DGRR 2011 - Do's and Don'ts

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by djmtsu

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.

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.

[Sephitrask]

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"?

[N.RotaryTech]

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.


For a bike rider this person should not have needed to cross the lines entirely.


And for the most ridiculous line cross action I've ever seen, goes to the white 350Z vert.

This isn't Europe people, this is the USA, we drive on the right side of the road.

[lt1_fd3s]

Originally Posted by N.RotaryTech

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..

[Redshft]

Originally Posted by lt1_fd3s

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

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...)

[hades]

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?

[N.RotaryTech]

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.

[My5ABaby]

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

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

[88turboii]

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

[orion84gsl]

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.

[N.RotaryTech]

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

[Herblenny]

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.

[Kontakt]

Originally Posted by Herblenny

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.

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

Just sayin.

[N.RotaryTech]

^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.

[My5ABaby]

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.