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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 01:41 PM
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Great Places to Drive

Know of a great place one should zoom zoom their 8? Let us know about it here.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 03:12 PM
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My favorite drive to the summer drive from Calgary to the B.C. interior (kelowna area). You have the high speed sections in Alberta and the twisties thru the mountans and into B.C. (Golden and Rogers pass)

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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 04:03 PM
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Awesome place to zoom

The Forks of the Credit, north on Hwy 10 as you go up the Escarpment before Caledon and the Devil's Pulpit on the left hand side.
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The Hockley Valley Road, continue up 10 past Orangeville turn right at lights, can't miss it.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 04:17 PM
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Highway 40 south between Calgary and Banff is pretty fun...lots of twisties, especially farther down near the end.

There's a road that goes along Kootenay Lake in BC that's suuuuper fun. A full hour of tight corners...each with a 30KM/hr or 40KM/hr warning sign. I forget the name of it though...
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 04:35 PM
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In a different thread, I mentioned the Bow Valley Parkway between Banff and Johnston Canyon. Sweet, unless you hit wildlife.

And no such list would be complete without mentioning the Coquihalla highway in BC. No twisties, but sometimes I feel the need ... the need for speed!
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 04:38 PM
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How 'bout the drive from Calgary to Winterpeg? You never have to let the wheel go off dead center. :D
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 08:49 PM
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Now that I think of it, there's a highway on Vancouver Island that goes from roughly Parksville to Long Beach and beyond. It has some nice twisty stuff.

I've never driven it in my 8, but I did it in a Prelude I used to own. From what I remember, that's the only road where I actually had to obey the recommended (amber signed) speed limits in some spots. Usually I add about 30 kph to the values on those signs.

Now I want to take my 8 on it!
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 09:03 PM
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Yep, Fritz...I know where ya mean. I grew up about an hour north of Parksville
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 10:37 PM
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The Naramada road by Penticton....SWWEEET!
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 12:21 AM
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Back road from Kamloops to Lillooet to Pemberton to Whistler. Gorgeous scenery and serious twisties!
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 12:35 PM
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Highway #60 runs through Algonquin Park, which I took with my wife and friends in her Mazda 3 this past (ha, it's finally over!!!) winter. It has amazing scenery and great and winding roads.
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 02:26 PM
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Summer time along Memorial drive westbound, west of crowchild trial.....the road is full of traffic and no real nice turns but the scenery on the bike path is amazing!
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 02:56 PM
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My vote goes to Going To The Sun Road on the US's side of Waterton/Glacier National Park. But it's mostly stop and go driving, but the scenery is crazy!
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by SlowLude
My vote goes to Going To The Sun Road on the US's side of Waterton/Glacier National Park. But it's mostly stop and go driving, but the scenery is crazy!

different scenery than I was talking about :D
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Summer time along Memorial drive westbound, west of crowchild trial.....the road is full of traffic and no real nice turns but the scenery on the bike path is amazing!
You perv :p I hope your wife doesn't read this forum :D
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by SlowLude
My vote goes to Going To The Sun Road on the US's side of Waterton/Glacier National Park. But it's mostly stop and go driving, but the scenery is crazy!
Scenery like that will cause accidents galore.
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 04:59 PM
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You perv :p I hope your wife doesn't read this forum :D

I was talking about the beautiful trees that were planted to honor our war veterans.
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 05:07 PM
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suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 05:11 PM
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Drove the parksville > longbeach run in my 8 last year. AWESOME.
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