Tamoras and speed bumps

[Jejoma]

I live in an area where the local council have gone mad with speed bumps and I'm getting fed up with the damage being done to the nose of my Tamora. The only way it gets over the bumps in the road I live in is by coming to a complete stop and then edging slowly over.

Has anyone any bright ideas for reinforcing / protecting the nose?

Cheers,
Jejoma

[alans]

Jejoma said:

I live in an area where the local council have gone mad with speed bumps and I'm getting fed up with the damage being done to the nose of my Tamora. The only way it gets over the bumps in the road I live in is by coming to a complete stop and then edging slowly over. Has anyone any bright ideas for reinforcing / protecting the nose? Cheers, Jejoma

measure them, and check they comply with the regs.
Alan

[maddog[uk]]

which area. Do you want a document showing approach and departure angles?

[rolex]

Make sure you get both wheels on those pillow type humps, one on and one off will get you scraped!

[K.K.]

I know - I did JUST THAT today!!! Ya live, ya learn!

[girlracer]

Jejoma said:

I live in an area where the local council have gone mad with speed bumps and I'm getting fed up with the damage being done to the nose of my Tamora. The only way it gets over the bumps in the road I live in is by coming to a complete stop and then edging slowly over. Has anyone any bright ideas for reinforcing / protecting the nose? Cheers, Jejoma

Exactly the same around me (with a T350). I emailed the council last week and got a letter back today saying they were 'looking in it' (?), I claimed that the bumps were not a uniform height, as I stop dead before them all and edge over as slow as possible, and on some of the bumps this *still* scrapes the car, therefore they must be higher than the others.

I would love to love able to measure them, but I'm not sure how. Where do you take the measurement from?

[girlracer]

[quote=maddog[uk]]which area. Do you want a document showing approach and departure angles?[/quote]

I would like the doc. please Simon.

[maddog[uk]]

Its for a tamora! But you are welcome. You all need to email me via PH to get it so I can send it back.

[maddog[uk]]

rolex said:

"Make sure you get both wheels on those pillow type humps, one on and one off will get you scraped!"

I dont understand. Do you mean you should aim for the middle for pillow ones so that both wheels go over the edges? I tell you why, because thats the type that are all over Harrow. grrrr.

[girlracer]

[quote=maddog[uk]]Its for a tamora! But you are welcome. You all need to email me via PH to get it so I can send it back.[/quote]

ahhh... ok. sorry. not paying attention!

[Ed.]

Hello I am a newbie,
I know this is a boring subject for a 1st post but here goes

900 millimetres long in the line of the road
between 25 and 100 millimetres high at highest point
no vertical faces of more than 6 millimetres

www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19961483_en_1.htm

Ed

[girlracer]

Ed. said:

Hello I am a newbie, I know this is a boring subject for a 1st post but here goes 900 millimetres long in the line of the road between 25 and 100 millimetres high at highest point no vertical faces of more than 6 millimetres www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19961483_en_1.htm Ed

good stuff Ed! I'm still not sure how I can get the height measurement though, cos the things slant at the edges.

[TheHobbit]

girlracer said:

Ed. said: Hello I am a newbie, I know this is a boring subject for a 1st post but here goes 900 millimetres long in the line of the road between 25 and 100 millimetres high at highest point no vertical faces of more than 6 millimetres <a href="http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19961483_en_1.htm">www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19961483_en_1.htm</a> Ed good stuff Ed! I'm still not sure how I can get the height measurement though, cos the things slant at the edges.

not sure how you would do it without getting run over!! but lay a long straight edge along the top of the hump but overhanging the slanty edge far enough to be able to measure the vertical distance from the road to the straight edge.

[girlracer]

TheHobbit said:

not sure how you would do it without getting run over!! but lay a long straight edge along the top of the hump but overhanging the slanty edge far enough to be able to measure the vertical distance from the road to the straight edge.

ahh... makes sense. My street's fairly quiet (thanks to the speed bumps!! ) so I can probably mangage that without getting splatted. I have a feeling they're probably dead on the legal limit though. Anyone know the ground clearence at the front of a T350?

[stevenleith]

Also like to know the maximum downward angle the T350 can do before catching the front. I have a downward ramp into my underground car park at work - worried about the front of the car at the bottom of ramp hitting the floor before getting onto the flat surface?! anyone got similar experience?!

[maddog[uk]]

Based on some work I have done. A Renault Clio has the same wheelbase as a Tamora/T350. Not sure of the overall dimensions of a t350 but it exactly mirrors a tamora! I was faced with a similar issue with my tamora so I got a stick taped it to the front the of car and proceed to go up and down my drive! What I found is that it grounds if I reverse into my garage and attempt to drive out forwards (angle of approach is 9 degrees) but its ok if I go in forwards. This is because the angle of approach when reversing is 11 degrees in a tamora! So hopefully come Saturday when the yellow car turns up I should be able to drive in smiling! So you may be in luck with the car park but be very careful!

regards

Simon

>> Edited by maddog[uk] on Monday 14th June 10:06

[Jejoma]

The big problem is the lack of ground clearance of the Tamora (78mm at the nose). Even legal bumps are a problem with this.

As the fibreglass gets more and more battered I am looking for some way of reinforcing / protecting it.

Cheers,
Jejoma

[maddog[uk]]

jejoma said:

The big problem is the lack of ground clearance of the Tamora (78mm at the nose).

As I have a copy of a diagram from TVR showing the approach and departure angles I think you need to get yours adjusted! Laden with 2 people it should have 95mm clearance at the front and it should sit at 105mm unladen. If you want a copy then I will glady send it to you as they said I could freely distribute it.

regards

Simon

[_DJ_]

[quote=maddog[uk]]

jejoma said:

The big problem is the lack of ground clearance of the Tamora (78mm at the nose).

As I have a copy of a diagram from TVR showing the approach and departure angles I think you need to get yours adjusted! Laden with 2 people it should have 95mm clearance at the front and it should sit at 105mm unladen. If you want a copy then I will glady send it to you as they said I could freely distribute it.

regards

Simon[/quote]

I'm attempting to justify my choice of car (to myself) and it grounding over speed humps is one of the problems I've considered. Presumably of the current range the Sagaris will be lowest followed by T350/Tuscan then Tamora?

[K.K.]

Laden with 2 people it should have 95mm clearance at the front and it should sit at 105mm unladen.



But doesn't that depend on whether it has 16" or 18" wheels (or am I being silly?)