As can be witnessed by the posts here, many members enjoy a spirited drive or two and apart from a track day, or an early morning blast on an empty autobahn, a good mountain pass is a great place to enjoy automotive pleasures. Now with a not fully selfles...
...there are similar turns on some portions of Highway 1 on the Pacific Coast. Get up some speed, brake hard. Increase speed, brake hard. After doing that for a few miles it gets old : )
Stelvio is useless and totally overrated! But of course it depends what you are looking for! My aim was that bends allow to drive fast, but not to fast! For me, the greatest pass are (in this order) -Grimsel from the north side -Bernina from south side -h...
Have done I believe most of these many moons ago, when I used to live in Switzerland but definitely worth another try, especially since I cannot fully remember which is which (ageist 😂)👍🏻
You don’t want to miss the Transalpina on the way back. Also going through the tunnel once you’ve reached the top of Transfagarasan and then down on the other side is nice 👍🏻
It is an old military road between Piemont and Liguria, connecting France and Italy. Hope to see the Mediterranean Sea from the Alps at the Rifugio la Terza (third place of refuge) where I will spend a night. ...
I remember driving on to a glacier with a rental Yaris in Iceland many moons ago. Parked next to the Defenders and Land Cruisers on balloon tires it was quite a sight 😂😂😂
In terms of exotic I also thoroughly enjoyed the ride between Khadzhalmakhi and Kharadkhanskaya Tesnina in Dagestan but that is not easy to get to nowadays 🤷🏻♂️ Will try to find a picture or two…
It's called the Cascade loop, it took me 14 hours of hard driving to complete it. My back was destroyed from driving 14 hours in CF bucket seats. Had to roll out of the car when I was done. Mr Purple handled beautifully. ...