CHALLENGING TOP GEAR!? Is THIS the Greatest Driving Road in the World?

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Clarkson, Hammond and May called the Transfăgărășan Highway in Romania, the greatest driving road in the world, and now it's my turn to find out if they are right! Ask any local, and they will tell you to try the neighbouring Transalpina, sounds like a perfect plan to me, let's go!
My AMG GT Black Series is spectacularly well travelled; having done stints in both the MIddle-East and the USA, but this adventure has taken us from Hungary via Croatia to Montenegro for the last leg of Gumball 3000, before a drive across Serbia and Bulgaria before arriving in Romania. Today we set off for the continuation of Homball, departing from the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest for a journey through the Carpathian Mountains,
Back in 2009, the famous Top Gear trio named the Transfăgărășan as the greatest driving road in the world when the drove it with an Aston Martin DBS Volante (Clarkson), Ferrari California (Hammond) and Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder (May). Having heard all about it many times over the years but with the small inconvenience of being 2,000 miles (3,000 kms) from home, it's finally time to find out for myself what it's all about.
Both the Transfagarasan and Transalpina highways peak over 2,000m altitude, with changes of scenery along their twists and turns over the mountain ranges. What I hadn't expected was definitely to go around a corner and be greeted by a bear running in the road, plus countless other surprises along the way. Does one of these take the title for being the greatest driving road in the world? Let's take them in and find out!
Thanks for watching, Tim
Chapter:
00:00 Intro
01:19 Why The AMG GT Black Series?
04:20 Heading Out of Bucharest
06:09 Cruising Through Romania
07:46 Transfagarasan Mountain Pass
18:21 The Top of Transfagarasan
19:32 Heading Down the Pass
23:51 Transalpina Mountain Pass
29:55 Stop on The Transalpina Pass
30:38 Crossing The Top of The Pass
33:42 Final Thoughts
36:09 Wrap Up
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@ethancarberry-holt3011 Год назад

The irony of Tim saying that you don’t know what’s around the corner and immediately encountering a bear in the road 😂😂

@Shmee150 Год назад

That was quite funny wasn't it! In an ironic way of course

@poplaurentiu4148 Год назад

@@Shmee150 Tank you Tim for visiting Romania (i also enjoy your tour in Tiriac colection ) happy to see you enjoy the wild life, wild nature.. Transalpina was the road build by king Carol of Romania, but the country also has another phenomenal road if someone want to try it out is on south right on Danube going from west to the border with Serbia going toward east to Black-sea or backward (from east to west) that road is also very good for tourists who can do plenty stops along to admire the views.. Welcome to Romania whoever want to visit enjoy popular traditions and taste traditional food also there are few very good castles to visit : Corvinus, Bran & Peles !!!

@ethancarberry-holt3011 Год назад

@@Shmee150 😂

@jamesdellaneve9005 Год назад

@@poplaurentiu4148That was an epic collection.

@marklee7545 Год назад

@@Shmee150 Waze: “in 100m, bear right” 🤣

@RapMafia Год назад

Having driven the Transfagarasan several times, I recommend the following: - I suggest driving the Transfagarasan from Sibiu to Bucharest, which is the opposite direction of what you’ve driven. - Plan your trip on a weekday, preferably in the early morning. During this time, you'll encounter a maximum of 2-3 cars on your way to the top. It's the perfect opportunity to fully enjoy the experience. While the section from Bucharest to the top can be quite rough, it's the other side that truly offers an amazing driving experience. And going uphill you can really really rip it.

@gabisinaci7856 Год назад

Agree . I always drive from that direction . Its much better . I was driving there from 1995 to 2019 last time . I m from Romania but i live in Germany . For me is disipointing the amount of shops up there . Before was without shops and it was a lot better amd cleaner

@grajdeanuadrian 11 месяцев назад

Yes, but that goes the same for Transalpina (The Obarsia Lotrului -> Ranca part). Going the other way around (south to north) doesn't feel that spectacular and you use your breaks more than your engine on the best parts.

@elexalex 4 месяца назад

RapMafia 100% pointed it out ! That‘s the difference.

@nelfurdui Год назад

As a romanian who lives in UK, i am really glad you made it to Romania to see the best roads and i hope you enjoyed it.

@YordanHristooov 11 месяцев назад

Do you live in England ? I’m a Bulgarian who lives in Scotland and spend few years in England. Bulgaria and Romania are beautiful countries but Scotland has amazing roads up north too. Sadly England is boring as hell 😢

@george.k17 Год назад

Tim , you did a great justice to these two roads and for the country of Romania. Great to see you enjoying this experience !

@alexandrucostea8854 Год назад

Romania is one of the most beautiful country in europe, Wildest landscape, mountains, black sea and some bears 🚀

@alexmoise8996 Год назад

you said this because you didnt see europe :)

@alin_sorin Год назад

@@alexmoise8996 si strainii spun acelasi lucru despre tara noastra. e una dintre cele mai frumoase din lume, nu din europa

@guccifer_3.0 Год назад

You probably never left Romania then, it is nice for sure but you should visit Scotland

@axc82 Год назад

@@guccifer_3.0 :))) you could have chosen any other country in Europe...not Scotland mate :)))

@laurentiu.panait2536 Год назад

@@guccifer_3.0Can you go swimming and sunbathing in Scotpand mate? No, you sure can't because your nuts will be freezing off from the cold. Do you have cool mountains with a swimmable beachside? Nope. Romania better. God made Romania the richest country with all resources once. That's why we got raided so many times by turks, romans, hungarians. Because we were had resources others would've killed for.😂❤

@TheRuobi Год назад

the tiny bit of road at 29:45 onwards, is the most memorable road I have ever been on. I stopped somewhere along that stretch and when I got out of my car, the size of the whole panorama took me by surprised and got me emotional. It was the best thing ever. Absolutely Transalpina over the Transfagarasan, but both are worth driving.

@ekialkovic4150 Год назад

Last year I fullfiled my childhood dream of visiting Transfagarasan, and also ended up driving Transalpina and Transfagarasan in my then 33 years old (now 34) Mercedes W124... This year, I am going again, but in my, new to me, Mercedes W204, and will make sure to take photo of the sticker!!!! Romania is beautiful, with beautiful roads and people!

@bamboosho0t Год назад

There we go! You can’t be in Romania without driving the Transfăgărășan! 😎👍🏽 🇷🇴

@TheDamonsta Год назад

What’s the DN7?

@condu91 Год назад

@@TheDamonsta is DN7c

@patrickhotico940 Год назад

Drum Național 7c =național road 7c

@davidandrei7809 Год назад

21:37 it is quite difficult to restore the asphalt on Transfagarasan because there is a very intense traffic the whole time it is open, and when it closes, in October, the snow and the weather conditions are already very cold and snowy :)

@ChrisKsan 11 месяцев назад

Yes, well people have built bridges connecting 2 continents, built tunnels and roads that go under the sea, built roads in permanently frozen lands and the list goes on. They should be able to patch up and fix that bit of road just fine...

@Xerxesro1 11 месяцев назад

That road is way better maintained than most British roads, maybe except Scotland

@seankorol Год назад

Tonight, The GT Black Series looks good in the sunshine. Shmee drives on the Transfăgărășan Highway. And a bear and her cubs sit by the side of the road.

@stefanhurdubeti9563 Год назад

Watch again... :P

@Superdada Год назад

Funny, I instantly read that in my head in Jeremy’s voice.

@tonilalache737 Год назад

Yes finally Romania getting the acknowledge for the amazing road that they have !!!

@worldpeace6322 Год назад

Interesting thing about the long tunnel at the top: more often than not, whatever the weather is like on one side, it will be the complete opposite on the other side. So you were really lucky you caught good weather on both sides

@emailnizam Год назад

I'd like to take a moment of appreciation for Shmee, to use Clarkson, Hammond & May's Trio with the name of Top Gear 😂😂😂

@spongebobsquaretits Год назад

it was those 3 that drove the road on the show, who else would he mention

@intheplums Год назад

No one likes the new Top Gear.

@walterhu3817 Год назад

@@intheplums Facts

@duffydon1741 Год назад

Shmee is genius!!

@duffydon1741 Год назад

@@shannacollins4741 i nearly said something that google would black list me from, but please don’t ever say something dumb like this again, it makes you petty, at almost 3million subs and given his level of wealth, this must better inform you about Shmee..

@kent8280 Год назад

I like how you pronounced "Transfăgărășan" , like a real Romanian guy . Thanks for promoting our country 🥰

@rares99fm Год назад

Thank you for taking your time and visit and drive our roads and thank you for being a promoter of Romania and Transfagarasan and Transalpina.

@dragosg23 Год назад

Pentru romanii mei: omul asta a venit sa faca un vlog si a surprins in aceeasi zi o parte din esenta Romaniei : caruta, ursi, hotii de lemne si ciobani cu oi

@TheSpotter5347 Год назад

=))

@gabrielc6252 Год назад

Esenta Romaniei este mult mai bogata de atat, dar fiecare cu valorile lui

@Alex41496 Год назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@chucknorriss9227 Год назад

degeaba daca nu s-a intalnit cu bombardierii

@Therealbluemonke 11 месяцев назад

Da e adevă rat

@claudiustefan8831 Год назад

Thank you for visiting Romania and putting up with the crap roads generally to enjoy a really nice one 😅 hope you liked it ❤

@iamvinti Год назад

😂 Well obviously uk has many crap roads just like Romania if not worse. In the outskirts of London there are loads of potholes.

@ionelghiorghita688 Год назад

I feel it dayli...

@treideca44 Год назад

The best approach the Transfagarasan would be the opposite. From the North to South. Climbing the part of the road where you were heading down is amazing. Transalpina is so beautiful.

@warfam_clan6933 Год назад

Wow, Tim, what a great drive on a great road. Hats off to you for being so respectful to the wildlife. Many road users simply do not realise how privileged we are to share our planet with such beautiful creatures. Top, top video!

@stoneroeteta Год назад

Imagine that I cycled both of these passes some years ago with my good friend, in the year when it was turned the tarmac for first time, with my own built recumbent bike. We had just one bear encounter on Transafagarasan, near our tent just next to the road, but face to face in the dark of the late evening, so terrifying, but without any problems. Transalpina from south is more steeper than the north side, very different from Transfagarasan, but both spectacular and worth to visit. This video brings me those special moments back, thank you!

@ryanfried8393 Год назад

Shmee ive been to sibiu. Long way from New Zealand but those mountains have some of the most amazing water. Would of been awesome to see your car there. Sibiu is beautiful, with awesome food and vibes.. Love watching your videos

@a.c.vermillion Год назад

I drove on the Transfagarasan literally the same day I bought my first car, a mk7 Golf GTI. This unreal place holds a very special place in my heart.

@justinflick6802 Год назад

It may be the best driving road in the world but you definitely have one of the best driving experiences in the world with the GT Black Series

@abayamangali Год назад

Yes going with it around the world has to be one of the coolest experiences.

@user-rm2wj9gj3l Год назад

Gorgeous scenery !!! So good that some places are still kept authentic.

@andreinecula6707 Год назад

The Transfagarasan will be repaved soon with new tarmac and lots of parking spaces at all the panoramic views for best shots with ur cars !!!

@madddoggx Год назад

Very small correction: at 8:40, you're talking about the Poienari Castle. It was Vlad the Impaler who lived in it, and not Ivan the Impaler. Congrats for your baggage of knowledge tho'. You came very well prepared for this video and it was impressive to see that you know about Pitesti/Dacia and about many other places! Hope you'll be returning to Romania for more fun on Transfagarasan/Transalpina! Keep the good work coming!

@pip5461 Год назад

Absolutely amazing roads... now on my bucket list...

@Kapanol97 Год назад

Cheers mate, you're doing a better job than our ministry of "tourism" which I didn't even know existed lmao

@danascully6698 Год назад

Vrei ca ministrul sa apara in reclame, sau cum vrei tu sa stii ca exista?

@senaris Год назад

@@danascully6698 E doar un hater.

@danascully6698 Год назад

@@senaris Mai grav ar fi să fie doar un pr0st, așa cum mă gândesc eu.

@senaris Год назад

@@danascully6698 E posibil sa fie 'acel om' care traieste in filme si nu stie nimic de Romania dar stie de barfa din alte tari 24/7, e si asta o probabilitate.

@Kapanol97 10 месяцев назад

@@senaris Si tu ce problema ai tovarase?

@markokulic4844 Год назад

This is quickly becoming one of the most iconic cars not just in your collection but I would dare to say in the whole world. I can't imagine many cars and owners can compare to GT BS and to the two of you. Congrats and thank you for sharing these amazing experiences with us.

@SilviuGabriel1997 Год назад

Thanks for visiting 🇷🇴 hope you enjoyed ❤️

@paulkrapp Год назад

Tim, your reaction to the views makes this all worth while! Thank you so much for taking us along on these amazing journeys. Most of us sitting at home will never see the places you go. Your videos are a great gift you've given to the automotive world. 😀👍❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

@AndrewDK7 Год назад

Hello Shmee! I'm glad you came back to Romania! I have been following you for a very long time and I love your videos! I also made this trip a few years ago and I was fascinated by the beauty of the landscape and the road, being passionate about racing cars, although it is not the first time I go on these roads. You're probably bored with such lines, but I'm telling you from the bottom of my heart... much respect and congratulations for everything you do! You really are the best! Sincerely, Andrei!

@johnglover1717 Год назад

I was in Bucharest in March and experienced the scariest taxi ride in my life! Speed limits appear to be just a suggestion...

@BenGoodbrand Год назад

And lane markings, seatbelts, brakes etc😂

@emiljovanovic3557 Год назад

Ahahahahahahahahh you are always welcome , but try to go Istanbul , and you will see a big difference . If you are from uk , big difference . Uk it’s more discipline than Europe lol

@huskygaming-sf9re Год назад

@@emiljovanovic3557you say that but I live in the UK and I once was in a taxi where the driver was doing close to 100mph the whole journey and I literally feared for my life not one police car stopped us

@johnssmith4005 Год назад

As long as you are not ripped off by taxi drivers everything is alright

@dmc6617 Год назад

I live and drive everyday in Bucharest and I assure you that Taxi drivers usually drive the slowest compared to the rest of the traffic in the city😂😂 but that s because thte majority of the time the city is congested so when people find light traffic, they want to make the best of it

@dumnyezau Год назад

These are the two roads I go when i need to go for a drive. I live in Bucharest and we tend to somehow underappreciate the beauty of these roads and hearing you legend comparing them with the top roads in the world just makes me want to go there again in the weekend!

@dsr874 Год назад

What a home ball and what a choice of locations! Amazing that you guys got to enjoy the roads! Looking forward to the rest of the journey and then what Shmartin has produced back at the Shmuseum. Epic as always! 👍

@plangiQQ Год назад

Hello, you should also drive from transylvania to moldova from "Cheile Bicazului". That's actually one of my favorites roads from romania, very breath taking driving through big mountains

@Bmontepeque11 Год назад

This road really looks like heaven! ❤️ It looks narrower than I thought, but it is undoubtedly one of the greatest roads ever! ❤️

@joshflorence1998 Год назад

I made a joke about the Gumball movie being a nature documentary because of the bug splatters, but this is a very nature packed episode!

@Shmee150 Год назад

Literally!

@mihnea9229 Год назад

Piata constitutiei (the parking lot at the beginning) is mental on friday night, an improptu car show with with great builds and supercars. If you ever get to experience it, its a great representation of the car scene in Romania.

@davidbrownjohn327 Год назад

A phenomenal insight into a drive through Romania. A great video Tim.

@adkfuller8163 Год назад

Good to see someone using a GT Black Series the way it was intended to be driven. Thanks for bringing us along...CHEERS!!!

@williamrogercummings277 Год назад

Beautiful views from breathtaking mountain ranges. So far from what we experience in South Florida. I throughly enjoyed this video.

@bogdanobogeanu5758 Год назад

Nice to see that you liked these two roads. Transalpina is not so busy, i am going every year in the summer at least one time, i love that road and the mountains

@alexandruproca-qq9wb Год назад

The Transfagarasan is great but the scenery on Transalpina is something else, you’ll get what I’m trying to say when you’ve seen both

@JFz44 Год назад

Didn't realise they had such a big trans community in Romania

@glutenfreesr9858 Год назад

I did that trip in 2017 both roads

@plangiQQ Год назад

@@JFz44 yes but we got the good kind of trans. like transylvania, transalpina, transfagarasan, etc. not the gay kind😂😂

@Tallborn5 Год назад

@@JFz44 I know it's a joke but trans* means a pass basically (a road or route that goes from one region to another)

@commuterbranchline8132 Год назад

You have much more vim & vigour today Tim, rest well, hydrate and get some quality nourishment after your Epic drive!

@Shmee150 Год назад

Finally catching up on some sleep, it helps!

@intheplums Год назад

Hi Shmee, it would be awesome if you could do more videos going to places that Clarkson, Hammond and May have been to from both Top Gear and The Grand Tour!!

@tylerg3749 Год назад

These are my favourite videos, watching shmee explore and seeing new country’s for myself.. awesome !

@tomashley5869 Год назад

It was well worth the wait! Brilliant trip! Thanks Tim ! Cheers, Tom

@throughmyeyes4k Год назад

I literally cried seeing you how much you enjoyed your driving experience in my country!! Thank you so much for this great video you made here❤️ I love you

@velomaniaromania Год назад

Cheers mate. Thanks for talking so nice about our country 😊 Greetings from Transylvania ❤

@atze_de9637 Год назад

those stories are my favourites on your channel. thank you for sharing those with us! such incredibly views...

@cars2drive298 11 месяцев назад

What a drive ! 👍, for me, after driving on 5 continents and after a motorbike roadtrip of 4 months and 20k km, the best roads in the world are in south America: Peru, Argentina, Chile & Bolivia : deserted, perfect tarmac, incredible views and sometimes going to 5000m +, there is no match anywhere else 🤩, New zealand, Canada, Scotland , the Alpes are also great, still to go to Norway 😊

@laurentiudima4711 Год назад

Hello Shmee, I'm so happy that you liked Romania roads, I live in Curtea de Arges witch is the city at the start at Transfagarasan, I have done those roads a lot and never disappoints me. I wish the next time you I will have the opportunity to meet you or at least see your car. Beautiful video!

@denny5678 Год назад

Hi Shmee, I am Romanian and my grandparents live exactly near Transpina and even if I have been there basically every year, I think that it is better than Transfăgărășan and it is for sure one of the best roads in the word

@chrism635 Год назад

Good choice on the Transfagarasan and Transalpina. There are some cool roads and small cities to be discovered in the Carpathians between Transilvania and Moldova as well, as hidden gems for everybody coming this way. Cheers!

@AlexSpeed18 Год назад

From a native romanian who passed the transfagarasan 5 times in 5 years, literary I don't know how you guys managed to find so many bears because I have not seen even one. The only time a saw a bear was in the transalpina section. Man this is crazy :D

@TheTOPMACHINES Год назад

Hi Tim, I drove this way last year both parts of Transalpina on the way to Bulgaria where I live now. Great road!!✌

@eugenebenjamin8564 Год назад

Dam! That was a SUPER AWESOME episode if I may call it that lol. Thank you for sharing the journey with us... Looking forward to the next🤸🏻🤸🏻🤸🏻 #Shteam150

@SerbanTV Год назад

Shmee you have experienced the true Romanian road experience with the cracked windshield (I'm at my 3rd), drivers that go over continuous line, animals on the road, big contrast in vehicles that you encounter. Great journey!

@FFFAnorwichSPUR Год назад

This video has to rate as one of my favourites stunning roads and scenery...not going to lie though when you were in the sections with no guard rails my stomach did somersaults a fair bit lol 😂...absolutely brilliant Tim

@SergiuR Год назад

I see you had the full Romanian experience, gravel, wildlife and all. Usually you can see one or two bears on that section but you had the full lot. I really like both roads, I'm glad you enjoyed them. I will be looking for that sticker soon :)

@ticalastone4031 Год назад

This was epic!!! Unforgettable!! Well done Tim 👏👏

@susanalin8779 Год назад

Congratulations, thank you for visiting our country, especially the superb Transfagarasan, after Gumbal 3000 in Budapest I saw you in our country as well

@stilnessspeaks8104 Год назад

I love this journey you're doing. I love the GT Blackseries and the fact you drive it! Best content on YT :) Long-term fan Shmee!

@joaquimsilva7141 Год назад

Amazing roads. Thanks to share with these amazing experience! Hats off to both of you. Now you have to try the portuguese road called N222, i bet you'll love it. Cheers. ;)

@spuniqcars Год назад

What a journey, man! Congratulations!

@grasho 10 месяцев назад

After watching this video 2 months ago, this planted some serious ideas to finally go and drive those passes. I have been aware of them even before the Top Gear episode, but this video inspired me to finally do it. So I planned, and I executed the same way as you. First day going north through Transfagarasan, spend the night in Sibiu and then on the second day going south through Transalpina. It was awesome and exceeded my expectations by far. Had no luck with the weather on Transalpina as it was heavily raining, but that couldn't remove the smile from my face. I drove 1370km in 2 days, coming from Sofia, Bulgaria. Long exhausting driving, but it was worth it! I will go back there again sometime for sure! Thank you Shmee for inspiring me and gave the needed push to finally do this trip! :)

@kennymcallister2523 Год назад

Brilliant video Tim as always it’s not just about the cars it’s the scenery wildlife history culture of road trips thanks

@wayne2069 Год назад

Loving the Homeball content, can I just say your lovely lady is one awesome camera person 🎥 every video you do her camera work is flawless

@Shmee150 Год назад

She's brilliant!

@kanewhite2133 Год назад

That road looks amazing man, Im happy for you bro

@patrickj5731 Год назад

Awesome video I really enjoyed it. That’s something that I would actually want to try in a car and on a bike I love those twisty roads. thanks for sharing.👍👍👍

@ripptorr Год назад

Wow welcome to my country! hope you had a good time on our roads! (posting this excited before watching the video)

@pilota3405 Год назад

what a drive amazing video enjoyed every second of it

@martynokeyo Год назад

Shmee always delivers! 🔥

@igormac88 11 месяцев назад

put into perspective, the parliament building looks even bigger. btw, this is one of the best videos i've seen in Shmee history! thank you for the journey on this amazing road. it triggers me to think this was totally off-limits to civilians no that time long ago

@robicosmi Год назад

Would love to see more roads alike it, with animals and nature. Thanks for tbe video Shmee 😊

@bneexotics2120 Год назад

Very cool part of the world 👍 thanks for sharing it Tim 🙏

@BenGoodbrand Год назад

Im sitting in Ploiesti, about 3hr from Transfagarasan, wishing I had an AMG to hit the road in. Unfortunately only the father in law's 2002 Skoda Fabia😂 G'day from Australia

@bubu23101989 Год назад

Good to have you here buddy, and thank you for promoting Romania.

@dermo7916 Год назад

Jebel Jais in the UAE still the best road I’ve ever driven , smooth , well sighted and two lanes on the way up so can blast past slower cars…outstanding!

@supercarspecifics Год назад

what is that guy thinking in the puma, I grew up in the mountains of Vancouver BC Canada, the last thing you ever wanna do is try to get the attention of a Mother bear with her cubs , especially a brown bear, that mother bear is lightining fast and could be in your window before you know it, in fact theres a law in canada you have to stay 20 feet away from a bear in the wild, but yes a 900 LB bear can run as fast if not quicker tahn you and can break a window like a twig, please please always respect their natural habitat, yes they are cool to look at, but repsect them as well

@bamboosho0t Год назад

Romanian Bears: _”Shmee!! Shmee!! Shmee!!”_ 👋🏼 Tim: _”Wa-wait. Wha?”_

@s.flanders Год назад

Glad you made it! I have family

@danielcristeapro Год назад

Amazing to see you there Shmee! Awesome views for sure, until next time :)

@hi_tech_reptiles Год назад

Beautiful car, road and trip! Im not a big Merc guy but it fits the trip well. Wish we had similar stuff in the US (outside the west cost mostly at least) We have to go to maybe South America for anything similar lol. Id love to take a Miata or GR86, or an old S2000, MR2 or something through hills like that! (Or a Honda CBR650R or somethin!!)

@MKirloj Год назад

You should try the route from Kladovo to Radosevac i Serbia @Shmee150, it is utterly amazing and you have the right car, and the best is you can enter that route to Serbia via Turnu Severin in Romania.

@automotive_passion Год назад

Very nice ride, the Gt Black looks really good in that scenery. If you do decide to stay for the night in the west part of Romania, I recommend you the city of Timisoara, it`s an interesting city, lots of interesting architecture both old (in the top squares) and new. As a hotel, I recommend "Hotel Tresor Le Palais" (private secure parking, nice views, and location). Enjoy your trip.

@smarc1325 Год назад

the world with all them left and right corners.. gotta love it!

@L0RDLUK Год назад

There quite a few very nice roads in the world. So far, I've been lucky enough to have experienced a few great roads in Europe. Some of my favourite have been the mountain roads around the Grossglockner, the road from Pula to Labin or the Jadranska Magistrala in Croatia and some even in my home country such as the road from Rýmařov to Velké Losiny up in the northeast of the Czech Republic. There many others out there and I hope experience as many as I can either in my own car or at least through one of your videos, Tim. Looking forward to the next one.

@WentylSk8 Год назад

Jadranska Magistrala all day!

@mjor6406 Год назад

Vancouver to Calgary. Banff to Jasper or aka the Icefields Highway in Alberta. Highway 40 in Alberta. I drove Grossglockner last spring.

@stancuflorin Год назад

Romania it's a really beautiful country, I love it

@millennialtrucker6435 Год назад

I’ve driven the transfargarrassen. It’s an incredible road. When I went, one of the hairpins had no warning and the cliff beneath it had eroded and collapsed the road. There’s a parking area at the top but it was capitalised on by the locals and €50 per hour to park with a few gift stalls. Regret not stopping to get a token fridge magnet and sticker 😂. When you go you realise that the top gear episode was filmed in reverse. They drove from Bucharest and would have driven the southern side first (the bit with the long sweeping bends). The steeper more rugged northern side (the bit where Clarkson says it’s the most amazing road) they would have got to after driving the southern bit. There’s also a hotel at the top of the dam they supposedly slept under. Once you complete the southern section it must about 50km of 2nd/3rd gear driving until you get to normal stretches of road. Constantly getting stuck behind tourists. The transalpina road is just as good and way more quiet.

@n8tn808 Год назад

Yay! what a fun drive, thank you!!!

@user-wx2si5ql1g Год назад

The bears were thinking ahhh a big giant yellow pot of honey driving past 😂😂

@DontPanicDear Год назад

Bear content 100% today 👍🏻

@fatesandmyths Год назад

The bears on the first leg of the trip were hair raising spectacular to watch. Crashing in to one - a nightmare. But a spectacular trip with some nice impressions of Hermannstadt.

@zooboyjoe Год назад

I wouldn't want to crash into a bear in any car let alone an AMG GT

@theblower069 Год назад

Only got this to say what a driving road both of them. thank you Shmee.

@AleksandarGospic Год назад

Been waiting for this video and it didn't disappoint, awesome Tim! 👌👍 In terms of Transfăgărășan or Transalpina being the best driving road, that is absolute exaggeration. Scenery is amazing in Romanian Carpathians, those two roads are great, but it simply can't compare to famous Alpine passes like Stelvio or Grossglockner strasse and so on. Just remember all those amazing passes in Dolomites. But yeah, would love to go there one day!

@AleksandrHalas Год назад

I think that the road TransAlpina DN67C much better than Transfăgărășan

@Shmee150 Год назад

Keep watching then 😉

@glutenfreesr9858 Год назад

@@Shmee150 yeah DN67C is more scenic

@1970boggy Год назад

Wonderful stuff Tim, really impressed! I'd love to drive that

@m1keY_YOUTUBE Год назад

19:34 with driveby's like this who can blame the bears NOT coming out to watch 🤩 ( lovely filmed ! ) 30:10 guess this is the reason for the re-paint, such a glorious looking car ...stunning in the sunlight...solar beam with the black contrasts, simply beautiful 😍😍😍😍😍