After seeing Jeremy Clarkson drive it in his old escort cossie on his "car years" program, and him saying it was one of his all time favourite roads, i've decided i'm going to try it for myself.

So has anyone driven this road and can offer any tips or advice as such?

 

I watched this, it was on yesterday, looks a good road

 

Drive to what you see and you don't need any tips

 

Same with any difficlut road really, show it some respect and try not to run out of talent

 

bttt

 

Excellent road, did it in the Saph last year. Not the best time to drive it when its pissing down in a rear drive car.

Excellent scenery though

 

Where abouts is it in north yorks?

 

I saw that programme yesterday

 

any idea when the prog is on again!?

thats the one with the hot hatches isnt it??

 

need 2 know where it iz...been looking on the map but forgot the road name and every time its on the telly i miss the barsteward

 

It's an un-named road from Thwaite to Hawes.

It's not a particularly difficult or technical road, just watch the drop off the side - a mistake doesn't bear thinking about!



Neil.

 

sounds like hartside pass then that mutha's crazy...full ov bikers azwell the only thing stoppn ya going over the edge is chicken wire...got pulled there last year,the copper was more intrested in me car,than the fact i was on the wrong side ov the road overtakin a focus rs...oh happy days

 

well I did it... 4 times fucking awsome road imo, as said not massivly technical but hard work as not to drop 500ft off the edges lol

some pics:

















and some1 obviously ran out of luck...

 

Looks nice - bit like a baby cat and fiddle

 

Can you post up the google map with that road on please? That looks like a fast fun stretch of road

 

That's a quality stretch

Shame it's claimed so many lives though

 

these should help

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/10.../untitled1.jpg

 

Multimap:

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...p.x=286&up.y=4

 

Might have to take the E30c up there for a spool

I only have the A638 to Rochdale over saddleworth moor, nice road, but too many sheep and caravans

 

I may have a trip up there on Saturday in the 325. Check it out for myself

 

What 2 villages does the buttertubs pass run between then? So I can get a satnav location for getting me there

 

oh, people who have particularly (sp) low front ends/ splitters etc, be warned, chances are if you go hard enough you may rip off/damage your bumper etc as i managed to catch the rubber "splitter" thing on my standard 325Ci on one particular corner and I wasnt going THAT mad

 

Hawes and Thwaites

although, I found it a nightmare to find from Hawes and ended up in "Hardraw" and followed the signs to "Muker" via the buttertubs

 

Infact, It looks like a fantastic drive up from skipton, all the way through the forest of bowland - my fave part of england

 

Mines fibreglass on the E30 - it'll explode instead of bending

 

the pass its self is only like 5 miles long but well worth doing a few times

oh and gracey, if your E30 has adjustable dampers.... set em up softly, otherwise you'll end up all over the place as its rather bumpy at 80mph+ even on standard BMW springs/dampers

 

Rob - they are pretty soft, yet firm at the same time

Looks like we may have to have a PF visit to the Buttertubs pass - drive it a couple of times, and find a nice pub for lunch

 

yeah i'd be up for that and theres loads of pubs around too

just to add, theres only one bit thats long enough to gain a bit of speed but not too much otherwise you'll WRC' it and jump over the crests

 

I'm feeling that, altho I best wind the coilovers up a little first

 

did you do it in a particular time then mate, are times posted or is it just done as fast as you want to do it in?

 

Excellent stuff - Best start seeing what days there will be for some nice weather that co-incide with the days I have off work

 

as fast as you dare really, and no i didnt time me self, shoulda done tho lol

 

that road looks OFFENSIVE


Loving the "Crash Strings" to hold you onto the road

 

That looks a tad bumpy for how low my car is and how much it likes to bottom out

 

Be very carefull!!

We went up there last week in a Honda S2000
too many sheep, there was one at the side of the road that
had been hit! sheep 0 car 1.

 

ooops

 

jezza said all he had was "hosepipes" stopping him from going off the edge in his program

 

we saw a dead sheep on the side of the road too, chances are it was the same one.... was a right mess

 

Should of strung it up on the hosepipes, drained it off and collected it later - mmmmmmmmmmm fresh roast lamb