From China with Love

[Ur0Drivr]

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Looks like it's been a great trip Jerry!!!

[kujiwara]

Short Stay at San Francisco and Santa Cruz

The third day started early for us, we drove through some fast yet twisty roads and arrived at the well-known Shrine Drive Thru tree and drove the Jetta through it three times, lip and tailpipe scraped every time. There's not to much to say about it the pictures should speak for themselves.











Looking from the inside of the tree up reveals a natural sunroof.









There are also some random funky looking tree houses..








Random shot on the US101 highway on our way to San Francisco.









A few hours later we arrived in San Francisco welcomed by the the notorious Bay Area fog.











The buildings in San Francisco is a quite different style from what I imagined, the older buildings are somewhat European and South American. The hills are too steep for my likings, there is a 4 way stop at every intersection for the clutch to burn and tires to chirp.










On the fourth day we explored the waterfront and business districts on foot since the city is so cramped and expensive to park around. We didn't bring our camera for most of the time since we didn't want to get robbed and no surprise there were homeless people every corner(some were quite mean).

















Later that day we decided to drive up the hills on the other side of the bay since the 4th of July fireworks are displayed from the waterfront piers in San Francisco. However, the fog appeared minutes before the fireworks and most of the fireworks became colourful fog. Towards the end of the fireworks the fog dissipated and I managed to capture a few somewhat decent shots.
















San Francisco is a fast paced city with high accommodation costs, and our stay there quickly came to an end. On the last day we took a tour around the bay for a close look at alcatraz. This place stinks from a mile away!














After lunch on the last day we headed down to Santa Cruz where we met an awesome fellow Jetta fanatic(has a mk4,5 and 6.5!) who goes by the name of skellington on instagram, he drove two hours from Stockton with his girlfriend to meet us(and the car) and showed us around the beaches and Santa Cruz boardwalk. I didn't bring my camera to the boardwalk since there were many rides, but it was basically an amusement park by the beach with outdoor movie at night on the beach, it was a great time. We were also told by our friends that the roller coaster appeared in many famous movies such as Final Destination.









There weren't too much to see at Santa Cruz and we didn't take as many photos during these past few days because we were too busy with all the fun. However on the next part where we head to LA the Jetta really got enjoy itself along with lots of car photos.

[witchcraftz]

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Looks like it's a great trip. Nice pictures and looking forward to the next installment!

[kujiwara]

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Thanks guys! I'll try to update after Das Volks tmr

[Danaldson]

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looks great jerry! nice pics

[CGDoig]

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Wow very inspiring. One of my bucket list items is to fly to California to purchase a car and drive it back the same route you're taking. Looks absolutely stunning. Keep em coming.

[Canadian Turbo]

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Great first installment Jerry! Cannon Beach is where Goonies was filmed, I spent a week there once upon a time (closer to being a Goonie than an adult, time).

[syncrovan]

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Pretty nice Jerry, seems you guys enjoyed your time there.
Keep pics and story coming.....

[kujiwara]

The US101 Coastal Highway, Day 1 & 2 of 17

Over the next few days I'll write up a detailed story of my USA trip, prepare yourselves for 150+ photos of our 17-day trip through 8 states on the western end of USA!

Our trip began in Vancouver BC, we decided to drive the entire way to LA thru the US101 coastal highway, the first destination of day 1 is on the north-western coast of Oregon called Cannon beach. Although we see the ocean all the time while I took school in Vancouver, the US coast is a completely different story, the tides are strong and the skyline is clean and clear. The roads on the west coast are twisty, fast, smooth, and beautiful.






A massive rock at Cannon beach.











Normal vehicles are not allowed on the beach so I tried to drive onto the service vehicle access entrance for a quick shot.










Later that day we stayed at Tilamook in Oregon which is a small fishing town with lots of friendly people, I managed to get my car onto a fishing company's dock for a quick shot.











Day 2: We woke up early to drive through the amazing coastal mountain passes to go from northern Oregon to NoCal. And nature awarded us some gorgeous scenery along the way.















We thought it would take forever to drive 2000+kms of coastal highway but time passed by quickly because there were various small towns, beaches, cliffs and vista points to keep us busy.














We stopped by many unplanned places then realized we won't be able to get to our destination on time so we kept the foot on the throttle and drove for a few hours then I discovered a massive sand dune by the ocean! So I drove looked at the map and made a few turns then discovered one of the largest offered recreational area in Oregon!











After that we quickly head down the road towards our destination only to find ourselves stopped at another place for sightseeing, this time at a shipping dock in the middle of nowhere.














5 minutes on the road then we found a vista point to see the empty yet simply beautiful ocean and skyline.














We thought the place was so nice we decided to pullout the tripod and take some selfies.













2 hours later we stopped by a random state beach with nobody around, probably because the sand was so rough, while sandblasted us as the wind blew. But the scenery was simply too stunning so we had to bear the pain and walk around it a bit.















Maybe half an hour or so of driving later, we found my town! Jerry Road, Jerry's Jets and blahblahblah.












As the evening came, we entered California and although the roads were less smooth, the scenery only became more jaw dropping, the sunsetting put a golden shade onto everything and we couldn't help but to stop by more places.













We quickly entered the Redwood National park in NorCal and entered the best mountain pass I have ever driven, the weather was foggy, and the roads and setting had a european/southwest Germany like mood to it. I could almost say that I enjoyed this unexpected road nearly as much as driving on the Nurburgring!














As the sun set, we decided to hurry up and get to our destination. Along with a random fellow MK7 R dubber, we blasted down a few thousand feet of elevation on a 75mph mountain highway in fog and complete darkness as if I was in the game NFS Carbon Canyon. Unfortunately we did not have any footage of it but anyone who goes to NorCal have to experience the highway(US 101).
We ended the night at Eureka CA after almost hitting a dead deer which the car in front of us demolished. Day 3 of the trip also included some awesome adventures which I will organize and post soon!

[witchcraftz]

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Awesome! Look forward to those pics!

[Geobmx4life]

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Such a great car, love seeing the pics!

[Canadian Turbo]

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Great pics!! I look forward to the full write up!!!

[kujiwara]

Three Part Update Coming Soon!

For those who doesn't follow me on Instagram and wondered why this thread stopped for the past few months, don't worry I didn't die, and my car is still in one piece, it's just that school and work stuff was crazy hectic for me in the past few months, but I'm free for two months now.

The custom headlights were done in May then I took the car out of storage. I also picked up a new Canon T6i since my iPhone 6 camera was dying and the 12 year old Nikon D70s literally died after my grandpa gave it to me for one week.

Anyways, I'm currently on a 5000mile road trip which I have planned for since I was 15, and since this forum has been great to me for the past few years I'll be prepping a three part update(new mods, track setup, and my road trip) for this thread after I return to Calgary midweek next week, but as for now here are a few teasers.

[kujiwara]

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I think you are overdue for a big burnout Jerry

Lmao I just picked up some new rubber last night, maybe I'll burn the old ones out before I put new tires on

[T-Dubbs]

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I think you are overdue for a big burnout Jerry