Tortilla Flat: My First Canyon Run

[e30nub]

Where are the tourists? :p

[Eric]

hope your wheels don't break!

[stevofthahill]

Those are some great looking pics. I've actually driven that road all the way till it meets up with the dam back when my car was stock and I had clearance to make that type of drive. It was a hell of a lot of fun.

But there have also been some not so good times up there, i.e. rolling an m3 off a cliff. A friend let his inexperienced friend drive his car through the twisties and this is what happened.





Don't mean to rain on the parade of nice pictures, but just want to throw out that warning that just when you may want to push it a little bit farther, you're one wrong move from the edge.

[dashboardmonkey]

That rosd looks like fun.

That last pic is now my desktop...Thanks.

Andy

[DEV0 E30]

Good stuff.

But there have also been some not so good times up there, i.e. rolling an m3 off a cliff. A friend let his inexperienced friend drive his car through the twisties and this is what happened.

Yep, a few cars have gone to die there.

It's a fun road, as long as you never think you're Michael Schumacher on it, you'll be ok.

[mikeedler]

holy crap, they still have unpaved roads in the western part of the world!

looks like fun. nice pics too.

[Huff]

Looks like a blast!! Great IS too.. I like you profile pic. I just saw Don Herdzfeilt last night with his new movie. They also showed 'Rejected'

[boom-monkey]

Killer stuff. I'm moving to Phoenix in January for a few months and these pics definitely got me even more excited.

[Farbin Kaiber]

I love the desert. It's my second mistress. It's better at sunrise on LSD. Great pics. My water heater is leaking in my foundation ATM.

[CorvallisBMW]

Now that is a road! Beautiful pics, thanks for sharing!!

[badvibrations]

Thanks for all the kind words, and the words of warning. But, I never plan on treating T-flats like The Ring. I'm not entirely simple. I just wanna be able to take all those turns where I was stuck behind someone at more than 5-10mph. 30-40 on most of them is more than intence!

Ya, I can't believe how well that last pic turned out. Took at least three others from the same angle and they all looked like shit.

[CleanAzzE30z]

That asphalt looks fucking great. I wish we had that shit out here. Reminds me of the Autobahn. Billiard table smooth.


Mariano

[badvibrations]

That asphalt looks fucking great. I wish we had that shit out here. Reminds me of the Autobahn. Billiard table smooth.


Mariano

Ya, very smooth ride, yet grippy at the same time. Like sharp gravel spread evenly over old Tarmac then sprayed with tar. Idont know the proper name, but I call it chip n' seal. It was fairly new as well.

[Motorsports]

Nice pics and definately nice roads. Being close to that would give me the urge to go on a road trip all the time.

[euroshark]

That looks like a killer drive. I am going to be blasting through NM and AZ with my 6 in the spring, maybe you can show me this place!