No, the IS 350C is a classic boulevardier, an almost reasonably priced luxurious ride for two that would be right at home
descending the switchbacks of the Corniche on a sunny day into Monte Carlo, where our yacht awaits on the blue Mediterranean Sea.
At Coalinga, I head west on Highway 198, which features a long stretch of rising and
descending switchbacks, with a handful of long straights for carbon - clearing blasts at exorbitant speeds.
Descending into the city, we board a shuttle bus to
descend a switchbacking road to Puente Ruinas and our camp by the river beneath the ruins (2,000 m / 6, 560 ft).
Not exact matches
The trail becomes increasingly treacherous as it
descends into the American River Canyon, ascends the steep to Devil's Thumb, drops off again into the blast furnace of El Dorado Canyon and finally rises by graded
switchbacks to Michigan Bluff.
A series of long, curving
switchbacks were carved directly into the face of the rock, allowing the train to gradually ascend or
descend the Devil's Nose for more than eight hundred metres by slowly shunting backward and forward to negotiate the steep
switchbacks.
Greco rode with us on the bus that
descends the steep
switchbacks to the town of Aguas Calientes in the river valley, and then walked us to our hotel.