Favourite Drives

[Silverback]

After going for a really fantastic drive in the Country today (without the bowling hat LOL) it got me thinking about some of my favourite stretches of road, and some of the driving enjoyment I have had. Tell us your stories about driving enjoyment in your Stags, and roads etc that others might enjoy driving....

I will start it off with todays drive in the Stag.

A beautiful day in Canberra today. Woke up in the morning, a thick fog covering the neighbourhood . Made some preparations for a trip to Wee Jasper with the kids for the day. After checking all the vitals, we loaded up the back with all sorts of stuff, eskys, picnic baskets, clothes for the kids etc etc (Those with kids will know what I mean), then headed off with the sun breaking through the fog (and the Sun Roofs) to reveal a brilliant blue day.

Headed down to Uriarra crossing, and up the back road through to the Wee Jasper Valley. The Stagea was brilliant on the road, with the extra weight in the back giving a much better ride on the shocks. As we cleared the edge of Canberra and started to cruise, the roads started to clear of traffic, and the Stagea really came into its own. During the 55k drive, there are many varied road conditions, from slow climbs, long uphill sections through to some serious twisties, linked with some well graded gravel roads overlooking some beautiful high country. The split dump really makes a difference in providing smoother power, especially through the hills. The Attessa working brilliantly as we powered out from some of the twistier sections, with my appreciation of the Stag as a great touring wagon growing all the time .

Arriving in the picturesque Wee Jasper, and stopping in at the general store for a steaming mug of coffee, I realised that I had just added another section of road to my "favourites" list.

[3intheBack]

...headed off with the sun breaking through the fog...

We've got kids (3) and we know that either 1. you packed the car the night before and had the kids sleeping in the car, or 2. you got up before the crack of dawn, or 3. Your kids are old enough to pack themselves, or 4. you're pulling a swift one on us.

Either way it is a sweet ride with the kids - they squeal with delight when you go fast around the bends. I was fully loaded (aka Silverback style) and still managed to keep with an XR6 turbo from the Gateway Bridge toll booth last Sunday.

My favourite stretch of road...any one with my wife holding my hand.

(not so tight baby, I cant hold opposite lock when you cut off the blood flow)

[Silverback]

We've got kids (3) and we know that either 1. you packed the car the night before and had the kids sleeping in the car, or 2. you got up before the crack of dawn, or 3. Your kids are old enough to pack themselves, or 4. you're pulling a swift one on us.

Either way it is a sweet ride with the kids - they squeal with delight when you go fast around the bends. I was fully loaded (aka Silverback style) and still managed to keep with an XR6 turbo from the Gateway Bridge toll booth last Sunday.

My favourite stretch of road...any one with my wife holding my hand.

(not so tight baby, I cant hold opposite lock when you cut off the blood flow)

Actually, 3 is correct, but the fog didnt lift till 10.30 this morning!!

[IMPORTD]

Recently did Adelaide to Perth. To bring the stag home

Great stretch of road...and well worth it.. A once in a life time trip (have done it 3 times so far)

Non stop from Adelaide to Port Augusta...Not even 30mins out of Adelaide and I had to dodge a golf ball size rock from this truck!! Then a bird flys into my windscreen... Crap, great start!! Drive past Snowtown - that was a bit spinny I thought!! Arrive in Port Augusta for a wheel alignment and ended up with 4 new tyres!! **&^$

Port Augusta to Ceduna... one fuel stop and pull into Ceduna 6pmish for the night.

Ceduna to Cocklebiddy... Can't leave Ceduna till the fog clears and the roo's take a hike into the bush... a couple of stops for fuel and food and batteries for the GameBoy!!!! See our first Kangaroos 20kms out of Cocklebiddy... phew, glad we're here!! Sleep time!!

Cocklebiddy to Kalgoorlie...Get over taken doing 120 by a P plater in a commodore, hmmm, OK.... Fuel stop at Balladonia, take happy snaps, stretch the legs..Quarantine Check at Border Village, carry on to Eucla for fuel and food stops!! Continue on to Norseman... not long to go now...pull into Kalgoorlie around 3pm Stay with a friend for a week..

Kalgoorlie to Perth... 6hrs from my comfy bed...can't wait!!... fuel stop some 550kms from Kal... 2hours to go till home!!

The Great Australian Bite...

I had some fun doing 'fishies' in the mud, which evidence is still underneath my car

Some of the wildlife, dead and alive

Love driving, and although it seemed a really long tedious drive, it was over before it began... I remember looking out for the big sign that reads... Nullabor.. the longest stretch of road ...but I missed it...

Don't ask me how... I did take some photos driving along though...

Edited August 14, 2006 by StageaGirl

[BoyWhoCriedWolf]

The Wee J drive is great. My fav drive now is through Litchfield National Park up here in the NT. Hills, corners, off camber stuff, its got it all.

[Terminal]

the Clyde and Brown Mt are awesome during the summer. i regularly head down either one of these to the south coast from canberra. nice windy roads through rainforest. can be a bit hairy in winter with thick fog, black ice and so on. stagea loves it however, it was built for that!

[BoyWhoCriedWolf]

the Clyde and Brown Mt are awesome during the summer. i regularly head down either one of these to the south coast from canberra. nice windy roads through rainforest. can be a bit hairy in winter with thick fog, black ice and so on. stagea loves it however, it was built for that!

Been up and down those two more times than I can remember, both are fantastic. Coming out of Bowral and down through Kangaroo Valley is awesome too.

[Ska]

The 8.3 kms to work and back is all I can afford But any drive is a good drive in the Stag!

[FLYSLY]

the Clyde and Brown Mt are awesome during the summer. i regularly head down either one of these to the south coast from canberra. nice windy roads through rainforest. can be a bit hairy in winter with thick fog, black ice and so on. stagea loves it however, it was built for that!

Brown Mountain is an awesome drive

[munchstagea]

The Great Ocean Road, I live on it and it has the lot, even an 80km/h speed limit now! Theres still plenty or road that doing 80k's is just a crazy idea, even on a bike! So it's plenty of fun, just keep your eyes on the road, nice view but there's not many straight bits...

...not in summer though, try crawling along it at 40k's due to extremely bad drivers and heavy traffic, that is not the time of year to enjoy it at all...

[66yostagea]

Any drive is a hoot.

As Ska knows the hillsof Mt Tamborine are an experience. Even in a stock S1.

But I had a great run with my 13yo up to Queensland Raceway last Saturday.All country, nothing fancy, just under boost most of the time, purred like a pussycat.

Watched my 18yo S13 drifting, smelled the smoke. Listened to the squeal of tyres. Had a couple of Cokes and PlutoPups, strolled the pits, checked out the mods. What a great day.

Drive back in perfect weather, no dramas. The Stagea is so easy to drive.

Hit 3and a bit for a while. Big Macs at Beaudesert, then home for a few beers and a barbie.

[BoyWhoCriedWolf]

Hugh, you have just described the perfect day.

Well done.

[Tangles]

Hugh, you have just described the perfect day.

Well done.

LOL

heheheheh sorry. The perfect day ALWAYS ends in a bl*wy. lol.

Id love to describe some of my rides, the best road is the Bull Creek rd... from Clarendon to the turn off to Strathalbyn / Victor harbor. An amazing road, but I cant put my antics in writing on a forum. Sorry.

[66yostagea]

LOL

heheheheh sorry. The perfect day ALWAYS ends in a bl*wy. lol.

Id love to describe some of my rides, the best road is the Bull Creek rd... from Clarendon to the turn off to Strathalbyn / Victor harbor. An amazing road, but I cant put my antics in writing on a forum. Sorry.

Been there, done that and Ska slapped me on the wrist.

If you talk revs, say 31/2, say "but I was in second" lol

[Ska]

Yeah Hugh has the best home location I reckon. I dont know how many times I went up and down Mt Tambourine in my r33, but it is a BLOODY nice drive, (one night I put nearly 250kms on the clock), I have not been up it in the Stagea yet, mainly because I didnt get a chance to before we moved up here

But still Hugh has it good! And when you get bored of normal twisties, there is always the goat track, which goes down the south-western part of Mt Tambo, it's even TWISTIER and one lane..... BUT IT IS NOT FORGIVING!!!

Still when you want to adopt me Hugh, I have all the papers all drawn up

[66yostagea]

Hugh, you have just described the perfect day.

Well done.

Was looking at an old post "The Three Essential ESSES"

You mentioned the drifter, the S13, it wasn't then but it is now.

Nissans give me Goosebumps!

Edited August 15, 2006 by 66yostagea

[sy300]

I quite like my neighbours drive. It's a really nice concrete one.

It's a lot better than my half gravel/half concrete one, it gets muddy when it rains.

:) :)

[oxford1327]

my favorite drive/ride is only a short bit of road through steiglitz park between ballarat and geelong in victoria, all really nicely cambered sweepers with virtually no traffic where you can top it out on the 4klm long straight if you want to whether its on the bike or in the car.

best time is mid morning on a weekday it is glorious to see THE BLOODY SPEED LIMIT! on the speedo of the bike or THE BLOODY SPEED LIMIT! on the pivot meter of the stag.

very "hoonish" of me but meh i only do it alone on the way to work

EDIT BY Ska: FFS People please think before posting........

[Silverback]

Thats pretty fast....how did you deal with the speed limiter?

[oxford1327]

sorry guys i got edited cos i didn know bout the big brother aspect.

i got past the speed limiter with the pivot speed meter, its a trick little bit of equipment as it not only gets round the speed cut out, but also indicates what your actual speed is,and can also track your 1/4mile times as well as a few other things like peak/hold of speeds and times.

once aagain i apologise for posting things about illegal activity/s

and shall refrain from doing so in the future