Potential Cerb purchase

[Rodintee]

Morning All

I'm considering the purchase of a Cerbera but I'm a bit concerned at the access to my drive from the road.

It's moderately steep up from the road then falling back to a slight fall away once passed the gate.

I don't suppose there is anyone with a Cerb in the Stafford area who could maybe volunteer their car as a test model or even just cast their eyes over it and offer some advice?

I would try to make it worth your while in whatever way suited.

Cheers

Russ

[camel_landy]

Can't help with a physical test but the 'trick' in that sort of situation is to take the initial steep change at an angle.

FWIW - Approach & departure angles tend not to be as much of an issue, as it's usually the break-over angle where it touches, due to the long wheelbase and low ride.

HTH

M

[Rotary Potato]

There's a lot of variables at play.

What suspension (and ride height) does the Cerb you're looking at have fitted? I literally cannot leave my house without going over speed bumps, so I keep my ride height a little higher than some. Hardly 4x4 spec, but just enough to make it a touch easier to get over them.

Exhaust and even the length of bolts used to bolt the seats in can make a difference!

Good luck with your search.

[Gazzab]

You’ll want to check if the test mule has its front underneath spoiler fitted. It’s a metal piece under the nose. Suspect it would be the first thing to catch.

[Rodintee]

Thanks for the replies.

I haven't got a specific car in mind as yet. I'm keeping an eye on cars for sale at Str8six as they seem well respected plus whatever others I can see, ideally with chassis refurb and good history. Everything I read says but on condition alone. I'm also waiting no move a car out of the garage at home into storage to make space.

I'm just trying to avoid having to re-grade the top of the drive.

[Byker28i]

Gazzab said:

You ll want to check if the test mule has its front underneath spoiler fitted. It s a metal piece under the nose. Suspect it would be the first thing to catch.

Used to be the tailpipes on mine

[PhilF329]

I had office parking up until a couple of years ago accessed via a steep ramp, with flat sections top & bottom. With care I had no problems with the Cerb, but sporty BMWs, Mercs, Audis & a Skyline were regularly scraping their sills at the top transition and front spoilers at the bottom transition. Mine was standard ride height but I did change the front splitter to a heavy rubber flexible thing & sometimes had to get the kids to jump out the car if I had stuff in the boot.

[Rotary Potato]

Byker28i said:

Used to be the tailpipes on mine

The sports tails are usually what touch first on mine.

[Rodintee]

PhilF329 said:

I had office parking up until a couple of years ago accessed via a steep ramp, with flat sections top & bottom. With care I had no problems with the Cerb, but sporty BMWs, Mercs, Audis & a Skyline were regularly scraping their sills at the top transition and front spoilers at the bottom transition. Mine was standard ride height but I did change the front splitter to a heavy rubber flexible thing & sometimes had to get the kids to jump out the car if I had stuff in the boot.

Thats interesting. As a side note until recently my wife drove an old W211 E220 estate in avantgarde spec. That was very low, I had to drive onto timber blocs to get a trolley jack under the sills and the car was significantly longer wheelbase than a Cerbera. Maybe it will be fine (he says hopefully).