In CA, continue the 33 south to Ojai, over the San Rafaels;

or the 36, Fortuna to Red Bluff, maybe on to Susanville;

anyone mention #128, from PCH to Cloverdale;

Then in TX there's rte 337 from Camp Wood to Medina;

Or, in WA, rte. 21, from Republic to Keller Ferry;

Or, the ORR roads; the Dragon's Tail; Or, US191 in AZ.

Lots & Lots.

P.S. Just did rte.35 down the east flank of Mt.Hood in caravan
with 9 other 928's. 40+ miles of spirited 'touring'.

G'luck all.

 

Shane is referring to Lolo Pass over the Sawtooth mountains. I've never driven it, but I have ridden over it twice on Gold Wings(a '76 and later a '96) and it was awesome. Some think of Gold Wings as impossibly huge and totally unsporting, and I'll tell you they're ignorant. I'd love to one day tour Idaho/Montana in a 928.

 

I love the Pacific Coast Hiway from Morro Bay to Carmel - particularly outside of the main season, when there is little traffic. When I brought my baby home from LA, I drove it in the rain and had the hiway for myself (almost). I really bonded with the car during that drive; by the time I reached Carmel I felt I was one with the car.

This reminds me that I have to plan a trip to Carmel on one of the next weekends. Haven't been there in a while.

Ron: You want to go pet the fat cat?

 

Nicole, the cat's name is Mr. Taffy, and he resides in the Inn on Ocean Ave. It is about time to go down there and pet him. I will be down there next Saturday, October 1, at Laguna Seca for the SCCA races. At least that's the plan now. Come down and enjoy the races and we'll go pet Mr. Taffy and enjoy Carmel before it turns too cold.

 

Skyline Blvd(Highway 35) which runs along the ridge of the S.F. Bay peninsula. From various parts of this road you can see the Pacific Ocean, the S.F. bay, and south of 9 you can see Monterey bay. The 25 mile or so stretch between highway 92 and Highway 9 is especially juicy. Cat 1 at the speed limit, Cat 3 at triple digits. Watch for bears!

Ron, I thought Mines road ran behind(east of) the S.F. East bay foothills, starting east of Mount Hamilton & heading north to somewhere around pleasanton. I'll have to find out about the one south of Hollister... unless you're talking about 25?

 

It's hard to tell because there are no maps here in jail, but I seem to remember that it was Mines Road and that is Hwy. 25. Lots of twisties joined by quick bursts up to XXX speeds and then on the brakes for decreasing radius turns. Not much traffic except bikes which is the hairy part. Nicole knows because she came on one drive with us one day. I was the lead car that day. Whew!!

Dave is not kidding about bears on Skyline, and it is clogged with bikes, both motorized and pedal powered. Scary! And lots of driveways where someone can get in your face with nowhere to go but a tree. The real problem with Skyline is the tree cover which means you pass from dark covered sections to short patches of bright open sky, and then back to the shade and tree cover. Keep it a 1, and forget the 3.

 

M-32 In northern Michigan between US-131 and East Jordan.

It's more twisty than it looks on the map, with some fun elevation changes at the eastern end. I've heard from a local that there's a guy living on that stretch of road who has 3 928s, but I've never seen them.

I prefer driving it east to west - because it means I'm almost to Charlevoix, my favorite vacation destination!

 

California is chock full of these types of roads. And they don't get much prettier than up in NorCal. There is a real nice Cat.2 road up in the trinity Alps on the way to the upper Klameth river. I wish I could remember the road numbers.
Gosh I miss California.

 

Hwy 154 N from Santa Barbara, Ca.

Hwy 285/126 S from Denver, Co to Pikes Peak. Pikes peak Hwy (open to public).

Hwy 12 E from Olympia, Wa

Hwy 44/64/139 S from Green Lake, Ut.

Going to the Sun HWY, Glacier Park MT (I'm not kidding), then on to HWY 4 N in Canada, HWY 1 west through Banff, all the way to Vancouver. It is the most spactacular thing you can do on 4 wheels. This is rated at 1, 2, 3 invarious stages and takes at least a full day but is well worth it. If you ski, go in winter and stop at Fairmont Hot springs/ski area. Incredible.

The Trace, Land Between the lakes, KY/TN. Take your time, enjoy.

Doc

 

John, that was the part I was talking about, the newer 4 lane. Seems like it was designed for 100+ mph. Haven't been up there in years. Used to live up there, closer to Erie, and had family down on the Allegany. (Parker) Nice country up there.

Jim

87 928S4 a/t
87 951

 

Highway 58 in Calif. from Bakersfield to San Luis Obispo, definatly a #3! All twists and turns the entire way, lots of white knuckle areas too.

Hwy 281 in Texas from Hico to Lampasas. Roger and I just completed that leg in our pre-run of the 3rd Coast tour. Most of it at 100+ MPH with rolling hills and long sweepers, probably a #2.

Almost any road in the Texas hill country west of Austin, #'s 1, 2 & 3 some of them combined.

Lots of areas in west Arkansas, in the areas of the Ouachita and Ozark National Forests, many of them are #3's.

Jim Mayzurk
93 GTS 5-spd

 

Living in the rockies means a bazillion sweet roads for the 928. I-70 was mentioned but the detail sections to visit include Glenwood Canyon between Gelnwood Springs and Eagle. The road snakes through the canyon on two levels meaning it would be nearly impossible to set up radar. Trucks are mandated to the right lane. #2 if you are watching the scenery, #3 easy if you double the posted corner speeds. Or McClure pass from Carbondale over towards Delta, 2/3. My local fav is Red Mtn Pass a #4, 25 mph limit on most curvy sections, 1000ft+ drop offs with no gaurd rails, half a dozen low speed switchbacks that you can safely drift all four, nothing like it that I have ever seen. The west side of Monarch Pass near Salida on hwy 50 is a hoot. Going up the west side you get a passing lane nearly the whole way up, the turns are awesome. I could go on and on. I must have a dozen different routes between here and Denver, all about 5 hrs long, all include tons of 928 roads.

 

Frankly guys the road in the US pale compared to what the Europeans have. The mountain roads follow old wagon paths and are often built with less digging.

Drive along the Gorge du Verdun in France or from Coin to Rhonda in Spain or over the mountains from Lucca to Maranello and you'll see that American roads are, in comparison, flat, wide and straight.

 

You think maybe that fact may have influenced the design concept of Porsches............as well as other European cars.................as opposed to the dragrace/throwaway mentatlity of American cars............hmmmmm......maybe so.....hmmmm....................

 

Yep. Stight line speed and big sweeping curves suit American cars. At least as a generality. Smaller cars with good handling suit European roads and cities. And while the autobahn has legal high speeds, I've been blown off the road while doing 100mph in most of Western Europe. So you need a higher speed car and more gears while getting there.

It also interesting how the Japanese culture influences their products. Small cars for crowded cities. With the high density of people they don't have room to keep junk so each thing they do have is the best they can get.

When I worked over there they were surprised I had six cars and only 4 or 5 were moving.