Saturday 3/23 DRIVE: Last chance to drive "The Most Dangerous Road in California" - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Overland'n'5thGEN · 03-22-2013, 04:44 AM

So I pretty much am 100% just have to get the alarm turned up to make it. Get my drive cherry busted.

sent from a Galaxy SIII...

SC David · 03-22-2013, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlaineWasHere

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!

Definitely agree with that sentiment! I used to go on the Stanford meet/drives (pre-EuroSunday) and there were serious accidents nearly every time. I stopped going after seeing two people wipe out, including an older guy roll an S2000 off a cliff. Not pretty.

Since then, I've gone on dozens of drives with more intimate groups of enthusiasts, mainly in the BMW community, and many of the E30s, E28s and E34s in these group drives were of similar capability to the FRS/BRZ. Relatively slow, well handling cars, and everyone respected their cars and their driving abilities and we were always fine. We even had some drives with 20+ cars. The problem with the Stanford drives was that you had exotics mixed in with sports cars, and when the sports cars tried to keep up, the drivers were often going far beyond their limits, hence the wipeouts.

Looks like we'll have a fairly large turnout on Saturday, so I'll be keeping the pace lightly spirited on twisty back roads, but conservative near anything resembling civilization.

My rules while leading are to always go slow through blind turns, always slow down if there are other vehicles in sight, always slow for cyclists, only pass cyclists on straights, and always stick to posted speed limits in towns. I expect everyone else to abide by those guidelines, and to leave plenty of follow distance between the car ahead. All of these rules are pretty much self explanatory anyway, and they're unspoken guidelines that we've all followed on past drives.

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.

EndLocation by davidbushphoto.com, on Flickr

I'm going to send out PM's to people who are on the list right now. If it's Friday morning and you haven't received a PM, let me know!

JackSmiley · 03-22-2013, 05:00 AM

Count me in

MyRx · 03-22-2013, 11:34 AM

Great job David. Great set of rules. Establish the ground rules pre-drive and you shouldn't have a problem. Someone familiar with the route should also take the tail. Do like Cartman and say "respek my authority"

Kiteless · 03-22-2013, 12:10 PM

Hot Lava checking in. Just saw this, can I make a last minute RSVP? I may bring a passenger if I can find anyone who wants to wake up early enough.

Anyone wanna caravan to Pacifica from the Fremont area? I can think of a few places with big parking lots we can start from. Maybe The Hub in central Fremont?

-- Jason

M&M_Hwy9 · 03-22-2013, 12:40 PM

Cool! We'll try and make it!

eklipz98 · 03-22-2013, 01:06 PM

I might cross paths with ya'll at some point, but no way I'll be anywhere at 730AM on a Saturday.

overlookedx · 03-22-2013, 01:31 PM

Wow this is gonna be a big group. Well done SC David with setting the guidelines early in the mass PM. We will have to have another drivers meeting before the drive tomorrow, like PMok did for the last one. Last drive everyone was being civil and not going over their limits, lets make this a good drive!

Overland'n'5thGEN · 03-22-2013, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiteless

Hot Lava checking in. Just saw this, can I make a last minute RSVP? I may bring a passenger if I can find anyone who wants to wake up early enough.

Anyone wanna caravan to Pacifica from the Fremont area? I can think of a few places with big parking lots we can start from. Maybe The Hub in central Fremont?

-- Jason

If you are going to go over 92 a bunch are meeting in Hayward at the 880/92 intersection at the Chase bank lot.

SC David · 03-22-2013, 03:16 PM

Sent out some more PM's. Gonna be a big one tomorrow!

pumice · 03-22-2013, 04:20 PM

I'll be there, but will need to cut out at about 10:00.

Msnicoleeeee · 03-22-2013, 05:38 PM

Awesome. Linda Mar is like 5 min away from me! Count me innnn! I do have to leave early though for work at 11.

dun3 · 03-22-2013, 05:40 PM

I probably could make this.... But my 6am mon-fri mornings won't allow me to. I relish my saturday sleep in's... But I'll sit on it for the next few hours and contiplate.

PMok · 03-22-2013, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eklipz98

I might cross paths with ya'll at some point, but no way I'll be anywhere at 730AM on a Saturday.

come out and join us at the final meet point around noon! I'm sure a bunch of us will go for lunch together.
:happy0180:

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eklipz98 Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: 2004 Honda S2000 (RIP to my BRZ) Location: Horsin on the touge Posts: 99 Thanks: 12 Thanked 42 Times in 27 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I might cross paths with ya'll at some point, but no way I'll be anywhere at 730AM on a Saturday. __________________

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overlookedx Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: 2015 WRB Limited Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 1,087 Thanks: 536 Thanked 651 Times in 351 Posts Mentioned: 81 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Wow this is gonna be a big group. Well done SC David with setting the guidelines early in the mass PM. We will have to have another drivers meeting before the drive tomorrow, like PMok did for the last one. Last drive everyone was being civil and not going over their limits, lets make this a good drive! __________________ Superfast Jellyfish

03-22-2013, 03:16 PM	#24
SC David Bloberator Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: 2013 Asphalt FR-S 6MT Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 302 Thanks: 132 Thanked 302 Times in 119 Posts Mentioned: 17 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Sent out some more PM's. Gonna be a big one tomorrow! __________________ davidbushphoto.com \| Flickr \| Facebook

03-22-2013, 11:34 AM	#18
MyRx Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: Flight 86 is now boarding. Location: CA Posts: 1,759 Thanks: 1,842 Thanked 1,502 Times in 700 Posts Mentioned: 230 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Great job David. Great set of rules. Establish the ground rules pre-drive and you shouldn't have a problem. Someone familiar with the route should also take the tail. Do like Cartman and say "respek my authority"

03-22-2013, 04:20 PM	#25
pumice Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: Argento FRS Location: East Bay, CA Posts: 82 Thanks: 70 Thanked 60 Times in 33 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'll be there, but will need to cut out at about 10:00.

03-22-2013, 05:38 PM	#26
Msnicoleeeee Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: Firestorm FRS Location: 94066 Posts: 412 Thanks: 279 Thanked 144 Times in 98 Posts Mentioned: 35 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Awesome. Linda Mar is like 5 min away from me! Count me innnn! I do have to leave early though for work at 11.

03-22-2013, 05:40 PM	#27
dun3 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: 2013 Ultra Marine Blue FR-S Location: Bay Area Posts: 558 Thanks: 232 Thanked 157 Times in 118 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I probably could make this.... But my 6am mon-fri mornings won't allow me to. I relish my saturday sleep in's... But I'll sit on it for the next few hours and contiplate.

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