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Old 05-08-2011, 11:36 PM
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I took a vacation to cumberland gap tn. last week and we went up to the pinnacle lookout in the national forest. The road up to it is pretty curvy and fun to drive. Heres the 4 min video of the ride down. Theres no sound other than the wind but it gives you the idea of how winding the road is. I took the car out of gear and just coasted all the way down. Hitting the brakes the car still was moving along about 40mph....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wNwrwbQcKk
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looks like fun...someone needs a gopro
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Originally Posted by JJSimon904
looks like fun...someone needs a gopro
i was thinkin the same thing on the way down... especially after listening to the video...lol Those camera skills were the work on my wife... she just held her arm out the window the whole time...
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Hahaha... very nice but my wife would have been punching me in the face the hole way down if she was in the car! Lol
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Originally Posted by 06vLo
I took the car out of gear and just coasted all the way down.
FAIL!!! haha...looks like a nice little strech of pavement
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FAIL!!! haha...looks like a nice little strech of pavement
Yeah theres only one beggining and one end to that road...and there were park rangers everywhere. I didnt want to take any chances on comeing around one of those tight corners into a ranger comeing up to see where the sound was comeing from... Believe me going up i was getting after it a little and wanted to on the way down but thought better of it....lol
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Originally Posted by 06vLo
Yeah theres only one beggining and one end to that road...and there were park rangers everywhere. I didnt want to take any chances on comeing around one of those tight corners into a ranger comeing up to see where the sound was comeing from... Believe me going up i was getting after it a little and wanted to on the way down but thought better of it....lol
**** the park rangers...they arent real cops...haha
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Yep that is a classic little stretch...I have a lil bro that lives in Harrogate, Tn which is the town that borders the Gap. I have taken the V up that same hill a time or two. No vids tho
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Originally Posted by bamacaddy
Yep that is a classic little stretch...I have a lil bro that lives in Harrogate, Tn which is the town that borders the Gap. I have taken the V up that same hill a time or two. No vids tho
thats cool. My wifes family lives right off of 63 kinda half way between harogate and the next small town arthur. We went down to visit them and stayed at the Cumberland gap inn...
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Originally Posted by ColeGraham
**** the park rangers...they arent real cops...haha
Actually they are . . and they carry guns & have more jurisdiction than the locals
and as much or more than the State Police, but do not have the same personna.
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Originally Posted by Stepside
Actually they are . . and they carry guns & have more jurisdiction than the locals
and as much or more than the State Police, but do not have the same personna.




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