Tail of the Dragon (U.S. 129)
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Tail of the Dragon (U.S. 129)
Finally got a chance to drive the Vette up and down U.S. 129. What a fun stretch of road. Car handled like it was on rails! New Bilstein's on all 4 corners and new Johnny O'Connell front/rear sway bars made a hell of a difference.
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Yea took the C7 back in June! Going to take the 427 here in a couple weeks!
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I will be there in a couple weeks. The road looks smooth, is it that way all the way through? Any other fun roads in the area?
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Thanks for the picture!
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Road is great , no run off areas though. You got road and that's it , so be safe. Tons of good roads as the other guys have mentioned.
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So..........when you go, which is the preferred direction to start the drive? as the map is laid out, clockwise or counterclockwise?
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First trip in my '05:
Second trip in my "new-to-me" '13 last week (waiting on the Killboy download email); this is from 129Photos:
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Our club is headed there next week, hope my 05 steering lock doesn't malfunction!!!! 10 cars on both Dragon Eyes & The Dragon over the next week................did it 5 yrs ago & looking forward to it !!
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Great either way. Because we come from the SE we usually run it counter clockwise, turn around, run it clock wise, turn around, run it CCW and keep going on a loop or turn around and head home. It's like a Lays potato chip, nobody can stop at just one.
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