California Adventure Part 3

"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
02/14/2016 at 09:00 • Filed to: None

Today was the driving in San Francisco part of my California adventure. Beautiful weather thanks to El Nino and not a cloud in the sky. Morning started out foggy but it quickly cleared up in the city. The hills are no exaggeration of crazy in this city. Having a manual was quite the challenge really, especially when I hit some traffic on a couple of hills. And with how bald the tires are, I was doing burnouts up one of the hills. Overall, traveling the city by car was much quicker than bus and we really had no trouble with parking on the street. It was a unique experience and I found an appreciation for why people might choose an automatic transmission of they had to endure that all the time. I suppose I’m just not used to any Hills at home though.

Anyways, back to the start of the day! Last night thanks to a local Oppo, I found out about the SF Cars and Coffee going on Saturday morning. So before brunch, we headed over there for a bit. Oh my was that crazy! Getting in off the Bay Bridge to Treasure Island was quite a wait due to the line. Then when we finally parked, there were an endless stream of cars to see. Below is a photo dump of just a few.

There were way too many cars to really get a picture of many of them. It was mainly surprising just how clean the majority of the cars were. I’m used to many of these models either not existing on the East Coast or just being rather destroyed. And of course the typical loud mustangs and show-off engine revvers were very prevalent at this event! But it was worthwhile in going to for sure.

Throughout the day, we saw Twin Peaks, the painted ladies, the gay neighborhood, golden gate Park, and some other neighborhoods. We didn’t a little bit of walking around but mainly some leisurely car touring. Tomorrow will be a Napa Valley adventure so it was good to take a more relaxing day. I’ve got a fun road itinerary for getting to Napa which should be fun. Just need the tires and oil to last a few more days!

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DISCUSSION (8)

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/14/2016 at 09:36

The old brown toyota is awesome

Sneaky Pete > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/14/2016 at 12:10

You picked a hell of a month to check out Cars and Coffee. It was crazy crowded yesterday - it’s usually not like that.

My car is in one of your photos, did you find the OPPO sticker?

Ryanator122 > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/14/2016 at 17:04

Try to hit Lucas Valley Road on the way up to Napa. Gorgeous.

There's a highway that runs between Sonoma and Valejo, I think it's like 12 or 18? Anyway, it's two lane the whole way. Do not go when there is traffic. Trust Waze.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Sneaky Pete
02/14/2016 at 23:22

Hah guess I got lucky then! There were quite a few vipers there. Tried to get a picture of as many as possible lol. No oppo stickers spotted by me, but I was a but overwhelmed with the chaos.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
02/14/2016 at 23:23

I just love fender mirrors!

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Ryanator122
02/14/2016 at 23:26

Yeah we really lucked out with traffic thanks to heading up early. Lots of traffic coming the other way in most places! We spent a good chunk of the day checking out wineries along 29. Since we went all the way to the Northern end and worked our way back, it seemed to be the opposite of what others did.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/14/2016 at 23:28

And in the right hands, they can do some amazing things.

Unfortunately this one does not have fender mirrors.

Two Drink Minimum > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/15/2016 at 08:02

San Francisco is a wonderful driving city. Lived there six years during the 1990s and drove a manual Honda Accord. You learn to keep a topographic map of the city in your head, so you can avoid some of the white-knuckle intersections. You also learn to keep your drive wheels off those slippery cable car rails.