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I loooooooove driving cars.

I listen to the mind-blowing music of the engine.

I smell the undeniable scent of gas from the exhaust pipe.

I feel the sweet touchs of vibration from the engine and the road.

Everytime I shift the gear and kick the gas pedal, my baby pushes me hard against the seat.

The inexplicable thrill that I feel everytime I run into the corners in high speed and make it...oh, man...

I am just speechless....

That just tells you everything how much I love driving cars, and I just love the way it is.

So, I used to go "touge" with my car-guys whenever I had time when I was in California.

This is the map of GMR, that stands for Glendora Mountain Road in California.

This is my favorite place to cruise beause the view and the road are just perfect!!

Also, there are not many cars bugging me by driving slow in front of me!!

(They always make me tailgating...)

So sadly, I had to stop coming here because I had to go back to Korea......

My car-buddies and I decided to run GMR for the last time for my good-bye-party!!!

First, I washed my baby for the last time before I sell it.

(Do you see my baby shining?!)

After that, we met up at Buffalo Wild Wing, the chicken wing place,

to fill up our stomach and do some photo shoot!

Then, we fully filled up the tank because we didn't want to be running out of gas

while the last party was going on for sure.

While I was fueling gas, I was so sad, of course because I knew it is going to be my last touge,

but I was so excited at the same time because I was heading to GMR!!! 

(It's amazingly fun and pleasant all the time!!)



On the way to GMR, we had to take 60E-57N-210W freeway, and we did some stupid racing

on the freeway!! (Thank God nobody got in trouble.)

That was so fun tough...

When we got into the canyon, every one opened up their windows and turned the heater on

to avoid over heating the engine while we are driving crazy 

because heaters on cars use the heat from the engine.

When the heater takes the hot air from the engine room, it cools down the engine technically.

It's a cooling tip, and it actually works!

Next, we down shifted the gear and just launched!

While I was driving my car like it's a rollercoaster, I felt like I am a part of my car,

and it's extremely thrilling!!!!!





If you want to cruise on mountain roads which has many sharp corners, you don't want to drive

heavy and high cars such as SUVs, trucks, family sedans, and vans.

If you drive these kind of cars in the corners, you can't go fast, and it is even dangerous

because sometimes it gets really hard to make turns.

You will probably need a light and low car like sports car, coupe, or a car originally

designed for these kind of purpose.

Once you have a proper car, you are ready to go touge!!

All you need to do is practicing many times while feeling the rhythm of the corners.

(yeah~ I love to get on that rhythm!!)

You have to make sure that you are on the right speed that you can handle!!

(otherwise...you don't wanna get hurt....right?)

When you get used to that speed, then you can push the limit.

There are many driving skills that allow you to drive faster in the corners such as drifting, heel and toe,

double clutch, and clutch kick, but these are for higher level.

Anyways, we pulled up cars on shoulder to chatter, smoke, and take a rest.

(It is actually stressful for body because we have to extremely concentrate on driving.)

After driving and chilling around GMR for few more hours,

we had to bounce though we wanted to stay all night.

Finally, I have come to the end of the road of touge, but I still dream of touge and the memories

we are going to share for the rest of my life.