My favorite road for the RS5

[SeattleGrey]

Hopefully everyone driving this car has found a place where they can use every facet of its engineering without a high risk of getting arrested! :)

For those of us lucky enough to live in the Pacific Northwest, there exists a 68 mile long playground 30 miles South of Eugene, OR that is perhaps the greatest drivers road I have ever engaged. I am referring to the Jason Boe Corridor.

The section begins in Drain, OR and exits at Reedsport. The road was repaved 4 years ago and exists as a smooth, black, sheet of prime asphalt. The road follows the Umpqua River through old growth rainforests and is loaded with extreme hairpins, flat straightaways and hill climbs. Your main competition for a lane is a steady volume of logging trucks. There are plenty of passing lanes on the inclines and the trucks are easy to overtake :)

The topography of the watershed necessitates that the road is built with a deep culvert ditch on the South side and a steep cliff on the North side. There is virtually nowhere for a cruiser to park. By using Google earth on the nav and an Escort Redline, I am able to see any driveways approaching (very few) and can drive accordingly when appropriate.

The road exits the rainforest into a sprawling gold meadow with an Elk preserve.

An hour from there you are sitting on the patio at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort...

Enjoy!

[Audibot]

That sounds amazing, and completely unlike most of the east coast. I find a few roads with some nice rolling hills and turns, but nothing to remotely see what my car can do.

[superswiss]

Have to check this out if I ever make it that far north with the RS5. I have a few roads around here to let the beast out of its cage. My so far most favorite road is unfortunately 5 hours south. The ~50 mile stretch of CA-33 just north of Ojai, CA. It's virtually deserted and snaking through the mountains with a combination of tight corners and high speed sweepers and several long straight stretches. No cell reception and no cops anywhere.

[ExhaustNote]

Have to check this out if I ever make it that far north with the RS5. I have a few roads around here to let the beast out of its cage. My so far most favorite road is unfortunately 5 hours south. The ~50 mile stretch of CA-33 just north of Ojai, CA. It's virtually deserted and snaking through the mountains with a combination of tight corners and high speed sweepers and several long straight stretches. No cell reception and no cops anywhere.


Have you done Skaggs Spring Rd or Mines?

[superswiss]

Have you done Skaggs Spring Rd or Mines?

Skaggs Spring Rd is on my list. Haven't done it yet. Where is Mines?

EDIT: Nevermind, I found it. It's out in Livermore, right? Have to check it out.

[milesed]

Sounds like fun. I have a second office I travel to every Wednesday at 10am. It is a 35 mile long set of roads in farming areas with 55mph limts, no traffic and rare cops. There are banked turns, long straights and elevation changes. Best part is I get to do it every week on the clock!

[S5CooP]

We've got some gems down south in the GA/NC/TN mtns ... But would love to hit the drive you've described... Sounds killer


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