Climbing MT. Washington with SR20?

Boonrat Lohwongwatana boonrat@caltech.edu
Fri, 8 Aug 2003 19:57:05 -0500


The uphill drive will be fun and easy for SR20. And yes, as some people
mentioned already, you have to be careful on the way down.

I went up Pikes Peak in Colorado (14000+ ft) with my NX2000 in July 2000.
The car was behaving nicely. It was quite interesting to see a couple of
park ranger station w/ stop sign during descending. Park rangers will have
infrared thermometer in their hands and they check the wheel/brake
temperatures of all the cars. Many SUV's were pull over into a special
lot to wait and read "driving suggestions."

Or course, our cars will pass this test no problem if we run in low gear.

http://www.geocities.com/boonrat/pikespeak3.jpg

Like any road trip, you should just follow the common protocols. i.e.
check tire pressure, and top off all fluids, etc.

Good luck and have fun!

Boonie