v0od0o
Well-Known Member
I went on a group drive this last Saturday, it was the first time I participate in such a thing, and man, was that a blast!
Honestly, I never thought I can drive this hard, I never thought cars can do what was done, I never thought I can be around so many excellent passionate drivers, and I never thought I can be around that many nice cars at once. It was all out of this world.
The route was real twisty, for 2.5 hours we were driving on really narrow twisty roads with a bit of everything. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gear corners, long sweeping corners, elevation changes, everything you can think of.
The thing I just can't get over till now is the 5 series BMW. We had a couple 540s (the group leader drove one) and I was right behind them. It's an experience watching these cars driven hard. I have no idea how BMW managed to do that. I mean, I do adore Ferraris, Lambos, and many other sports car manufacturers. But BMW is just different. They made a hippo walk a tight rope, no rather dance on tight rope. The car weight 3950 lbs (1.8 tons) and still handles like crazy. I really had to work my engine and gearbox hard to keep up with those guys.
I was also surprised many people were heel-and-toeing through the corners, I thought this was more of a lost art of driving.
So anyway, I took a few photos in the parking lot before you took off for your viewing pleasure. I was planning on doing a stop midway and taking some nicer group photos with the cars with a nice backdrop but we didn't stop for photos so maybe next time.
I'm also thinking about setting up a video camera for the next time, the whole experience has to be seen to be believed with the awesome soundtrack coming out from all the cars and the beautiful scenes blazing by.
Without much further ado, I present to you photos of some of the participants:
http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/8695/IMG_3544.th.jpg http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/1154/IMG_3576.th.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/4451/IMG_3556.th.jpg http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/5783/IMG_3546.th.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/6504/IMG_3582.th.jpg http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/7924/IMG_3543.th.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/4695/IMG_3552.th.jpg http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/5861/IMG_3548.th.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/6986/IMG_3555.th.jpg
Honestly, I never thought I can drive this hard, I never thought cars can do what was done, I never thought I can be around so many excellent passionate drivers, and I never thought I can be around that many nice cars at once. It was all out of this world.
The route was real twisty, for 2.5 hours we were driving on really narrow twisty roads with a bit of everything. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gear corners, long sweeping corners, elevation changes, everything you can think of.
The thing I just can't get over till now is the 5 series BMW. We had a couple 540s (the group leader drove one) and I was right behind them. It's an experience watching these cars driven hard. I have no idea how BMW managed to do that. I mean, I do adore Ferraris, Lambos, and many other sports car manufacturers. But BMW is just different. They made a hippo walk a tight rope, no rather dance on tight rope. The car weight 3950 lbs (1.8 tons) and still handles like crazy. I really had to work my engine and gearbox hard to keep up with those guys.
I was also surprised many people were heel-and-toeing through the corners, I thought this was more of a lost art of driving.
So anyway, I took a few photos in the parking lot before you took off for your viewing pleasure. I was planning on doing a stop midway and taking some nicer group photos with the cars with a nice backdrop but we didn't stop for photos so maybe next time.
I'm also thinking about setting up a video camera for the next time, the whole experience has to be seen to be believed with the awesome soundtrack coming out from all the cars and the beautiful scenes blazing by.
Without much further ado, I present to you photos of some of the participants:
http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/8695/IMG_3544.th.jpg http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/1154/IMG_3576.th.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/4451/IMG_3556.th.jpg http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/5783/IMG_3546.th.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/6504/IMG_3582.th.jpg http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/7924/IMG_3543.th.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/4695/IMG_3552.th.jpg http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/5861/IMG_3548.th.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.**/img502/6986/IMG_3555.th.jpg