CA 58 - An Adventure Tale

"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
08/06/2018 at 12:25 • Filed to: None

Mustang doing mustang things that do not involve running over crowds

This past Saturday I met up with a fellow Opponaught and went on a driving adventure from Malibu to SLO. The main goal of this trip was to just drive, drive, and drive some more. Our routes to hit would include Mulholland, PCH, 150, 33, and 58. This is quite the roundabout way of getting up to the Central California coast but was well worth the time. Our vehicles of choice were my 2006 Subaru STi and a rental Ford Mustang GT Convertible.

We set out on the road bright and early by about 7am, drove some great roads, had an awesome bbq lunch in SLO, and then did a nice hike up to Valencia peak to top off the day. Considering my car averaged 21mpg and his mustered about 16, we definitely burned a crap ton of gasoline on this adventure.

Considering the prices in the area, this wasnt a cheap trip haha

So I will now tell you the story of this trip in a few words. We started out in Woodland Hills at my apartment and headed straight for the Snake on Mulholland. After a brief stop to enjoy the scenery, we were off on the road to the coast and then up to the desert.

It was so calm and quiet at that hour in the morning up at the Snake. Only old guys and then us crazy Oppos up there

We quickly made our way down to the PCH and began our journey Northward. We were enveloped in a dense coastal fog, plumetting the temperature to around 60F. Both of us were left wanting for some warm sunshine but little did we know, we sure would regret that desire haha. After making our way North until we hit the 101, we then hopped on CA 150 for a journey to Ojai and the 33. This route is usually plagued with slow traffic later on but thanks to our early start, we only were stuck behind a few bicycles and were quickly on our way. We eventually reached the amazing CA 33 and had a grand time hauling up that road. Temperatures at this point had gone above 80 and were still climbing. Still no AC needed yet though thanks to the dry heat and low sun angle.

Eventually we dropped some in elevation, the trees went away, and were replaced with desert plantlife and sandy hillsides. Things straightened out a bit and we headed North toward the intersection with CA 58. The roads became VERY fast at this point. Going 60 felt like you were standing still thanks to the flat landscape, limited number of intersections and the general feeling of being in the middle of nowhere. Once we made it onto the 58 finally, we were greeted with PERFECT pavement and one of the best twisty roads I have ever been on. I was very very happy to have 200TW summers at that point! At that point I was also very glad to have my ceramic tints and ice cold AC because the temperature had exceeded 100F.

This emptiness inspired “shenanigans”

The haze is due to raging forest fires to the North

WTF is with that headlight gap???

Funny thing was that the Mustang actually overheated just before this point on the twisty mountain pass heading to this part of the trip. He was driving the car pretty hard, using the paddle shifters to keep it in 2nd/3rd and battling the no season tires to keep up with me via the use of his power advantage. But with the heat and having the AC on full blast, his temp gauge pegged and power cut back. But after a quick rest everything was fine and we were back on the road. Weird to me that an NA car with like no miles on it would overheat like that. Eventually after another high speed cruise down the rest of CA-58 we ended up at the 101 and arrived in SLO for some much needed food. After lunch, we made our way to the coast and finally witnessed a temperature drop. We saw nearly 30 degrees go down by the time we reached the coast and went for a hike in the lovely 68 degree weather. It was an epic way to end the day and gave us well deserved amazing views of the coastline.

What a great day! Looking forward to the next adventure for sure...

And if you are curious what the journey looks like take a watch of my dash cam video. It is the WHOLE trip so it’s long. It is sped up to 16x speed at least but its still over 18 minutes long. Enjoy!

DISCUSSION (36)

MonkeePuzzle > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/06/2018 at 12:28

erevens!

MonkeePuzzle > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/06/2018 at 12:30

“a rental Ford Mustang GT Convertible.”

lol, of COURSE :D

ttyymmnn > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/06/2018 at 12:32

Nice. You found a part of CA that isn’t on fire.

AestheticsInMotion > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/06/2018 at 12:35

Fantastic opening gif

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > ttyymmnn
08/06/2018 at 12:36

Well it smelled like campfire and we couldn't see much so it was not a complete escape from the fires.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > MonkeePuzzle
08/06/2018 at 12:46

Official car of PCH! At least it wasn’t a V6!

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/06/2018 at 13:02

Great write-up and and what a trip! Glad someone came along for the shenanigans.

I am happy to report no pedestrians were harmed the entire trip. I am grossly over my gas budget for the month though lol

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > AestheticsInMotion
08/06/2018 at 14:16

Too bad I didnt bring the Miata so that we could have had tandem burnouts. Although I do care way too much about my tires to do that realistically anyways. But no way am I ruining the diffs in the Subaru to do that lol.

I found it to be the perfect opening to the video and a good characterization of how middle of nowhere that place was. That burnouts in the roadway in the middle of broad daylight would bring no attention and be noticed by nobody.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
08/06/2018 at 16:29

How much rear tire was left when you returned it? I hope more burnouts were had.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/06/2018 at 16:58

There was one point on the 33 where I could no longer see the road ahead of me due to smoke (:

I don’t feel too bad. When I dropped it, the guy who scanned the code and printed my receipt started it to check the gas level. Then revved the crap out of it. Another guy came over after he turned the car off so the first guy started and revved it again. Glad to know I’m not the only one beating on it lol

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/06/2018 at 18:12

That looks like an awesome drive...

CaptDale - is secretly British > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/06/2018 at 18:56

Did ya stick to the route I suggested? Or peel off another way?

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
08/06/2018 at 19:03

No wonder why it overheated then haha. I can only imagine the bullshit some people have done with that car.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/06/2018 at 19:04

I have no idea what the suggested route was haha. The video has all of it though!

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
08/06/2018 at 19:05

Yeah it was an excellent day trip. I took the 101 to get back home and it took just under 3 hours to get there. I was home around 9pm to eat some dinner and then have all of Sunday to do other stuff. I love long weekend days like that.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/06/2018 at 19:11

I feel like my time wasn’t too bad since I never was trying to actively break the car. Just have fun in a manner I wouldn’t do to my own car on a regular basis haha

I am bummed I forgot to use the line lock. Not that it needed it though haha

CaptDale - is secretly British > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/06/2018 at 19:13

I am not watching 18 minutes when I can share the suggested trip

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/06/2018 at 19:14

We didn’t head up to the 46 after the 58, mostly because I was getting hangry and just wanted to get to SLO so we could eat haha

CaptDale - is secretly British > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
08/06/2018 at 19:15

It was supposed to take you on the 41, but yeah that is fair. Long drive = hangry

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/06/2018 at 19:31

Ahh yeah, I guess I missed that part. I would have been up for it had I known. I still had a cliff bar I could have survived off of I guess. But yeah that was a damn good pulled pork sandwich and onion rings so I am glad we stopped for food. Priorities lol.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/06/2018 at 19:31

Hh ok, that makes more sense. The map was kinda jacked up. We did Mulholland>1>101>150>33>58>101. I really like the 58. It’s curvy on both ends and literally nothing in the middle. It’s a very nice change of pace from LA haha

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
08/06/2018 at 19:32

Oh yeah I forgot about line lock. I am sure it could have just created more tire smoke, but you had plenty of that haha.

CaptDale - is secretly British > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
08/06/2018 at 19:33

Yeah 58 is a great road.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/06/2018 at 19:33

I stand corrected. That is basically what my phone said. We didn’t take the 41 bc I was hangry lol

CaptDale - is secretly British > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
08/06/2018 at 19:34

Lol, its all good, the 58 is more fun, but just 41 is a different change of pace if you’ve taken 58 a bunch.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/06/2018 at 19:40

I’ll do that next time, for sure. That was my second time taking 58. I took 166 back. It was a cool road with great scenery but had a lot of traffic. This was pretty much the only point in the trip where I appreciated the extra speed of the V8. May have slightly exceeded the speed limit while passing a group of cars following a camper. It was a nice straight and flat section of road with no cross streets so it was about as safe as I could be, all other factors considered haha

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/06/2018 at 19:42

For sure! My Sammy Hagar method worked pretty well lmao

CaptDale - is secretly British > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
08/06/2018 at 19:44

yeah... I know nothing of passing cars on 166 or other highways with a V8 ... yeah nothing

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/06/2018 at 19:49

The great(?) Sammy Hagar once said “I can’t drive 55 ... something something ... 125"

CaptDale - is secretly British > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
08/06/2018 at 19:52

or the more appropriate, “I can’t drive [blow the appropriate speed I deem safe and necessary and who the fuck are you to tell me otherwise? What happened to survival of the fittest and being taught proper vehicle control] Gonna write me up a 125"

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/06/2018 at 19:54

HAHAHA I like it!

CaptDale - is secretly British > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
08/06/2018 at 19:56

It just rolls of the tongue .

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/06/2018 at 19:58

Luckily, I only saw two cops the entire trip home. One on the 101 south of SLO and the other on the 33. I was not actively breaking any laws both times.

CaptDale - is secretly British > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
08/06/2018 at 20:10

That is a very successful weekend trip then

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/08/2018 at 08:34

man 3.75 a gallon for regular? that blows. its about a dollar cheaper in my part of illinois right now lol

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
08/08/2018 at 11:09

It’s around $3.65 for premium closer to home. But when you go traveling around Socal, the prices vary wildly sometimes. But yeah in general it's expensive.