MerlintheMad
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I searched and couldn't find a thread to put this. So I started this one.
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That is one hairy little road! First of all you get to it by going up from Topanga Canyon Blvd via Fernwood Pacific Dr. One weird thing about that uphill part is that this residential area has a series of 15 MPH yellow signs posted, while the NAV in the Stinger shows 40 MPH all along its length. Heh! 40 MPH!? WTH!? There is no way on God's Earth that any car can negotiate that neighborhood at even 30m much less 40 MPH. Even 15 MPH felt excessive on some blind curves, with garbage pickup waiting on the "shoulder" of the road (what shoulder?). Insane. Surreal, actually.
Well, going back down via Tuna Canyon Road proper (as seen in this screenshot) is a brief fun-filled adventure. I've never driven a more twisty, narrow strip of paved road in my life. My son-in-law "picked it out" for me.
It's nothing to compare to a proper highway, but it has the advantage of being one-way on the downhill half. The amount of tire marks at the ends of the "faster" bits testifies to mad men (and women) trying to do it fast. You cannot do this road fast. Besides, you need to expect a pedestrian or biker or two (I passed one biker coming up the wrong way, heh). The placement of yellow barrels and white cement barriers, perched precariously on the edges of drop offs, is further testimony that trying to do this road fast will get you tossed into the canyon far below.
Have fun! And be safe.
Google Maps
That is one hairy little road! First of all you get to it by going up from Topanga Canyon Blvd via Fernwood Pacific Dr. One weird thing about that uphill part is that this residential area has a series of 15 MPH yellow signs posted, while the NAV in the Stinger shows 40 MPH all along its length. Heh! 40 MPH!? WTH!? There is no way on God's Earth that any car can negotiate that neighborhood at even 30m much less 40 MPH. Even 15 MPH felt excessive on some blind curves, with garbage pickup waiting on the "shoulder" of the road (what shoulder?). Insane. Surreal, actually.
Well, going back down via Tuna Canyon Road proper (as seen in this screenshot) is a brief fun-filled adventure. I've never driven a more twisty, narrow strip of paved road in my life. My son-in-law "picked it out" for me.
It's nothing to compare to a proper highway, but it has the advantage of being one-way on the downhill half. The amount of tire marks at the ends of the "faster" bits testifies to mad men (and women) trying to do it fast. You cannot do this road fast. Besides, you need to expect a pedestrian or biker or two (I passed one biker coming up the wrong way, heh). The placement of yellow barrels and white cement barriers, perched precariously on the edges of drop offs, is further testimony that trying to do this road fast will get you tossed into the canyon far below.
Have fun! And be safe.
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