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« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2008, 09:49:06 AM » |
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I like the idea of a soft top. I have two hardtops for my car, but rarely use the glass one. The hardtop does fit in the boot, but it's a pain in the ass. A softtop would be really convenient during the summer.
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« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2008, 09:33:05 AM » |
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Yeah, that picture was taken in November 2006. I don't use the hard top a whole lot on my car except for runs like that in the middle of winter.
Are you going to be using the soft top for the dragon run this weekend? I still have the hard top on atm.... |
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« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2008, 10:32:41 AM » |
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If the forecast holds the way it looks now (70s) I will definitely run the soft top.
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« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2008, 12:23:45 PM » |
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Any thoughts on a route after the dragon? I was thinking of something like this: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=9463630551112873027,35.438950,-82.727430&saddr=deals+gap,+nc&daddr=franklin,+nc+to:rosman,+nc+to:Woodrow,+NC+to:candler,+nc+to:NC-151+%4035.438950,+-82.727430+to:bat+cave,+nc+to:black+mountain,+nc&mra=pi&mrcr=5&via=5&sll=35.525521,-82.264252&sspn=0.252032,0.63858&ie=UTF8&z=9 It puts us near I-40 a few times so people can head back if they want to and puts us closer to Charlotte and points east at the end of the day. |
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« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2008, 12:25:42 PM » |
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It also has some great twisties and hits some roads which are usually not crowded.
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« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2008, 01:50:17 PM » |
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That's a great route. We took almost the exact same one last summer on the motorcycles. The only down side to it is most of it is 2 lane with very, very little passing opportunity in a car.
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« Reply #21 on: March 24, 2008, 03:24:34 PM » |
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Yeah, sometimes you luck out though and people are nice enough to let you pass  It can make for a long day if no one wants to let you by though. |
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« Reply #22 on: March 24, 2008, 04:26:20 PM » |
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I have a rule... If a driver isn't doing the speed limit, I will follow him or her at a respectful (not respectable) distance until he or she has an opportunity to pull safely over and let me pass. If they blow off that chance  , I pull in behind them a little closer and dance in their mirrors until they have another chance to pull safely over. If they blow off that chance  . I mount myself to their rear bumper. Sooner or later the pressure gets to them or I make my own passing zone  . |
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« Reply #23 on: March 24, 2008, 05:15:42 PM » |
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I do much the same thing
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« Reply #24 on: March 25, 2008, 09:31:09 PM » |
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We leave in just a few days.... Who all is making the trip?   |
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« Reply #25 on: March 25, 2008, 09:53:20 PM » |
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I'm in.
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« Reply #26 on: March 26, 2008, 08:35:55 PM » |
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The weather is looking a little iffy now - I am going to play it by ear, but I might bail and go the following weekend instead if the weather looks better then.
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« Reply #27 on: March 27, 2008, 10:42:11 PM » |
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I'm in for sure now. I might stay a little closer to the dragon, maybe fontana or somewhere around there.
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« Reply #28 on: March 28, 2008, 11:09:09 AM » |
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I'm going to stay at Fontana Village. They have lodge rooms on special for $59 if anyone wants to jump in at the last minute.
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« Reply #29 on: March 28, 2008, 12:47:36 PM » |
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Take some pics guys!
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