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ON TOP OF THE WORLD, PIKE'S PEAK ELEVATION 14,110ft!!!!!!!!!

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Old 09-05-2002, 04:55 PM
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This last weekend I was in Colorado Springs and I decided to drive the entire way up to the top of PIKES PEAK, elevation 14,110ft. You wouldn't believe how many vehicles I passed on the way up that had pulled over because they over heated! But, did my bonnie over heat, HELL NO, I went straight to the top without stopping averaging 35mph the whole way. Not too shabby if I do say so myself. The drive is quite nerve racking though, at some points you have over a 10% grade and when you look out the front windshield all you see is blue sky. OH, DID I MENTION, NO GUARD RAILS at all. It is a 20ft wide dirt road after 9,445ft and it stays dirt from there to the top. Well, it was definitly a drive to remeber, and the view from the top was awesome.
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Hope you have flaps to save your undercarriage lights from rocks! I envy you. Pike'* would be cool. So would a couple laps at Indy....or maybe Bristol!
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I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND I GO TO THE MOUNTAINS W/ MY 93 BONNIE SE ALOT.THE HIGHEST IVE GONE I 5500 FT.OVER NARROW CURVY DIRT ROADS.SHE HANDLES BEUTIFULLY..14,000 FT... HOLY ***** !! SOUNDS LIKE AN AWSOME TREK!
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I TAKE HWY 33, UP TO PINE MT. ELIVATION IS ABOUT 5500 ft. LUXURY W/ ALTITUDE .....
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