The Ring!

Tempting. We are SO copying Top Gear. I mean come on, who didn't watch that greatest driving roads episode and think "Phwoar!".

I want one of those - can anyone help?

Oooo I wanna see THAT too. Top notch, cheers dude :-)

Cheers Steve :-)

What I need now is to find some kinda guide book/sat Nav POI thing that shows us lots of accomodation options on the way. We have the backup tent and sleeping bag plan. But we'd really rather not heh...

I use this place.

This may help:

Ta :-)

Ta :-)

Cheers dude :-)

You're welcome, but lets face it where you're heading is driving heaven. Almost any road you pick will be a three hour long orgasm compared to driving in the UK.

'm not sure who you're goign with, but if there's anyone of the female persuasion in the car stop off in Gras and let them enter perfume overload.

Quite.

After your sensible european trip book a flydrive and a corvette with a male freind. Theres a lot of women and they like our accent... All that happens if you get done for speeding is a helicopter or two a roadblock and a few shotguns etc. (dont ask me how I know...) It doesent effect your driving licence here at all.

And if you tell them you are a tourist they just bail you to appear in court at a later date. Make sure you tell them that you will be there a month or so, then they will give you a court date just before you go home. Of course you go home before that so it doesent matter. And that like me you dont get done but are now wanted as a bail jumper. It means going back later might be an bit of an issue but for reasons we already know and in my case because I am now in a wheelchair thats not going to happen most likely. So no worries. BIG roads, drag strips (and your corvette) everywhere.

Make sure you do Vegas, grand canyon by plane from vegas airstrip (the most dangerous bit of airspace in the world I was told, death valley, and go south to Mexico! (you need to tear the sticker off the soft touch dash that says its illegal to take this car into mexico) You will party so much you wont know where you parked your hire car (or anything else). Well I couldnt. There were a lot of white 6 pot pontiacs 4 door cars in mexico. Its where the Yanks go to party.

Doing that through the permanent seven lanes of congestion would be

I'm not sure that would work now, I'm sure when the Cannonball racers were getting arrested for excessive speeding they were being taken to court the same day.

I'm not convinced that trying to jump bail in trigger-happy America is the best idea in the world, too.

leave the speed camera dector at home, some don't like em

OTOH the Cannonball had special welcoming parties set up all over the place - it wouldn't be beyond even the Yanks to book a space in a courtroom anticipating a large number of cases coming in..

Anyway, all you have to do is drive down a dirt road a whoopin' and a hollerin' and Boss Hogg's minions won't be able to catch you.

It must be true, I've seen it on TV.

I've been there, awesome! Go white water rafting from Castellaine. I did with SWMBO and we both nearly drowned and it was the best fun ever! The instructor was encouraging us to jump into whirlpools and all sorts. Once in the water the current was so strong it's ridiculous. At the end of the rafting we dragged the raft out of the water and then the instructor and I promptly dropped it (leaving SWMBO all on her own to support its weight haha) as we noticed a convoy of about 30 Ferraris approaching. The sound of them, echoing off the canyon was just sublime! The campsite at Castellaine is really good too, it's on a steep hillside with amazing views and they've these curious electric carts to get around in if you can't be bothered with clambering up the hill. Great fun :)

I drove on those amazing roads around there in a Berlingo. Your car will be much more fun. Have it!

I believe the land lefrog actually has a law against them.