Genuine question for actual owners - 570s grounding risk?

[Loafer1976]

Prospective buyer here,

I was Looking at the length of the 570s splitter (distance from the contact point of the tyre) and overall ride height compared to my 911 turbo, and was wondering, can any ACTUAL owners (I can get opinions anywhere I’m after facts lol) give a view of how the 570s is over speed humps, the full width ones and the ones that are two squares on the road.

YES I DO KNOW the car has a nose lift but trying to understand how frequently this is going to need to be deployed

Really appreciate some honest views

[CharlesElliott]

I own a 600LT which is a bit lower. I can get over most humps (of both types) without the lift at slow speed and / or appropriate angle, but my default is always to raise the lift when there are speed bumps. It's hard to say when I would bottom out without it, but there are three speed bumps in my road, and I know that I can get over two of them without lift but ground slightly on the third, so it is marginal.

ETA is there any reason why you wouldn't want to use the lift for them?

[ferdi p]

Rarely used lift on my one apart from when on a very steep incline/decline or huge speed hump.

[Loafer1976]

CharlesElliott said:

I own a 600LT which is a bit lower. I can get over most humps (of both types) without the lift at slow speed and / or appropriate angle, but my default is always to raise the lift when there are speed bumps. It's hard to say when I would bottom out without it, but there are three speed bumps in my road, and I know that I can get over two of them without lift but ground slightly on the third, so it is marginal.

ETA is there any reason why you wouldn't want to use the lift for them?

No, no reason really, but my understanding is it’s not the quickest and you don’t want to be the knob in the fancy car holding up traffic lol. Just thinking about all the potential issues before buying a 90k car hahaah

[Loafer1976]

ferdi p said:

Rarely used lift on my one apart from when on a very steep incline/decline or huge speed hump.

Awesome, good to know thanks.

[CharlesElliott]

Loafer1976 said:

No, no reason really, but my understanding is it’s not the quickest and you don’t want to be the knob in the fancy car holding up traffic lol. Just thinking about all the potential issues before buying a 90k car hahaah

You double lift the stalk and it starts raising straight away - and you don't need to wait for it to go all the way up so it is pretty seamless.

[samoht]

570GT owner here. The vast majority of speed bumps (cushions or full width) I clear fine without using the lift. It tends to be the occasional oversized bump, or steep ramps into driveways and car parks, where I use the lift.

Generally the car seems less prone to grounding than I'd imagined before buying it.

[Pouhon]

I never really had any grounding in my prev 570s

Really steep inclines or declines, you have to be careful of.

Lift is useful. Just takes a while.

[Fatherdougal]

I always always use lift on my 570s for speed bumps - the thought of a graunching noise on the tine when I don't would give me nightmares. Appreciate you don't want to hold everyone up, but obviously they're only in place when people are travelling slowly anyway, so if you see them ahead and anticipate it will be deployed before you reach them. I've never felt like I was holding anyone up when deploying the lift.

I'd never buy a McLaren without it..

[BobM]

Loafer1976 said:

No, no reason really, but my understanding is it’s not the quickest and you don’t want to be the knob in the fancy car holding up traffic lol. Just thinking about all the potential issues before buying a 90k car hahaah

It's fine, up in a few seconds.

I have a 600LT with a lower splitter which is also further forward than on a 570S and I can get over most of our local speed bumps without using it. The square ones with sloping sides and a flat top are no problem, sometimes on some of the more traditional sleeping policmeman type ones it can ground as you come down off it. But no problem with the lift.

[Loafer1976]

CharlesElliott said:

You double lift the stalk and it starts raising straight away - and you don't need to wait for it to go all the way up so it is pretty seamless.

yeah that is a really good point too. As I said just making sure I have considered all possible "flaws" as I am tryiing to work out what car i swap my porsche for

[Loafer1976]

samoht said:

570GT owner here. The vast majority of speed bumps (cushions or full width) I clear fine without using the lift. It tends to be the occasional oversized bump, or steep ramps into driveways and car parks, where I use the lift.

Generally the car seems less prone to grounding than I'd imagined before buying it.

brilliant thanks

[Loafer1976]

Pouhon said:

I never really had any grounding in my prev 570s

Really steep inclines or declines, you have to be careful of.

Lift is useful. Just takes a while.

good to know, thanks

[Loafer1976]

Fatherdougal said:

I always always use lift on my 570s for speed bumps - the thought of a graunching noise on the tine when I don't would give me nightmares. Appreciate you don't want to hold everyone up, but obviously they're only in place when people are travelling slowly anyway, so if you see them ahead and anticipate it will be deployed before you reach them. I've never felt like I was holding anyone up when deploying the lift.

I'd never buy a McLaren without it..

yeah I'll likely use it all the time and it just becomes a habit then - thanks

[Loafer1976]

hi all, thanks for all the replies - pretty much what i was thinking

[davek_964]

The problem with not using it is - sometimes you get it wrong.

I think it cost me about £700 for the new plastic "floor" / undertray at the front when I misjudged and it put a hole in it.

[mogg]

davek_964 said:

The problem with not using it is - sometimes you get it wrong

Exactly - If you have lift, you may as well use it !

[Smoothound]

In my limited experience with my 540 and having looked at countless 570's recently expecting to buy or keep the front end underneath in pristine condition is a big ask! Unless it's never been driven or repaired every now and again I have come to assume they all have scuffs of some sort, almost rites of passage. I think you'd look for a long time to find a car with no marks at all? I maybe totally wrong here but that is now how I am going forwards in my search

[Grey_Area]

And if it's up, and you want it down, tap up again, then hold down.... circumvents the awkward menu faffing.

[renmure]

I couldn’t get into my street or up my driveway without the lift on my 600LT. Fortunately it’s seamless to use on the move below 25 mph and raising the nose is a simple double click on the stalk so no awkward stopping needed.