Ideas for Events: Maps for Drives Thread

**AaronCompNetSys** · 05-25-2010, 12:11 PM

Discuss.
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Jason!

Coming round to my ideal of first names in your screen name?

**UCP** · 05-25-2010, 04:43 PM

Not really. My old sig at the other place was a pic stating as much. From the helpful bus.

EDIT: Why talk...

**AaronCompNetSys** · 05-25-2010, 04:46 PM

Nice. Thank you for not choosing that old one

**AaronCompNetSys** · 06-01-2010, 09:20 AM

Added Southern Ohio, Brush Creek Run.

**AaronCompNetSys** · 06-07-2010, 08:30 AM

Added Franklin Ohio Touge.

Yesterday was an amazing day for just about anything. Once behind the wheel I didn't want to stop driving. A cool breeze, bright sunlight, and almost had my first spin ever in an abandoned undeveloped side road. (3 oversteer corrections, some crossed arms, no spin) Hey, I was excited.

Later in the day, I arrived in Franklin too early for dinner with a few friends, so I picked a twisty road on the GPS and went. Franklin is notorious for cops extorting people on their 25mph roads, so as I puttered along at 29mph, I didn't expect much. Turning left onto Sharts Road, I strangely felt a huge weight off my chest. There was only forest shrubbery to my left, a corn field to my right, a blind sweeper with elevation in front of me, and no speed limit sign in sight. There will be wheel spin. There is a country church on one of the really tight but well sighted turns, I'm sure the congregation in the parking lot sneered at my excessive tire squealing. The abandoned business park at the end had a strange little park area with one picnic table placed kind of randomly in the corner, with a giant 2 foot tall "Slow" sign next to it. Of course I ignored it. I ran up and back the whole run twice.

**AaronCompNetSys** · 06-12-2010, 01:50 AM

Everyone ditched on dinner plans before the movie, so I goofed around at the bookstore then drove up and down Realto a couple times (55mph limit

). That road is so freaking insane, its easy to max and exceed the tire grip of just about any car on the turns, one is off camber one direction so understeer reaches out and gets you if you are not aware. If you kind of watch yourself twirl the wheel from a removed point of view, its so fast almost doesn't look realistic. Oversteer isn't an option 'cause you can barely turn the wheel fast enough to negotiate the turn, let alone extra twirling for countersteer.

**jmr.s2k** · 06-16-2010, 04:14 PM

Heres a good quicky

US-27 N/Millville Oxford Rd

**AaronCompNetSys** · 06-16-2010, 04:22 PM

I have no idea how you manage to goof every link you post up. Click the "Link" at the top right of google site and copypasta into a post, using the

button. The "embed into website" part does not work on forums.

**jmr.s2k** · 06-16-2010, 04:41 PM

I just like that you still fix it for me lol... But I can do it right from now on.

**AaronCompNetSys** · 06-18-2010, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by AaronCompNetSys

Ended up doing this run. Some epic turns. Are you man enough to take the 180 sweepers on full boost in 3rd?

The Harley rider was bamboozled at why I was holding him up on the straights and then disappearing into the woods.

Found out yesterday that I melted the plastic shield on my gas tank during this run. Luckily, the tank is steel. I was worried about this happening, but everyone I asked about it assured me there was no way it would ever get that hot... I'll have to fab up a new shield out of metal and add some extra exhaust piping.

**AaronCompNetSys** · 06-19-2010, 09:59 PM

The drive today, tour of outer Oxford was a blast. Oh, and I melted my heat shield more

My passenger also got a bit of motion sickness from the violent thrashing

And he's an autocrosser. The newb in his new STI that I was leading reported that was the first time he's ever went for a drive like that, he's been driving turbo cars for years too.

**jmr.s2k** · 06-20-2010, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by AaronCompNetSys

The newb in his new STI that I was leading reported that was the first time he's ever went for a drive like that, he's been driving turbo cars for years too.

Fail

**AaronCompNetSys** · 09-07-2010, 10:00 AM

Added Madison Township, Ohio from a run this weekend with my friend Randal.

**AaronCompNetSys** · 03-19-2011, 10:01 PM

New season, we need new maps.

**AaronCompNetSys** · 04-19-2011, 02:06 AM

All hail the Dragon, and surrounding roads of course.

I think I got all the roads we drove on. We struck out on some roads that others didn't bother to go on.

**onu2002** · 04-19-2011, 06:35 AM

Originally Posted by AaronCompNetSys

All hail the Dragon, and surrounding roads of course.

I think I got all the roads we drove on. We struck out on some roads that others didn't bother to go on.

TN-360 from Tellico Plains up to to US-411 is a nice road. Not nearly as technical as the Dragon, or even the Cherohala, but still nice. Only problem is it's very (rural) residential compared to those other two roads, so you're likely to encounter local traffic that has no intention of pulling over and letting you play.

**AaronCompNetSys** · 05-02-2011, 07:21 PM

After the group drive this last weekend, Mike and I both agree that the Dragon was a much safer place to drive than the runs around here. We are both itching to go back.

**AaronCompNetSys** · 07-13-2011, 07:47 AM

We hit some new roads last weekend at the Dragon, none that I remember were worth noting. We had fun on them though. The connecting roads to Robinsville were cool, it made going to and from the hotel there a lot of fun.

**onu2002** · 07-13-2011, 08:48 AM

Did you stay at the Microtel? Are you staying there for DBR?

**AaronCompNetSys** · 07-13-2011, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by onu2002

Did you stay at the Microtel? Are you staying there for DBR?

Yes, we stayed at Microtel. It was pretty good, although I probably should have picked a different room location for reasons not caused by Microtel...

I haven't had time to even thing about DBR. I'd like to go, but am not sure yet.

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