So one of the guys from work and I are setting up a run through the mountains this weekend in So Cal, Sunday 8-30-2009. He has a 05 Mustang and I have an 09.5 G8. He is going to advertise with his biker friends, he rides a bike every day to work! Thought I would advertise and let ya'all know that everyone is welcome...should be a fun run through the twisty turnies :) Everyone is welcome to come and join in the fun...regardless of the cars or bikes:driving:

The route I am planning starts at Dalton's Roadhouse in San Marcos right at the Hwy 78 and Nordahl Rd exit. Kickstands up at 9:30 sharp. From there it's on to Camino Del Rey, to Lilac Rd, to Sage Rd, to Ranger Rd (I doubt anyone knows about this road), back to Hwy 76.

Then it's on to the front side and back side of Palomar Mtn, and I'm thinking about a stop at the BBQ place in Lake Henshaw. From there it's on to Borrego Springs through Ranchita, and back up to Julian via Banner Grade. From there you'll work your way back to wherever you want. Yes, it'll be 105 in Borrego, but we ain't staying long, so you should be able to deal with it. All the more excuse to stop for an ice cream at the bottom.

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ah man, i would be all over it, but im gonna be in LA. next one! you should come out to qualcomm for the next drag races over there, it was great!

I'm also out of town this weekend. I'd love to make the next one, though.

too short of notice...

sorry about the late notice all, everyone is welcome if you can make it...:driving:

How was your cruise?

I took the 76 West bound from the 78 to the 15 on Saturday nite coming home from a friends house in Ramona. That was my first time on the 76 and I have to say that is a great road provided you don't have any slow cars in front of you. Once you get to the casino it gets a little bogged down with traffic but otherwise it's a nice fast paced run thru there.

Yeah, how'd it go? I'm really wanting to drive on some of these roads when I get down to SoCal next.

-Todd...

Sorry for the slow reply...it was a great run. It actually turned out to just be the 2 of us and there were very few people on the road. I have been trying to get video's uploaded...but they are fairly long, so I only have one. No, the country music doesnt go all the way through! This was on the way up Palomar mtn, about 1/2 way through you can see some bikes off on the right...laid 2 of em down that were on the tow truck, then a few seconds later there is the cop taking measurements on the road.

I was running 2nd gear and it was perfect. We wernt tearing it up by any means, but still a good run. My buddy is in front of me on the bike and he pretty well set the pace.

Ended up with 137miles I think & still managed to average 13.x mpg...I was happy! All thats done to the car is a K&N CAI but you can hear it pretty nicely through the video.:driving:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTSeB2wqZuQ