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It was that time of year again to make my annual pilgrimage to the Snowies this year with a couple of twists. No Fords (too slow) and I incorporated the Vic Snowies as well. I had a couple of mates with me, one in a MK5 R32 with Goodyear Eagle F1 Assymetric’s, and one MK5 GTI with Michelin Pilot Sport 2’s, sway bars, suspension work, Porsche Cayenne brakes, some engine work, exhaust and my R36 with Michelin PS2’s as well.
Friday night consisted of getting to our Accommodation in Tumut, so we could freshly attack the snowies the next morning. http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&s...e=UTF8&t=h&z=8
On Saturday the first twisty bits between Tumbarumba & Cabramurra had lots of damp patches, which by Cabramurra turned to constant rain for most of the day. The only dry section of the day was Mount Beauty – Bright, which was an absolutely sensational piece of road. Bright also, a fantastic little town I look forward to going back there again.
Half way up Mount Hotham we got fogged out, visibility was down t o 10 meters, and as you can imagine the pace was extremely slow but made for some fantastic photo opportunities. The next bit of road (Omeo – Tallangatta) made me fall in love with Victoria, by far the best windy road I have ever been on. For those that don’t know it, it starts of quite tight with no room for error as the slightest over/understeer will see you hit a cliff face or go into the oncoming lane. The road snakes along a river and definitely provided the most fun I’ve ever had whilst driving, well worth traversing the ~20km of unsealed sections along the way.
The last twisty section of Khancoban – Jindabyne provided the icing on the cake to the day, it was fast flowing with no traffic and a very enjoyable hill climb regardless of the constant rain.
Sunday consisted of getting to the coast, via a partly sealed road and a fantastic twisty road through a forest between Bombala & Pambula. After that the rest of the day was marred by traffic and was a massive let down on the day before.
Each of the cars/drivers had their own weak points, R32 Driver saying “These tyres are ****”, GTI driver “My inside front keeps spinning” me “I’m scared of heights” so we were all evened up in one way or another and kept together for the whole day. The R36 was definitely the car of the weekend, however if the R32 had the PS2’s or if the GTI was AWD it would have been a different story. Trips like this, especially with all the wet weather conditions re-affirm my decision to buy the R36 and spending big $$ to buy the best tyres. The car was faultless all weekend and there was no difference in wet vs dry grip levels. I’m definitely looking forward to my next adventure and Snowies again 12 months from now
Some pics: http://pics.doncro.dyndns.org/pics/e...nowies%202009/
Friday night consisted of getting to our Accommodation in Tumut, so we could freshly attack the snowies the next morning. http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&s...e=UTF8&t=h&z=8
On Saturday the first twisty bits between Tumbarumba & Cabramurra had lots of damp patches, which by Cabramurra turned to constant rain for most of the day. The only dry section of the day was Mount Beauty – Bright, which was an absolutely sensational piece of road. Bright also, a fantastic little town I look forward to going back there again.
Half way up Mount Hotham we got fogged out, visibility was down t o 10 meters, and as you can imagine the pace was extremely slow but made for some fantastic photo opportunities. The next bit of road (Omeo – Tallangatta) made me fall in love with Victoria, by far the best windy road I have ever been on. For those that don’t know it, it starts of quite tight with no room for error as the slightest over/understeer will see you hit a cliff face or go into the oncoming lane. The road snakes along a river and definitely provided the most fun I’ve ever had whilst driving, well worth traversing the ~20km of unsealed sections along the way.
The last twisty section of Khancoban – Jindabyne provided the icing on the cake to the day, it was fast flowing with no traffic and a very enjoyable hill climb regardless of the constant rain.
Sunday consisted of getting to the coast, via a partly sealed road and a fantastic twisty road through a forest between Bombala & Pambula. After that the rest of the day was marred by traffic and was a massive let down on the day before.
Each of the cars/drivers had their own weak points, R32 Driver saying “These tyres are ****”, GTI driver “My inside front keeps spinning” me “I’m scared of heights” so we were all evened up in one way or another and kept together for the whole day. The R36 was definitely the car of the weekend, however if the R32 had the PS2’s or if the GTI was AWD it would have been a different story. Trips like this, especially with all the wet weather conditions re-affirm my decision to buy the R36 and spending big $$ to buy the best tyres. The car was faultless all weekend and there was no difference in wet vs dry grip levels. I’m definitely looking forward to my next adventure and Snowies again 12 months from now
Some pics: http://pics.doncro.dyndns.org/pics/e...nowies%202009/
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