So far, we’ve covered Balls Out driving and Passing Practice. This week, I’d like to share music from one of the disks I made up to ‘help’ with driving on mountain roads.
Some call them ‘Tight Twisys’ and some call them ‘The Bends’ and still others call them a royal pain in the ass. I just call them some of the most fun you can have that derive from your federal tax dollars.
There are two local roads that I find are best for this type of driving: SR 410 and Hwy 12. Both of them run through the Mt. Rainier National Park and when travelling east, will both end you up in Yakima, Wa, which isn’t one of the nicest places to end up, unless you’re looking for illegal laborers. Luckily, there is a connector road on the west side of the park, SR 123, that makes a fine and dandy little loop out of them; fun for a day trip.
But a night trip is even better.
After midnight, the campers are all sound asleep and folks in their RVs and 5th wheels are all parked, giving you a pretty decent shot at a good time run.
Switchbacks, Double Esses, drops and rises, this loop has it all and, depending on your vehicles limitations, you can have the time of your life. Just make sure it isn’t the last one you have, because the guardrails suck and the drop-offs are quite sheer in a goodly number of spots.
Today’s tunage comes off of one of my Supra disks. I got a few emails asking why the Balls Out tunage wasn’t speed metal; sorry but for interstate driving, I want something smooth, meaning very few time changes, and metal can’t do that and be metal. Whereas Hardcore Electronica has to, or else it sucks.
Some of the other tunage on the disk includes Maiden’s ‘Run to the Hills’, Priest’s ‘Breakin the Law’ and Ozzy’s ‘Over the Mountain’.
Not only are they topical, but the wheel base on Supras is long and narrow (pay attention, this will be covered next week as well). Having to swing that whale’s big ass around corners needs musical motivation that reminds you to downshift and grab some grunt as you float the back half of the car around the corner.
And when regular rock music won’t suffice, you do what any red blooded American road racer would do…….
You reach for Metallica
This selection has nothing to do with the fact that they hate people giving their music out for free.
Nope.
The thought didn’t even cross my mind.
My wife put some Metallica on the hard drive for me as a favor, but I don’t have this one. Much appreciated AK.
BTW, My wife and I have been married nine years, today. we celerbrated in an unusual fashion, baking homemade soft batch peanut butter cookies dipped in melted chocolate with our daughter and son. My wife rates this new recipe that I found, a keeper.
not all we’ll do, but then, gentlemen don’t share that kind of information.