interesting places youd want to drive

I was making a picture album/bucket list of places I would like to go. The only list similar is places I want to drive. (other than racetracks) Any ways I stumbled on this forum and thought Id share. Is there anywhere you would like to drive? It doesnt have to be anything super fancy like Targa Newfoundland... I wish I knew the place where you can drive your car through the sequoia tree like here...

Anyways theres some really cools places to drive. Wheres some places youve been or want to go? :drive:

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Originally Posted by BAM!

I wish I knew the place where you can drive your car through the sequoia tree like here...

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http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2043

I always wanted to go out in the Nevada desert.

Hwy 1 up the coast to the giant redwoods and the wine country of California.
The Amalfi Coast Italy (more wine)

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/

du bai ftw!

Just read an article yesterday about DePoe Bay on the central Oregon coast. Sounded like a nice drive down the Pacific Coast Highway.

The alcan highway.
Highway to the sun in Glacier National Park

Labrador New Foundland. Preferably for the Targa races. I visited St Johns on the way back from Morocco Africa and it was AWESOME :)

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Originally Posted by HudsonHawk

The alcan highway.
Highway to the sun in Glacier National Park

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+1 on this road. Loop around Turquoise Lake in Leadville, Co is like a baby TOD. Awesome in the summer, of course. Utah has some great roads. The elevation drop from Flagstaff to Phoenix, Az is quite spectacular as well.

Malibu canyon runs are a lot of fun. I took my dad's S2000 out there when I was visiting and had a blast. Would also like to drive the Isle of Mann.

Although I've driven up and down PCH, I'd like to do it in my Miata instead of an F-350 someday.

And even though it's short, Kanan Road is awesome and leads almost directly to my favorite place on Earth.

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Originally Posted by BAM!

I wish I knew the place where you can drive your car through the sequoia tree like here

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Beat ya to it!

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Originally Posted by BFPW

I always wanted to go out in the Nevada desert.

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Beat ya to it!

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Originally Posted by bnordin

Hwy 1 up the coast to the giant redwoods

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Beat ya to it!

;)

There's a LOT of places left where I want to go.

The Moon.

The "Million Dollar" highway. Highway 550 between Durango, Co and Ouray, Co. I have driven this road but always iwth a 4x4 going between trails. This road would be an absolute blast in Miata. Multiple 11K+ foot passes, twisty moutain roads, Lots of elvetation changes and well maintained paved road surface.

I want to take a beater Miata to Alaska...

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Originally Posted by HudsonHawk

The "Million Dollar" highway. Highway 550 between Durango, Co and Ouray, Co. I have driven this road but always iwth a 4x4 going between trails. This road would be an absolute blast in Miata. Multiple 11K+ foot passes, twisty moutain roads, Lots of elvetation changes and well maintained paved road surface.

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Awesome road, I got to drive it in my parents old altima while on vacation (also pikes peak). I would love to go back in my miata now that I'm a little bit more mature and slightly better driver LOL

Here's three that I love to drive. I haven't driven them in a Miata yet, but have on a motorcycle which is almost as good. ;)

Two are in South Dakota's Black Hills and one (the most dangerous of the three) is east of Phoenix.

Iron Mountain Rd. (route 16) approaches Mt. Rushmore from the south. Great scenery with switchbacks and wooden bridge cloverleafs.

Spearfish Canyon (route 14) is scenic and very smooth.

Apache Trail (route 88 is the best, most beautiful, and most dangerous road I've driven. Looks like a roadrunner cartoon with sheer rock cliffs and no shoulders or guardrails at all.

Almost lost a good friend on this road back in 87. We were road racing and he hit a small patch of sand that had fallen in the lane from the cliff above. It caused his rear tire to break free and the bike to go down. He let his legs go wide, kicked hard with his right leg, and throttled it open. The bike's rear tire found traction and he saved it. We went through three or four more turns before we could find room to pull our bikes over. We got off and walked back to wear Jim almost lost it and saw the little sand patch and a chunk in the asphalt not far from it. That's where his engine case hit the road. We walked about twenty feet from that and looked down 50-60 feet of cliff where he would've gone had he not saved it. There was a rusted wreckage of a Fiero down there. We took it easy the remainder of that day.