MC 20 ground clearance

[brianlewis]

Please can anyone confirm if the mc 20 is a problem with uneven roads due to ground clearance?

reason being I live at the end of a long bumpy gravel farm track that is prone to potholes, unfortunately I am not allowed to resurface it as it is owned by the National Trust , my last car was a Nissan GTR 2017 that would just about manage it without causing any damage ,

thanks

[FourCs]

Mine has the lifter but even without using it, not had any issues in London. If you have the lifter, you’ll be fine I think. It’s a wonderful car.

[brianlewis]

thanks for the quick reply , this is as bad as the lane gets , would love to get the mc20 but don't want to ruin the car

[NRG1976]

If it not a heavily used track, just sneakily bang some bags of gravel into each hole and compress down as much as possible

[ex-devonpaul]

That looks worse than ours, and our Gransport used to struggle (although the Z4M is fine).



I'd be tempted to get a straight edge or 2m level and measure the dips in the potholes. Much over 4 inches and I think you'd struggle (4 inches/100mm is the max for speed humps).

As mentioned, a few bags of MOT with a smattering of cement in mught help, but as you know these things have a habit of reappearing. For us the tractors suck it back out when they get mud on their tyres.

[brianlewis]

we do fill them with type 1 ( stone and dust mixed ) but the heavy rain ruins it in no time , think I will try a whacker plate on the next repair and hope it lasts longer.

[ex-devonpaul]

Type 1/MOT/ scalpings/ 40 to dust / etc. different places use different names for essentially the same stuff

Mix a small amount of cement in (about 1:25, nothing like you would for making concrete with ballast) which will bind the dust a bit and stop it washing out as quickly. Don't make a proper concrete mix as the hole will still get bigger and you'll end up with a hard plug rocking in a large hole.

[brianlewis]

thanks , I will try that way next

[BigR]

I find the MC20 has a surprisingly decent level of ground clearance, even before using the lift (indeed from some angles it looks slightly odd and almost too high). Comparing it to a Huracan, the MC20 is significantly better - both have a lift but the Huracan I find I have to be notably more careful with.

How that will work with your lane it's hard to say of course. I guess it comes down to how good you are at dodging the potholes!