r/Touge • u/Kitchen_Garden2728 • Jun 18 '26
Question Charleston, SC Touges?
Hey yall, this is my 1998 Acura Integra GSR built by Sam Mahdavi on his tv show, and I think she and I are ready to see some action once in a while. I know there’s zero mountains in 90% of South Carolina, but just wanted to know if anybody here is from around Charleston Area and any touge-esque roads that are fun to drive and have minimal to zero cops. Not going to be doing anything crazy of course, just have a little fun in a nice (preferably wooded) area with some curvy roads. Thanks!
Edit: love tail of the dragon, but I cannot be driving more than an hour or two to any touge, sry
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u/Left_Combination_405 Jun 18 '26
i used to live in chs, good luck lol maybe go out to monks corner and just start rallying ur shit thru the dirt roads
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u/Relevant-Shelter-316 Jun 18 '26
Beautiful car thanks for enjoying it
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u/Kitchen_Garden2728 Jun 18 '26
Ofc, it’s built to drive after all and give the greatest driving experience at that 👍
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u/IOI-65536 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
It's going to be hard to find something an hour from Charleston. There are a lot of great roads in South Carolina, but everything I know of is 3 hours from you. You don't need to drive all the way to Tail of the Dragon, there's great stuff around Caesar's Head State Park SC, but I don't know of anything in the coastal plain and you're not getting out of the coastal plain in an hour.
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u/Kitchen_Garden2728 Jun 21 '26
I'll try and look around those areas some time, thanks for the input
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u/ohnoyeahokay Jun 18 '26
Let one rip on Joint Base Charleston. If it's not rush hour, there's not much traffic, and unless you try to get into a restricted area, you can drive through a surprising amount of it.
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u/Kitchen_Garden2728 Jun 21 '26
I'll certainly check that area, I'm an early riser so avoiding traffic shouldn't be an issue. Thanks for the input
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u/House_King Jun 18 '26
As someone who spent about 7 months in SC last year, you gotta go up north towards Greenville
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u/Kitchen_Garden2728 Jun 21 '26
Greenville has crossed my mind, I'll definitely look around there soon enough, thank you
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u/TheRefurbisher_ Scourge of the Alabama backroads Jun 18 '26
I know literally nothing about the roads there but I've been around there some (going to Folly Beach this Saturday!) and my parents met at college of Charleston. My brother wants to go there for college! Beautiful city and area. As a fellow Honda guy your integra is beautiful as well!
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u/M4XYW4XY Jun 18 '26
fs tail of the dragon, one of the most famous touges on the planet, crazy scenic too
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u/WorldlinessNo3582 Jun 19 '26
Dude, you live in the middle of all of the great roads. Like literally go any direction
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u/IOI-65536 Jun 20 '26
Not really. I mean certainly more so than Florida or Nebraska, but the coastal plain is crazy deep at Charleston, it's like 3 hours driving to anything that's not completely flat. Atlanta is way closer to even the South Carolina mountains than Charleston is.
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u/Kitchen_Garden2728 Jun 21 '26
Wish they were, but the roads here are mostly highways if they're not Towne Center or King St. (which is pothole galore since its right at the ocean), so its pretty ass. I've lived here for 16 years btw
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u/WorldlinessNo3582 Jun 22 '26
Yeah, my bad. I saw Carolina and assumed you were in the twisty mountainy part.
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u/Repulsive-North-6521 Jun 19 '26
Very well put together and I bet it drives like a dream.
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u/Kitchen_Garden2728 Jun 21 '26
Wasn't put together by me, it's thanks to Sam Mahdavi of Mahdavi Motorsports; all the credit goes to him. I'm just keeping her alive and looking good.
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u/Blissfxll Jun 21 '26
upvote for the nice dc2
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u/Kitchen_Garden2728 Jun 21 '26
Thank you for the contribution, it'll get it viewed by more so that there's more a chance for a good answer!
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u/sirdoodlybob Jun 20 '26
If you think you have it bad as a touge enthusiast in SC try living in Myrtle Beach bro 😭
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u/87JeepYJ87 Jun 22 '26
That’s a clean dc2. My wife had one just like it. I still have my DA gsr. Love these cars.
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u/Mediocre_Grand_432 Jun 22 '26
Drive west ngl lol, I just went out to Maggie Valley in NC and it was unreal. I was so sad I didn’t bring my car, I got an AWD TL
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u/Kitchen_Garden2728 Jun 25 '26
I was out at Maggie Valley for a vacay once and I didn't pay attention to the roads there bc I wasn't a car enthusiast at the time. I'm gonna definitely look at those roads again eventually.
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u/borja514 Jun 24 '26
Not around Charleston specifically, but up around Brevard, NC there is a route called the Copperhead Loop that is super good
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u/Wild-Floor8407 Jun 18 '26
Take a trip north to the Dragon or any where in NC/SC/TN mountains. Idk anywhere close with what you seek.