I'm probably moving to the Melbourne area soon, and I have a question for all of the Floridians here. I heard that in Florida there are no good twisty roads since there are no mountains. Is this true? I still plan on purchasing a Cayman either way it just seems like it'd be a shame to have such a nicely balanced car always just going straight. In central eastern Florida how far would I have to drive to find a nice road? I'm assuming there is at least a lot of nice coastline to drive along. I've always wanted to drive to the keys

The roads are pretty straight and the land is flat, at least that's my observation from Miami to West Palm Beach. I see that Melbourne is to the north. I suspect that you will find more of the same. In general the freeways are very well paved.

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There are twisty roads, but not very long ones, and you have to hunt them down by exploring a lot. I'm not too familiar with the Melbourne area, but I know some good twisty roads around Daytona Beach and some farther north in central FL as well.

- Suneet

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- Suneet

I know some of the Rice Rocket and Harley guys at work know of good roads in the Tampa Bay area. You might ask one when you get settled in. I'm not sure if "Born To Ride Magazine" would have a website you could check out but it's possible they might have the info listed for your area?

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KnonS

There are hills and turns west of Orlando.

take a look, they even have a thing called a "mountain"!

Yes, major roads are fairly straight for the most part. However, If you look for smaller interior roads (center of the state) you will find many that you will be able to enjoy.

Hey Suneet, you mentioned some roads near Daytona. Are you from the Daytona area?

Daytona.

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My wife and i moved out here from Colorado and once I do get my Cayman, I will miss the infinite number of twisty roads there. What I was going to do is try finding a local track that I would be allowed to frequent. Other than that, I dont know what to do.

Roads are straight and flat, it's a fact. However, no potholes (well just the infrequent really big ones that swallow the whole car, not just a wheel), no salt, slush or ice.

We moved to Southwest Florida five years ago from the San Francisco area just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Where twisty roads and great driving were minutes away. So livng here in the land of flat has been an adjustment with few twisty uphill roads.

The only answer I found for twisty great driving has been with the local PCA Suncoast and Gold Coast Driver's Ed's at Sebring, Moroso and Homestead. Check out their sites and come out and join us. The track is the only place where it is truly safe to learn how to make your Cayman dance the way it was engineered.



GuyC

Plenty of twisty roads in west Fla. take them to work every day.

in South FL everything is flat and straight . the only turns my car sees are the on and off ramps .

I live in Cocoa. Riverside Drive (along the west bank of the Indian River, north of Melbourne) is a nice twistie road that that turns into Indian River Drive north of SR 520 in Cocoa); a good dozen and a half miles. Unfortunately, both have an "enforced" speed limit of 20-25 mph. PCA Space Coast Region (SPA) uses this road on some of their drives.

A few more twistie roads in central Florida around the lakes and some nice roads near Mount Dora - one of Florida's four mountains. The other's: Space Mountain and Splash Mountain @ WDW, and Spook Hill near Winter Haven (where your car rolls up hill)!

Let me know if/when you make the move. The SPA is the fastest growing region in all of PCA.

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