The Best West Coast Road Trips for You and Your Mazdaspeed

[CorkSport Blog]

Last month, when The Smoking Tire featured our turbocharger in a beta tester’s Mazdaspeed 6, we loved watching how the car handled switchbacks as much as we loved hearing the turbo purr every few seconds. It got us thinking,*What are the best West Coast road trips to take a Mazdaspeed? That isn’t the most objective […]

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[solidtrance]

My current preference for taking a drive and wearing my tires down a bit is out to the coast from CA's central valley on 198, up 101 to Monterey and down PCH (HWY 1) through Big Sur. I catch 46 at Cambria back to the central valley. 8-10 hours and a good mix of scenery and great roads. I need to look into a good route into the mountains by the Sequoia's on the other side of the valley. I'm sure there are some great roads up that way.

 

[CorkSport]

I was just down there at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this past weekend. Unfortunately driving an F350 crew car with a 24 foot trailer windy roads are not quite as fun as an Rx8.

Derrick

 

[solidtrance]

Love it. My daughter is going to California State University Monterey Bay, right down the street from Laguna Seca. I am already planning some trips to see her on weekends that correspond with either open track days or races that I want to see. Maybe I will catch you all there on a race weekend.