"Be patient, I'm lowered"
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kambites said:
Nedzilla said:
... or decides to overtake because you are trying to show your car a little sympathy!
What's wrong with that? Surely if someone is going slower than you want to, for whatever reason, the correct thing to do is to overtake if it's safe to do so. Which, if you are in a sports car that's inches off the ground, is intimidating.
kambites said:
Nedzilla said:
... or decides to overtake because you are trying to show your car a little sympathy!
What's wrong with that? Surely if someone is going slower than you want to, for whatever reason, the correct thing to do is to overtake if it's safe to do so. 
Nedzilla said:
kambites said:
Nedzilla said:
... or decides to overtake because you are trying to show your car a little sympathy!
What's wrong with that? Surely if someone is going slower than you want to, for whatever reason, the correct thing to do is to overtake if it's safe to do so. 
paranoid airbag said:
Saw this plastered on a lowered VW (can't remember which) a few days ago. Am I interpreting this right, that it's got a sticker warning people that it's slow because it's been modified in a way that's supposed to improve performance, and thus can't handle potholes/speed bumps anymore? Is this a massive sense of irony deficiency? Or a deliberate joke? I'm confused...
I wonder how adenoidal your voice is.dibbers006 said:
I crawl over speed bumps.
Tracking is expensive. As are wishbones, bushes and balancing
Me too, my car is low (though not scraping the floor) and I don't want to hit the sump or catch the bumper on a speed bump. It seems a lot of people don't really slow down for bumps and get impatient with those who do.Tracking is expensive. As are wishbones, bushes and balancing
I crawl over speed bumps and my car is only on 30mm lowering springs. Which lets face it, isn't a lot. However if I don't the middle boxes on the exhaust scrape - they're not cheap to replace, nor as someone else said are the shocks or wishbones and getting the tracking done every two weeks just because people are up your arse pushing you over the bumps is rather expensive. Overtake me if you want, if there's space and I can tell you want to get past I will pull over but back off a bit! I don't want my boot remoulding because someone won't stick an extra few feet of space in.
My car is bog standard, but I don't fancy f
king the tracking or suspension components and thus drive at an unbelievably slow pace over the speed bumps on the road where I live. I think the other residents must hate me. I don't have any stickers, though (well, aside from the PH one!).
king the tracking or suspension components and thus drive at an unbelievably slow pace over the speed bumps on the road where I live. I think the other residents must hate me. I don't have any stickers, though (well, aside from the PH one!).I also crawl over speed bumps. Full - width tarmac ones are not too bad, well, unless they've started sinking at the entry point as some have round here - meaning you get a 'dip' before the 'bump'.
The hard rubber square 'speed cushions' are worse and require even less speed. Under 10mph really to negotiate with mechanical sympathy.
However the thin black and yellow basterds usually found in car parks, require less than walking pace for me. I let the front tyres hit them so slowly it's enough to stop the car dead. Then I gently use the engine's power to make the tyres 'climb' one side, then let off the throttle and use the brakes to let the tyres 'descend' the other side.
My car's a Skoda Octy VRS on stock springs with uprated dampers - by no means 'low' but low and firm enough to require a bit of care over bumps.
I seem to normally have one of two 'irate' lost-temper drivers behind me, red in the face:
Van Drivers
Mental 'busy' Mums in stupid people carriers.
Feck 'em, I say. My car is more important that yew!
The hard rubber square 'speed cushions' are worse and require even less speed. Under 10mph really to negotiate with mechanical sympathy.
However the thin black and yellow basterds usually found in car parks, require less than walking pace for me. I let the front tyres hit them so slowly it's enough to stop the car dead. Then I gently use the engine's power to make the tyres 'climb' one side, then let off the throttle and use the brakes to let the tyres 'descend' the other side.
My car's a Skoda Octy VRS on stock springs with uprated dampers - by no means 'low' but low and firm enough to require a bit of care over bumps.
I seem to normally have one of two 'irate' lost-temper drivers behind me, red in the face:
Van Drivers
Mental 'busy' Mums in stupid people carriers.
Feck 'em, I say. My car is more important that yew!
kambites said:
I tend to crawl over speed humps regardless of what car I'm in. More a question of mechanical sympathy than comfort or risk of grounding.
me too. i had to in the lowered E21 as if i went too quickly it would ground; but in the E38 i don't have that issue but still crawl over speed bumps.
Very chav!read5458 said:
My car is low too. The chassis bottom is lower than most kerbs. I can still manage 10 - 20mph over nearly all speedbumps, though I will when it is safe, pull over and allow people to overtake.
I suppose I may be biased but as long as someone makes progress or will pull over, then I have no issues.
What I really annoys me though are the people on my work commute that drive faster over speedbumps than the speed limit, yet I find driving at 45 in a 60.
Speedbumps are put in as traffic slowing measures. They slow people like me down from driving at the speed limit and obeying road rules. They do nothing for the minority in non modifyed cars that ignore them. That is only in my experience.
Totally agree with all this, I see it every day ! I suppose I may be biased but as long as someone makes progress or will pull over, then I have no issues.
What I really annoys me though are the people on my work commute that drive faster over speedbumps than the speed limit, yet I find driving at 45 in a 60.
Speedbumps are put in as traffic slowing measures. They slow people like me down from driving at the speed limit and obeying road rules. They do nothing for the minority in non modifyed cars that ignore them. That is only in my experience.
My car isnt silly low but has a firm ride so ill take all bumps slow, typically 10mph some are so bad (supermarkets) that ill lliterally let the clutch drag it over and it still feels horrible !
Dave Hedgehog said:
yonex said:
Lowered cars, stretched tyres, loud pipes, massive subs.... all part of growing up.
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