:icon18: Should I bring the Xterra instead of the Z?

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of for the love of god...

We don't want any traffic jam on the Tail of the Dragon. :rofl2:

Tell that to the Harley guys. :mad:

+1 :driving:

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I had one in front of me on the second day, man he ruined my drive.

I hope my issues are sorted out before ZDayz. I'm really looking forward to it.

Pat, you couldn't handle the awesomeness of the X, don't lie!

^^It will blind you!

This is why I'm at the back of the pack whenever our group goes for a cruise on the Dragon. :facepalm:

And the Skyway. :tup:

Hoping for no speeding tickets this time..

Yes... AND the Skyway... :shakes head:

What's the ticket risk look like on the dragon this time of year?

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Still need to pay the ticket I got in FFX by June. Don't need anymore attention from the police :eekdance:

Pretty high! We don't really go all that fast on the dragon, anyways.

Last year, because the road was closed at MM11, it was fairly easy to tell when you were in the clear because they only had two LEOs patrolling and if you saw the two of them early on you knew you were clear the rest of the way. This year you'll never really know.

They are pretty aggressive with their ticketing. Make sure you keep your wheels off the double yellow lines, as that's something like a $500 fine for even touching them.

From what I understand, you really don't get out of second gear on the dragon, so I imagine I won't need to speed to enjoy it. Is that about right?

You'll get into 3rd eventually just to cool the oil unless you have an oil cooler.

You use 2nd and 3rd gear a lot. If you don't have an oil cooler and temps are over 70* you're probably going to want to be using 3rd and 4th gear more just to keep the revs down. I think last year I was around 250-260* on the oil temp without really pushing hard.

yeah, double yellow violations are pretty common on the dragon. be careful!

oh yeah, another popular one that has happened to more than a few people is being behind a pickup truck on Hwy 28 out towards the dragon, and its a park truck that pulls aside so you can pass, then once you do, another cop pulls you over for passing in a no passing zone.

What are you supposed to do in that situation, pull over behind them?

Sneaky bastards!

I don't understand how that works if the truck actually pulls off the road to let you by. :shakes head:

he isn't completely off and you can't get by without going over the yellow.

So you have to just stop and wait for him to get completely off of the road (which he probably won't do). That's pretty lame.

Dan's good at distracting the cops right? :roflpuke2:

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Well there is no where to pull off on 90% of those roads unless you want to take a tumble, LOL!

So if this happens to me I am just going to stop and wait!

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I've been down their twice (one ZDAYZ) and have never had a problem like this. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

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Its sad that the cops harass people so much down there, I mean if your driving like a total d**k and drifting etc I can see them stopping you, but crossing the double yellow a little or setting up traps, thats messed up. It seems that the towns whole economy and the wealth of the local buisnesses are based on this road, why make it that people wont want to come?

I guess cause people keep coming, and they make even more money this way.

Double yellow violations are probably good things to give out... That road is narrow and dangerous enough. :)

I had a scare last year with a motorcycle who's body crossed the lines on the road to the dragon... thought I was going to take his head out with my mirror.

Yeah, I was driving on a thin local road when a truck crossed the yellows on me. I barely missed him on one side and a concrete wall on the other.

From watching some vids about bikers and racers doing some dangerous and stupid things on the tail of the dragon, I can see why the police would be quick to hand over tickets.

Washed, clay'd and waxed...2 hours. Tomorrow ...wheels and interior.:excited:

Damnit. It's raining, cold and nasty up here... I am going to have the dirtiest car at ZdayZ.