I'm noticing a lot more Crossfires in the Herndon and Chantilly areas. If you are one of these people, or live somewhere else in Northern Virginia, please reply and say hello!

 

Yep, i live in Old town but travel to Dulles on the access road every. Black Coupe license plate "UK XFIRE"

I have only noticed a few others in the DC area.

 

I will be going to James Madison University this fall for college...but the Crossfire will not be coming along with me until the spring semester or next school year. JMU is located in Harrisonburg. Anyone know of any good driving roads in the area?

 

Here's a nice day trip: Take Route 42 south from Harrisonburg, right on US-250. Follow US-250 west into West Virginia. At Thornwood, turn right on Route 28. Follow 28 north to Seneca Rocks, where Route 55 joins 28. Follow 55 to Petersburg and then Moorefield. After Moorefield 55 turns into a four-lane expressway. If you hit this at the right time, there will be virtually no traffic and you might have an opportunity to test out the 150-mph claim. Or, once you're on the expressway, watch for a left turn onto Old Route 55, which is twisty and lots of fun to drive -- and virtually no traffic. Follow 55 to Wardensville, where you can then take a right on Route 259 (south) and follow it to Broadway and route 42 back to Harrisonburg. Or at Wardensville, follow 55 on to Strasburg and take I-81 back to Harrisonburg.

If you do this on a weekend, I strongly suggest hitting the US-250 segment early in the morning (before 9 or 10 am). US-250 west snakes up and down three mountains, and there's not a lot of room to pass, so the earlier the better to avoid any other traffic.

We did most of this route on last year's "Mountain Run Cross Up."

 

Here's a good question...in Virginia, there are signs on the highway that say "speed enforced by aircraft." Is this really true? Has anyone been ticketed by aircraft? Or is this just a way of threatening motorists?

 

Air surveillance is not common, but it is used occasionally on the interstates. There was an article in the newspapers a couple of years ago describing the surveillance. I wouldn't spend a lot of time looking up in the sky, though. The bigger problem in Virginia is that radar detectors are illegal, and the state police use mobile instant-on radar. Not to mention undercover cars. It used to be all you had to look for were rooftop bubblegum machines and Crown Vics. Now literally any recent-model car, SUV, or truck could be an undercover police car, especially in the populous areas like Fairfax County. I can't speak for the more remote areas; perhaps someone else can.

 

So, what kind of cars do the cops drive?

 

You can find me cruising to/from Annandale, VA and The Woods, WV on the weekends...lots of great back roads and curves to hug in WV.

2005 Red Roadster
with golf clubs sticking out the boot

 

I'm in Falls Church and have seen a few more XF's than normal. I always wave when I see another XF on the road.

 

Manassas here.

 

What an AWESOME stretch of road. Heck, go REAL early and drive it back and forth a few times!

 

Hello,

I live in Stafford and am a proud owner of an SRT6.