Best driving road in the world? - Aircraft of World War II

Lucky13 · 02-12-2009, 03:27 AM

Where is it? The perfect road with the challenging bends and hills, great views, long fast straights and obviously.....no traffic, the one that gives you the ultimate in driving experience and thrill, the one where it doesn't matter that you have to drive back again because you forgot something, does that road excist, have you come across it?

I'm of course talking about driving at legal speed now....

Heinz · 02-12-2009, 01:08 PM

Isle of Man for driving/riding has got to be up there.

Great Ocean road along the coast in Victoria is pretty amazing too.

There are more but they come to mind easiest.

Torch · 02-12-2009, 01:38 PM

Heck,half the roads in Colorado meet those requirements,Million Dollar Higway,Poudre Canyon,Peak to Peak plus Deals Gap in Kentucky, route 21 thru the Sawtooths in Idaho, 101 in California, the road that leads up to Jaspar in Canada, Escalante, Capitol Reef, Bryce,Zion in Utah..Yeesh it's amazing what you find when you ride motorcycles.

Bucksnort101 · 02-12-2009, 01:51 PM

It ain't the one I drive to work on every weekday!!! Traffic, pot holes the size of moon craters, and every moron with a drivers lisc. seems to get on the road just ahead of me!!!

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 02-12-2009, 02:48 PM

There are some amazing roads to drive down in the Alps in Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland and northern Italy. Really breath taking!

Bucksnort101 · 02-12-2009, 06:35 PM

There is a road in Colorado called "Oh My God Road". Wanted to go down it on a trip to Colorado once, but the wife of my friend refused as she is afraid of heights and from what I've been told it is a pretty interesting stretch of road.
Here's one pic I found.

Amsel · 02-13-2009, 10:19 PM

The "Going to the Sun" road in Montana is one of the most breathtaking I have ever seen.

Torch · 02-14-2009, 07:11 PM

Yup been there too, the road up to MT. Evans is cool and so is Trailridge road in Estes Park, plus McClure pass even the worlds loneliest highway(51) I think thru Nevada is cool in it's own way..

pbfoot · 02-14-2009, 10:39 PM

The drive from Jasper to Banff in the Canadian Rockies is pretty cool and I have here the best sunday drive along the Niagara River from Fort Erie to Fort George about a 50km drive next to the river
The drive along the fiords in Stavenger Norway were great also

Lucky13 · 02-15-2009, 06:49 AM

Trollstigen?

pbfoot · 02-15-2009, 08:26 AM

I google earthed Trollstigen and it was a little too far north up in Trondheim and Bergen I was in Sola/Stavenger . What blew me away was the drivers reaching out the windows to pull in their mirrors so they could pass opposing traffic

Gnomey · 02-15-2009, 02:45 PM

There is certainly some fantastic roads that I've been on in Norway (around Bergen, Stavanger, Oslo and Lillehammer). As pbfoot says the road between Jasper and Banff is awesome as well (the train back again if cool too although I went a different route - through Kamloops and back to Vancouver).

There are also some more awesome roads in Alaska and the Alps and also in South Africa (particularly in the Cape). There are an awful lot of great driving roads out there, would love to drive the all but that isn't going to happen.

Negative Creep · 02-16-2009, 07:47 PM

There are some great roads out there. Problem is I can never get on one without being stuck behind some moron dawdling along at half the speed limit!

Heinz · 02-19-2009, 02:37 AM

Amen Negative Creep!

AMCKen · 02-19-2009, 08:10 PM

When MosCons were still happening the stretch of Hwy 95 between Coeur D'Alene and Moscow was a favourite.

02-12-2009, 03:27 AM	#1
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,141	Best driving road in the world? Where is it? The perfect road with the challenging bends and hills, great views, long fast straights and obviously.....no traffic, the one that gives you the ultimate in driving experience and thrill, the one where it doesn't matter that you have to drive back again because you forgot something, does that road excist, have you come across it? I'm of course talking about driving at legal speed now.... __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

02-12-2009, 01:08 PM	#2
Heinz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 6,731	Isle of Man for driving/riding has got to be up there. Great Ocean road along the coast in Victoria is pretty amazing too. There are more but they come to mind easiest. __________________

02-12-2009, 01:38 PM	#3
Torch Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 503	Heck,half the roads in Colorado meet those requirements,Million Dollar Higway,Poudre Canyon,Peak to Peak plus Deals Gap in Kentucky, route 21 thru the Sawtooths in Idaho, 101 in California, the road that leads up to Jaspar in Canada, Escalante, Capitol Reef, Bryce,Zion in Utah..Yeesh it's amazing what you find when you ride motorcycles. __________________ As I shifted into 5th gear I couldn't remember a word she said!

02-12-2009, 01:51 PM	#4
Bucksnort101 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,204	It ain't the one I drive to work on every weekday!!! Traffic, pot holes the size of moon craters, and every moron with a drivers lisc. seems to get on the road just ahead of me!!! __________________ A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year. That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles per gallon.

02-12-2009, 02:48 PM	#5
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 33,152	There are some amazing roads to drive down in the Alps in Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland and northern Italy. Really breath taking! __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I]

02-12-2009, 06:35 PM	#6
Bucksnort101 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,204	There is a road in Colorado called "Oh My God Road". Wanted to go down it on a trip to Colorado once, but the wife of my friend refused as she is afraid of heights and from what I've been told it is a pretty interesting stretch of road. Here's one pic I found. __________________ A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year. That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles per gallon. Last edited by Bucksnort101; 02-12-2009 at 06:43 PM.

02-13-2009, 10:19 PM	#7
Amsel Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 1,736	The "Going to the Sun" road in Montana is one of the most breathtaking I have ever seen. __________________ http://www.northstarnational.com/200...tte/#more-2513

02-14-2009, 07:11 PM	#8
Torch Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 503	Yup been there too, the road up to MT. Evans is cool and so is Trailridge road in Estes Park, plus McClure pass even the worlds loneliest highway(51) I think thru Nevada is cool in it's own way.. __________________ As I shifted into 5th gear I couldn't remember a word she said!

02-14-2009, 10:39 PM	#9
pbfoot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls Posts: 5,586	The drive from Jasper to Banff in the Canadian Rockies is pretty cool and I have here the best sunday drive along the Niagara River from Fort Erie to Fort George about a 50km drive next to the river The drive along the fiords in Stavenger Norway were great also Last edited by pbfoot; 02-14-2009 at 11:25 PM.

02-15-2009, 06:49 AM	#10
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,141	Trollstigen? __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

02-15-2009, 08:26 AM	#11
pbfoot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls Posts: 5,586	I google earthed Trollstigen and it was a little too far north up in Trondheim and Bergen I was in Sola/Stavenger . What blew me away was the drivers reaching out the windows to pull in their mirrors so they could pass opposing traffic

02-15-2009, 02:45 PM	#12
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,220	There is certainly some fantastic roads that I've been on in Norway (around Bergen, Stavanger, Oslo and Lillehammer). As pbfoot says the road between Jasper and Banff is awesome as well (the train back again if cool too although I went a different route - through Kamloops and back to Vancouver). There are also some more awesome roads in Alaska and the Alps and also in South Africa (particularly in the Cape). There are an awful lot of great driving roads out there, would love to drive the all but that isn't going to happen. __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

02-16-2009, 07:47 PM	#13
Negative Creep Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Plymouth Posts: 819	There are some great roads out there. Problem is I can never get on one without being stuck behind some moron dawdling along at half the speed limit! __________________ "We attack tomorrow under cover of daylight" "Daylight sir?" "Yes it's the last thing they'll be expecting, a daylight charge over the minefield"

02-19-2009, 02:37 AM	#14
Heinz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 6,731	Amen Negative Creep! __________________

02-19-2009, 08:10 PM	#15
AMCKen Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 110	When MosCons were still happening the stretch of Hwy 95 between Coeur D'Alene and Moscow was a favourite.

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