The definition of beauty
04-21-2008, 04:07 PM
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Unfortunately, it was somewhat difficult to take pictures while driving. I really wish I'd had a video camera on the car- it was just phenomenal. That particular shot was just a spot where our group stopped for a minute to let the tail catch up. I just happened to be struck by the beauty of that particular scene. (The ****, incidentally, are in the red '99 just behind me.)
Most of the time I was looking at nothing but the road, the cliffs with no guardrails, and the rock walls. Oh, and the CHP officer who joined our group halfway up Palomar and stayed with us nearly all the way down the mountain. At one point, we all pulled over, then the cop pulled over, and he exchanged words with the leader. Something about the fact that none of us had front license plates. Visions of a trip to the referee station were flashing through my mind...
Fortunately some bikers distracted him a short while later, but it seemed like throughout the day we encountered an abnormally large number of CHP vehicles. Fortunately none of the rest of them gave chase- I was sure the one on Palomar had radioed ahead about us...
Total of about 65 cars in six groups. We had fifteen in our run group. The yellow NB at the front was the lead, and the Porsche was one of two non-Miatas invited to the event. A hugely well-organized event; every group had a lead car and a sweep car (all with co-drivers manning the radio and map), nearly everyone carried CB radios, and nobody got seriously hurt. The SDMC really does a good job with these runs.
Originally Posted by m2cupcar
you were outqualified by a girl's car?
Still, it was an absolute blast. I am so indescribably happy that I managed to get the car running well enough to go on it, and just in time. The "final" version of the ignition trigger went in on Saturday evening. It worked well, but still had a few mis-triggers. So I'm doing away with the whole CAS and fabricating a crank trigger.
Originally Posted by spike
The only thing wrong is your not leading the pack.
Originally Posted by Newbsauce
What in the hell is on the head of the passenger in front of you? Is that like a bonnet or something?
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04-23-2008, 07:22 PM
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Obviously the newb doesn't read Joe's paragraph about how the poseur p-car couldn't be kept up with by a turbo miata.
Sounds like you had fun Joe, I wish I had roads like that here, we have some good twisty bits but nothing sustained, max 10 good corners in a ~2 mile stretch and short/long gaps in between some okay corners.
Sounds like you had fun Joe, I wish I had roads like that here, we have some good twisty bits but nothing sustained, max 10 good corners in a ~2 mile stretch and short/long gaps in between some okay corners.
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04-24-2008, 12:38 AM
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Sounds like you had fun Joe, I wish I had roads like that here, we have some good twisty bits but nothing sustained, max 10 good corners in a ~2 mile stretch and short/long gaps in between some okay corners.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&...54245&t=p&z=15
Yes, that stretch really is as insane as it looks.
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04-24-2008, 12:44 AM
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Well, I freedly admit that a large part of that is the driver. I'm just not as skilled (or as crazy) as some of these folks...
Heh. Here's an example:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&...54245&t=p&z=15
Yes, that stretch really is as insane as it looks.
Heh. Here's an example:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&...54245&t=p&z=15
Yes, that stretch really is as insane as it looks.
)I have to move somewhere with mountains/canyons, none of this flat land crap.
That is insane. Is something like that what I will be greeted with when I head down to the gap this year?
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04-24-2008, 01:20 AM
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There's a reason all the car mag's have loved the Boxster for the last 10 years. It's easy to drive fast in the twisties. It's a forgiving car that gives a reasonably good driver a lot of confidence to push the limits. Can't wait to get my car back from BEGI to start thrashing the Boxster guys at the track though!
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