T350 & speed humps
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If its the same as the Tamora then just go over really slowly. At crawling pace. Not had any problem with the humps when going slowly enough.
Biggest danger is whoever is behind you not realising how slowly you are going to go. I quite often put the Hazards on.
Important to boot it between humps too, to give you the maximum distance before being rear ended at the next one.
Biggest danger is whoever is behind you not realising how slowly you are going to go. I quite often put the Hazards on.
Important to boot it between humps too, to give you the maximum distance before being rear ended at the next one.
madbadger said:
If its the same as the Tamora then just go over really slowly. At crawling pace. Not had any problem with the humps when going slowly enough.
Biggest danger is whoever is behind you not realising how slowly you are going to go. I quite often put the Hazards on.
Important to boot it between humps too, to give you the maximum distance before being rear ended at the next one.
Biggest danger is whoever is behind you not realising how slowly you are going to go. I quite often put the Hazards on.
Important to boot it between humps too, to give you the maximum distance before being rear ended at the next one.
agree with this - bigest problem find are things like driveways, which seem to always catch me out no matter how slowly I try and get onto them. - you could always get it adjusted to give you more ground clearance if you find that it does cause an issue, can't cost much and the TVR specs changed slightly from year to year (perhaps even car to car
)To echo what everyone else has said - take speedbumps really slowly and you should be OK. The thing to watch out for (in my experience) is parking with the front of the car towards a kerb - if you're not good at judging distances then you're likely to either scrape the front or worse.
rebelstar said:
To echo what everyone else has said - take speedbumps really slowly and you should be OK. The thing to watch out for (in my experience) is parking with the front of the car towards a kerb - if you're not good at judging distances then you're likely to either scrape the front or worse.
Agreed, parking 'up to' kerbs is dangerous, as is multi-storey car parks and steep changes in gradient.
Might just be me, but I also find that sitting at a slight angle (because of offset peddles) makes judging gaps a little bit more tricky!!
Find that I scratch the bottom a lot less then with the CERB, which you could scratch on a two pound coin- shorter wheelbase a great help on the bumps- best is to angle at them at 30 degrees(traffic permitting) so you only ever elevate one wheel... very important to 
in first between them see rev- limiter tread...to give council a rationale for putting them up to decrease traffic noise...
in first between them see rev- limiter tread...to give council a rationale for putting them up to decrease traffic noise...Full width speed bumps are fine, just take them reasonably slowly.
Small "car width" ones I tend to take with just one side going over the bump and the other going in the gap. However, a couple of times these small ones have caught be by surprise, and I've gone straight over and had nothing catch at all. Try not to make a habit of that one though!!
For those of you mentioning driveways - if you keep catching your nose on the drive or road, TAKE NOTE - i've been doing that, and it's just cost me a new radiator. Sends shock-waves up through the nose apparently, and can split the rad. £500 that cost me (inc VAT and fitting).
I now have 2 pieces of wood sitting in the gutter to raise my T350 the extra 10mm needed. Sometimes there are cheaper solutions!!
Ropey
Small "car width" ones I tend to take with just one side going over the bump and the other going in the gap. However, a couple of times these small ones have caught be by surprise, and I've gone straight over and had nothing catch at all. Try not to make a habit of that one though!!
For those of you mentioning driveways - if you keep catching your nose on the drive or road, TAKE NOTE - i've been doing that, and it's just cost me a new radiator. Sends shock-waves up through the nose apparently, and can split the rad. £500 that cost me (inc VAT and fitting).
I now have 2 pieces of wood sitting in the gutter to raise my T350 the extra 10mm needed. Sometimes there are cheaper solutions!!
Ropey
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