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Non Compos Mentis
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Off the grid- Almost
Posts: 10,651
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The visitor's center at Paradise is the highest one can drive a car on Mt. Rainier.
Quite the curvy road snaking its way to the top.
Since a Porsche 921E has no power steering or brakes, I once shut the engine off when leaving the Paradise parking lot.
14 miles.
Coasting downhill, keeping as much momentum as possible around the dozens of curves allowed me to go 14 miles before needing help from the mighty sewing machine engine in the back for motivation.
For those familiar, I was able to get to the Kautz Creek mud flow area before cranking over those four tiny pistons.
At no time did I wish I was in gear.
Of course, this was for fun, and the experience I've had on the track no doubt helped.
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