Comments on: Best Roads in the World (MotoringFile Edition) http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/ MINI Cooper news, reviews and opinion. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:13:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: dc http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-33545 dc Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:11:35 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-33545 <p>I-95 near I-87. The elevations changes are thrilling, 100 mm at a time.</p> I-95 near I-87. The elevations changes are thrilling, 100 mm at a time.

]]> By: Scott Meyers http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32482 Scott Meyers Sun, 26 Feb 2006 03:17:19 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32482 <p>My favorite is lower wacker drive when it's late. For those of you not from Chicago, lower wacker is an entirely underground street running through the heart of downtown Chicago. It curves since it follows the path of the Chicago river. There really aren't any places for cops to hide at the most entertaining points since it is essentially a tunnel. Like an earlier poster mentioned, lots of fast blind corners, but watch out for bumpy road surfaces. It also feeds into a long straightaway on the 290 and some fun S curves (at any speed) on north Lake Shore Drive.</p> My favorite is lower wacker drive when it’s late. For those of you not from Chicago, lower wacker is an entirely underground street running through the heart of downtown Chicago. It curves since it follows the path of the Chicago river. There really aren’t any places for cops to hide at the most entertaining points since it is essentially a tunnel. Like an earlier poster mentioned, lots of fast blind corners, but watch out for bumpy road surfaces. It also feeds into a long straightaway on the 290 and some fun S curves (at any speed) on north Lake Shore Drive.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32394 Nathan Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:40:57 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32394 <p>"Chapmans Peak" in Cape Town South Africa. Got to be the ultimate in bends and scenery.The best strech of tar for cornering and really putting your MINI to test.Cannot believe there is another ideal test route.Chicks love it to for the scenery and theres some great picnic spots along the way.Avoid Sunday Afternoons as there are a few Tourist buses that tend to slow things down. Can't wait to try my new MINI JCW GP along this stretch.</p> “Chapmans Peak” in Cape Town South Africa. Got to be the ultimate in bends and scenery.The best strech of tar for cornering and really putting your MINI to test.Cannot believe there is another ideal test route.Chicks love it to for the scenery and theres some great picnic spots along the way.Avoid Sunday Afternoons as there are a few Tourist buses that tend to slow things down. Can’t wait to try my new MINI JCW GP along this stretch.

]]> By: Robert Joy http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32383 Robert Joy Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:14:24 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32383 <p>I have been planning a great "run" for PDXmini. Route is 125 miles (one way)starting at Sherwood, thru Gaston, Gales Creek, Timber, Vernonia, Jewel, ending in Astoria at the Astoria Column. Twists and turns throughout, with great scenery. Some section are very fast. A very exciting route, with almost no traffic on Sunday mornings.</p> I have been planning a great “run” for PDXmini. Route is 125 miles (one way)starting at Sherwood, thru Gaston, Gales Creek, Timber, Vernonia, Jewel, ending in Astoria at the Astoria Column. Twists and turns throughout, with great scenery. Some section are very fast. A very exciting route, with almost no traffic on Sunday mornings.

]]> By: ///ACS330Ci http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32300 ///ACS330Ci Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:42:33 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32300 The Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany

]]> By: Dave http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32170 Dave Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:32:26 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32170 <p>The road over the <a href="http://www.marviva.org/imatges/caboformentor.jpg" rel="nofollow">Cap De Formentor</a> at Majorca. You drive some of the most exciting but dangerous roads, up a mountain, <a href="http://www.bochum1.de/Bilder/Mallorca2003/Tunnel%20gross.jpg" rel="nofollow">through tunnels</a> in the rock and then a decent to a <a href="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.travelpictures.co.uk/TP/MAJORCA/221985dFormentor-pp.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.travelpictures.co.uk/TP/MAJORCA/maj6.html&h=400&w=389&sz=44&tbnid=uiquImXLnlXslM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=116&hl=en&start=55&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dformentor%252Bmajorca%26start%3D40%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26hs%3DSP%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN" rel="nofollow">white sand beach</a> with one of the most impressive hotels on the planet. Awesome. Oh, bring a Mini but if you can afford one a Fezza would be nice.</p> The road over the Cap De Formentor at Majorca. You drive some of the most exciting but dangerous roads, up a mountain, through tunnels in the rock and then a decent to a white sand beach with one of the most impressive hotels on the planet. Awesome. Oh, bring a Mini but if you can afford one a Fezza would be nice.

]]> By: DanC http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32149 DanC Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:01:09 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32149 <p>Mulholland Drive was very exciting the last time I drove in L.A. lots of twisties</p> Mulholland Drive was very exciting the last time I drove in L.A. lots of twisties

]]> By: James Gaston http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32141 James Gaston Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:27:12 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32141 <p>A vote for CA 120 from Mono Lake to Benton, which is especially nice on motorcycle.</p> <p>Also a vote for CA 9 from Saratoga to Boulder Creek, also a popular motorcycle route. Its a beautiful, windy mountain road with great views and ever-vhanging curves and grades. Just watch out for the bicyclists, motorcyclists, and (slow!) tourists on the weekends, the latter heading to Big Basin State Park.</p> <p>I am lucky, I get to drive my MINI on CA 9 every day since I live near the middle of this route, on 9 near its intersection with CA 35.</p> A vote for CA 120 from Mono Lake to Benton, which is especially nice on motorcycle.

Also a vote for CA 9 from Saratoga to Boulder Creek, also a popular motorcycle route. Its a beautiful, windy mountain road with great views and ever-vhanging curves and grades. Just watch out for the bicyclists, motorcyclists, and (slow!) tourists on the weekends, the latter heading to Big Basin State Park.

I am lucky, I get to drive my MINI on CA 9 every day since I live near the middle of this route, on 9 near its intersection with CA 35.

]]> By: MINI Insider http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32134 MINI Insider Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:20:03 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32134 <p>Where are the Canadians? Sea To Sky Highway from Vancouver to Whistler B.C. Ocean on one side, mountain on the other, winding roads in between. Sweeeeeet!</p> Where are the Canadians? Sea To Sky Highway from Vancouver to Whistler B.C. Ocean on one side, mountain on the other, winding roads in between. Sweeeeeet!

]]> By: miniyup http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32112 miniyup Mon, 20 Feb 2006 02:26:52 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32112 <p>For folks stuck in the "flatlands" in the Midwest...</p> <p>"Scenic Drive" (old County H) near Lake Delta (Delta, Wisconsin)</p> <p>Blackjack Road between Galena and Hanover in Illinois</p> For folks stuck in the “flatlands” in the Midwest…

“Scenic Drive” (old County H) near Lake Delta (Delta, Wisconsin)

Blackjack Road between Galena and Hanover in Illinois

]]> By: jimskater http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32097 jimskater Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:45:08 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32097 <p>I have to second Rob's vote for Mt Palomar.</p> <p>One of my favorite Nor Cal routes is 92 to 35 to 84. Weeeha!</p> <p>Watch out for bikes & motorcycles & cops on all of the above</p> I have to second Rob’s vote for Mt Palomar.

One of my favorite Nor Cal routes is 92 to 35 to 84. Weeeha!

Watch out for bikes & motorcycles & cops on all of the above

]]> By: Feedback http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32092 Feedback Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:25:15 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32092 <h1>1 recommendation -</h1> <p><a href="http://www.arizonascenicroads.com/contentScenicRoadFrame.aspx?ScenicRoadId=4">Coronado Trail</a> in AZ.</p> <p><strong>"Dedicated in 1926, the roadway provides a route for tourists seeking the beauty of the forests and its wildlife, but few people either then or now have taken advantage of it. Often fewer than 100 cars a day use the highway. The reason partly lies in its remote location near the New Mexican border and partly because the drive is very slow going. It takes 4 hours or more to traverse its 123 miles of switchback after switchback, but the adventure is clearly worth the effort. The Coronado Trail Scenic Road climbs 4,300 feet in elevation through a wilderness region that is home to three endangered mammals, three endangered birds and two endangered fish."</strong></p> 1 recommendation -

Coronado Trail in AZ.

“Dedicated in 1926, the roadway provides a route for tourists seeking the beauty of the forests and its wildlife, but few people either then or now have taken advantage of it. Often fewer than 100 cars a day use the highway. The reason partly lies in its remote location near the New Mexican border and partly because the drive is very slow going. It takes 4 hours or more to traverse its 123 miles of switchback after switchback, but the adventure is clearly worth the effort. The Coronado Trail Scenic Road climbs 4,300 feet in elevation through a wilderness region that is home to three endangered mammals, three endangered birds and two endangered fish.”

]]> By: Dennis MINIero http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32091 Dennis MINIero Sun, 19 Feb 2006 12:56:47 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32091 <p>Long Island Expressway (HOV lane) ROFL...joking of course ;) Unfortunately not many terrific roads here on Long Island, NY Peace, D</p> Long Island Expressway (HOV lane) ROFL…joking of course ;) Unfortunately not many terrific roads here on Long Island, NY Peace, D

]]> By: Mark http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32088 Mark Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:46:57 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32088 <p>US 550 "Million Dollar Highway" - Ouray to Durango Colorado.</p> US 550 “Million Dollar Highway” – Ouray to Durango Colorado.

]]> By: Rob http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32085 Rob Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:00:56 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32085 <p>I second the comment on roads around Athens, OH. Any of the roads through Wayne National Forest in SE Ohio are AWESOME too! Routes 664 and 374 are great but do them on weekdays since on weekends there is some traffic with campers, hikers, etc. using the park. That is God's Country, IMO.</p> <p>One of my other favorites is in SE PA. Get off of I-70E at exit 161 in PA and take US 30E into Chambersburg, PA. There are about 30 miles of curvy elevation changes that are very fun. That is a very beautiful area of the country and very historically significant with all of the Civil War battlefields.</p> I second the comment on roads around Athens, OH. Any of the roads through Wayne National Forest in SE Ohio are AWESOME too! Routes 664 and 374 are great but do them on weekdays since on weekends there is some traffic with campers, hikers, etc. using the park. That is God’s Country, IMO.

One of my other favorites is in SE PA. Get off of I-70E at exit 161 in PA and take US 30E into Chambersburg, PA. There are about 30 miles of curvy elevation changes that are very fun. That is a very beautiful area of the country and very historically significant with all of the Civil War battlefields.

]]> By: Radiationman http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32078 Radiationman Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:52:39 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32078 <p>It's short, but one of my favorites had got to be US-211 westbound making the climb up to Skyline Drive. Two lanes up, switchbacks and almost no potholes.</p> <p>Then there's Atoka Road (inside DCMM joke)</p> It’s short, but one of my favorites had got to be US-211 westbound making the climb up to Skyline Drive. Two lanes up, switchbacks and almost no potholes.

Then there’s Atoka Road (inside DCMM joke)

]]> By: Frank http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32077 Frank Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:32:17 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32077 <p>Yep, I have done the St.Gotthard pass tunel in Switzerland as well. That is one amazing engineering feat and incredible drive!</p> Yep, I have done the St.Gotthard pass tunel in Switzerland as well. That is one amazing engineering feat and incredible drive!

]]> By: Victor von Salza http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32075 Victor von Salza Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:25:30 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32075 <p>Here in the Portland OR/SW Washington area there are a lot of great very fun to drive back roads. One of my favorite routes is a half day tour on paved two lane roads ( WA503, WA Forest Roads 90, 51, 30 and WA14) through the beautiful forested Lewis and Wind River valleys with many fine views of Mt. Saint Helens, Yale Lake, Swift Reservoir, and the Columbia Gorge. This route is documented at this <a href="http://www.vonsalza.com/lm/mshlwcv.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.vonsalza.com/lm/mshlwcv.html</a> web page, which has a map, detailed route description, lot's of photos, and more.</p> Here in the Portland OR/SW Washington area there are a lot of great very fun to drive back roads. One of my favorite routes is a half day tour on paved two lane roads ( WA503, WA Forest Roads 90, 51, 30 and WA14) through the beautiful forested Lewis and Wind River valleys with many fine views of Mt. Saint Helens, Yale Lake, Swift Reservoir, and the Columbia Gorge. This route is documented at this http://www.vonsalza.com/lm/mshlwcv.html web page, which has a map, detailed route description, lot’s of photos, and more.

]]> By: Gianni http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32073 Gianni Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:37:37 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32073 These are my favourites.

In Switzerland:

1) the Gotthard Pass

there’s a tunnel that leads through the mountain, so normally there won’t be much traffic. The road has a nice inclination, you’re allowed to go 100 km/h but they rarely check. you have plenty of room, the bends are wide enough. You beat any motor cyclist :)

2) the Flüela Pass

My “home pass”. Narrow roads, but cool. Difficult to drive if you want to go fast.

In Italy:

from Como to Bellagio. Very narrow road, nice view. And finally, Bellagio, awesome place. You can take the ferry from there to go back and will find another nice road.

]]> By: dave http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/comment-page-2/#comment-32072 dave Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:34:06 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/17/best-roads-in-the-world-motoringfile-edition/#comment-32072 <p>For everyone that knows about Weird New Jersey.com. there is a place called Blairsden. Peapack, Morristown, and Bernardsville are apart of the all of these twisting and winding roads. There is this one road called Lake Rd. Right off of route 202. The road swings around and dipps up and down along the river. Only 2 MINI's can fit side-by-side on the road. The only thing I can tell you is don't park on the side of the road and walk up to the Blairsden House. Alot of people get caught doing so.</p> For everyone that knows about Weird New Jersey.com. there is a place called Blairsden. Peapack, Morristown, and Bernardsville are apart of the all of these twisting and winding roads. There is this one road called Lake Rd. Right off of route 202. The road swings around and dipps up and down along the river. Only 2 MINI’s can fit side-by-side on the road. The only thing I can tell you is don’t park on the side of the road and walk up to the Blairsden House. Alot of people get caught doing so.

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