IOW or Bust?

[oatz]

I'm thinking of taking my S over to the Isle of Wight (just for a change of scenery).

Has anyone taken the ferry out from Portsmouth? If so, do I need to start worrying about ground clearance when getting on/off?

Any other S's on IOW?

[HarryW]

I beleive 'gbgaffer' now lives on the IoW with his monsterous S4Cossie .
Drop him a line iva his profile, he rarely visits the site at present.

Harry

[Hoover33]

My S was taxed in the Isle of White when I bought it...
However the owner lived in the New Forest... so I can not vouch that it made the trip over the water

[bridgdav]

HarryW said:

I beleive 'gbgaffer' now lives on the IoW with his monsterous S4Cossie . Drop him a line iva his profile, he rarely visits the site at present. Harry

He sure does..

He travelled over on the ferry for the S Meet a few weeks ago.

[oatz]

Thanks chaps - I've emailed him - no reply as yet...

[aphelion]

oatz said:

Has anyone taken the ferry out from Portsmouth? If so, do I need to start worrying about ground clearance when getting on/off?

We took the V8S in July and ground clearance was OK (ditto the Lymington ferry), but V6S's are lower aren't they? Bigger problem was crappy roads (unless you stick to the main ones) and our inability to find super unleaded, although I believe there are a couple of places it's available if you can find them ...

[Psychobert]

Plenty of V6s make it to Le Mans, general ferry boarding advice is to take it slowly. Don't think Shnozz had too many problems the year before last.

Watch out if you need to park somewhere where your handbrake is expected to do something though..

Am working on an idea to reroute the exhaust slightly that should give more ground clearance. Post some details when I have them..

[shnozz]

Psychobert said:

Plenty of V6s make it to Le Mans, general ferry boarding advice is to take it slowly. Don't think Shnozz had too many problems the year before last.

you "dont think" shnozz had any problems. You were sat in the passenger seat you drunken fool!

no problems others than when we returned, fully laden and cases of beer in the footwell and resting on the back shelf. Slight exhaust scrape but no more than over some speed humps.

[Psychobert]

shnozz said:

you "dont think" shnozz had any problems. You were sat in the passenger seat you drunken fool! no problems others than when we returned, fully laden and cases of beer in the footwell and resting on the back shelf. Slight exhaust scrape but no more than over some speed humps.

Well, I did say not too many problems..


And I don't remember being drunk in Le Mans last year. Or this year come to think of it..

[mikee boy]

I took the Lymington ferry and had no problems. It's all quite flat getting on and off.