355 ground clearance

[clarkey]

I'm pretty close to deciding to get a 355. It fits through the garage doors, I can afford servicing and insurance, and the boss isn't that unhappy about it. Now I just need to sell a Ducati 999R first...

Anyway, I live along an unmade up road which would be impassable in the winter but fine in the other 3 seasons. it does have 4 speed ramps on it though (to divert water rather than slow down traffic). How does a 355 handle 'normal' speed bumps? Does anyone know how much ground clearance there is?

Ta for your help.

[tony h]

normal speed bumps are fine if approached at zero speed. aggro happens on off camber road/entrances to garage / petrol station forecourt etc. clearence around 4 1/2 inches. buy some skid plates from paul hill and you'll have no worries

[andy355]

yup, agree with tony h. speed bumps never caused me a problem however getting the car down into my underground car park involved a plank of wood - the front overhang is relatively long and grounds out badly

[ferrarispider]

Not a chance with speed bumps in mine. The red square types are complete bolloxs to my car. No matter how slow, and i mean slow i go over them it grates on the ground FX. I weigh 19 stone so you can imagine how it is with two people in the car. I have to plan to drive around them types of speed bumps.

[neil-f]

Yes most speed bumps caused concern for my F355, if unable to avoid I used to drive over them at an angle this reduced the imediate increase in height for the front overhang. As going very very slow I always got some impatient person behind me.

[clarkey]

these are tiny - about 3" high (at a guess) and less than a foot wide. Can't drive round them without going through fields though...

[notax]

I agree with Neil - drive over them at an angle - and at only 3" high I'm sure they won't cause any problem at all.