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Yahoo has this Article on the front page today. Can anyone guess what made it in the top seven?
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it'd be cool ( and expensive as all get out) to drive them all....
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Yahoo has this Article on the front page today. Can anyone guess what made it in the top seven?
Saw that article this afternoon. I do not know if it is a scary road, maybe more challenging than most average roads.
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Saw that article this afternoon. I do not know if it is a scary road, maybe more challenging than most average roads.
Scariness of the Dragon has a lot to do with the type of vehicle you drive it in.
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These yahoos need to come to MITM and do the midnight run to the summit of Mt. Evans...

...though one might postulate that the sphincter-tightening factor on that road may be greater in the daylight when you can see the sheer drop-offs and the crumbling asphalt on the edge of the road with seemingly nothing under it but 4K feet of air.

I guess different people get scared by different things. To me, open roads like US-50 and TI-170 are a welcome pleasure -- I feel like I own the world on these long stretches.
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Since I live near highway 1 here in California I will attest to that 1000ft drop offs are scary Just will not drive it at night Oh and then the fog sets in
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Does anyone recognize where the photo they used for the Dragon was taken?

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That looks like the NC side about 1/2 mile in... the pavement and shoulders are better in TN. That is a guess - I've driven the Dragon only about 6 times.
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Does anyone recognize where the photo they used for the Dragon was taken?
No idea, but it certainly isn't The Dragon. It's not called "Tail Of" either. Pretty poor article.
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No idea, but it certainly isn't The Dragon.
That's what I was thinking. Screwy. Hrm.
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