"Luken10" (luken10)
09/25/2015 at 15:38 • Filed to: None
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"Luken10" (luken10)
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I found out about this place not too long ago and have been dying to go ever since. However, I keep hearing that you are going to get cited or kicked out for hooning. Does anyone have any input/experience on the matter?
I am seriously considering renting an FR-S for my birthday and pulling a Ken Block out in the desert. According to the official legislation, you are not allowed to do any sort of drifting on the lake bed. If I am on the outskirts away from the high speed areas will I be fine? I would hate to have to leave early or have a huge citation for my birthday.
I just want to safely hoon!
Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> Luken10
09/25/2015 at 15:51 |
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Your bold key is stuck. And I don't know anything about the lake.
DogonCrook
> Luken10
09/25/2015 at 16:52 |
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Even if you could get away with it, wouldn’t it be kind of an asshole thing to do? I’m not a rule follower myself so no judgment there, but if it tears up the place you better fix it.
Just find an empty parking lot and go nuts.
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Luken10
> DogonCrook
09/25/2015 at 17:10 |
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I see your point. To be honest I would feel worse doing it in a parking lot as someone paid for it and owns it. The lake bed is federal land.
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Luken10
> Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
09/25/2015 at 17:13 |
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Hahah, I didn’t even notice that. Kinja was being real pain when I was trying to post.
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Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> Luken10
09/25/2015 at 17:40 |
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Has been for me lately too. Kinja suuuuuuuucks
Xyl0c41n3
> Luken10
09/25/2015 at 17:45 |
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You’d feel less worse because it’s federal land? To me, it being federal land makes it worse, not the other way around. Our tax dollars go to maintaining that land, via paying our (severely underpaid) federal park employees (whose pay is on the chopping block if the government shuts down like it did in 2013), and via capital expenditures for projects such as replanting, resurfacing, and infrastructure repair. By the way, during the last government shut down, many federal park employees still did their work, even when a paycheck wasn’t coming in.
Some one paid for the parking lot and owns it? Well, we all pay for our federal park lands, and we all own them.
And by the way, tomorrow, Sept. 26, is National Public Lands Day. National parks and refuges across the country (as well as numerous state parks in many states) will be hosting volunteering opportunities, free or reduced park admission, and a whole host of activities. National Wildlife Refuge Week kicks off on Oct. 11, too.
All that said... I know someone who does some dirt biking at El Mirage. I’ve linked this post to him, so maybe he can offer more information on whether or not four-wheeled vehicles are allowed on the lake bed.
tromoly
> Luken10
09/25/2015 at 18:08 |
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If you screw up things for the SCTA, you’re going to piss off a lot of people.
http://www.scta-bni.org/el-mirage.html
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Luken10
> Xyl0c41n3
09/25/2015 at 18:42 |
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Let me just clarify, I have no intent of ruining the lake bed. Obviously doing a standstill burnout would leave a hole, but I don’t believe slides would do too much in the way of damage. Although, maybe it does? Or maybe some posts I have read are blowing things out of proportion. I made this post to find out.
My reasoning for having a lighter conscious on federal land has to do with what you itterated. It is all our land. Meaning I have just as much of a right to be there as anyone else. That is not the case in the parking lot. Obviously I don’t have the right to abuse federal land, and I do not intend to.
Thanks for the extra information! Hopefully your friend can shine some light on the situation.
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Luken10
> tromoly
09/25/2015 at 18:44 |
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I have read a lot about the land speed racing they do. From my understanding they use the middle of the lake bed for their events. I am thinking and hoping it won’t matter all that much if I am on the outskirts where high speed driving does not occur.
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tromoly
> Luken10
09/25/2015 at 19:21 |
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...You missed the point. If you go dick around and the Bureau of Land Management gets pissed they could shut down all of the dry lake for use by anyone, regardless of where in the lake you go dick around.
CRider
> Luken10
09/25/2015 at 19:23 |
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You should be fine in a FR-S, especially if you stick to the edge. It’s a giant, open area that’s free to play on as long as it’s DRY. When it’s wet, the lake bed itself is closed, but the surrounding area is open to off road vehicles. There is a pass you have to buy, it’s not that expensive, and it’s worth going if you have a fast car.
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Luken10
> tromoly
09/25/2015 at 19:58 |
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Fair enough. I guess I was trying to find out if there is some unwritten rule that says, “if you are going to do this make sure you do it over there and we won’t mind.”
Doing high speed runs is still “dicking around” in my book. It just so happens to be officially approved.
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Luken10
> CRider
09/25/2015 at 20:01 |
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Thank you for your input! I was supposed to go last week, but it was closed due to rain. The fee is $15. I guess a little more on the expensive side of things, but where else are you going to go?
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CRider
> Luken10
09/25/2015 at 21:39 |
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It’s expensive, but since they started charging the fee they’ve spent a lot of money upgrading the facilities, including bathrooms, trail maintenance, shaded campsites and increased ranger activity. It’s worth it, there’s no place quite like El Mirage. This pic is from my trip there a few weeks ago.