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Last week a friend and I went up to TN and had the luxury of driving through some sweet mountain passes. If you haven't heard of Deals Gap, google it.

11 miles, 318 turns, no ingress/egress. That's right, I said 318 turns.

I must say, any more power than what we had wouldn't have done us any good. The Fit's performance was fantastic. At one point, we even ended up pushing some motards (of course, they weren't going nearly as fast as they could).

The stock handling and acceleration (surprising, I know) was quite perfect for those tight turns.

To all you Fit drivers, Deals Gap gets four thunbs up from us.


Modified by Crab at 9:18 PM 6/14/2006

 

just saw an overview map on google and that is a truly amazing road. i wish we had something like that here in miami. ive been dying to take my fit out for some spirited driving like that when it gets here.

 

cool

 

Just googled it. Looks fun..too bad i live too far.

 

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I know a couple of Type R drivers you should talk to.

 

You should try it on 2 wheels going from one knee to the next

 

Maybe that'll be the next trip.

 

Apparently the Fit has crazy cornering skills, despite its budget rear suspension. I'm not really surprised though...it is a Honda.

 

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I be the 21mm or however large it is, front sway bar and drive-by-wire help.

 

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As well as some S2000 owners

 

tail of the dragon! I wanna go there but it is soo far from california..

 

Anyone seen that video of the Japanese fellow talking about how the rigidity of the bottom of the Fit lends to the inevitability of it becoming a racer?

If I come across the video, I'll post it. The Japanese guy was one of the designers or Honda execs, not sure.

 

I believe the video you are talking about is the one talking about the Spoon Fit and, that guy you are speaking of is the CEO of Spoon.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crazyxzer0 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> tail of the dragon! I wanna go there but it is soo far from california..</TD></TR></TABLE>

there are roads in CA that compare to Tail of the Dragon, you just have to know where to look.

 

i was there a few years ago

FUN TIMES

i still have my

" at the gap... there be dragons sticker! " lol

 

good to see

 

I've driven that road in a Mini Cooper S. Lots of fun. I would love to ride that road on my trek road bike.

 

I have been there 2 times in the last year. Once in my s2k and once in a friends s2k and it was by far the most fun I have ever had on a public road. it is definitly worth the drive just to drive that road. Just make sure you stay in your lane while driving it.

 

Stock suspension? Looks fun. I've heard nothing but good things about Deals Gap.

 

Not to rain on your parade, but I'm pretty sure I saw pics of a white Sport there a couple of months ago...

 

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This post was made a couple of months ago.

 

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This post was made a couple of months ago.</TD></TR></TABLE>

on me.

I still remember a white one pictured at the Gap some. The dude bought it and took it there almost first thing. *shrug*

 

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Theres Spunky canyon down in the socal area, but you may die

 

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People have died at Deal's Gap, too. You go off cliffs...or right into the mountain side.

 

Fun road but too far from me, like 8 hours away. I will probably never get to take my Focus there.