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The plan is to gather at 2pm at the Pontiac dealership in Dublin (yes California ). The general manager was very excited in hosting for us. We (GM and I) also spoke with the head of the maintenance department and since they have Saturday service they have scheduled us in at 2:30 to put a Solstice up on a lift (yes one of thiers) for a looksie and short Q&A.
The drive will kick off at 3:00. The route is as follows:
-Start out at the Dublin Buick Pontiac GMC at 4400 John Monego Ct.,
Dublin, Ca. 94568 going east.
-Run down the block to the Saturn dealer for a drive through.
-Back up to Dublin Blvd and to the right.
-Turn left on Tassajara Rd.
-Turn right in Highland Rd.
-Turn left on Manning Rd.
-Turn right on North Livermore Ave.
-Turn left on May School Rd.
-Turn left on Raymond Rd.
-Turn right on North Vasco Rd.
-Turn left on Northfront Rd.
-Veer left onto Altamont Pass Rd.
-Turn right onto Grant line Rd.
-Turn left onto 580 East onramp and follow it south onto I5 until you get to exit 434 (J17) Diablo Grande Parkway. This is approx. hour one and a good scheduled stop on the east side of the freeway.
-Go back (west) on Diablo Grande Parkway and take a right onto Del Puerto Canyon Rd.
-About hour two there is a really nice pull off point for a good group photo. Plenty of room to stage the cars however we desire with either a nice field and hill in the background or a cattle gate set up across the road. No services or restrooms here but a few bushes for the guys.
-Continuing on Diablo Grande Parkway to Mines Rd and turn right. (There are about 10 or so miles of this stretch of Mines Rd that is considered single lane with no middle line so it is a slower pace through here but a great view and still good turns and fun).There is a second leg of Mines Rd where it meets Del Valla Rd. Turn right and continue on Mines Rd.
-Turn left at the end of Mines Rd onto Tesla Rd.
-Turn left onto Concannon Blvd.
-Left on Wente St. which turns to Marina Ave.
-Left on Arroyo Rd.
-Right on Wetmore Rd.
-Left on Vallecitos Rd.
-Left on 84.
-Cross under 680 heading south and take a right on Paloma Way which is still 84.
-Turn sharp right onto Palomares Rd.
-Right on Paloverde Rd.
-Right on Dublin Canyon to Foothill/San Ramon.
-Left on San Ramon (over the bridge) and right onto Dublin Blvd.
-Left on golden gate drive into parking lot and first right down to Carrow’s restaurant.
The total loop miles is 144 and driving it the first time (moderately) took me 3 and a half hours with stopping and marking my GPS so it should end up being right about the same with the pit stops. Can be cut short if need be at the 84/680 crossing if need be and just hit the freeway from there.
I will be doing a pre-run on the 16th or 17th of June just to get more familiar with it if anyone is board and looking for something to do let me know and by all means come join me.
For those that may just want to do the diner at Carrows, the address is 7505 Dublin Blvd.
Dublin, CA. 94568 (corner of Dublin Blvd and Amador Plaza Rd. we should be there between 6:30 and 7:00.
Please RSVP to me via PM so I can keep the dealership and Carrows informed and I will edit in a roster of attendies to this post as the names roll in.
Current attendies:
Gunny's GXP
Chance
Skyflare
Wkndluv
CaliforniaDreamin
KJSky
Borg60
StarlightSky
miz julez
The plan is to gather at 2pm at the Pontiac dealership in Dublin (yes California ). The general manager was very excited in hosting for us. We (GM and I) also spoke with the head of the maintenance department and since they have Saturday service they have scheduled us in at 2:30 to put a Solstice up on a lift (yes one of thiers) for a looksie and short Q&A.
The drive will kick off at 3:00. The route is as follows:
-Start out at the Dublin Buick Pontiac GMC at 4400 John Monego Ct.,
Dublin, Ca. 94568 going east.
-Run down the block to the Saturn dealer for a drive through.
-Back up to Dublin Blvd and to the right.
-Turn left on Tassajara Rd.
-Turn right in Highland Rd.
-Turn left on Manning Rd.
-Turn right on North Livermore Ave.
-Turn left on May School Rd.
-Turn left on Raymond Rd.
-Turn right on North Vasco Rd.
-Turn left on Northfront Rd.
-Veer left onto Altamont Pass Rd.
-Turn right onto Grant line Rd.
-Turn left onto 580 East onramp and follow it south onto I5 until you get to exit 434 (J17) Diablo Grande Parkway. This is approx. hour one and a good scheduled stop on the east side of the freeway.
-Go back (west) on Diablo Grande Parkway and take a right onto Del Puerto Canyon Rd.
-About hour two there is a really nice pull off point for a good group photo. Plenty of room to stage the cars however we desire with either a nice field and hill in the background or a cattle gate set up across the road. No services or restrooms here but a few bushes for the guys.
-Continuing on Diablo Grande Parkway to Mines Rd and turn right. (There are about 10 or so miles of this stretch of Mines Rd that is considered single lane with no middle line so it is a slower pace through here but a great view and still good turns and fun).There is a second leg of Mines Rd where it meets Del Valla Rd. Turn right and continue on Mines Rd.
-Turn left at the end of Mines Rd onto Tesla Rd.
-Turn left onto Concannon Blvd.
-Left on Wente St. which turns to Marina Ave.
-Left on Arroyo Rd.
-Right on Wetmore Rd.
-Left on Vallecitos Rd.
-Left on 84.
-Cross under 680 heading south and take a right on Paloma Way which is still 84.
-Turn sharp right onto Palomares Rd.
-Right on Paloverde Rd.
-Right on Dublin Canyon to Foothill/San Ramon.
-Left on San Ramon (over the bridge) and right onto Dublin Blvd.
-Left on golden gate drive into parking lot and first right down to Carrow’s restaurant.
The total loop miles is 144 and driving it the first time (moderately) took me 3 and a half hours with stopping and marking my GPS so it should end up being right about the same with the pit stops. Can be cut short if need be at the 84/680 crossing if need be and just hit the freeway from there.
I will be doing a pre-run on the 16th or 17th of June just to get more familiar with it if anyone is board and looking for something to do let me know and by all means come join me.
For those that may just want to do the diner at Carrows, the address is 7505 Dublin Blvd.
Dublin, CA. 94568 (corner of Dublin Blvd and Amador Plaza Rd. we should be there between 6:30 and 7:00.
Please RSVP to me via PM so I can keep the dealership and Carrows informed and I will edit in a roster of attendies to this post as the names roll in.
Current attendies:
Gunny's GXP
Chance
Skyflare
Wkndluv
CaliforniaDreamin
KJSky
Borg60
StarlightSky
miz julez
