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Look out for motorbikes and cyclists. A motorbike rider lined up for a hairpin near the top and hit us in our 520i. His footrest punctured our tyre cracking our wheel when it hit the tarmac, and he ended up freewheeling back down with a cracked crankcase. Fool.
Edited by sklar on Friday 20th August 16:58
Although Stelvio is the famous one there are better passes in the area.
Try Rombo and Gavia passes. Bl@@dy fantastic.
http://vimeo.com/6596552 You can't see the view from the clip but it'ssomething special.
Ex77
Try Rombo and Gavia passes. Bl@@dy fantastic.
http://vimeo.com/6596552 You can't see the view from the clip but it'ssomething special.
Ex77
The stelvio has two sides to it, the steeper rough/pitted side and the smoother newly laid side.
The problem that i have found with this over rated pass, is that it is absolutely no good for low cars. A low car will grind on the under of the nose whan turning corners. The runs in between corners are also very short so it can take its toll on cars if there stuck behind one another. This is due to there not being sufficient air flow passing through the rads, especially on hot summer days. When i was there two years ago there were cars on top of the peak over heating.
Another problem is that there are quite a few corners that need to be taken with two and some times 3 bites. It can be a royal pain in the backside when you have to reverse back down a corner because some other car is coming the other way.
I have done most of the drivers roads in Europe and IMO the Stelvio is sooo over rated. This road is not a drivers road at all, regardless of what Top Gear say. The good news is that there are many mountain roads around the Stelvio that are far better driving roads with better sweeping rising corners.
One of the best roads i have driven are the route napoleon and the Dolomite mountain roads. fantastic.
The problem that i have found with this over rated pass, is that it is absolutely no good for low cars. A low car will grind on the under of the nose whan turning corners. The runs in between corners are also very short so it can take its toll on cars if there stuck behind one another. This is due to there not being sufficient air flow passing through the rads, especially on hot summer days. When i was there two years ago there were cars on top of the peak over heating.
Another problem is that there are quite a few corners that need to be taken with two and some times 3 bites. It can be a royal pain in the backside when you have to reverse back down a corner because some other car is coming the other way.
I have done most of the drivers roads in Europe and IMO the Stelvio is sooo over rated. This road is not a drivers road at all, regardless of what Top Gear say. The good news is that there are many mountain roads around the Stelvio that are far better driving roads with better sweeping rising corners.
One of the best roads i have driven are the route napoleon and the Dolomite mountain roads. fantastic.
Edited by ferrari spider on Friday 20th August 17:27
There is a little known "secret" 3rd way down Stelvio....... on the easy side, turn off at the abandoned boarder post, and take a small narrow (and sometimes gravel surfaced) route off the pass, epic fun, never meet anyone on it, but probably best avoided if you like your paintwork ;-)
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