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Exiting my driveway


Roearn

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Hello. I'm 75% through a 270s new build. I'm probably going to have a problem exiting my driveway. It is steep and the car will probably bottom at the apex. Are there any devices available to help clear the car over the apex.

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How steep? 

It would be an exaggeration to call the 12' from my garage to the road a driveway but in that distance it rises 30". Neither of my cars will hold on the handbrake on it, I always engage first gear (and often a chock behind a wheel).

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The S is on fixed platform springs, unless optioned differently. 
It might help if you post a picture of the problem, and what wheels you have ordered.

My builds, both had adjustable platforms and 13" wheels and when they where put on the ground the clearance was hopeless, so I had to raise the ride height, by a lot :-(.

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I have two waffle boards (from my off-roading days) inside the garage. The front wheels ride these lifting the car over the lip of the garage floor.  You need something with a lot of friction ( or secured to the floor) so you can enter the garage with some confidence. Plus a chock (or piece of split firewood) positioned at the end of the garage to catch any overconfidence. 

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Test it by using a length of say 6 x 2 with 2 x 1 pegs set at the wheel base and minimum clearance height. Like a template of the car, if you see what I mean. Drag the template up/ down the drive to see where it hits, and build up levels to suit until it clears.

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Thanks all for your comments. I was fishing to see if someone would tell me there's a gadget that is available. ie. Something like a "super trolley jack" that is stable and highly manoeuvrable that could raise the front while the rear wheels push.

My best thoughts at the moment are timber chocks formed like two (per wheel) caravan levelling ramps back to back. 
 

Roger.

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