Too steep?

[2gins]

Hello Cerbera men!

I'm currently house hunting, which will be followed by Cerbera hunting. Today we (me and Mrs 2gins) viewed a property that ticks most of our boxes, quite a feat as we're after central location, station, schools and a garage; and the town we're looking in isn't the biggest.

One fly in the ointment. The property is accessed via a private drive that descends steeply from the main road. The initial decline/incline is sharp and I wonder about rubbing the underside when cresting the top.

Our smoker Saab 9-3 got down fine; wheelbase 105" vs. Cerbera at 101" but ground clearance 6" (150mm) vs. Cerbera 130 mm.

Here are a few photos. What do you think? The outer side of the slope I think will be OK but I'm aware the turning circle isn't great and I worry about the steep initial drop on the inside of the turn.

From the top:


Steepest section on the inside:




Eventual gradient for interest:


From the bottom:


If there are any owners located around the Milford area who would be happy to take a look in person that would be much appreciated. A big ask I know. They can only say no!

[2gins]

I was a little unsure about getting up, didn't realise they were easy to stall like that; my concern there was more along the lines of too much gas and lighting up the rears before I've learned my way around the car. I won't be going right at the top - nothing for me in that direction and there's a handy U-turn opportunity close by anyway.
Thanks for reading!

[2gins]

Cheers... if by 'getting round' you mean making a right turn or entering from that direction, that's not a worry.

Unfortunately the elegant driveway is shared among 4 properties, but owned outright by one of them. So not much prospect of re-shaping it, especially for a noisy sports car I suspect.

[2gins]

ukkid35 said:

I used a friend's driveway to unload the car from this transporter, as I didn't have access to a lumber yard.

Getting the car off the driveway was unpleasant, but at least it wasn't completely beached.

You may need to reshape that rather elegant driveway to ensure you don't ground out. Emptying the car, and not being full of fuel could make a difference too.

Thanks for that, useful photo. Do you mean it came off the transporter OK, but driving away afterwards wasn't pretty?

[2gins]

Behind the bush is a drop - there are 4 properties at lower level. Yes - the issue isn't on front/rear clearance coming onto the level at the bottom, but more chassis rails and sills and anything between the wheels, coming over the crest.

Gruffalo - we were looking in Marlow last year but now we've changed to Surrey, so not close at all really but thanks for offering!

[2gins]

I'd be really grateful then if a couple of you chaps could have a peer underneath some time and see what the lowest point clearance is and how far inboard of the wheels (front to rear). I've had a look at lots of chassis porn trying to find the spreader plate, is it a 2-D space-frame type piece mounted to stand slightly off the chassis, just ahead of the rear wheels?

I'm confident the exhausts will be fine, pic 1 shows how it levels out very gradually onto shingle at the bottom.

[2gins]

Thanks for the photos, really useful especially the back box photo with the little ruler there. So that's 110 mm, how much lower is that than the brace bolts or any other low points? Starting to look more feasible.

Re. trying out the drive, I suggest if we get an offer accepted I'll set up a low key meet there, it would be good to meet some local owners anyway and after tea/coffee etc. a couple of us can take a willing test car over there while the rest watch the carnage and take the mick.

[2gins]

I had a closer look at someone's car at Silverstone on Sunday, I think the lowest bit is actually not the spreader plate bolts but the bottom of the floorpan just ahead of the rear wheels, not that there's much in it. So if you own a grey metallic Cerbera and saw some odd bloke lying on the grass peering underneath your car,

Its academic anyway as our best offer was beaten. Onto the next house!

Thanks for the contributions again.