this deserves its own thread. Coming back from LA today I took Hwy 25 back, when you see this sign your in for alot of fun, if you ever have to drive to LA you GOT to take this road. Both ways!



http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/Highway25.htm

 

the Z06 makes the sign so much more awesome

 

What sign?

 

nice...black on black looks really good on that car!

 

Hey, I was just on there last week - I agree - great great road. Lots of 3rd gear straights to 2nd gear turns where you can always stay in the powerband. Good place to practice your heel-toe technique. I took some connected roads that were excellent as well but all very different.

Going to San Diego, I went 25E to 198N the mountains to the North, which was fast with lots of curves to highway 5.

On the way back, I went 101 > Bradley Rd > Hare Canyon Rd. (rustic single lane farm road with lots of patches through grazing lands) > Indian Valley Rd. (long fast straights with lots of blind crests with turns) > 25W. On the way back at dusk, I had to jam to a stop because of a wild boar crossing the road

For those traveling at night/dusk -- zero overhead lights.

 

Black on Black looks cool Jeremy

 

i think i'm gonna have to hit that on my back tomorrow.

 

I was there last week too, and I'm going back tomorrow!
(here is the sign for the same stretch of road, but from the "other end"- this is the north end)




But I'm turning off 25 on the Coalinga road, to go rockhounding at Clear Creek, the Coalinga road is also a good twisty one...

 

Jeremy your ride is teh sexors

Also did your wheels come in black or did you have them painted black? Cause you know what they say, "Once you go black you never go back" or is that refering to something else . . . .

 

awesome, except for the non black exhaust,lamps, and license plate holder!

Hows the CHP'age on that road, can you match HWY 5's 80MPH?

 

25 is narrow- 2 lanes, and has very few straightaways, as the sign mentions.

you might see a CHP on it, more likely to see a Sherriff or park ranger, but most of the times I've driven it its pretty empty.

Its a whole different experience than I-5's 80 mph cruise control snoozefest, think early apexing fast sweepers for 60 miles, because when you get to the end of 25, you still have a lot of turns before you come out anywhere near a real town, (if you can call Coalinga a real town).

If you are in a hurry to get to LA, stick to 5, but if you have a little extra time and don't mind using your brakes and steering its 25 FTW.

 

Thats awesome to hear, all the pics in the link ironically show straightaways, i thought that site was more credible than to show 9 pics of straights and 1 curves

What about hwy 33 out of Gorman into Ventura? (going south)

Ive always wanted to explore but im always in a hurry.

 

Is that your Z06 Krinkov?

 

Well for starters, it doesn't go through Gorman. From Gorman you go about 35 miles west on Lockwood Valley road, (which can be pretty fun itself, some awesome vistas from the ridgelines out on the west end-) before you get to 33, then you have another 35 miles of wicked tight twisties up and over through Sespe gorge to Ojai, then the last 15 miles to Ventura seem tame by comparison.

Count on it taking 2-3 hours to cover what, about 80 miles? vs an hour and a half to go 75 miles via I-5 and 126- and 126 has some nice sections to it as well.

 

hehe, a few I thought you might like