DGRR 2011 - Do's and Don'ts
 

I know most of you who attend DGRR don't need reminders about what not to do and do at DGRR.. But just in case, let me remind some of you :)

DO's

-Be courteous and friendly towards those who attend DGRR and the locals.
-Be respectful of other people's property/car
-Follow all local, state, and federal laws. DGRR Does NOT condone speeding or reckless driving. DGRR event does not including driving on US129 or any other roads. Any driving on the public road is at your own risk and you are responsible for any tickets or accidents you cause. If you have a driver's license, than you should know the rules.
-Be responsible for your own actions. This includes, know the limit on your car, yourself as a driver, and understand the consequences of your action.
-Be on time!


Don'ts

-No driving under the influence of drugs, alcohol, or any medication that might hinder your driving. Remember, there are parents of little kids, on the same road as you.
- No vandalizing of anyone's property/car. Anyone who commit this horrendous crime towards another person's car, I will make sure you will never attend DGRR and local law enforcement officers will be called to make sure you will be arrested and be responsible for your action.
-NO drifting and NO burnouts!!!
-Do NOT cross the Double YELLOW lines!!!
-Don't act like a child!! This is not some child/teenage hangout event. Most people come to DGRR for many many different reasons... either to drive around the mountain roads or to just relax and hang out with some car friends. Either case, don't be loud and act like a child.


If I left anything out, please feel free to add to the list.

+1 million

-NO drifting and NO burnouts!!!

+1 (Public Roads!!!)

-Do NOT cross the Double YELLOW lines!!!

+2 (Public Roads with innocent people on them!!!)

I can say out of all the years I've attended the DGRR the only time I've ever dealt with disrespectful childishness was in 2008? Thankfully it had nothing to do with rotary owners, it was the pompous Porsche Owners club

DO NOT CROSS THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES!!!!!

For reference, my old titanium grey 7 that was demolished by a motorcycle that crossed the double yellow line at me.

I remember that like it was yesterday.

Bad stuff.

DO have a good time...
DO make sure you thank Phil and all the volunteers who have give their time to make it an awesome event...
DO find me and give me $$ =]

No Doubt! I would say hug the OUTSIDE line as much as possible, Bikers may be on the inside of their lane, BUT their heads are not....

And I remember that too! I was running that last run with ya, I thought my FB was hot shit leaving you behind, then I found out why, sorry dude, hope everything it worked out, and hope to see you back!

I avoid doing it because I would hate for their natural selection to destroy my bumper.

Thanks for the good words guys. I came back last year and the year before, but this year is gonna be a bigger year, lots of work goin into the car. Look for a satin black FC with a silver Turbo hood.

You'll see.

So True!
 

^^^+1
DGRR would not happen without them! Thank you!:party:

Not the group I run with that is for sure, a few of them own RX7's myself included. Furthermore, one snooty Porsche owner used to be a big shot with Mazdaspeed back in the 70's and 80's when they were running GTU.

He owns a brake company now and drives a beautiful 1969 911.

They even let me hang uot with them in a slow little RX7 since selling my 911.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...0/CIMG0225.jpg

Well all that is moot.......this year there will most likely be 400+ Mini's there.

Yea, you should see there website for the event. They have wine tastings.

Even though I've posted these before a few years ago, they are worth posting again.

I was taking some picture at DGRR'09 on one of the corners on the dragon, and I saw some ridiculous actions on the subject of crossing the lines.

For shame.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/DSC02152.jpg

For a bike rider this person should not have needed to cross the lines entirely.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/DSC02147.jpg

And for the most ridiculous line cross action I've ever seen, goes to the white 350Z vert.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/DSC02149.jpg
This isn't Europe people, this is the USA, we drive on the right side of the road.

they drive in the right in Spain... so the whole left side thing isn't all of Europe..

IIRC the Audi crossed the line in the same fashion. I think I was a little slow with reaction picture taking and didn't get the Audi doing it.

You can't not post the link to their website. I gotta see this.

Do they lay out wine and cheese baskets in the back of their cars as well?

http://www.minisonthedragon.com/2011_intro.php

wine tasting?!?! let's do eet!!!

http://www.minisonthedragon.com/wine_tasting.php

England is the only right-hand drive country in Europe. All of the other countries are left-hand drive. (And I know some people in England who would probably protest that they aren't really Europeans...)

Yes... more like 600+ But I'm thinking about going to Fontana Village to check some of these tiny cars :)

Also, wine tastings and automobile driving?? Personally, that's just waiting for trouble..

That being said, remember.. Get plenty of sleep before doing 11 miles and 318 turns. Personally, my judgment delays when I'm tired.

Oh lord, a bunch of Minis on the Dragon....

Cigar Salon
Wine Tasting
"Way Motor Works Margarita Snuggie Tent Party"

:squint:

Ugh, they are also doing a "beer swap", or basically a BYOB party..... I hate them already. Do we get a free T-shirt if we run over one of their "micro-machines"?

looks like the subaru club will be there too

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2136166

dont expect to get any clean runs haha

Do fill up at the BP before heading for the gap. The biker motel owner isn't too friendly about letting anything with more than 3 wheels use his pumps and the nearest gas station aside from the BP is in Robbinsville. And no Robbinsville is not on the way.

That reminds me.
We should contact that BP, to have a tanker of premium on standby just in case.
:)

the Mini safety video was actually pretty good..

http://vimeo.com/18611072

one of the point from the video.. watch how close you get to the white lines.

^That video reminds me of an experience I had I think last year.

I was driving my gtu on the dragon, there was a Lexus is200 or 300 tailgating me, so I decide to give into the pressure and push my car more than I was.

At this time in my experience with my gtu, I've been daily driving it for about 5 years, going for a mountain drive once every few months.
This was my 3rd or 4th time attending/driving DGRR.

My gtu has stock suspension, normal tires, NA engine.

So back to pushing my gtu more than I was, I started to get a gap between me and the is200, enough so that it would disappear in the rear-veiw going around corners.
Soon after I was taking a left hand corner and the rear end started coming around and I ended up sideways in the road, I must have hit a spot of dirt in the road or something.
Right as I was about to straighten the car back on the road the is200 came around the previous corner and stopped.
No harm.

But it definitely was a wtf moment for me.

Moral of the story, and its probably been stated before, but, "Be careful out there on those roads".
These type of moments can and do happen.
Save the "pushing" of your car for the race tracks.

I tend to drive under the assumption that my brakes can fail at any time and a wheel could fall off at any moment. Really puts going into turns really fast in perspective. :D

As far as do's and don'ts and braking and such.

Let your engine do the work, you shouldn't rely on your brakes to do all the work. I barely used mine.

DJ, engine braking with a rotary isn't the most efficient means of slowing down. ;)

Brakes? what the heck are those. They didn't put them on cars (or trucks) back in the 70's, my moto is just never leave 2nd gear.

I find it hard to believe at 5:30 that he is not across the double yellow lines.

Just sayin.

Bump!!

What should I bring for food, drink (hard and soft drinks), and any other things that I might need? Is there a place to eat near by?

food is about 15 minute drive to bryson city, just up 74

Nantahala Village has food.

They have a new management at the restaurant and they are offering $15 a person dinners. I've asked them what that will include and they haven't told me what..

That price is only good if you make a reservation though. Which isn't really an issue.

Thank god for the new management. Last year it took quite some time to get our check at dinner.

Thank god for the new management. Last year it took quite some time to get our check at dinner.[/QUOTE]

I haven't really had a problem with wait times at Thirteen Moons, although it doesn't really surprise me - I mean, we're basically swamping the system. Always had good food there, too.

Don't get me wrong, the food has always been excellent. But last year we waited for our check for something like 45 minutes, and nobody got a refill on their drinks. We were there for a total of 2 hours, it was crazy.