Speed Humps - Tell me I am not alone.........

[Irish]

FECK, ARSE, RMS........

Drove off a one way speed ramp (doesn't drop on one side - tries to slow oncoming traffic) - heard a god almighty crunch...god dam Red Ken. Some friends of my g/f wanted a spin in the car so gunned the last 20 yrds forgetting about the drop.

Anyhow, the bottom of my front bumper is scratched. Cannot be seen unless on hands and knees which is a blessing.

So, anyone else suffer those crunching moments........anyone every bother spraying? SO PI S S ED OFF RIGHT NOW.

A

[woogie]

Yes I have the same kit as you, mine scrapes when I pull out of my drive unless I come out at an angle :-(

[nervous]

Irish said:

Anyhow, the bottom of my front bumper is scratched. Cannot be seen unless on hands and knees which is a blessing.



A

good job you dont live in a place where everyone is small or laying on the street then, huh?

dont sweat it rish, its not important.

[c2look]

Irish said:

So, anyone else suffer those crunching moments

Yep, those f'ing platform type ones are the worst. Anything above 4mph and there is contact. Enough to give you the hump for the rest of the day!

gets coat and scoots off sharpish

[DiscoColin]

Irish said:

FECK, ARSE, RMS........
Drove off a one way speed ramp (doesn't drop on one side - tries to slow oncoming traffic) - heard a god almighty crunch...

Ah yes - "the noise". Only a couple of months into ownership and I am used to it already. Fortunately the plastic lip on the bottom of the aerokit (which is cheapish and a clip on replacement if it ever comes to it) takes the brunt and nothing with paint gets to bite the tarmac on mine. Slowing down to walking pace for speed bumps is maddening, but just view it as a reason to give it a kick and listen to that exhaust note whenever you clear one.

Colin

[magic torch]

The black lip under mine is always scraping.

I'm not selling quite yet, so it doesn't matter.

[granville]

State vandalism, nothing more.

Like inflexible speed limits, manifestations of the dreamings from the socialist luddite factory.

[c2dtg]

Yep it happens to me regualrly. I work in Brentwood, Essex and the speed humps are as steep as the north face of the eiger.

My standard Carrera has lots of underchin screathes. Generally I can forget them, but then get really p*ssed off when cleaning the car and realise the mess the humps are making.

[ballcock]

nervous said:

Irish said:

Anyhow, the bottom of my front bumper is scratched. Cannot be seen unless on hands and knees which is a blessing.



A

good job you dont live in a place where everyone is small or laying on the street then, huh?

dont sweat it rish, its not important.

Well he will be next year when he joins the rest of us lushy leprechauns back in Dublin

[magic torch]

A

Just reread my post, don't want it to sound like I'm belittling what happened.

When we had a S2000 my wife scratched underneath the front bumper on a low kerb. We had it patched up and you couldn't tell. Week later she did the same thing (yeah I know, but I can't afford a divorce). Just came to accept that these things are going to happen with a sports car in an urban environment.

From then on I didn't bother with it until I came to sell, even then I probably shouldn't have bothered.

It's just really frustrating, especially seeing how mint yours is. Think the first one is the worst, unfortunately something similar may happen again.

If it's any consolation the wind caught my door and smacked it into a metal bin when I was filling up yesterday. I've now got two massive chips in the door. I was pretty annoyed until I started it up and drove off, then the smile came back.....

The main thing is you've got a lovely 911 to enjoy.

[woogie]

Are you still a member on the s2ki boards, I had one for 3 years until 2 weeks ago.

[quote=magic torch]A


When we had a S2000 my wife scratched underneath the front bumper on a low kerb. We had it patched up and you couldn't tell.

[magic torch]

woogie said:

Are you still a member on the s2ki boards, I had one for 3 years until 2 weeks ago.

[quote=magic torch]A


When we had a S2000 my wife scratched underneath the front bumper on a low kerb. We had it patched up and you couldn't tell.

Nope I had one of the very first in the country a 99, ordered it at the motor show before there was even an official pic of it. Was offered nearly £3k to walk away instead of collecting it, which was the original intention. Wife wanted it and the rest is history.

Unfortunately it beats a MG Maestro as the worst car I've ever owned.

[pesty]

Anyone know a links to whats legal and not in a speed hump? there ae some new ones near me that are like the north face of the Eiger.

Ive often wondered if any accidents have been caused by Speed hump worn shocks

[ballcock]

If it's any consolation , Irish, I was throwing the cover on the car just now and I noticed anothersizeable door ding .. Most likely from the staff carpark this morning ... Grrrrrrrrrr

A friend of mine was returning to his week old beemer the other day , and spotted a colleague putting her (not too petite) work bag on his bonnet while she locked her car ....

I get into a sweat just thinking bout it...............