I know this topic is a little played out, but I'll offer my canyon carving experience. For starters, that road was for pansies and lasted all of 30 seconds. Stop and go through quick in one of 2 ways: 1) at a time when there is no traffic, 2) when there are no cars in front of you. Based on the fact that neither of those are options, I'd say you lose.
Sorry, but for those of you who live in areas where 2 turns in a row on a road make it the hot setup, why bother? Just go to a track and have fun. If you are too poor (like me) pay $25 and autocross. It is a fun way to drive like an ass and not get busted. Now out here, there are enough deserted canyon roads that I can launch myself off of on my bike where there are infinitely more turns and less traffic. In that case, it is my fault if I mess up and I am endangering no one else. I don't play in town or around cars. Every single time I go to Alice's in the mountains here (big biker hangout) I see 2 or 3 ambulances go by to pick up the remains of a squid from either his own stupidity or an idiot 4 wheeler. Last week when I was up I saw the EXACT same bike as my new one that went off a cliff come through that the subframe was snapped off and everything else either crushed or torn off. This is a busy mountain area that tourists like to come see and therefore create problems. Serious riders adhere to option one above and get to the base of the mountain at 6 am or so. That and I am waiting for Vanson to get my new leathers so I can hit the track!!! Either way, none of the cars in any of those videos were fast enough to drive like that- thus why I have a bike. :) Brice -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 6:30 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: High speed 16v chase movies from Hawks Nest Well,...not to say it is as safe as the racetrack,...but you'll notice I stayed in the yellow lines the whole day.....my friends however got a little carried away... I do intend on going to the racetrack, and making my black car a track only car as a matter of fact. There is a Auto-x this weekend that I planned on attending for the first time, but I wont be able to,...but I will soon.... - Josh << On Wed, 16 May 2001 [email protected] wrote: > Check them out, and tell us what you think..... > > http://24.228.1.185/ > > > **edit - the car filiming is a A3 Jetta 2.0...the car in most shots is > a A2 GLI 2.0 16v (mine), but there is also a A2 GTI 8v, and a A2 GLI > Helios 1.8 16v, and another A3 Jetta 2.0. They are listed under the > Hawks nest cruise..** > > If you get a message saying the page is busy because of too many > users,...Thats because the movies kick SERIOUS butt......keep > trying!!!!....in one, he chases me from almost a dead stop to well > over 100MPH!!!!! In others, we take some seriously twisted roads at > 80mph,...that normal cars take at 35-40 tops....if you listen, you can > hear the car filming tires squal and notice his rear end/tail of the > car was sliding out....LOL > then in others,...my friends proceeds to pass a big truck on that same > twisty road,...almost gets creamed!!!!! - Josh Let me be the first to say.... save it for the f'ing track. There's a reason the good lord invented race tracks, helmets, and roll cages. That way, if you're going to kill anyone, it's going to be yourself, and not anyone else. Yeah yeah yeah, "I'm a good driver, I can handle it", etc etc.. I only hope I don't end up on the same roads that you drive on. I mean for fucks sake, the blue jetta almost hit a buick head on at while crossing the double yellow at about 60mph. And for what? To get a little bit ahead. This sort of thing just makes me sick. There was a time when I would do this sort of shit, but then I had a real reality check- hitting a tree at 50mph tends to do that to you. I only hope you get a reality check in some other vehicle than your GLI, so you don't fuck it up. >> _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
