A drive on G-16 pics... - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

So in response to the video on here with the spyder and seinfeld driving on monterey county g-16 or carmel valley road. I decided to give it a shot. it is a BEAUTIFUL drive. By far one of the best i have been on. It can be a little slow at first but once out into the hills there isnt a soul. The road gets quite narrow but after a little bit widens right up. It is alot of fun has some good straights turns and well everything. If you ever find yourself out in the Monterey bay area I highly recommend hitting it up. here are some pics (i appologize for the quality but i forgot my camera and all i had was my phone.) OKAY this pic was perfect and for SOME reason the only other vehicle i saw in the previous 45 mins drove by right when i snapped it. I thought i had got the pic in time but apparently... i didnt. enjoy... i need a beer.

For a phone camera, those are really nice photographs. Looks like a beautiful drive. Also, do you always drive with no plates?

thanks... and well yes its better for getting away. just kidding, im waiting for my plates and here in cali they give you a window sticker thing.

the photos bring back memories of high school. Used to take that road in a '72 monte carlo. One of these days I'll take it in the boxster

you were right its a good drive a lil dicey in some areas but very enjoyable.

thsoe are great camera phone pics! what phone do you have? why no plate? you take it off b/c you were driving so fast y ou needed to be able to "get away" or did you pull it off for the pics?

thanks! I have the blackberry storm not the newest one the original one. but it does have a good camera on it. and i dont have plates because the state of cali hasnt sent them yet so i have a window sticker.

Lobo, Thanks for this thread. I've been living in the No. VA area for what seems a lifetime and I sure remember some of those Monterey roads like it was yesterday. I have a special request though... you think in the near future you could take your camera on a nice cruise south on Hwy 1 toward Big Sur?

Sure! i was actually planning on doing that within the next few days. (this time ill have a real camera as opposed to my phone.) Im reletively new to this area so if anyone knows of any great drives. Let me know and ill give it a shot and take some pics.

Here's another request from snowy No. VA (almost 2' this weekend!). Eons ago I spent a summer in Santa Cruz working for some bearded birkenstock-shod professor (no joke). I swear the guy looked like some Neanderthal (and drove a Volvo of course). Trying to burn off the stress I used to blast regularly up route 9 through the redwoods towards Ben Lomond in my '75 Rabbit. Stunning drive. And had a most positive affect on my mood. :dance: Just a suggestion -- drive safely!

OK here's another road in that area that's supposed to be pretty good. Hwy 25 from Hollister south to Pinnacles National Monument ( maybe even down to Hwy 198 and west back to 101). The Diablo Region of PCA had an article on it a few years ago and a friend said he thought Forbes magazine had quoted a Porsche executive about driving it.