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iwrock 03-31-2008 04:11 AM

What do you do for fun?
 
What do you do for fun???



When I am bored, I like to drive roads that look like this:


http://www1.pacific.edu/~jwrocklo/1234/100_1458.JPG

http://www1.pacific.edu/~jwrocklo/1234/100_1459.JPG

http://www1.pacific.edu/~jwrocklo/1234/100_1466.JPG

http://www1.pacific.edu/~jwrocklo/1234/100_1463.JPG


In this:

http://www1.pacific.edu/~jwrocklo/08Meet/106_1883.JPG

http://www1.pacific.edu/~jwrocklo/08Meet/106_1884.JPG

My Sportline 300TE.

I figure its better than playing on the Xbox or Computer for hours on end...


Now, what do you guys like to do for fun?


Post a picture of what it is you like to do if you have one...

Skid Row Joe 03-31-2008 04:22 AM

Several times a year, I go on a long sightseeing road trip in my diesel-motorcoach RV, covering several thousand miles. Running the Interstate highway system is following a semi-across the country.......why do that?
I've been doing month long duration excursions for years, but am going to start 1 to 2 month trips, now that my workload has changed significantly the past several years.:)

BAVBMW 03-31-2008 08:35 PM

Well, I guess in a similar fashion, I drive on roads like these:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...it-down-to.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../Hillclimb.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...-the-trail.jpg

What do you mean you can't see the road? Alright, maybe it will help if I show some where I'm actually in the process of driving...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...enX/RR-Air.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ng-grade-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...-second-pa.jpg

Sometimes with friends:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...tarts-Down.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...X/PICT0157.jpg

And sometimes to get to places like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...rewer-Lake.jpg

Those are the roads I travel for fun. I do other things too, but this was just sticking with the theme.

MV

t walgamuth 03-31-2008 08:46 PM

Its autocrossing for me with the old nail 84 280e euro!

I just picked up my new slicks for this year on Sunday.

Can't wait to get my limited slip installed and burn up those mustangs and camaros in ESP SCCA SOLO.

Tom W

Hatterasguy 03-31-2008 08:52 PM

Land's boring, yawn its got no give.

http://www.lsyc.net/images/star_header.jpg

Racing Star's.

IMHO the larger stuff is more exciting!:D
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/ph...6/swaneuro.jpg

http://www.boatbookings.com/temp/158...48950f6868.jpg
Afraid of heights?
Tacking while you are up their is really fun.:D You go up in a climbing harness, no whimpy chairs, and you better remember to jump around and keep your line clear.:D:eek:

http://www.easternskiers.org/Killington_Pic_1.jpg
In winter time this is the new play ground!:D

Botnst 03-31-2008 10:18 PM

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Living on the edge.

tankdriver 03-31-2008 10:22 PM

autocross, play poker, and make art.

Frank X. Morris 03-31-2008 10:39 PM

Howdy All,
I like to take the hounds out running. You can see them on my webpage in my sig. Enjoy.

Botnst 03-31-2008 11:03 PM

Frank, back in the early 1980's I worked in the high desert, east slope of the Andes in Argentina (south of Malargue). I may have mentioned this to you previously, if not I should have.

Anyway, a herder who lived near where we were encamped had large dogs with a conformation like yours on your webpage. They were hip tall on me -- say about 3 ft or so. The herder used them to manage his goats I guess, but also to hunt rheas -- a large land bird that runs extremely fast (we chased a flock cross-country in a Toyota 4x4 pickup at probably 30 or 40 mph -- hard to tell when your head is banging on the roof). I understand that the dogs hunted in a small pack - 4-5 animals. Though I never got to see them hunt, I did eat the rhea!

At the time I thought they were a cross between an afghan and a greyhound. Think it was your boys?

B

compress ignite 04-01-2008 02:05 AM

On the Rail
 
I LIKE Hatterasguy's second picture.

I don't like it when it's so cool you have to wear foul weather gear.

Ara T. 04-01-2008 02:28 AM

Hey Justin if you like those kind of roads you should get an MR2 or a Miata to supplement your Mercedes. It may not sound like your cup of tea but 2400 pound, RWD, ~140HP cars are really freakn fun on backroads like that.

TylerH860 04-01-2008 02:49 AM

I make 3 trip to Beaver Creek, Colorado a year to ski. I even "studied" up there for a semester last year. I ski on Vokl AC4s at a length of 175 cm, perfect for the fast blue runs that I like.
http://www.evogear.com/imgp/320/12136.Image.1.jpg

My Summers are spent at the family weekend lake house at Grand lake, Oklahoma. The fleet consists of a Formula 400ss, a 25' Mastercraft wake board boat, and 3 PWCs keep me busy.
http://www.ymo.gr/portal/images/excl...mula_400ss.jpg

During the rest of the time, I'm looking around estate sales for mid-century modern furniture, playing Tennis, and chasing tail, usually unsuccessful, when appropriate. I like car shopping with friends and family, haggling with salesmen, a former one myself. I'm also a closet Star Trek fan.

johnathan1 04-01-2008 03:53 AM

Powerful sports car + Twisty canyon road = FUN.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...1/IMG_4878.jpg

Hatterasguy 04-01-2008 01:34 PM

I need a new set of Vokl's, those are pretty. Maybe I will buy a pair this summer.

Vokl's rock, they are so much better than that French crap my friends use.:D:P

Hatterasguy 04-01-2008 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ara T. (Post 1810593)
Hey Justin if you like those kind of roads you should get an MR2 or a Miata to supplement your Mercedes. It may not sound like your cup of tea but 2400 pound, RWD, ~140HP cars are really freakn fun on backroads like that.

911 Turbo.:D

911's are fun on back roads, but at least if you screw up you won't get to see where your going.:D


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