Do You Hit Speed Bumps ??
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Melting Slicks
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From: Cut n Shoot TX
Do You Hit Speed Bumps ??
Every time I go in and out of my garage, which has a 4'' drop to the driveway, I seem to bottom out on my rear. Its even worse if I'm backed into the garage. When I pull out I will hit the header collectors, and then the rear. So my question is have any of you bottomed out on any speedbumps ?? :mad
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Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (VettePower)
At an old house of mine we had the 4 inch drop at the end of the driveway as well and I used to put a set of 2 X 6's down when I left to help with the transition. Kept the exhaust from scraping all to hell.
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Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (VettePower)
i hit a 20 mph speed bump in my 61 at 90. lost a muffler. 61 is so stiff it did not bottom out.
that was 1976, i backed up, got the muffler, and it is still on the car today.
that was 1976, i backed up, got the muffler, and it is still on the car today.
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Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (Matt Gruber)
i hit a 20 mph speed bump in my 61 at 90. lost a muffler. 61 is so stiff it did not bottom out.
that was 1976, i backed up, got the muffler, and it is still on the car today.
that was 1976, i backed up, got the muffler, and it is still on the car today.
JB
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From: Surrey
Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (VettePower)
Sure do :( The authorities have gone mad with speed humps here (some are more like hills) & there's one road that I can't drive the Vette down due to the real risk of losing my entire exhaust system.
Sometimes I get to think that maybe I'd like firmer suspension for even better handling & start looking at all the catalogues.... then I hit a speed bump & suddenly it feels like I've got the firmest suspension on the planet & very little head room! My spine is compressed, a few teeth are loosened, but luckily my exhaust system is OK :lol: I regularly bottom out on the damn things (I'd hate to be in the back of an ambulance with a broken leg/arm/worse while it negotiated a road festooned in those humps).
:cheers:
Sometimes I get to think that maybe I'd like firmer suspension for even better handling & start looking at all the catalogues.... then I hit a speed bump & suddenly it feels like I've got the firmest suspension on the planet & very little head room! My spine is compressed, a few teeth are loosened, but luckily my exhaust system is OK :lol: I regularly bottom out on the damn things (I'd hate to be in the back of an ambulance with a broken leg/arm/worse while it negotiated a road festooned in those humps).
:cheers:
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Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (VettePower)
I think the motoring public needs rise up and take controllofsome rod graters/shovels and one nite knock all those speed bumps out of existance...
the damage to cars and such is more than toleration permits...]
IN FACT the faster you go the less damage, unless you have very lo profile tires...maybe there IS something to be said for soft shocks and springs...
wish I could buy a cheap set of electroiic shocks...and a switch to engage or disengage them...depending on road conditions...like say turn them off in a parking lot...
GENE
the damage to cars and such is more than toleration permits...]
IN FACT the faster you go the less damage, unless you have very lo profile tires...maybe there IS something to be said for soft shocks and springs...
wish I could buy a cheap set of electroiic shocks...and a switch to engage or disengage them...depending on road conditions...like say turn them off in a parking lot...
GENE
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Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (mrvette)
I usually don't have too much trouble if I go over them diagonally at approximately a 30° or 45° angle. But I do occasionally come across the ones that I think I'll get stuck on with my front and back wheels on either side of the bump. In Chicago, it's not the speed bumbs you have to worry about, it's those dang pot holes. :mad :mad :mad :mad
Pot holes in Chicago can be really bad - B,B,B,BAAAAAMMMM!! :mad Sometimes I think my Vette is gonna fall apart. Doesn't help much either when they rip up the pavement in places and leave I nice 3 inch bump you have to drive over when you're going 45 mph. :mad
Pot holes in Chicago can be really bad - B,B,B,BAAAAAMMMM!! :mad Sometimes I think my Vette is gonna fall apart. Doesn't help much either when they rip up the pavement in places and leave I nice 3 inch bump you have to drive over when you're going 45 mph. :mad
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Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (Leos 81)
in NC i think they will pay for your exhaust system if its on a public road and you hit a "man made" object... just heresay though, havent had the expirence
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Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (mrvette)
IN FACT the faster you go the less damage, unless you have very lo profile tires...maybe there IS something to be said for soft shocks and springs...
GENE
GENE
Maybe it's a Florida thing, Gene--my old man's from Lake Wales, not too far from you. :)
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Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (VettePower)
A little off topic, but amusing. I saw a lowered honda (wing and all the ricer crap) High centered in the driveway of an AM/PM with 3 guys standing around it trying to figure out how to move it without damaging all of the plastic thingys glued to the body. I laughed all the way home. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (427basketcase)
A little off topic, but amusing. I saw a lowered honda (wing and all the ricer crap) High centered in the driveway of an AM/PM with 3 guys standing around it trying to figure out how to move it without damaging all of the plastic thingys glued to the body. I laughed all the way home. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
A little off topic, but amusing. I saw a lowered honda (wing and all the ricer crap) High centered in the driveway of an AM/PM with 3 guys standing around it trying to figure out how to move it without damaging all of the plastic thingys glued to the body. I laughed all the way home. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (VetteRN)
Do I hit speed bumps..... :cry
I can only reach my house,by going over at least 4 of them.....no matter what way I choose to enter. :mad
There are a few streets in my neigborhood I can't even drive true,because of the bumps. :mad
I can only reach my house,by going over at least 4 of them.....no matter what way I choose to enter. :mad
There are a few streets in my neigborhood I can't even drive true,because of the bumps. :mad
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Melting Slicks
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From: Cut n Shoot TX
Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (Pete Z)
Reading the responses here, I will take that as a definate yes. I was afraid of that. Luckily out in the country outside of Houston, we don't have any. Guess I will stay out of Houston neighborhoods. :sad:
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Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (VettePower)
I don't hit speed bumps cause I won't go over them, with 2 inches of clearance on the front I have to be careful where I go but for the most part I ahve no problems, pretty good roads around here :D
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Re: Do You Hit Speed Bumps ?? (MotorHead)
Also a little off topic - the little speed bumps (narrow but tall) are OK. I avoid speed humps (low and wide and REAL nasty when hit to hard) and speed dips. Almost mangled a 4 x 4 in one of those. They are inverted speed bumps. You cannot see them most of the time.
