Well, I was talking about it for about a good week and a half but I finally got to do it.

Background story: I used to love driving aimlessly at night in my car when I was a kid. I traveled hundreds of miles at a time on some ventures just to watch the sunset in a place i've never been before. One occation was the day I ventured out with a lady friend and found a highway called "Rim of the World" aka Highway 18. I remembered it vividly - every turn was beautiful. I couldn't remember a happier time back then. . .

Flash forward, I have a new car (my 8) and I almost had no recollection of this place til i stumbled upon it on www.lateralg.com(great site, i know some members visit there every so often, one's a mod IIRC, lionzoo?) . It's been about 10 years since i was last there. I was extremely eager but afraid of being let down. I was afraid that my memories exhaggerated the truth. I logged onto www.lateralg.com and mapped out my trip...

Here it is:



I packed up my ish and hit the road and see if these memories were real or just exhaggerated.

Here's a quick vid that i threw together. I doubled the speed in case you were like "holy ****! you were hauling ***!!" lol - i was actually only going at a moderate pace.....................i swear

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^Be sure to watch in HQ




Here's the pic's (Raw and unaltered)




















































In conclusion: I couldn't be more happy with the outcome. . .every turn was just as I remembered. I arrived a little later than I wanted to so I did run into some light traffic but it still didn't take away from the whole experience. I had a lot of fun up there. I understand there's plenty of other canyons in socal, and plenty are probably more fun - but this one was just right IMO.

Honestly, this experience has really reawakened the reason why i love this car. It was like i put my car back in its natural habitat - we all know our car's aren't quarter mile, econobox daily drivers....we're trackers, autox'ers and canyon carvers...and this little venture just proved it to me

 

F*CKING GREAT!!!!!!! dudeeeeeeeeeeee i gotta go with you! thats fckin sweeetttt i like your pics and that video is great

 

that pic of you standing with your car is just PERFECT! god i love that pic

 

w00t w00t! Thanks bro

 

seriously tho, that exact one pic is bad *** (no homo) reminds me of me, being alone, growing up and showing what i have, looks like ur thinking of life out in nature with the car in its perfect habit, it seems like all is one...human in its natural habit, the car in its natural habit, IMO very artistic

 

Dozer: Honestly you hit it dead on. The feeling was rejuvenating. I haven't felt that free of work/stress/monotony in SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.

I just kicked back and let go.

That feeling of being free of everything is priceless to me.

 

dude i know EXACTLY what youre talking about

 

nice pics and definitely a sweet road.

and the feeling of being free is totally understandable. the 8 is usually my only escape. or a nice and high building rooftop in the middle of the night.

 

Dude, I use to go there all the time. Mt Baldy have these really insane hairpin turns. Next time when you go, invite me along, I'll show you where it is.

 

Oh, and nice choice of music btw. Hoobastank - Crawling in the dark.

 

and this reminds me that i have to make a custom mount for my cam so i can drive around NYC and post it!!!!!

 

Looks like a very fun road with amazing scenery.

 

Renesis: definitely! I've been to mt. baldy - haven't been in a while but i have a feeling i'll be hitting up more canyons in the near future

No0dle: Thanks! Honestly, I used to do the same in parking structures - if you ever get a chance to hit up a decent canyon road - I would highly suggest it. Iono, there's just something about it

topgear: Thanks!

 

Very nice pics & route.

Do I smell a weekend canyon cruise coming up?

 

Looks like a great route - nice pics as well.

How was traffic? Hope you didn't get stuck behind too many turtles.

 

aww. you guys had a moment. dozer+atilla=

lol. j/k.

cool vid tho! looks fun

 

man ive hit so many canyons and still havent checked rim of the world out this and angels crest highway are on my list of canyons i need to hit

 

i'm with you. since getting my 8 i've only gone canyon carving once, and was it great.
mike, i'm down to go whenever. oO and atilla nice vid. btw how did you make a camera mount? jw...


dude, defintely let me know more ahead of time when you decide to go so that i can set aside some funds! defintely want to go along! we should eventually hit all the canyons in socal! lol

 

like initial d lol project d here we come invading socal one mountain at a time haha, man seeing atillas pic i want to somehow get that full burnout kit before sevenstock painted and mounted

 

for real! that'd be dope for sure!
dude we gotta go soon, after atilla thread im itchin to go. i might go right now! lol

 

lol im down anytime lol, maybe after a wednesday meet

 

word! lets just make this wednesday! haha

 

Pretty awesome **** man!

And as far as you and Dozer,,,, I'll just try not to think about it.

 

Dude, I'm down too!

 

Maybe we should start a new meet. Going every Wednesday is too much imo, I say a "Once a Month" kinda meet in between the "SoCal Beach Cruise" meets.