Car-spotting thread

UtahJoe said:
so you all rip thru there at like 35mph?

whats with the motorcycle crashes?
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No it was completely bonkers. I've never driven that hard on public roads. @R8Bill corded a front tire and boiled his brake fluid. He burned through 16 ounces of oil, I used 4. Multiple crashes, flats, a bent rod from a money shift, a few broken serpentine belts, and multiple tickets handed out. It was so nuts we moved to a slower group Saturday.

The roads are hard? Riders are inexperienced? A 992 ran off the road in our group and a SRT Challenger wiped out a minivan totaling out both vehicles.

It was incredibly fun but the most dangerous thing I've ever done. And I drove 500,000 miles in patrol cars over 25 years.
 
I was down there in 2006/07 or something right after high school when I had my S14. There were definitely less eyes back then, but it gets sketchy with big groups trying to out-do one another and with regular travelers out there as well. Would love to go back some day, but with these gas prices, it's cheaper to fly out somewhere for a 7 day vacation.
 
Magic said:
Lol, that dresser can LEAN.
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Yeah, he is the guy I had heard of years ago, Yellow Wolf. And in the early 90's the speed limit was 55.
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The Legend of the Yellow Wolf: The Fastest Man at Deals Gap - Moto Networks

Deals Gap, or the Tail of the Dragon, whatever you prefer to call it, is a section of road in Tennessee that borders North Carolina. As the name Tail of the Dragon suggests, this stretch of road features 318 curves in just 11 miles. Averaging 28 turns per mile sounds …
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From that page, the last line.
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mwlikesbikes said:
Sad news in the car world with the passing of Dr Simeone. The collection is in good hands though.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com

Legendary Philly Car Collector and Neurosurgeon Dr. Frederick Simeone Dies

Legendary Philadelphia car collector and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Frederick Simeone has died at the age of 86, a spokesperson for the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum confirmed.
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I'm still blown away by how good that museum was.

Car museums don't get much better.
 
Magic said:
I was down there in 2006/07 or something right after high school when I had my S14. There were definitely less eyes back then, but it gets sketchy with big groups trying to out-do one another and with regular travelers out there as well. Would love to go back some day, but with these gas prices, it's cheaper to fly out somewhere for a 7 day vacation.
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This is always the crapshoot. After cop driving and some track time, I have a good feel for my abilities and I know enough that when poo comes out, to back off 5%. But you don't know everyone else in the group or others on the road. I'm sure the minivan driver who swallowed an SRT headlight wasn't boiling his brake fluid on the TOTD.

After a few hours, the "smarter" drivers grouped together and I felt like I was more protected from mayhem. Only one of those guys made an error the rest of the weekend when I saw his driver's door handle after he nearly spun out. He saved it, thankfully, but I had left enough room between us that I didn't punt him off Fontana Dam.

In reference to the cost, check T's purse for your man card. $660 in fuel, $300 for the cabin, and bucket list fun on the best roads in the East. If you'd rather spend a grand to sit on a cruise ship or on the beach, you should be banned from this thread. And buy a Subaru and get it over with.

I don't think there are any "spirited" videos that will make it online. WAY too fast to be smart to post. But if they do I'll link it up. Here is a GT3RS with (at best) an average driver behind the wheel on TOTD. It's a 991 chassis and PDK with an aftermarket exhaust so my experience was similar. It's a good pace but shitty lane discipline and throttle take up. Once I settled in and focused on braking hard and trailing off late and being smooth on the throttle, I was much faster.

Other than the mustache, the driver is a douche, so start at 3 minutes.



By the numbers:

2483 miles
117 gallons of 93
Approx 13mpg on the runs
Approx 27mpg on 81 in the Commonwealth of VA at 76mph
Normal oil temp is 196-200; I hit 228 on Sunday when it was 93 degrees out
Tires were 5/32 before trip; they are now 3.5 to 4/32

TOTD was the LEAST favorite road. Foothills Parkway and Cherohala Skyway were very fast and sweeping and much more enjoyable.
 
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