Automotive

As can be witnessed by the posts here, many members enjoy a spirited drive or two and apart from a track day, or an early morning blast on an empty autobahn, a good mountain pass is a great place to enjoy automotive pleasures. Now with a not fully selfles...  

Will let you know as soon as I have tried it 👍🏻

One doesn’t do anything too silly anymore (apart from buying watches 😂)

Unless you are into delayed product introduction at home and your spouse takes exception to it 😂

...there are similar turns on some portions of Highway 1 on the Pacific Coast. Get up some speed, brake hard. Increase speed, brake hard. After doing that for a few miles it gets old : )

A modest slide and a dab of oppo helps making it fun 😉

...but I'm no Ken Block (and neither is he)...

But a bit of judicious power will have the back come around nicely 😁

Stelvio is useless and totally overrated! But of course it depends what you are looking for! My aim was that bends allow to drive fast, but not to fast! For me, the greatest pass are (in this order) -Grimsel from the north side -Bernina from south side -h... 

Have done I believe most of these many moons ago, when I used to live in Switzerland but definitely worth another try, especially since I cannot fully remember which is which (ageist 😂)👍🏻

Is my favorite pass… Next week I have another road trip planned to the Black Forest in Germany and Grossglockner, very much looking forward to it! ...  

Albeit a bit further away from where I live nowadays, so might come later. Thanks for the tip 👍🏻

Just need to check that the passes are all open - and open 24h. Planning to put a lot of km into the short trip 😉

You don’t want to miss the Transalpina on the way back. Also going through the tunnel once you’ve reached the top of Transfagarasan and then down on the other side is nice 👍🏻

So you get an impression 😁

Having tried a number of them, I am now more sedate. unless off-road (intentionally) with little traffic, then I'm okay Cazalea ...  

As always, goes to you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Any favorites from the pre-giving them a miss phase? 🤞🏻

It is an old military road between Piemont and Liguria, connecting France and Italy. Hope to see the Mediterranean Sea from the Alps at the Rifugio la Terza (third place of refuge) where I will spend a night. ...  

Will add that one to the list! Off road vehicles strictly or just a normal gravel road that can be navigated in a car, too?

I remember driving on to a glacier with a rental Yaris in Iceland many moons ago. Parked next to the Defenders and Land Cruisers on balloon tires it was quite a sight 😂😂😂

90 miles and 18'000ft of climb in 2 days in 30+degrees heat nearly killed me though! ...  

Looking like a truly memorable experience 👏🏻

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For me propulsion is from the engine 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

Prosciutto a formagio a barolo 😋

As most of these attract cyclists and motor vehicles alike. So either at night (little in terms of scenery) or when cold (fewer cyclists) 😊

What car?

If I do not pool up with friends for a larger choice, the M3 and E63 are easily available (i.e. in the garage) 😊

youtube.com S Epic Road

In terms of exotic I also thoroughly enjoyed the ride between Khadzhalmakhi and Kharadkhanskaya Tesnina in Dagestan but that is not easy to get to nowadays 🤷🏻‍♂️ Will try to find a picture or two…

Will try it out 😊

Transfagarasan Romania all the way,I will be back there in July,can’t wait

Has the traffic increased over the last 10 years or so?

As much as I would have liked to…

It's called the Cascade loop, it took me 14 hours of hard driving to complete it. My back was destroyed from driving 14 hours in CF bucket seats. Had to roll out of the car when I was done. Mr Purple handled beautifully. ...  

Thanks for the great shots, too, to demonstrate 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻