It's still not too late .. The only thing holding us back is that all our family are here.
Bestest driving roads...?
- Thread starter Thiefcode
- Start date
It's still not too late .. The only thing holding us back is that all our family are here.
- Location
- Southern California
- Location
- FONTANA, CA
- Car
- 2010 Honda Crosstour
.. not just inlaws, my whole fams as well. My boy did it in '04, packed up everything to move out there but @ that time he did it coz his girl lived in Glendora.
damn, the things you do for love. lol
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Car
- 2007 FX35 RWD
has anyone brought up the Autobahn? one of hitler's better ideas.
- Location
- FONTANA, CA
- Car
- 2010 Honda Crosstour
I would love to drive on the Autobahn. No speed limit and no one can drive like a snail on the fast lane.
SD red FX 45
Member
- Location
- San Diego
I've driven on the Autobahn, although, it was about 12 years ago. You don't drive as fast as you think you would. You can only drive 100+ mph for so long before the stress of driving that fast gets to you. Most people drive 80 - 85 mph most of the time.
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Car
- 2007 FX35 RWD
see, im young, so i enjoy that stress, given the road conditions are good. however, i think it would be worse on the autobahn because you have to watch for slow cars in front, but also fast cars that might come screaming up behind you. i might just stay out of the left lane if possible.
- Location
- brooklyn, ny
man, the only stress I feel at over 100mph is the stress of looking out for cops
SD red FX 45
Member
- Location
- San Diego
I guess what I mean to say is driving over 100 mph is a blast of course, but try doing it for an hour or more. You have to be very alert to everything around you. You have to anticipate what another car might do from 1/2 a mile away. You can't be distracted by the radio, the climate control or anything else going on. After time, you need a break from it and you'll slow down.
FXshift35
Member
- Location
- New Jersey
What about the Ortega Highway?
FXshift35
Member
- Location
- New Jersey
true it's not a pleasant thing braking then re-accelerating due to someone slow, it wastes brake pads, rotors, and gas. if i were in the autobahn, id try to max out my speedometer.
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Car
- 2007 FX35 RWD
ya i know what you mean. driving that fast keeps you on your toes, and well its just hard to keep concentration that long. i know my drives to fort worth usually leave me a little dazed by the time i get there, and i probably only got around 70-80 mph on those.
FXshift35
Member
- Location
- New Jersey
my cruising speed is around 80-90, passing is around 90-95. it's all about non-aggressive smart speeding.
- Location
- Southern California
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Psiclne
Guest
Just make just to look in your blind spot when you cut over 4 lanes.......
hahahahaha kidding Bro
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Car
- 2007 FX35 RWD
everytime i merge onto a tollway/highway/freeway, etc. i think of thatJust make just to look in your blind spot when you cut over 4 lanes.......
hahahahaha kidding Bro
- Location
- Southern California
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Psiclne
Guest
Ortega is good for knee draggers
you guys get snow days
That's the ONLY time I like driving in Chicago.
Chicago is a crappy city for driving. A few reasons:
1. Traffic. Bumper to bumper, every freeway, all day.
2. Far too many drivers that suffer from the retardation.
3. The worst road conditions for any major city I have ever been in. Bombay and Moscow have better roads for God's sake. I guess it's due to the extreme changes in temps here - 100 in summer and minus 30 in winter - and of course the amount of use they see. But there are potholes and debris everywhere. And these aren't your everyday little holes but holes where you will lose your wheel or take off your axle.
4. IL is flat, roads are straight, and there is no where to go to just "get out and drive" to relax. No mountains, no coastal runs, no open roads, no space.
Plus side?
1. Well late at night when the freeways are empty you can let your frustrations out, albeit illegally, and open her up on open stretches of freeway. And the cops are lenient in the city because they have far better things to do than stop speeders. Such as hunt serial killers, stop gang warfare, arrest corrupt city officials, and torture the Governor in one of Chicago's famous back alley hideouts. I think I went past a cop at around 150 mph once late at night on a deserted I55 South and he didn't even bother to stop me. Either that or he didn't see me, but that was a close one. Could have ben a nasty fine.
2. We do get snow. Which I love. Can't get enough of. We are actually forecast another 4-6" again today in the city. So driving in snow is great here BUT stay off the freeways unless you like sleeping in your car for 4 hours on the way home from work.
I will be spending a lot of time in Colorado from next year onwards, which has some of the best driving mountain roads you can imagine, so I am very thankful for that.
But Chicago is certainly not a drivers paradise.