We live in So. Oregon in a town called Grants Pass. Drove over to Bend, Oregon to meet up with my wife at our second youngest daughters house yesterday. Today I took my S2K from there to Eugene, by way of the McKenzie Pass, which is only open about 4-5 months a year, do to snow.. What an amazingly fun road.. About 35 miles of nearly constant corners and gear changes between about 25 MPH to maybe 60.. Haven't had that much fun in a long time.. Met only two cars that whole 35 miles.. I'll do that again this summer, maybe with my wife aboard, but I can't drive as aggressively with a passenger, especially her..

We have another road that is now paved all the way to the ocean. Maybe 40-50 miles long. It comes out at Gold Beach on the coast, but the fun part is over at a little place called Agness. It follows (roughly) the Rogue River, and we call it the Bear Camp rd.. It's closed in the winter also, and it's much the same as the McKenzie pass rd. Lot's of rafting company's pulling trailers on it though.. It will still be a blast though.. I know some of the shuttle drivers, and they watch for cars and motorcycles coming up behind, and they'll get out of the way quickly.

I replaced the back half of my Greddy Ti-C exhaust with a single though large muffler, because at my age the noise was unbearable.. I gave up a lot of HP mostly in VTEC, but I don't go there to often anyway.. I don't know what a non charged S2K runs like, but below the VTEC this one's not overwhelming, though it is enjoyable. I can now actually engage the VTEC exiting corners without worrying about the rear end passing me by. Couldn't do that before with the unrestricted exhaust. I'm a lifelong driver of Chevy V8's so I'm used to big torque, and churning out of the corners, where these high strung motors blast out with violence. Takes some getting used to. But it's really fun..

My pool guy said he couldn't believe I'm driving a ricer.. He runs a mid 11 second Monza with a SB Chev that I've helped him with over the years. I hadn't looked at this that way, but I guess it's true.. But it is RWD.
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We know the McKenzie very well, and maybe could even teach you about some new ones. It's roads like the "Ol Mac" that really make you appreciate the S. If you ever get a chance, on your way to Eugene after exiting the McKenzie, just outside of Rainbow (the Shell gas station) there is a road called Aufderheide, aka Cougar Reserviour Rd that takes you along a really fun and long stretch and dumps you out on Hwy 58. VERY few cars on that one. Then there is the Quartzville Byway, but that one, while incredibly fun, is also quite dangerous as about 15-20 miles of the 60 mile stretch is single lane and has many blind corners even though there is limited traffic as most dont know about it. It runs from near Marion Forks (Hwy 22 on the way to Salem) down to Foster Lake near Sweet Home. But if you have the guts to attempt it, it does reward you with some absolutely breathtaking views of the countryside from high up above.



Speaking of which, Hwy 20 from the 126 junction to Sweethome is a BLAST as well for a normal highway - Tombstone Pass.

I hit the McKenzie a couple weeks ago on my way back to Bend from Eugene and got to drive up Dead Horse Grade (the REALLY windy part) in 1" of hail on the road. Talk about sketchy....

Hope to see you in our section

 

Aaron

 

Here is our pic's of McKenzie Pass(about 3/4 way down) from our trip in '11 We had a lot of fog up on the pass.

http://s949.photobucket.com/albums/a...20A/?start=all

ROD

 

Awesome, thank you.. Gonna access the Aufderheide from 58 and on over the "Dead Horse Grade" next time I go to Bend.. Can't wait. I've written these down.. I'm going to drive the "Dead Indian" and another one who's name I can't remember, perhaps this week.. They are between Ashland, Or and Klamath Falls.. Used to drive them a bunch back in the late 60's on motorcycles and cars.. A little higher speed, and more wide open but still plenty windy and fun. And very picturesque... Again, thank you.. All my life I've had to use ordinary cars on logging roads or paved secondary roads for a release. Lots of sideways driving. This car changes all that..

Looks like there are some secondary roads from Roseburg up to Oakridge.. Have to look into those..

 

Thats good to know... I usually get into Oregon during the winter months going to Bend. Nice bit of info about those roads. I'm about 2 1/2 hours from Grants Pass.