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My next trip!!
I have a '11 IS 350 RWD, and I want to make a road trip through the Canadian mountains. There are a lot of uphill roads and the in the car are 4 peoples and the cargo is full. I want to know if my car can handle the uphills easily or maybe the car will need a lot of effort to do that.
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There are only 2 major roads through the Canadian Rocky Mountains. TransCanada highway 1 and TransCanada Yellowhead. Both of these offer nice scenery and some stretches of mountain driving, but you will be disapointed if you are looking to do some spirited driving. The speed limit is mostly 55mph (90 km/h) and cops abound. Further, YellowHead is twinned most of the way, but it is a boring drive. Highway one is single lane each way most the way, except for the stretches along the major cities and tourist areas, but trucks/campers/tourists spoil the drive. I've had more fun going the American side of the Rockies from Montana to Wahington.
Take I90 east to Butte, Montana, I15 to Great Falls, and continue on to the Alberta border if you want to go to Canada. Keep driving North, until you reach Calgary, and then hop on the TransCanada Highway1 towards Vancouver. You can then head south through Seattle from there.
You get to do both sides of the Rocky Mountains and compare.
Take I90 east to Butte, Montana, I15 to Great Falls, and continue on to the Alberta border if you want to go to Canada. Keep driving North, until you reach Calgary, and then hop on the TransCanada Highway1 towards Vancouver. You can then head south through Seattle from there.
You get to do both sides of the Rocky Mountains and compare.
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There are only 2 major roads through the Canadian Rocky Mountains. TransCanada highway 1 and TransCanada Yellowhead. Both of these offer nice scenery and some stretches of mountain driving, but you will be disapointed if you are looking to do some spirited driving. The speed limit is mostly 55mph (90 km/h) and cops abound. Further, YellowHead is twinned most of the way, but it is a boring drive. Highway one is single lane each way most the way, except for the stretches along the major cities and tourist areas, but trucks/campers/tourists spoil the drive. I've had more fun going the American side of the Rockies from Montana to Wahington.
Take I90 east to Butte, Montana, I15 to Great Falls, and continue on to the Alberta border if you want to go to Canada. Keep driving North, until you reach Calgary, and then hop on the TransCanada Highway1 towards Vancouver. You can then head south through Seattle from there.
You get to do both sides of the Rocky Mountains and compare.
Take I90 east to Butte, Montana, I15 to Great Falls, and continue on to the Alberta border if you want to go to Canada. Keep driving North, until you reach Calgary, and then hop on the TransCanada Highway1 towards Vancouver. You can then head south through Seattle from there.
You get to do both sides of the Rocky Mountains and compare.
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Heading North I see. Great choice. Still boring as a spirited mountain drive. Specially after the 2010 Olympics, most of those roads have been twinned. The 350 has a lot of torque to handle up hill easily. You may want to use the paddle shifter to downshift a little sooner than the long gear that the ECT wants to keep, that's it.
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Heading North I see. Great choice. Still boring as a spirited mountain drive. Specially after the 2010 Olympics, most of those roads have been twinned. The 350 has a lot of torque to handle up hill easily. You may want to use the paddle shifter to downshift a little sooner than the long gear that the ECT wants to keep, that's it.
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Thank you I saw the road on google street view and really liked it. But maybe you can tell me if there cops, or i should not worry much about them on the high mountain roads. When I arrive the at the point where there are no cars or very rarely, then I'm gonna press the gas till end and see what the car can do!!
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I have a '11 IS 350 RWD, and I want to make a road trip through the Canadian mountains. There are a lot of uphill roads and the in the car are 4 peoples and the cargo is full. I want to know if my car can handle the uphills easily or maybe the car will need a lot of effort to do that.