Miata Mailing List: April 1994, Message #191
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   From: geoff@dna.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu
Subject: CA Highway 1/ Top Speed
   Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 10:07:55 -0400

About CA PCH - having kindof lived in Carmel I can safely vouch for the 
stunning beauty of this route.  By the way if you really want to test your
driving skills may I suggest the following - while in Monterey make a 
reservation to visit San Simeon (Hearst Castle).  Then do not refer to a map 
and instead rely on an "inner voice" which tells you it's about 30 miles to San
Simeon. About an hour before your appointment, look at a map and find out it's 
closer to 90 miles of twisting winding roads. (There's even a sign that says
winding roads next 87 miles! Not to mention the fact that it's instant death 
if you miss a curve.) Then (here's the key) be so cheap and so daring
as to try to make it.  (Yes, I did make it - we jumped in the tram bus to go up
the hill just as it was leaving.)

Re: top speed (not on the aforementioned trip!)  About 115 with the top down 
(stock 92).  It really felt like that was about the limit.  But it sure did 
feel good!

- Geoff Ghose