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What do you consider the must drive roads?

Started by Ghoste, September 10, 2012, 08:37:30 PM

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Ghoste

If you had to do a road bucket list what would it be?  Not the destinations or stuff along the way or rally's or Power Tours or anything like that but the must drive stretches of road?  Route 66 should be an obvious one for car guys in North America but what else?  The Pacific Coast Highway, the Autobahn I'm thinking?  Would the Nurburgring count?  The route used for LeMans?  Monaco?
What are your dream roads?

68X426

The Pacific Coast Highway, Morro Bay to Monterey, is for real. Having lived there I drove it many times. It's always a dream ride.



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JB400

I'd say some of the highways in Montana.  I here some of them have an unlimited speed limits plus there's the open plains and mountain scenery.  Spring time would be the best time to go.  U.S. 1 and U.S. 101 would be fun as well.  Of course, any road can be fun if there wasn't idiots and cops.

Fred

For anyone visiting Australia, "The Great Ocean Road" in Victoria is a must see with spectacular scenery and plenty of sights along the way.
And at the end of a most enjoyable drive you're greeted by  this................
"The Twelve Apostles" ( or sadly what's left of them)


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JB400

That's a nice  view.  It must be nice to have that view nearby. :angel:

Fred

Thanks stroker400 wedge.    Only one of many beautiful spots throughout Victoria.
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JB400

No argument there. Glad we're alive to enjoy it, and here's  :2thumbs: to letting the next generations enjoy it as well.

Ghoste


doctor4766

I've done the Great Ocean Road too Fred.
What a great drive that is!

Also the Nullarbor Plain is a treeless plain that is worth the hike if you're ever in Oz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullarbor_Plain
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Route 66

Most of the DOH shooting locations

Most of the Movie "Christine's" movie locations

Any from the "Vanishing Point" movie

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West Coast Highway, South Island New Zealand.
Drove it first in a 61 Holden Station wagon , always a pleasure, hobbits and orcs running wild through the bush by the road  :D  :lol:
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FJMG

Coast hwy between San Fran and Washington (not hwy but driving the dunes near florence, or). Driving on the beach in pismo beach. the drive through the giant redwoods was also nice. "going to the sun hwy" in glacier national park. Bear tooth pass btw billings, mt. and yellowstone park and of course hwy 14 btw Cody wy. and Dayton (thru granite pass), especially in an SRT8  ::). Jasper parkway btw Banff and Jasper.

Dino

As for Europe.  Anything in Sweden is great because it's not only a beautiful countrym they also have the smoothest roads you can imagine.  Anything in Austria, Switzerland and parts of Germany because it's so friggin' stunning there.  (if you like nature that is)

Nurburgring is only fun if you can keep up, and there's some insane bikes and cars there.  Autobahn was a lot of fun every time I drove it but in the end doing near 150 mph and getting passed by cars so fast you can't recognize them is a bit daunting.  I'll stick to the scenic routes. 

As far as home sweet home, the Michigan UP is absolutely gorgeous as is the north part of the LP.
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41husk

Localy the river road between Alton and Grafton is very nice and scenic.
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I am kinda partial to a lot of the mountain passes in the Rockies on the US side. Yes RT66.

Europe: Stelvio Pass in Italy..  Car or motorcycle!!  :2thumbs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelvio_Pass
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Marck

The F1 circuit in Monaco was a fun drive for sure..
Driving along the mediterranian from Italy to Spain is probably the most beautiful roadtrip I have ever taken.. Lots of short tunnels through the mountainside and the view is amazing..
The autobahn is great fun, but you have to watch out, since some of the cars come up behind you so fast, it's easy to get the way.. I got overtaken while I was doing 130 mph, and it looked like I wasn't even moving..
I drove from Demmark to Oslo in Norway last year, and most of that trip was pretty amazing also..
When driving from Schwitzerland in to Italy you cross the Alps, and the trip down the Alps in to Italy is also very impressive.. Lots of sweeping hairpins and stunning view.. On the return trip I raced my father in law across the Alps in the middle of the night, we didn't see any other cars, and had a blast..
We drove to Prague about 6 years ago, and the stretch from the Czech border is down a small mountain ridge, which is actually a challenging piece of road.. Great fun if your in to braking and cornering..  ;)

Fred

Quote from: Bob T on September 11, 2012, 06:51:09 AM
West Coast Highway, South Island New Zealand.
NZ. is a beautiful country. The drive from Chritchurch to Queenstown through the Canterbury Plain (especially in late Autumn) is stunningly beautiful. It's a tapestry of golden, russet hues that the wife couldn't get enough of and then the snow capped mountain range of the Remarkables and Mt. Cook rivals any peak in Switzerland.
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71ChallengeHer

Route 66 is on my bucket list. If I don't get that done prolly the Old Lincoln Highway.

bull

Route 66 really is a trip, and by trip I mean both traveling and a great experience. I haven't traveled much of it but if you choose your sections you can enjoy all the great memorabilia people have created to make a living there and all of the abandoned businesses along the way. The scenery can be awesome too.

Route 101 is very cool too. Being from Oregon I've traveled it many times. We did a big section of it last spring when we went down to CA to see the redwoods.

Another one I highly recommend is the Grand Circle in Utah which can also include portions of Route 66 if you plan it right. : http://www.utah.com/nationalparks/grand_canyon/grand-circle-itinerary.htm

Homerr

A few weeks ago in mid-August I did the following -

Splugenpass
http://goo.gl/maps/yStfa


Oberalppass
http://goo.gl/maps/0sd9i


Furkapass
http://goo.gl/maps/m1IOi


Grimselpass
http://goo.gl/maps/7vupS


Grand St. Bernard Pass
http://goo.gl/maps/4Sozg


First 4 were great, the St. Bernard was okay, but we did the tunnel route instead of over the col (the true pass).  This was as many passes as I could cram into our trip and as much wife aggro as I could manage (she was getting car sick  :icon_smile_blackeye: ).  I would definitely put driving in Switzerland and/or Austria on the list.

We had a Citroen C3 diesel, which was fine with two of us.  It had a tall single windshield that went back to the B pillar.  Lots of motorcycles, some bicyclists, and a few smaller campers (that did respectably on the hills, considering).  An unexpected bonus was the smell of the fresh cut hay, wildflowers, and herbs at a certain elevation range - a real sweetness to the air.

Tilar

Not that you could feasibly take your Charger over there and drive it, but the road from Kahului Hi to Hana and then on around to Haleakala volcano then back to Kahului. Fantastic journey... for the passenger. So, if you ever go there with someone else, be sure they do the driving.  :yesnod:
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Quote from: 68X426 on September 11, 2012, 02:07:14 AM
The Pacific Coast Highway, Morro Bay to Monterey, is for real. Having lived there I drove it many times. It's always a dream ride.



I did that this past summer with the family, it was awesome!  We were jealous of everyone in their convertibles though!   :rofl:

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