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There\u2019s a group of Golf R owners that take these drives in the canyons north of Los Angeles almost weekly. I was feeling jealous and decided to propose a similar drive in the Berkshires mount ranges. We had 25 people show interest but once a location and date were set, only 6 cars showed which isn\u2019t bad for a first run. I\u2019ll do another one next year and open it up to R32 and other past-gen \u201cR\u201d models on a similar route. It was a lot of fun though. It\u2019s just a shame we have to wait all Winter to do it again.<\/p>\n

After the jump, a few photos.<\/p>\n

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This is a panorama so you may want to click-through to see it full-size.<\/p>\n

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