after about an hour staring at the map, i think i found pretty much the most entertaining road coarse in the area. Here is my suggestion for the cruise route we should take for the next meet, i might go check it out this weekend just to make sure all roads are accessible and worth while.

The idea is as follows:
- meet at the Mohawk Racetrack parking lot (park in the corner near the road so that people that miss it can still spot you from the road) around 10-11am
- wait about an hour for everyone to get there, shouldn't be too hard its literally on the 401 (exit 312, see point A on the map)
- then we make sure everyone knows the route so that if we get separated we dont get lost since we are going to be taking some small roads.
- then we go off on the cruise:
- first interesting bit is going to be a number of hairpin turns on Britania Rd.
- Sideroad 4 will follow which seems to have some scenic valey views
- Sideroad 1 should be an interesting bit of road as well
- Mountain Brow/King road also looked nice and curvy
- then follows the bit i hope we have access to, i spotted this thing on the map it literally looks like a race track from satellite view, its the closed loop on Hickery Lin just north of the 403
- and finaly to complete the cruise we will follow the Snake road, which i think might be the best one of all of them, to Dundas and Hamilton St. There is a plaza there we can get something to eat. (point B on the map)
- After we eat i think we should definitely follow the same route back to Mohawk Racetrack, where we will regroup for the last time and be off in our own directions. Of course if people dont feel like driving back they can always take the 403 from the lunch location and go from there.

Here is the route map: Route
Google estimates it to be 54km so it should definitely be a nice day of cruising

PM me or post here if you are up for test driving this route this sunday, so that we can cordinate a mini meet

Hey guys,

I just picked up my new to me Z 2 weeks ago from Montreal but I live in Niagara. I may be up for a spirited cruise but I am still getting a feel for the car and dont feel comfortable driving it agressively yet. I have an old BMW 328is coupe that I can slide around corners all day long but the 370z feels very differnt to me after driving the 328is for 12 years.

Anyways I will watch this thread and try to make it out, I used to do most of those roads when I had my Ninja 636.

Totally down for this Sunday, this route, location are about 15mins from my house and would work great. I know all the local food places and a couple other nice places in the area if you want to hit anything else.

Count me in.

Just did some more research on that track looking thing at the bottom, its actually closed off and private property so we can scrap that from the route. I added one street that seems interesting that i had missed near the beginning of the route, i've added it.

here is an updated map route 56.9km: Route

i will be doing some further investigation on the surrounding roads (or at least as much as google maps allows for) and will get the finalized route posted by friday. I am bringing a friend with me, he drives an IS250, he recently got an SLR camera and is eager to snap some shots, so we might be doing an on and off thing as we cruise, if we find good locations. He wants to wax his car sunday morning, which i'll probably help him with so it gets done faster, so probably best time for us to meet at Mohawk Racetrack parking is 12-1pm. For those of you that want to come let me know how that works for you.

@Shotta: welcome to the forum, and congrats on the new Z. Most of us care too much about our cars to drive them too aggressively anyways, so you should be right in place. Trust me when i say this the Z will be much more enjoyable on a winding road than the bmw, the stiffer ride and more responsive handling really makes things more interesting. Plus if you have the VDC on your probably not going to slide at all, it will cut the throttle and brake before you even think about flooring it around a bend.

So just so we have this in a bit more organized format here is a list of confirmed attendees, feel free to add yourself:

Location: Mohawk Racetrack
Date/Time: Sunday April 29th, 2012, 12-1pm
Type of Meet: Cruise
Route: Map
Antendees:
1. MrSir +1
2.
3.
4.
5.

talked it over with my fiend and we are going to go on the cruise a bit later, hopefully get that sweet sun set lighting for the way back so as of now the new meet info is as follows:

Location: Mohawk Racetrack
Date/Time: Sunday April 29th, 2012, 3pm (+ 30min. wait)
Type of Meet: Cruise
Route: Map
Antendees:
1. MrSir +1
2.
3.
4.
5.

anyone up for a meet this sat(april 28) night?? i cant do sun...sisters b-day.

I'm sorry to say that I am out for tonight. I was holding off to make a last minute decision but I'm just to busy today/tonight to make out to the GTA. I hope we get something going again soon though.......

wheels and brakes are on!! still need to tweak it a bit before i can drive it!!

BTW. i cant do tonight too...was trying to get the car done...but did not ;(

ha nice brakes jazz. are those carbon ceramic disks?

Btw i went on sunday to check out that route, and those roads are definitely something. It took me and my friend about 50min - 60min to go through the entire thing one way. Speed limits vary from 40km/h to 60km/h on most roads, good news is we didnt see any cops what so ever, so you can definitely keep up a nice healthy pace throughout the entire route. Road conditions were not bad either, some of the roads near the begining tend to have some really rough asphalt and a bit of dust but other than that its smooth sailing. I mounted my GoPro on my dashboard and recorded it , so once i edit it so that its not an hour long video i'll post it for you guys to see, and decide whether or not you want to do this for the Victoria Day (May 21st) meet.

Here is the finalized route: Map

Hey MrSir, the route is very attractive, if the meet on the 21st could happen, I definitely will be there! :tup:

the way i see it, the only problem with that route is that there isn't really any good spots to pull over for some group pictures or anything of that sort. There is one road that seems to be abit more secluded and not much cars go on it, but other than that the next best bet is the plaza at the end of the route, and the Mohawk racetrack at the beginning

I wanna come too! once you edit that video be sure to post it here so I can peep it out and get all excited! :tup:

:driving:

the build is done!! for now lol.

once the rain is over ill take some good pics for you guys!! enjoy what i have!

niiiice, the wheels fit the roadster really well

Nice wheels! what kind are they?!?

thanks!! they are Strasses Forged sp5 front are 255/35/20 rears are 305/35/20 love the way they look...not driven it much as we have all this rain...this weekend i hope!
few more pics....the one of the rear i like a lot!

Nice wheels Jazz!! :tup::tup:

thanks bro. :happydance:

Good looking car Jazz

hey, so are we good for the 21st May Meet???

lets start a list of attendees:

Location: TBD
Date: Monday May 21st, 2012
Time: TBD
Type of Meet: Meet/Cruise
Route: TBD
Antendees:
1. MrSir
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

i suggest we do the cruise/route i suggested earlier, if you guys agree with it i'll add the location and map info into the list above. Lets make this a proper meet this time. A minimum of 5 Zs should show up :P

lets start a list of attendees:

Location: TBD
Date: Monday May 21st, 2012
Time: TBD
Type of Meet: Meet/Cruise
Route: TBD
Antendees:
1. MrSir
2. alcheng
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

i suggest we do the cruise/route i suggested earlier, if you guys agree with it i'll add the location and map info into the list above. Lets make this a proper meet this time. A minimum of 5 Zs should show up :P

You guys have jinxed it now!:shakes head: now we won't get a go showing. :rofl2: j/k hope there's a better turn out for everyone.

naah we didnt jinx it, i'll have that route footage up by tonight as an incentive to get more people to come. We will be fine.

Count me in, add me to the list....

1. MrSir
2. alcheng
3. Jjaden
4.
5.

I would like to come too this would be my first meet

Sign up, put your name up there LOL

this is my first meet too, I am looking forward to it, and for sure I'll bring my camera gear like many others. :tup:

1. MrSir
2. alcheng
3. Jjaden
4. Marcusz
5. F.LadyZ
6.
7.

Location: Mohawk Racetrack Parking lot (park near the street so we can see each other)
Date: Monday May 21st, 2012
Time: 3pm (30min wait)
Type of Meet: Meet/Cruise
Route: Map
Antendees:
1. MrSir
2. alcheng
3. Jjaden
4. Marcusz
5. F.LadyZ
6.
7.
8.

Here is the video of the route i took when i went to check it out with my friend. I cut out all the times we stopped and compressed it to 13min.(from 55min.). Watch it through if you are curious about where we are going.


Route Highlights:
1:00-1:46 - First Line Road
3:38-3:59 - Guelph Line
4:16-4:45 - Britania Road (god damn cyclists)
5:01-5:37 - Sideroad 3 (this is probably one of the more exciting ones)
6:54-7:15 - Milar Crescent & Sideroad 1
7:49-8:14 - Sideroad 1 & Milburough Line & Parkside Drive
9:06-10:22 - Mills Street & Mountain Brow & King Road (this one is also nice)
12:22-13:18 - Hillsdale Ave & Snake Road(the other more exciting road)

sometime in the next 8 weeks a few Z from the U.S. are coming up to oshawa. im going to go meet up with them! anyone what to join us

if its anytime between May 22-June 14, i'll be able to come along.

Can't commit, my work sched is just to crazy right now and I keep getting called out of town. But if I can, I'll pop out. It's only 5 mins from my house and I know those roads like the back of my hand.

I can't commit 100% either (might have a cottage trip) but I really really wanna go! Gonna try my hardest.. sitting at 85% likelihood of attending! :tup:

Thanks for arranging these meets guys! Good stuff.

The route is :tup: :tup:

Bump!!

hey guys, vote for me on car domain plz.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/394603...0z-roadster-2d

anyone have a list of car shows for this year??

Are we going to have 5 Zs for the coming Monday?? :ugh2: