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| dflesburg |
 Jul 18 2007, 03:00 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,720 Joined: 6-April 04 From: Warm and Cheerful Centerville Ohio Member No.: 1,896 Region Association: None  |
So my car will be running this weekend for the first time at this house, (first time in 15 years)
What do you people do about high curbs on your driveway? QUICK!!!! |
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| jonferns |
Jul 18 2007, 03:02 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 29-March 07 From: New Jersey Member No.: 7,631 Region Association: North East States 
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usually, I drive over mine...you?
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| Ferg |
Jul 18 2007, 03:06 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,948 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 116 Region Association: None
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One tire at a time (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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| markb |
Jul 18 2007, 03:06 PM
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914less :( Group: Members Posts: 5,449 Joined: 22-January 03 From: Nipomo, CA Member No.: 180 Region Association: Central California
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| dinomium |
Jul 18 2007, 03:15 PM
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Git on a chair son, all the good stuff is goin over yer head! Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,777 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Bremerton, WA Member No.: 74 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
rip some 2x and make a wedge if it is that high...
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| rmital |
Jul 18 2007, 03:20 PM
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Northeast optimist Group: Members Posts: 1,947 Joined: 12-December 05 From: Park Ridge, NJ Member No.: 5,268 |
QUOTE(dinomium @ Jul 18 2007, 03:15 PM)  rip some 2x and make a wedge if it is that high... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) yep....what he said. |
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| John |
Jul 18 2007, 03:32 PM
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member? what's a member? Group: Members Posts: 3,393 Joined: 30-January 04 From: Evansville, IN (SIRPCA) Member No.: 1,615 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(rmital @ Jul 18 2007, 01:20 PM) QUOTE(dinomium @ Jul 18 2007, 03:15 PM) rip some 2x and make a wedge if it is that high... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) yep....what he said. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I would agree with the above. I don't have that problem, but it would solve your driveway issues. Too bad you can't get the county or city fix that. Become good friends with the Mayor and you may just get it fixed.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| Gint |
Jul 18 2007, 07:02 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,083 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
No problem going up and down curbs to get in my driveway.But if you lower your 914 too much... sccccraaaaappppe.
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Jul 18 2007, 07:13 PM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
QUOTE(dinomium @ Jul 18 2007, 02:15 PM) rip some 2x and make a wedge if it is that high... Get RIPPED on some 2X (Dos Equis) and fugeddaboutit. The Cap'n |
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| scotty |
Jul 18 2007, 07:14 PM
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The Fun Never Stops Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 20-May 03 From: Portland. Oregon (SW) Member No.: 718 Region Association: None |
a little NH4NO3. Maybe a little thermite for any rebar
That's about as quick as I can get (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) |
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| Eric_Shea |
Jul 18 2007, 10:23 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,278 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
I drive in at a 45...
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| John |
Jul 18 2007, 10:31 PM
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member? what's a member? Group: Members Posts: 3,393 Joined: 30-January 04 From: Evansville, IN (SIRPCA) Member No.: 1,615 Region Association: None |
We need pictures.
Show us pictures. You must have someone document it's maiden voyage. My advise would be to get it aligned fairly soon. |
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| flesburg |
Jul 18 2007, 11:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 506 Joined: 22-November 04 From: Pontiac, IL Member No.: 3,162 |
Get a couple of bags of blacktop patch, the stuff used to patch pot holes with, and make a couple of patches in the gutter so you have a nice smooth ramp into the driveway, and when the city complains, swear that you do not have any idea how it got there. Better pack it in there at night so the neighbors cannot say that they saw you do it, and that the kids and the wife do not know the truth either.
When it rains you will have a flooded street, but who cares cause you will not be driving the 914 with a 3.2 engine in the wet anyway (or shouldn't) because you will slide off the road if you give it any fuel. PS make sure to torque your cv joint bolts, or they might fall off (it has already happened to two flesburgs....do not go for a third. And have a video made of the first drive, and post it here. |
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| dinomium |
Jul 18 2007, 11:50 PM
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Git on a chair son, all the good stuff is goin over yer head! Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,777 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Bremerton, WA Member No.: 74 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(flesburg @ Jul 18 2007, 10:29 PM) Get a couple of bags of blacktop patch, the stuff used to patch pot holes with, and make a couple of patches in the gutter so you have a nice smooth ramp into the driveway, and when the city complains, swear that you do not have any idea how it got there. Better pack it in there at night so the neighbors cannot say that they saw you do it, and that the kids and the wife do not know the truth either. When it rains you will have a flooded street, but who cares cause you will not be driving the 914 with a 3.2 engine in the wet anyway (or shouldn't) because you will slide off the road if you give it any fuel. PS make sure to torque your cv joint bolts, or they might fall off (it has already happened to two flesburgs....do not go for a third. And have a video made of the first drive, and post it here. If you go this Highly Illegal route, and I hope you do(!) You could be friendly to your other gutter users and put a piece of 1" Schedule 40 pipe against the curb THEN build your asphalt ramps of doom, that way the street will only partially flood and your neighbors will complain about that gawd awful racket you call an exhaust!! and by all means DosXX are much better than one! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) |
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| bigkensteele |
Jul 19 2007, 12:10 AM
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Major Member Group: Members Posts: 2,197 Joined: 30-August 04 From: Cincinnati, OH Member No.: 2,660 Region Association: South East States
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Not trying to be the a-hole here at all, but I am thinking if you can't safely get off your property with your current ride height, then you will most likely run into problems in daily driving as well, ie gas stations, FLAPS, etc. My 911 sits pretty low, but I have never had a problem that the "one wheel at at time" solution did not solve. Not sure what your driveway situation is, but if you have to build things just to get your car off your property, I am thinking you might be too low.
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| Joe Ricard |
Jul 19 2007, 06:20 AM
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CUMONIWANNARACEU Group: Members Posts: 6,811 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Gautier, MS Member No.: 92 |
Always at and angle. You know you are a 914 owner when you approach EVERY driveway at an angle even if you are in your SUV.
Having owned a LOW 928 and now 2 Teeners that are even lower for the last 15 or so years I just do it automatically. |
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