The most awe-inspiring, spine-tingling, and hair-raising roads of Andalusian, in my opinion, is the A-4130 in Las Alpujarras. To find this road, look for a village named Travelez in Las Alpujarras. Head east from that village on the only main road, A-4129. The A-4130 will be on the right hand side not too far from the village.

If you are a roller coaster junkie, you know about the Boulder Dash, Raven, Shivering Timbers, GhostRider, and Cyclone. Those are in the top 10 best roller coasters list compiled by the junkies. I am not a roller coaster junkie, but I think the experience I have on this road is equivalent to riding those roller coasters. Every hairpin, zig zag, switchback, and blind curve on this road are G-force producing turns.

The cloth sport seat on this A3 Sportback is spartan, less sophisticated than the the Recaro bucket seat on the RS4, but it serves its purpose well and I don't find anything lacking. It transfers the car movement up to my spine accurately, warning me of any possible drift.

The road is safe at regular posted speeds but it can be treacherous at any higher speed as it has very narrow mountain passes and ridges with salivating bends, hairpins, zig zags, and blind curves. Going downhill is an even more nerve wracking experience because I can see the panoramic unobstructed view of how far I would plunge into the canyon if I understeer the car. Fortunately again, there is barely any traffic on this road since it doesn't have any village along it. It is more a connecting road between two arteries. At seven at night I pass only one car in the 10 km stretch of the purest form of joy of driving. As the sun is setting, it plays shadow with the mountains and valleys accentuating the already breathtaking landscape.

Getting to A-4130 from A-4129 may not be as fun even though A-4129 has similar characteristics as A-4130 with a lot less scary parts. There are several villages along A-4129 so the traffic can be heavy at times. I was stuck behind a three car convoy led by an asthmatic minibus. No hope for passing lane as this road doesn't even have a dividing line.

After waiting patiently we got to the section where I could see no oncoming traffic for about 1 km ahead. I dropped the hammer to 3rd, the rpm reved up to 2200 rpm, I floored the accelerator and with no drama, I passed the three cars in no time. The car just pulled away at increasing rate of acceleration. Back on my side of the road, I eased the accelerator, applied a gentle breaking, and maintained a smooth steering and entered a left blind curve. I reached my side of the apex, shifted to 4th, applied the accelerator, and I resumed my syncopation.

There were moments when I pressed the accelerator too early before I completely cleared the apex thinking that I had a quattro with the 60/40 rear/front torque distribution. Since this is a Front-Trak car, subsequently, I understeered the car, but within millisecond the faithful ESP kicked in and help me with my line.

The most awe-inspiring, spine-tingling, and hair-raising roads of Andalusian, in my opinion, is the A-4130 in Las Alpujarras. To find this road, look for a village named Travelez in Las Alpujarras. Head east from that village on the only main road, A-4129. The A-4130 will be on the right hand side not too far from the village.

If you are a roller coaster junkie, you know about the Boulder Dash, Raven, Shivering Timbers, GhostRider, and Cyclone. Those are in the top 10 best roller coasters list compiled by the junkies. I am not a roller coaster junkie, but I think the experience I have on this road is equivalent to riding those roller coasters. Every hairpin, zig zag, switchback, and blind curve on this road are G-force producing turns.

The cloth sport seat on this A3 Sportback is spartan, less sophisticated than the the Recaro bucket seat on the RS4, but it serves its purpose well and I don't find anything lacking. It transfers the car movement up to my spine accurately, warning me of any possible drift.

The road is safe at regular posted speeds but it can be treacherous at any higher speed as it has very narrow mountain passes and ridges with salivating bends, hairpins, zig zags, and blind curves. Going downhill is an even more nerve wracking experience because I can see the panoramic unobstructed view of how far I would plunge into the canyon if I understeer the car. Fortunately again, there is barely any traffic on this road since it doesn't have any village along it. It is more a connecting road between two arteries. At seven at night I pass only one car in the 10 km stretch of the purest form of joy of driving. As the sun is setting, it plays shadow with the mountains and valleys accentuating the already breathtaking landscape.

Getting to A-4130 from A-4129 may not be as fun even though A-4129 has similar characteristics as A-4130 with a lot less scary parts. There are several villages along A-4129 so the traffic can be heavy at times. I was stuck behind a three car convoy led by an asthmatic minibus. No hope for passing lane as this road doesn't even have a dividing line.

After waiting patiently we got to the section where I could see no oncoming traffic for about 1 km ahead. I dropped the hammer to 3rd, the rpm reved up to 2200 rpm, I floored the accelerator and with no drama, I passed the three cars in no time. The car just pulled away at increasing rate of acceleration. Back on my side of the road, I eased the accelerator, applied a gentle breaking, and maintained a smooth steering and entered a left blind curve. I reached my side of the apex, shifted to 4th, applied the accelerator, and I resumed my syncopation.

There were moments when I pressed the accelerator too early before I completely cleared the apex thinking that I had a quattro with the 60/40 rear/front torque distribution. Since this is a Front-Trak car, subsequently, I understeered the car, but within millisecond the faithful ESP kicked in and help me with my line.