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RossD
RossD PowerDork
4/14/15 7:55 a.m.

Our cabin is in a National Forest and there are a ton of gravel roads. Even some slower speeds can be fun in a little car or truck. Rally Stage!

neon4891
neon4891 UltimaDork
4/14/15 8:11 a.m.

I have a bunch of back roads that would make excellent hill climbs.

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson UltimaDork
4/14/15 8:59 a.m.
drummerfromdefleopard wrote: Does anyone else have a spot where they go to practice responsibly. I have a .8 mile 7 corner loop (6 corners have good to great flow) with over 60ft of elevation change. Beautifully paved then abandoned in 2007 courtesy of the housing bubble burst. I always make sure to bring a friend and only one car is "hot" at a time and parties are always left with our itineries as far as how long we plan on being there. I understand not wanting to share details of a location if some would rather share just descriptions, photos or videos from their secret spot. And I understand the risk of sharing mine, but have chosen to do so anyways, as drifting isn't popular on this board. so my favorite is: https://exg5.exghost.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=fxhFoJBAik-z69cbLNhmrMqwqPKASdJIBXO9xiRt4FmWsmAIqzcIg-kK9e-9jjsebKWkZeZwpkU.&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.google.com%2fmaps%2fplace%2fThrone%2bRd%2c%2bFawn%2bGrove%2c%2bPA%2b17321%2f%4039.7907219%2c-76.4562011%2c1380m%2fdata%3d!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c87f62422fcef1%3a0x631111cd734f58f0

You have a duty to buy this place and the surrounding land and preserve it as hoonigan central

drummerfromdefleopard
drummerfromdefleopard GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
4/14/15 9:03 a.m.

In reply to Adrian_Thompson:

I have reached out to the property owner regarding purchase and actually have a business plan drafted involving karting 3 weekends a month, leaving one open for fun.

ebonyandivory
ebonyandivory SuperDork
4/14/15 9:55 a.m.

I learned to "drive" in an unbuilt development behind my house. From the air, it was a huge capital P.

In a good snow, my Ranger spent .01% of that 3/4 mile going straight.

I credit it to this day for my ability to drive in really bad weather and recover from a slide.

iceracer
iceracer PowerDork
4/14/15 9:57 a.m.

I had a favorite little used state highway that has lots of curves.

Now it is too bumpy to be fun anymore.

yamaha
yamaha MegaDork
4/14/15 10:21 a.m.
series8217 wrote: Out in the High Desert we have a hundred square miles of this. Graded dirt/gravel neighborhoods that were never built and never paved. Hoon City. Just hope you don't mind a bit of dirt and a lot of rock-chips in your rear fenders. You can connect the roads and turns together into pretty much any course configuration you can imagine.

Did they plan that before Californians realized they lacked the water to turn the desert green?

Kreb
Kreb GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
4/14/15 11:46 a.m.

In reply to yamaha:

Pretty well everything from LA down used to be desert. If they shut off the Colorado, it'd be again.....

yamaha
yamaha MegaDork
4/14/15 12:24 p.m.

In reply to Kreb:

By the looks of it, it'll be a desert again without shutting of the Colorado....

kylini
kylini HalfDork
4/14/15 12:44 p.m.

I just got a speeding ticket on my fun road trip route: MO-79. Thank god Missouri believes in "give us more money and that speeding ticket was really just defective equipment."

Worth it.

Brokeback
Brokeback Reader
4/14/15 1:58 p.m.

NM-152, not many guardrails!!

Sky_Render
Sky_Render SuperDork
4/14/15 2:56 p.m.

I thought I had some fun back roads around me. Then I come into this thread and realize they all suck. Thanks, GRM.

DWNSHFT
DWNSHFT HalfDork
4/14/15 8:08 p.m.

There are rumors that the corners on the access roads around my high school had numbers ranging from 1 to 13. None of those rumors have been confirmed by reliable witnesses.

Mr_Clutch42
Mr_Clutch42 Dork
4/14/15 9:05 p.m.
Brokeback wrote: NM-152, not many guardrails!!

Now that's a driver's road!

I hooned on one of the dirt roads near my house, nothing special. I messed up one of my drifts, and went into a ditch. I just high centered the car over the edge, no damage to my 328i. The residents of that road were pissed, I believe some of it was because a brotha was "tearing up" their road. I did find out that they pay out of pocket to get it maintained, so I felt a little bad, but I could have fixed my drift marks in about 15 mins and a bucket of dirt from somewhere else. I was only doing three drifts around the 90 degree turns per session. The tow truck driver that pulled me out said that all the dirt roads are privately owned in the area, so no hooning (practically) for me.

JamesMcD
JamesMcD Dork
4/15/15 6:24 a.m.

There's a road near my house that has...a corner. I do miss the back roads of Missouri.

kylini
kylini HalfDork
4/15/15 7:58 a.m.

Here's my somewhat more local option. It's very popular with bicyclists and deer so responsibility is mandatory. The main stretch also doesn't have a posted speed limit, meaning it's legally 55.

RossD
RossD PowerDork
4/15/15 2:20 p.m.

I've also driven this multiple times back to back. The lady walking her dog laughed and waved every time.

JacktheRiffer
JacktheRiffer Reader
4/15/15 4:17 p.m.

I wish we had better roads here. You guys are amking me wanna move!

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