Topless On The Dragon

No perverts! Not that way .. I'm talking about dropping the top on the Cabrios and going
for a nice leisurely drive on the Dragon.

UPDATE: Topless On The Dragon will start at the north end of the Dragon immediately after
the Dragon Parade (return run from TN).
There is a large gravel parking lot on the left side of hwy 129 in TN about a 1/4 mile past Tabcat Bridge
where we will stage for our topless run back through the Dragon.
This event is only possible if it is not raining, should the event be rained out we will attempt an
alternate day and this thread will be updated.


If you think that this is something you would like to participate in just let us know.


Click on map for larger view and more details.


Actual image of gravel lot at the north end of the Dragon.
Note the picnic table and boat ramp with fishing platform.

UPDATE: As of 23MAR09 the current list of Topless MINI's

• cabriopilot
• davavd
• CR&PW&JB
• BlimeyCabrio
• Chatterboxcope
• oxtox
• Mishka
• The Red Wolf
• ccc777
• awood279
• Tall Mini
• computerdoc

Topless On The Dragon shirts are available.

 

DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


So when are you thinking about going? My convertible isn't a Mini, but I'd still join for a drive

 

GREAT idea! I am in.

 

It is going to take place during MINI's On The Dragon in May of 2009.

Click here for more info.

 

Oh, bummer. I don't have a convertible.

 

AbsoLUTEly.

Went topless up and down the Dragon last year... would love to do it again in a group run.

 

Guess what your option is, then?

Haha. The thread title caught my attention.

 

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

 

I didn't know there was any other way to drive the Dragon...

 

But you didn't answer the question, Mr Funnyguy !! Would you join a group topless motoring run ?? Just say yes... you know you want to !

 

I'm in.

 

Of course I'm in... if I'm there... and not off doing something even MORE fun...

 

More fun than motoring down the Dragon with a bunch of other Topless MINIs ?? Detailing Blimey, maybe ??

 

Nah.... but maybe motoring on Wayah Road with a bunch of INSANE MINIs.....

 

ewwwwwww... that DOES sound like fun !

 

I wanna do that!

 

Please count me in for the topless on the dragon drive - newbie so be patient with me, I've heard horror stories about this road, but hey I'm not scared. I'm English and our Saint George Slayed dragons so it is in my blood.

Hahaha

 

As I indicated earlier, I'd love to join the drive. I've driven the Dragon many times topless, it's just that my convertible isn't a Mini. If you guys can stand the thought of a non-Mini tagging along, I think it would be fun. I promise I won't hold anyone back ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...35671497&hl=en ).

For those familiar with the Dragon, you can see that I am hustling the modified Chrysler quite well! (Even get a little oversteer at 3:21)

 

WOW.... just curious... what have you done to your Sebring? Because that's what I had for 7 years before my MINI... and I woulda never ever never felt comfortable driving it like that on the Dragon... mine always felt like lying in a giant plate of linguine strapped to the back of a couple of guinea pigs...

 

Davisflyer are your Trolling???

Just bring your MINI (pictured below) and keep your Chrysler at home till COTD comes up.

 

, I know what you mean. Actually, other than going to 17" wheels the only suspension mod I did was add a Dreamspeed rear anti-sway bar, BUT that sway bar is twice as thick and solid vs. hollow. Noise mods are a Dreamspeed CAI and Magnaflow muffler. But that rear anti-sway bar actually made the handling of the car nuetral! Before, it was heavy, heavy understeer. Of course the car is still under braked. In fact at the end of the run my brakes were smoking!

Obviously not as much fun to drive as the Mini, but I do enjoy driving top down and it's fun to suprise people that this car can actually handle, as one RX-8 learned last time on the Dragon as I breathed down his rear in a Chrysler.

 

Nah, not trolling, just want to join in on some top down action in the mountains. Heck, I don't even have a sunroof on my Mini. But hey, if you don't want to be seen around a Chrysler, I get it....

 

Nothing against your Chrysler.. Heck my Jeep was a Chrysler for that matter and I do hangout with a miscellaneous group of convertibles on some weekends.
But the MINI's on the Dragon is all about MINI's and the Topless on the Dragon represents a Photo Op and Video Op that would otherwise be compromised.

I live close enough to the Dragon that if you ever want to get a group of convertibles together we can all run the Dragon together.
Or better yet, we can all enjoy a sunny spring weekend on the BRP.

 

i would be in

 

Count us in if there isn't a schedule conflict.

But for the record: the only times we've driven the Dragon was arriving/departing when the MINI was loaded with luggage, etc or when it was raining.