Tail Of The Dragon - Meet/Road Trip, August 17th & 18th 2019 Options

[NetsToy]

Hey Celica Family,

I'm organizing a Tail Of The Dragon meet for the weekend of August 17th & 18th 2019!

So, for those who don't know, the Tail of the Dragon is a stretch of road between Tennessee & North Carolina that's 11 miles long and includes 318 curves! THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN CURVES! That's insane! Anyway - This road attracts motorcyclists and car enthusiasts from far and wide, who all want to experience this road. I've always wanted to go, so I decided to put a group together. I'm super excited for a weekend away with a bunch of friends & Celica's!

I've created a Facebook event for this, but I wanted to put this here for those of you who are not on the FB.

If you're interested in going, let me know!

I will add details here as I put them together. I'm currently working on the itinerary.

[bloodMoney]

So, now you all understand why I've never really had any interest running RT-71?

Nothing compares that that road.

[Bitter]

So, now you all understand why I've never really had any interest running RT-71?

Nothing compares that that road.

I still like 71 a lot, they're different roads with different character. I'd just love 71 to be about 4 times longer
71 has a few tight spots and some broader curves, but they're weakly banked which is a whole different thing. The higher banked curves of 129 are great too but it's a much different feel being pushed into the road vs being pulled off the road, if I'm explaining it correctly. I enjoy both kinds of curves equally for their different challenges they provide.

Anyway, the only car we had that I believe might have given me some fun was old man's Kia Stinger and it blew off an some charge cooling hose on the way to the meeting spot from the hotel, I couldn't spot where it had come loose. It wasn't totally off but it was leaking enough he could only make a couple PSI boost. Then later on he dislodged a front sway bar bushing. Luckily none of this is an indication of Kia quality, the boost has been turned up a bit and the sway bar/bushing/bracket were Eibach. Now I'm not trying to toot my own horn or fluff myself up here but I think among the Celica in attendance mine was the 2nd best looking after the silver 77. From what I could see of how they were handling the curves I think it's a good thing that Lindsay and myself hung toward the back of the pack. I didn't get the trans too hot cruising with the group which was nice, the relaxed pace was good as I got to actually enjoy some of the scenery and wave at the cameras more. On the way up by myself I think that the lowest speed through a corner was around 20 on something really tight and blind to the left.


Is anyone planning to come out for the Starved Rock meet on the 24th or whenever that happens? I'm for sure down for the 'fix Chee's Celica' meet as well!

This post has been edited by Bitter: Aug 19, 2019 - 8:19 AM