Putty Road Run

[GermanwithaVdub]

well as some of you know i'm taking delivery of a gt sport tdi in manual at the end of this month, and im going to be heading up putty road to give it a good flog/run in. i thought i might invite any others who are keen to join me since ive been posting for a while but never met any of you.

anyway for those who dont know, putty road runs from windsor to singleton (180km or so) and has no other roads entering onto it. its got LOTS of twisties with a few straight sections and is very popular among motorcyclists. anyway since its so long and with no roads entering it, i think it should be pretty good as far as cops and other cars go.

so just a friendly invitation if anyone wants to have a bit of a drive up there in the first week of december, pm me or reply here.

-michael

[rayray086]

I've read about Putty Road in an article from Speed magazine (discontinued now, shame), and it looks really good. A good idea to stock up on fuel too before the run as there's no petrol stations in between, but you're running on diesel so I doubt that's a problem!

I won't be able to enjoy it with you though, but I'm sure a future run will be in the cards!

[VW Convert]

well as some of you know i'm taking delivery of a gt sport tdi in manual at the end of this month, and im going to be heading up putty road to give it a good flog/run in. i thought i might invite any others who are keen to join me since ive been posting for a while but never met any of you.

anyway for those who dont know, putty road runs from windsor to singleton (180km or so) and has no other roads entering onto it. its got LOTS of twisties with a few straight sections and is very popular among motorcyclists. anyway since its so long and with no roads entering it, i think it should be pretty good as far as cops and other cars go.

so just a friendly invitation if anyone wants to have a bit of a drive up there in the first week of december, pm me or reply here.

-michael

I came back from the Hunter Valley via the Putty Rd a few weeks back, it's a great road especially the twisty bits around Darkies Creek if you don't get stuck behind a truck or other slow moving traffic.

Won't be able to join you but I know you're going to enjoy the run!

Cheers

George

[DIDZ]

Bugger - I was going to do the Putty Rd run tommorow - but I'll be doing it on Sunday, now that I know the Jets are playing the Mariners on Sunday

[DubSteve]

Would love to but I would run out of petrol half way stupid gas guzzler vr6

[GermanwithaVdub]

I came back from the Hunter Valley via the Putty Rd a few weeks back, it's a great road especially the twisty bits around Darkies Creek if you don't get stuck behind a truck or other slow moving traffic.

Won't be able to join you but I know you're going to enjoy the run!

Cheers

George

what time of the week/day did you go? did you see any cops? whats the speed limit?

theres about 122km of "interesting bits" and its about 130-140km from the nearest petrol station in windsor to the end of the interesting bits. put these waypoints into google maps directions. From: "Windsor, NSW 2756 (Woolworths)" To: "Putty Rd @-32.710220, 150.948340"

this isnt an official "cruise" so we can stop and turn back whenever we get bored or if you wanna cut it short so ppl can make petrol in their burbling v6's thats fine too

[The_Hawk]

Try this:

http://www.google.com.au/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=Windsor,+NSW+2756+(Woolworths)&daddr=Putty+Rd+%40-32.710220,+150.948340&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=55.335657,82.265625&ie=UTF8&ll=-33.081186,151.004333&spn=0.827339,1.2854&t=h&z=10&om=1

I'd love to come on this drive since the road looks like a real fun one to drive on, although to make the most of it I have to make sure I can leave the Wife and the Boy at home...

Only issue for me will be it's a bit of a hike from Campbelltown, mind you everything is a bit of hike from Campbelltown... We will see anyway.

[VW Convert]

what time of the week/day did you go? did you see any cops? whats the speed limit?

theres about 122km of "interesting bits" and its about 130-140km from the nearest petrol station in windsor to the end of the interesting bits. put these waypoints into google maps directions. From: "Windsor, NSW 2756 (Woolworths)" To: "Putty Rd @-32.710220, 150.948340"

this isnt an official "cruise" so we can stop and turn back whenever we get bored or if you wanna cut it short so ppl can make petrol in their burbling v6's thats fine too

I've travelled the Putty Road many times over the years, used live at Penrith and always travelled to Qld via Putty Road then New England Highway. Speed limit varies, mostly 80 in the twisties but 100 most of the way. It's a very pleasant drive, quite scenic and as there are no towns to speak of along the way quite remote.

I've never seen a cop between the Colo River and the turn off for Broke which is getting near Singleton but you never know do you?

I would think a good days outing would be to either go the whole length to Singleton and then return the same way or turn off to the right and go through Broke then to Pokolbin (wine country) to Maitland and back to the F3 to return to Sydney. I wouldn't find that too much for one day but then I went for a Sunday drive last week and clocked up 476 KM!

Cheers

George

[fuzz]

i've done putty and wisemans and a fair few of those runs on my bike, be keen to take the vw.

i'm in.

[GermanwithaVdub]

sweet! picking up the car tomorrow morning words cant express how excited i am. will be putty-roading sometime this week or next

[95vr6]

Let us know when you going , might come with my T5 or VR6

[Spoddy]

sweet! picking up the car tomorrow morning words cant express how excited i am. will be putty-roading sometime this week or next

How do you afford to have so many VWs

The last time I drove the putty road was in a 2.0l ford escort 30 years ago. I used to get up so much cornering force the water would squirt out of the windscrean washer jets

[GermanwithaVdub]

i cant ... besides, i only have 2 and ive spent more on fines in the past year than i did on buying the mk2 hehe

[TDI Dude]

I remember there being a time when I paid for a few Policeman's Xmas parties from the amount of fines I was getting. Btw did I here someone say "yeah we'd love to see a SEAT on the Putty RD"!!! And if you think that's a nice drive.. try this one thrillseekers.. Sydney - Canberra - Cooma - Gundagai - Sydney. Best sunday drive I ever went on and will be doing again as soon as I get the GT TDI. Best 1,000km's you'll ever spend!! Trust me!!!!

[GermanwithaVdub]

I remember there being a time when I paid for a few Policeman's Xmas parties from the amount of fines I was getting. Btw did I here someone say "yeah we'd love to see a SEAT on the Putty RD"!!! And if you think that's a nice drive.. try this one thrillseekers.. Sydney - Canberra - Cooma - Gundagai - Sydney. Best sunday drive I ever went on and will be doing again as soon as I get the GT TDI. Best 1,000km's you'll ever spend!! Trust me!!!!

like this? http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&h...=UTF8&z=8&om=1

theres not much between goulburn and sydney though... but sounds like an epic drive!

sure thing bring along your seat to the putty, the more the merrier

oh and when do you get your gt?