Favourite Driving Roads

[touringsport]

As above, wondering what peoples fav roads are for, er, spirited driving??
Mines the a377 in Devon- runs between Exeter and a town called Barnstaple.
Its apparently one of the favourite roads of a lot a motorcylists too, they drive a lot faster than me though. Nutters

[MarkT]

Oakehampton through to Bude's nice. Lots of long stretches with good visability and some lovely twisty bits in between ;)

[Bally]

Snake Pass Sheffield to Manchester in the summer great if you do not get stuck behind a lorry long winding drive

[BadDave]

For me, it's got to be the Route Napoleon from Grenoble to Cannes in southern France
Doesn't matter if it's on a bike or in the car
It's been voted the best biking road in Europe 2 or 3 times now

Another one is the RN91 from Grenoble to Briancon,again in southern France

Both are very twisty,but also great fun

[ibriggsy]

Agreed I like that bude road it is awesome! My favourite near me though is one that goes from Market Harborough around Leicester to Melton Mowbray, the B6047.

[stevotheevo]

M25

[BadDave]

M25

[ShepsEvo3]

I like the Usk road from Chepstow, also the B4039 past castle combe and the Codrington road between the A46 and Emmersons Green North Bristol.

There are loads of others, including one up North near Roarha? There is an outdoor kart track I used to race at and the road leading upto it was like being on a roller coaster. My passenger looked like he seen a ghost when I took him down that road... in a 1995 Astra TDS - but then it did have the Isuzu lump in it!

[StuBeeDoo]

Mines the a377 in Devon- runs between Exeter and a town called Barnstaple.

Done that one loads of times - I used to live down there. 6 or 7 years ago 2 bikers got killed when one wiped the other one out - near Umberleigh IIRC. I used to enjoy the old A373 (now de-classified since they opened the North Devon Link Road and numbered it A361) from Tiverton to Barnstaple too.

My recent favourite has to be the A835 from Contin to Ullapool. Not only is it driving heaven, the views are pretty spectacular too.

[Daddycoolest]

M25

Lmfao @ M25, he said driving roads not car parks lol.

The sheffield to manchester road is a nice 1 just dont get stuck behind a lorry or a tractor because then it becomes a long winded road lol.

[georgen]

Thurso to Durness is exceptional. Think I'll try it again next weekend just for the crack !!

[fuzzy]

any long straight sections of motorway or duel carriageway. the longer and straighter the better.

[StuBeeDoo]

Thurso to Durness is exceptional. Think I'll try it again next weekend just for the crack !!

That's on my "to do" list!

[Dan320is]

The A1101 from Barton Mills to Icklingham (Suffolk) is a very fast twisty road with great camber on some corners. Or the road that you have to take if going to Warrington from Mansfield - twisty with big inclines and descents, probably the best road I have ever driven!

[blitz877]

a470 from brecon to welshpool is my fave road and the country road on the way back is even better

[gazm3]

a9 central jock land.

[BadDave]

a9 central jock land.

When it's pissing down with rain,i always try and avoid that bit of road.

Although there's some nice bit's to look at,scenery wise, it's a pretty boring road actually

Maybe that's down to it being close to where i live.
I'd be more inclined to go from Braemar to kirkmichael(over Glenshee) then down to Pitlochery, head over through Killin towards Dalmally/Tyndrum then up to Glencoe,Fort William

From there there are a couple of options
Head north to Inverness along the Great Glen(more fun on a bike and more pasing opportunities)
of turn off at Spean Bridge and head over to Aviemore and head home from there(via Grantown,Tomintoul and Dufftown)

Now that's a good way to spend a Sunday

[georgen]

Thurso to Durness is exceptional. Think I'll try it again next weekend just for the crack !!

That's on my "to do" list!

Stu, don't for a sec think that you can come up this neck of the woods and NOT give me a shout. All other zoners / E30's are hours away from me FFS !!! I need my E30 fix man....

[alex-e30]

south wales roads are very good brecon, abergavenny etc

A40
A470
A465 AKA The heads of the valleys

[E30BeemerLad]

one up North near Roarha? There is an outdoor kart track I used to race at and the road leading upto it was like being on a roller coaster. My passenger looked like he seen a ghost when I took him down that road... in a 1995 Astra TDS - but then it did have the Isuzu lump in it!

That'll be Rowrah mate, off the A66 near Cockermouth next to a village called Frizington.

I used to race at Rowrah, probably last raced there in 1991, they've filled in the lake at the end now and extended the track

[BadDave]

Thurso to Durness is exceptional. Think I'll try it again next weekend just for the crack !!

That's on my "to do" list!

Stu, don't for a sec think that you can come up this neck of the woods and NOT give me a shout. All other zoners / E30's are hours away from me FFS !!! I need my E30 fix man....

Give me a shout with what weekends your free and i'm sure i could have a wee trip "up North"

[nzracer]

a9 central jock land.

A9 north, from Dornoch to Thurso, plenty of intersting bends, straights, hairpins etc..

Know it, unbeaten on it, OWN it

[munky30]

For speed and some nice dual carriageway corners - A38 'devon parkway' from the end of the m5 to plymouth.

Twisty stuff - Gulval to Zennor via New Mill at 3AM. Cornwalls finest C road.

[Dave_M3]

In case ye ever take a trip to Ireland, lol

http://e30owners.com/forums/showthread. ... ving+roads

The Sligo-Manorhamilton is the best road I was ever on, and I wasn't even driving at the time!!!

Butye welch lads have it made over there, All we got is a few gems few and far between crappy bumpy roads infested with potholes or nice A-roads but with speed limits half of whats safe to do so...

[jokipea]

My favourite route would be Perth to Braemar on the A93, then take the A939 just before Ballater and head for Tomintoul. Brilliant empty roads and no cameras. The best bit of this route, for me, is the stretch of road between the Glenshee Ski Centre downhill to Braemar, 10 miles I've twice been lucky to drive flat-out. First time in a MK1 Golf GTI chasing a guy in 205 GTI. We both must have been mental but he gave me a wave when I stopped in Braemar where I was staying. Doing the whole route for the first time in my Kitcar (Tiger Super Six, couldn't afford a Caterham) was a bit calmer but no less enjoyable. I hope someone else on here has driven this route.

[fastdiablo]

For me, it's got to be the Route Napoleon from Grenoble to Cannes in southern France
Doesn't matter if it's on a bike or in the car
It's been voted the best biking road in Europe 2 or 3 times now

Awsome piece of road ! . . . 4 of us done this on the bikes flat out about 5 years ago in the pitch dark, didn't realise how dangerous it was. The following morning we were due to turn back for home on another route but decided to go back the same way to have a look at it in the daylight.

The road is carved into the side of the mountains with shear drops one side and rock face the other, absolutely no room for error . . .

http://www.openroadjourney.com/loadroute.asp?rid=346

Its an absolute MUST if your in the area or have a free 4 days and fancy a road trip . . .

[lance1a]

There's a really nice (short but nice) road from Deddington to Chipping Norton in Oxon, if you get the timing right (otherwise it's crap being stuck behind some OAP in a Micra). I usually try to find an excuse to use it...like the milk in Chiipy is better than the stuff up the road.

[johnl320]

The A1101 from Barton Mills to Icklingham (Suffolk) is a very fast twisty road with great camber on some corners. Or the road that you have to take if going to Warrington from Mansfield - twisty with big inclines and descents, probably the best road I have ever driven!

I know that road very well (went to school in Mildenhall) 'Tis indeed a good road,seen a few fatalities as well ( one was a school mate).

Winchester to Petersfield is a good one just don't get stuck behind a lorry.

john

[georgen]

a9 central jock land.

A9 north, from Dornoch to Thurso, plenty of intersting bends, straights, hairpins etc..

Know it, unbeaten on it, OWN it

Challenge !!!!! The Berriedale Braes still do it for me, and I drive them about 10 times a year !!

[BadDave]

My favourite route would be Perth to Braemar on the A93, then take the A939 just before Ballater and head for Tomintoul. Brilliant empty roads and no cameras. The best bit of this route, for me, is the stretch of road between the Glenshee Ski Centre downhill to Braemar, 10 miles I've twice been lucky to drive flat-out. First time in a MK1 Golf GTI chasing a guy in 205 GTI. We both must have been mental but he gave me a wave when I stopped in Braemar where I was staying. Doing the whole route for the first time in my Kitcar (Tiger Super Six, couldn't afford a Caterham) was a bit calmer but no less enjoyable. I hope someone else on here has driven this route.

I've done that route on a few occasions

Usually try and make a good day of it and head over the west coast aswell,usually from pitlochry towards Killin,Dalmally,Tyndrum,Glencoe,Fort william

[Gwynleym10]

Wales in general...but

A5 snowdonia, in the dark is best
A470 up north - far less traffic than further south
A44 from Aberystwyth

There is a road over the Salisburu plains, going through Stokbridge which is cool!

For some reason I also love driving up Park Lane and Round Marble arch - a few bends and you can reallly let ripe on marble arch for a few seconds.

Abroad

Route 1 from LA to San Fransico
Plenty of roads in France

..and a few roads in Kenya just north of Nakuru are really cool (near where ex president Moi lived so they have super smooth tarmac)

[tomtomtom]

anywhere round buxton, cat and fiddle, the road from chapel en le frith to meltham is mega, too many trucks though and that road in wales round the lakes, think its round llandrindod wells (the one where you think 'bloody hell i wish i had a caterham') aberystwyth to devils bridge is good, and scenic too on a clear day! anywhere thats twisty 40-70mph kinda thing. i went from the a38 near burton to uttoxeter through catholme the other day, its an ok trip but bloody scary, long undulating straights 120mph plus for about 10 miles!!! its one of those where you picture a tractor turning out and let off for a second or two, then forget about it and thrape it some more, then imagine a ball joint going, slow down for a sec, then thrape, then think what if i get a puncture? then thrape and so on! (of course this never happened, i stuck to 60 all the way officer)

i dont actually like roads like that, too fast, much prefer a wide empty twisty lane.

[nzracer]

a9 central jock land.

A9 north, from Dornoch to Thurso, plenty of intersting bends, straights, hairpins etc..

Know it, unbeaten on it, OWN it

Challenge !!!!! The Berriedale Braes still do it for me, and I drive them about 10 times a year !!

lol ill let you know when im up next
I had a rover tomcat for most of my time up there, just a shitty 2.0 n/a bendover on 17"MG rims, a pants car really... nothing and i mean nothing was faster then me even had a cossie try it on between Bora and Helmsdale... not a chance, that guy in the cossie must of felt like a right twat with his mrs next to him, dont get me wrong he was fast and i mean fast on the straights, just as well i had more balls in the bends oh and officer the road was closed

But I was driving it twice a day, living in Thurso and working in Dornoch around a 140mile round trip there and back.

Great part of the country, as they say scotland is scotlands best keept secret

[tailoutcharlie]

anything with 10miles of my house in Abergavenny seems to be good fun

gotta side with munky tho Gulval-Zennor :thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb: