freaked a little on the skyway due to the tires bawling their heads off on the new pavement. On the dragon she (and I) were wishing she had some Dramamine.

humfrz · 10-15-2017, 05:36 PM

Sounds like a fun trip ....... thanks for sharing ......

Yep, I've thought about putting the stock muffler back on for long road trips.

Oh, yes, wife freaking out ........ hell, I can't get out of our subdivision without mrs humfrz gasping ........

........ (you reckon my driving is really that bad .....

).

humfrz

guybo · 10-15-2017, 06:10 PM

I don't know the names of the other roads up in that area. But we did a LOT of driving and did a loop all the way around the Great Smoky Mountains Park and some of the Blue Ridge Parkway as well as most of the major roads in that area. It was definately a driving trip.

This car needs Oh Shit handles.

fx1mark · 10-15-2017, 07:16 PM

Did you check all of the photographers websites for pics? when I went last year there were three. 129photos, 129slayer and killboy. I got some pretty good shots. If you want a 2018 calendar, just contact them, I would imagine they will make you one.
there are many good roads around the area, the dragon is so tight it is not my favorite.

nitro_alltrac · 10-15-2017, 07:28 PM

You're right, there are some great roads in the area in addition to the Dragon.

Killboy, Darryl Cannon, is a member here. Here's his project thread:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...hlight=killboy

I've always used Killboy for all of my Dragon photos. Great quality and service.

10-15-2017, 04:38 PM	#1
guybo Huge E85 fan! Join Date: May 2016 Drives: 2016 Scion FRS Location: Tampa, FL, USA Posts: 1,850 Thanks: 539 Thanked 1,010 Times in 605 Posts Mentioned: 32 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Long road trip including a couple runs on the Tail Of The Dragon I took a great trip with my wife for our 5th wedding anniversary to NC/TN and I got to run the Tail in my FRS. Wow is that fun- but my wife was freaking out LOL. There's a lot more to driving up there than just the tail, there's a LOT of great driving roads in that area. The trip total was just shy of 2000 miles. I strapped on the OEM muffler for the trip and the car performed like a champ the whole way. At high elevations I could feel that the car was extra breathless and the clutch and brakes felt slightly harder. But this car slinks along the mountain roads like nothing I have ever driven before! I saw 2 other 86's up there- blue and red. There's photographers along the route and they have websites where you can buy professional photographs of you in a corner. I wanted to buy a calendar with my car on it, but the site says that the calendar is 2016.... so I ended up not buying one. If it was a 2018 calendar I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Attached Images

10-15-2017, 05:09 PM	#2
Capt Spaulding Persona Non Grata Join Date: Nov 2015 Drives: '15 BRZ (WRB) Location: On the Border Posts: 1,882 Thanks: 2,016 Thanked 2,782 Times in 1,201 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	What other roads did you run? I thought dragon was a ball, but the skyway and the moonshiner were a hoot. My wife freaked a little on the skyway due to the tires bawling their heads off on the new pavement. On the dragon she (and I) were wishing she had some Dramamine. __________________ Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast

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10-15-2017, 05:36 PM	#3
humfrz Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: 2013 FR-S, white, MT Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 30,408 Thanks: 29,792 Thanked 32,808 Times in 16,829 Posts Mentioned: 715 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Sounds like a fun trip ....... thanks for sharing ...... Yep, I've thought about putting the stock muffler back on for long road trips. Oh, yes, wife freaking out ........ hell, I can't get out of our subdivision without mrs humfrz gasping ........ ........ (you reckon my driving is really that bad ..... ). humfrz

10-15-2017, 06:10 PM	#4
guybo Huge E85 fan! Join Date: May 2016 Drives: 2016 Scion FRS Location: Tampa, FL, USA Posts: 1,850 Thanks: 539 Thanked 1,010 Times in 605 Posts Mentioned: 32 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I don't know the names of the other roads up in that area. But we did a LOT of driving and did a loop all the way around the Great Smoky Mountains Park and some of the Blue Ridge Parkway as well as most of the major roads in that area. It was definately a driving trip. This car needs Oh Shit handles.

10-15-2017, 07:16 PM	#5
fx1mark Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Drives: red 2014 FR-S Location: Alabama Posts: 259 Thanks: 52 Thanked 162 Times in 99 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Did you check all of the photographers websites for pics? when I went last year there were three. 129photos, 129slayer and killboy. I got some pretty good shots. If you want a 2018 calendar, just contact them, I would imagine they will make you one. there are many good roads around the area, the dragon is so tight it is not my favorite.

10-15-2017, 07:28 PM	#6
nitro_alltrac Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Drives: '17 86 Location: Nitro, WV Posts: 82 Thanks: 13 Thanked 49 Times in 30 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	You're right, there are some great roads in the area in addition to the Dragon. Killboy, Darryl Cannon, is a member here. Here's his project thread: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...hlight=killboy I've always used Killboy for all of my Dragon photos. Great quality and service.

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