Speed Bumps....

[nms]

I went over a speedbump on Saturday at nano-speed and still managed to ground the car...although it felt like the contact was mad under my (drivers) seat. How much damage is likely to have been done and what ultimatly was making contact with the road? I got down and had a look underneath when I got home and could see no obvious damage. I was going at literally 1mph and hence should I not worry too much??

p.s. if there is damage, has anyone successfully sued a local authority???

[gbbird]

It was probably just the cover plate underneath that was catching, so no real damage would have been done. These things will take quite a pounding over time, for example when grounding out, speed bumps etc etc

[bilton_d]

its probably just the chassis bolts but make sure your cats are too low

[nms]

just had the cats replaced because the last ones were a mess so am hoping it wasn't them!!
On a brighter note I went out with RideDrive yesterday afternoon and it was totally awesome. Would recommend it to anyone. Was grinning so much my cheeks hurt.

[jacko996]

nms said:

On a brighter note I went out with RideDrive yesterday afternoon and it was totally awesome. Would recommend it to anyone. Was grinning so much my cheeks hurt.

What did you get included in the ridedrive. Did you get to push your car to the limit and beyond?

[trooperiziz]

It'll have been the bolts that attach the cover plate to the chassis.

Nothing to worry about.

[Julian64]

Not sure a lot of cerbs have the cats protruding below the cover plate. I wouldn't rule out cat scraping.

[kojak]

You need the car highering a little. How about a set of AVO's or better still, Nitrons. Give Joolz a ring.

[John.s]

nms said:

just had the cats replaced because the last ones were a mess so am hoping it wasn't them!! .

how much do a new pair of cats set you back out of interest, cause mine could be on the way out !!

[nms]

My cats were totally shot, and lambda sensors too, I think the cats were about £430 quid each and the lambda's about £100 prior to VAT and then add some labour on. Mine was done at Thames Valley Racetech. Car still sounds great.

As for RideDrive - I now realise that before I was actually driving Miss Daisy rather than a TVR. For someone relatively new to rear wheel drive performance cars it was invaluable. I actually went as fast as I think I ever have in the Cerb and felt safe and in control the whole time, yet at the same time grinning like a madman. Would definitely recommend it to anyone who is unsure how fast in safe in the tiv.

[Byff]

nms said:

if there is damage, has anyone successfully sued a local authority???

Measure the height of the hump you scraped on, then I'm afraid it's a bit of detective work. Speed bumps need planning permission and the council will have submitted a layout of the scheme and the hump dimensions.

If your hump is one mm over the planned dimensions, you have a claim.

I got just over £1000. I keep all the submissions in a file, just incase and I found one that was 95mm high instead of 65mm.