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so, i live in stowe ad naturally drive the notch road when i'm bored and it's dark so ican see if there's oncoming traffic. i was just wondering if anybody has driven it hard and fast or if there were any stories about it in general....
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I did a run last time I was up there.
I wore my 4 pt harness and FLEW up and down it. I did it in daytime though, to watch for bikes/hikers. I just slowed way down(to normal safe 10mph speed) on the blind corners, but the straights and switchbacks where you can see all the way around were VERY hard/fast. I hid the car after that, as I had uncorked my VERY loud exh and I was relatively sure there would be cops looking into who was going that fast/making all that noise.
I wore my 4 pt harness and FLEW up and down it. I did it in daytime though, to watch for bikes/hikers. I just slowed way down(to normal safe 10mph speed) on the blind corners, but the straights and switchbacks where you can see all the way around were VERY hard/fast. I hid the car after that, as I had uncorked my VERY loud exh and I was relatively sure there would be cops looking into who was going that fast/making all that noise.
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i was the piper at the graduation... and four or five weeks ago when the road was wet i took advantage of the wetness and drifted through the corners.... it was crazy fun, but i doubt i ever do it again.
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Yeah I was lucky. I didnt cause any problems or get caught. not that I didnt take EVERY precaution, but its still a public road, so anything can happen. I wont do it again. I will take that one AWESOME experience and be happy with it.
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here's my logic, when it's late and dark there are almost no cars on the road, including cops if there are cars you can see the lights. bikers/hikers are all in bed or home when it's midnight. wildlife is the only real problem, but then there aren't many deer or moose there i assume - too many people.
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I haven't had a chance to go through the notch with my WRX...yet! Burned through it with my 200 SX-SER several times last year, man that road is fun! One time last summer I got my doors blowed off by a guy in a Ferarri (F360 Modena I think)through the real tight section. Crazy SOB passed me around one of those blind corners with a giant rock about 1.5" from the white line!
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Originally posted by ZIZZIZ
i was the piper at the graduation... and four or five weeks ago when the road was wet i took advantage of the wetness and drifted through the corners.... it was crazy fun, but i doubt i ever do it again.
i was the piper at the graduation... and four or five weeks ago when the road was wet i took advantage of the wetness and drifted through the corners.... it was crazy fun, but i doubt i ever do it again.
i will be sure to drive the notch the next time i am in vt, sounds like a good drive...
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yeah, thats probably a good idea. i hate driving roads blind, or trying to really carve on something i have never driven before. just seems even more unsafe than exceeding the speed a little bit...
i'll get a co-driver and take pace notes!! haha, my rally fantasies coming out!
-PJ
i'll get a co-driver and take pace notes!! haha, my rally fantasies coming out!
-PJ
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wheni go rallying i try to have someoneriding hotty to look for oncoming traffic. however most will never drive with me again. funny how that happens, isn' it?
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yeah, its weird like that... you drift a couple corners, get the tires howling... most people don't seem to like it. whats up with that??
hey i was just thinking, you should plan on making a trip over to western maine in august (if you aren't already) for the maine forest rally in Rumford. has been the biggest pro rally in the us a couple years. i will be there myself. can't wait!
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hey i was just thinking, you should plan on making a trip over to western maine in august (if you aren't already) for the maine forest rally in Rumford. has been the biggest pro rally in the us a couple years. i will be there myself. can't wait!
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we drove through there on our way home from my cousins place in boothbay last year but my mom didn't wanna stop. $^%*#!!!!! seeingall those swet *** cars driving and being trailered around made me wet myself. this year i wanna go but i am working in the adirondacks (NY)... sooo, maybe next year. i'll see the pics from this year though... take some yourself and put 'em up