Driving Roads. So Cal.

[Mexican_Guy]

any road without cops it cool xD

[Neocataboi]

I dont have much experience but I like Carbon Canyon. Fairly easy and a decent length. It used to be a local road for me before moving from Chino Hills.

I can take carbon canyon at speeds that are way too unsafe, there is way too much traffic, and way too many locals to really have fun, the whole thing is at the top of 4th into 5th gear. I only like the two hair pins at the chino side.

[ahrut7]

I can take carbon canyon at speeds that are way too unsafe, there is way too much traffic, and way too many locals to really have fun, the whole thing is at the top of 4th into 5th gear. I only like the two hair pins at the chino side.

yup way!!!!!!!!!!!! too much traffic carbon canyon isnt that fun unless u get completely no traffic which is very hard bc there is always traffic

[emtran]

Yeah there is uaually a lot of traffic in the day time but at night you can usually run no problem

[EMMI]

carbon canyon feels fun in a bimmer... not a miata

[JSanker]

I like the CA-18 too, but i only drive up to arrowhead and back typically. Another quick drive i take is up Lytle creek road, (north on Sierra Ave and the I-15), it is about 5 min away from my place, mainly long high speed sweepers with apexes right in the meat of 3rd. i like it because it is just so close to home.

GMR scares me though; too many bicyclists, and people driving beyond their limits. i just recommend staying away.

Please don't stop at Arrowhead lol. Let me show you what you're missing:



That's over 100 miles of straight up curves. One thing I love about the roads are that they are always paved well. This route is from the MR2OC forum 'Rim of the World' annual cruise.

carbon canyon feels fun in a bimmer... not a miata

What!? Every canyon feels good in a miata!

[itzzspencer]

I can't help but notice that it seems like I am the only one who feels this way. How exactly is canyon running? How do you push your car to the limit? I feel like I'd be too scared seeing a side of a mountain, as well as having the possibility of spinning out and falling off. Am I the only paranoid parrot?

[CeeJaayDM]

GMR and Azusa are my play ground

i'm always at GMR and been thru ridge and mt baldy but I always hear people saying that they're gonna go through azusa.... is azusa connected to gmr or something ?
just curious.

[azntaiji]

This = fun! You can't tell much from the map, but all corners are highly banked.



Pretty dangerous, lots of people have died on this road. Thank god there are guard rails.

[CeeJaayDM]

I can't help but notice that it seems like I am the only one who feels this way. How exactly is canyon running? How do you push your car to the limit? I feel like I'd be too scared seeing a side of a mountain, as well as having the possibility of spinning out and falling off. Am I the only paranoid parrot?

don't even worry about canyon running. back when i was 16 that's all i cared about and wanted to be faster than everyone else.

then you grow up and realize you're doing it for the fun and excitement. not for bragging rights.

don't be scared and try going up one of those mountain or canyon roads during a sunrise or sunset and have a nice cruise with the top down going at your own pace.

as you do it more and more you'll naturally get a little faster and be braver thru some turns and that's where some people will mistake you for 'canyon running' cus' you can make your way up and down the road decently fast.

Enjoy the roads !

[The Driver]

Pretty much anything in the Malibu canyons, though these are a couple of my favorites:



Also the 33 past Ojai. much less traveled than the Malibu canyons

Read my sig...

[thedguy]

I can't help but notice that it seems like I am the only one who feels this way. How exactly is canyon running? How do you push your car to the limit? I feel like I'd be too scared seeing a side of a mountain, as well as having the possibility of spinning out and falling off. Am I the only paranoid parrot?

I can't vouch for some of the others, but I don't "run the canyons." I never get to a speed I don't feel I can make a sudden, significant adjustment in case something is in the road or some ass hat is coming at me cause he's driving both lanes.

[— kung fu jesus —]

almost straight as an arrow and smooth like buttah!

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[JTninja]

I like how you stopped it before San Juan Capo, thats not buttah there

Ortega is good when there's no traffic...

[— kung fu jesus —]

This is the typical SoCal reaction to people driving the 5 in and out of SJC:

OMG!! A CURVE! *brake*

You can substitute 'curve' with 'raindrop', 'flashing light', or 'pidgeon having sex with a guardrail' to the same effect.