Azusa Canyon

[VILLEN32]

I just saw what kinds of cars you run so now i understand why you like track over canyon, thres not that many straight aways in the canyon as there is the track and you only have to remember the same 5-11 turns as opposed to the hundreds of turns in the canyon, sorry i wrote so mush again, if i would have seen that you drive high horse power cars i would have never peplyed so harshly

[onosqv]

ROFL, high hp car, hahaha.

I track an automatic 240sx convertible (~3000lbs & maybe 100whp). I also run mostly autox, no straight aways at all buddy. I've done some horse thief mile, but I haven't done any serious tracks yet - you can get more input from Edgar and the other guys on that stuff. My 240 will be fast, but not for a while. I'm not fast by any means, usually on the bottom percentage of racers; the only time I've been in the top 5 or so was the GReddy autox, which the majority of the drivers were you guessed it... hardparkers & canyon runners. If you've read any of my threads in the autox section, you'll see I've even run stock automatic civics & sentras w/ mismatched all-seasons; didn't do too horrible either & had a hell of a fun time.

We've all done canyons, they have their place; but straight up driving experience, I have gained the most from autox & I'm sure I'll gain even more as I get into road tracks - I feel I can say that because I've done as many types of "racing" as I can (canyon, autox, some light tracking, rallyx, etc).

Pretty much every single person (canyon runner or not) my friends & I have taken out to autocross has had overwhelmingly positive responses to it.

On the flip side of waking up at the wee hours of the morning to go to a track, some don't like waiting until the wee hours of the night to get their runs & not returning until the wee hours of the morning.

If you say you are fast @ GMR, okay, I believe you; if you timed yourself from the typical bottom fork near the bridge to the top fork going in one lane & have a time from around 6'30" - 7'xx", then awesome (I believe that was the time of the faster guys running up there iirc - it's been a while since we've timed anyone).

I think anyone who is serious about driving faster should check out autocross or open track days (shoot, that's why they made horse thief mile - for the canyon boys ), it could only make you faster.

As for looking out of a "narrow" helmet, if you've ever tracked w/ one & can't see far enough, you aren't looking far enough, most helmet don't obstruct your view @ all.

[VILLEN32]

Cool, cool, i was poor too in my younger teenage days and can relate to the mismatched tires but i dont know about running azusa from the bridge. thats not what i run and i see why you have to worry about cops, thats where people go to camp and you guys running from the bridge up is not helpng because when you pass the camp grounds at 60mph, with those 70mm tipped exhaust mufflers, it pisses them off! Those people go down highway 39 to tell a cop. thanks for teeling us where you run cuz now i know what people are F%#king it up for the rest of us....

[onosqv]

ROFL, you aren't thinking the right place. There's only 3 areas everyone runs, and the cops already know about it. Maybe not 8 years ago when a lot of us were running it, but it's fairly obvious which roads each person takes. I think you are thinking of the wrong bridge also. GMR isn't some secret only a few ppl know about...

The mismatched tires were for fun, not for serious competition.

And who passes the camp grounds @ 60mph? Way to assume.

It's been ****ed up for "the rest of us" since around 2004.

[VILLEN32]

Hmm... i know it aint no secret but still, i love my free canyons and if i could i would regulate alot of people up there but im only one young man, and i dont like violence. ****, we shoud go one day and handle it like fools. I'll run my civic that i just fixed(from hitting the wall not to long ago) im running on two front bald Toyo R1R's and some 16" cheap *** falken Azenis in the back with a blown brake booster, but im still down!

[sr20det_s13]

Canyons are totally unpredictable there could be some loose gravel on the floor and you dont even know it, the next thing you know it your on the side of the mountain. When i went with my friends i was scared to hell cause they were zooming down the hill i see them sliding and all that i was eff it so i took it slow. We took some cool pictures thats about it, pretty chill up there too but aint too fun with 5 guys either way the drive was nice.

[sharkerio_coupe]

i havent ran track yet...i would like to...but so far any money that comes in goes into my car...n trust me its been a little so far haha. so no track yet. so i must say i like the canyons...i don't go to much...theres one near my house...so when im bored at night or mad...or sad haha i just run up the canyon and back down in about 30-45 min. and back to bed... i'd like to go with some more peeps tho

[VILLEN32]

[QUOTE= aint too fun with 5 guys __What are you talking about, its f^cking awsome when you got others chasing or in front of you, especially if there going as fast or faster than you, thats a bad A$$ feeling, thats what keeps me going. Imagine a big powerful beast of a car like the 4 door sports sedan(with cup holders, power windows and A/C-STI or EVO or SRT4) on your tail and then theres some turnes you know you can take him on so you dump it into your "money" gear and let him have it, then finaly when he gets to the bottom of the hill, where you have been waiting for him for like over a minut now, he steps out of his 300hp+ beast of a car and askes you " hey man, does that thing have turbo?" And you say no, the look on there faces is pricless! u cant buy that any where

[phanatikz32]

isnt azusa and GMR the same thing? not sure if anyone pointed that out already, but yeah ive never been up GMR during the day but its a nice ride at night, but arctic dragon was kinda right as far as going in large groups, i went in a large group to gmr 3 times and all 3 times something went wrong, first time some dude in a DA integra crashed, 2nd time some guys power steering pump exploded 3rd time a guy rolled his **** into the wall, so yeah most of the time if im at gmr i'm solo, or with people i know can drive and know their limits.

[VILLEN32]

just keep going and you'll find out.

[VILLEN32]

.............And yeah **** happens there all the time, and it usualy happens to the people who have no idea what this hobby is all about, not to say that it hasnt happened to any one else, hell I even ate once there and later when i fixed my car found out that my master cylinder went out.(heated up too much and burned the seals) I'm telling you little kids just go if you wanna be fast but if you just wanna go cruise and turn on your the neon lights under your car and bump your newest 50 cent CD, then stay off of GMR and cruise highway 39. Its better that you do that, you keep the pigs at bay from going up gmr and giving us tickets.

[og_xb]

my homie rolls up there in his burgandy 240 every sat and sunday around 12-1ish....we never had any problems...

[VILLEN32]

if he did go every weekend then he would have a billion tickets, and if not then that means he just goes to enjoy his techno music and hold his girls hand...
Modified by VILLEN32 at 3:08 PM 9/19/2008

[og_xb]

if he did go every weekend then he would have a billion tickets, and if not then that means he just goes to enjoy his techno music and hold his girls hand...

Modified by VILLEN32 at 3:08 PM 9/19/2008

hey do u have that white eg ???

[VILLEN32]

Nope. blue, and i put in work.

[phanatikz32]

.............And yeah **** happens there all the time, and it usualy happens to the people who have no idea what this hobby is all about, not to say that it hasnt happened to any one else, hell I even ate once there and later when i fixed my car found out that my master cylinder went out.(heated up too much and burned the seals) I'm telling you little kids just go if you wanna be fast but if you just wanna go cruise and turn on your the neon lights under your car and bump your newest 50 cent CD, then stay off of GMR and cruise highway 39. Its better that you do that, you keep the pigs at bay from going up gmr and giving us tickets.

where you just speaking in general? cuz trust i'm not one to have neons under my car and just drive slow on the mountain to the top and sit there. when i go to gmr i run baldy and front side and leave if i chill its just to let my brakes cool down between runs. but i dont understand why you feel everyone should be obligated to run the mountain everytime they are there, i think its a relaxing just to be on the mountain, sometimes i just go when i get off work at 12am just to cruise. i dont think the mountain is only for pushing your car its sometimes a stress relief or mental escape.

[sharkerio_coupe]

yea

[VILLEN32]

Thats cool if you run your car hard enough to were you need to cool down your brakes(that means you put in that work), i see no problem with that and yes i am generalizing..but my point is that its just like the street races(back in the day) theres always that gorup of people that kills it for everyone else. As for kicking it at the top, im there with people that have been going for years and try to learn off them and better myself at driving......

[VILLEN32]

get off his nutz little *****! and keep those neons glowing.

[VILLEN32]

I'm not a newbie..guy, I just started this topic to see if anyone wanted to enjoy a nice safe drive in the peaceful mountains. I go by myself all the time while listening to music, it relaxes mind body and soul. If you truely love the hobby of driving your nissan you would have no negative response, so Fall back jackass. You sir are not welcome

Im sorry to say this but if your going to relax yourself and listen to music either get multiple girlfriends,or get a real job, because you just have to much time on your hands to be spending that much time by yourself in the canyon and listening to music, just cut yourself if you got problems like that, i dont give a sh^t if all you lonely b!^ch's gang up on me and say "yeah, i just go to relax" F~#k u and your non pu$$y get'n azz', if you got beef let me know and we'll meet up and run this.
Modified by VILLEN32 at 12:59 PM 9/27/2008

[spooled240]

we went to GMR last nite it was pretty sweet, there were quite a bit of cars from the nearby campground I guess but it was just a run-through since it was the first time for some of us.

[phanatikz32]

i understand the fact that you dont like posers going to GMR, neither do i, and i feel you on that whole posers ruining it for real drivers but i dont think cruising, listening to music and what not makes you a poser or a lonely EMO kid, its just a way to relax, i mean just like some people like to just relax at home in a comfortable chair and read a book, some people would like to just cruise the mountain and enjoy the turns at a comfortable speed without having a seizure on their steering wheel trying to push the car to the limit. i mean for me its a bit of both sometimes i want to go push my car some times i just want to be on the mountain. but either way gmr is getting 2 much of both, because i have to admit it was annoying last night trying to run front side and having to wait 20 minutes for all the "i think i can drive" and "cruiser's" and "i just want to hang out with my friends up here in my Hyundai" people to get to the top, then getting fed up and just running baldy instead...people who want to cruise should just pick days that arent so popular, i mean telling them just not to go because you want to Push your car is a bit selfish...not trying to be a d!ck or anything...

[spooled240]

it is a PUBLIC road after all.

[VILLEN32]

So you do know what im saying. im telling you man just go durring the week days and thats when im up there, but yeah thats exactly what im talking about, and you should kick it at the top with us, you can get some pointers from the faster guys up there. the reason i go is to better myself, and in just the 4 months iv been going im already as fast and if not faster than some guys who have been going for years.

[phanatikz32]

word, i could use some driving tips and what not, i'd like to run with you just to see how i'd compare, i havent run with a front wheel drive before, and its been a while since i run with a serious driver.

[dennisplus]

Are you F#@K'N saying I'm not a serious driver?!! Man I pushed it on my second time up there and ate s#@T! Not only that but I stayed up there with my car expecting my f#@king team to come back and help me but that didn't happen. I ended up staying up there 1 whole day starving and dying of thirst. But whatever man. I guess this is each man to himself. Oh well.

[spooled240]

^sorry to hear that man, I would've helped but I was soooo sick I vommitted at a rest stop on the way home..it was a helluva nite

[VILLEN32]

just let me know, i put that FF piece of sh^t to work homie! 10 - ? - 2008 What day?

[VILLEN32]

Hey man, sorry to hear that but you shouldnt go with honda people, thats how they are, thank god i dont love my honda, i just use it as a tool not something i take care of and whash, put JuhDuMb(JDM) sh^t all over it and buy those yoshinoya badges(soshinoya) and think im jdm man. We are usually helpful when we see people in the side of the mountain.

[VILLEN32]

Are you F#@K'N saying I'm not a serious driver?!! Man I pushed it on my second time up there and ate s#@T! Not only that but I stayed up there with my car expecting my f#@king team to come back and help me but that didn't happen. I ended up staying up there 1 whole day starving and dying of thirst. But whatever man. I guess this is each man to himself. Oh well.

2nd time!!!? Im not telling you what to do but pushing your sh^t to destruction is not what to do. What happened?