Driveway news

[ukdavew]

Borrowed a breaker/jackhammer today and dug out the highest 18", going to lay some coldlay tarmac tomorrow...we think we've gained about 1-2" extra clearance by doing so.

 

*fingers crossed*

[Chris`I]

Fingers, toes, eye, legs and arms all crossed for ya

[Daaave]

Dave, remember anytime you need a Zed to test your drive give me a shout.

[bronzee]

Borrowed a breaker/jackhammer today and dug out the highest 18", going to lay some coldlay tarmac tomorrow...we think we've gained about 1-2" extra clearance by doing so.

 

*fingers crossed*

1-2" inches is quite a lot. Crossing toes for you. So you can wear the Z smile.

[Chris`I]

We want pics too

[Ebized]

Sorry to hear of your drive problems. The 'solution' below has worked for others - it will involve some shuttering, hardcore and concrete to create the raised and more gradually curved profile but if it helps.........

 

[GIXXERUK]

the entrance needs to be wider, so you can drive in at more of an angle, my drive is that steep and i have no probs if i go at an angle, straight on i would beach the car

[ukdavew]

So here's what's happened:

 

1) We cut a line across the drive about a foot down the angled part.

 

2) We borrowed a breaker and dug out the large block of concrete at the top of the drive and the sloped part up to the line we'd cut.

 

 

3) Then we noticed a huge hump on the roadside which we decided to "improve"

 

 

4) And now we've laid cold lay tarmac at the lowest level we could. I think we've gained about an inch or so, it's definitely smoothed it out.

 

 

[martinmac]

If anyone deserves a zed its you bud, good work

[GIXXERUK]

you pikey - tarmac ya drive mister :lol:

gotta pay for the z somehow

[Trev-the-Rev]

you pikey - tarmac ya drive mister :lol:

gotta pay for the z somehow

 

Good work dude. Hope it works

[M13KYF]

did you ask the council for permission before digging up the path

[Digsy]

A+ for effort

D- for artistic prowess

 

Glad I'm not your neighbour!

[M13KYF]

need to do some weeding to

[ukdavew]

What a delightful mix of sarcasm and support

 

Hopefully it doesn't need to last too long till I can get the entire front garden professionally paved. But at the moment the choice is zed or paving...if the Zed still won't fit then it'll be paving and something less nice than the Zed.

[Ebized]

What a delightful mix of sarcasm and support

 

Hopefully it doesn't need to last too long till I can get the entire front garden professionally paved. But at the moment the choice is zed or paving...if the Zed still won't fit then it'll be paving and something less nice than the Zed.

 

Nicely put - lets get the priorites right and get that ZED in

[GIXXERUK]

screw the paving, when you get a zed you wont be there much

[ukdavew]

The other thing is that as you can see the local amenities love digging up our pavement, it's like a bloody patchwork quilt out there

 

I'm gonna post a thread to see if I can snag a local owner to help test it.

[GIXXERUK]

The other thing is that as you can see the local amenities love digging up our pavement, it's like a bloody patchwork quilt out there

 

i noticed that when you were asked whether you had informed them - like they would notice

[N1SM0350z]

the entrance needs to be wider, so you can drive in at more of an angle, my drive is that steep and i have no probs if i go at an angle, straight on i would beach the car

 

its the same down our road we have speed bumps and 1 of them is a right bas**rd (ive seen people in regular saloon cars scrape when going over it) but if my dad goes at an angle its fine.

[hagar]

My Zed dream is on the rocks. Tried a modded-suspension (but not lowered as far as we know) RX-7 on the drive at the weekend and it didn't come anywhere close to fitting on. Grounded out and looked like it needed a good couple of inches extra clearance.

 

I'm taking an angle grinder to the edge of the drive but it's starting to look more and more like the Zed dream isn't going to pay off.

 

The problem is that if I spank all my cash on getting the driveway done professionally then I've not got the budget left to buy a Zed. And I'm definitely not gonna buy my dream car and leave it on the road for the hoodies to play with.

 

So I'll do what I can but I have to say I'm pretty deflated at the moment

 

what you need my son is a nice example of a Vauxhall Monaro that someone who is good and trustworthy (aka me) is willing to help sort you out with.

[Sarnie]

My Zed dream is on the rocks. Tried a modded-suspension (but not lowered as far as we know) RX-7 on the drive at the weekend and it didn't come anywhere close to fitting on. Grounded out and looked like it needed a good couple of inches extra clearance.

 

I'm taking an angle grinder to the edge of the drive but it's starting to look more and more like the Zed dream isn't going to pay off.

 

The problem is that if I spank all my cash on getting the driveway done professionally then I've not got the budget left to buy a Zed. And I'm definitely not gonna buy my dream car and leave it on the road for the hoodies to play with.

 

So I'll do what I can but I have to say I'm pretty deflated at the moment

 

what you need my son is a nice example of a Vauxhall Monaro that someone who is good and trustworthy (aka me) is willing to help sort you out with.

 

Bloody hell Hagar, blast from the past!!

 

Didn't you buy a smart car?

[Stew]

You selling the monaro Hagar?

 

What you getting next?

[hagar]

hey up, yeah I bought a Smart but I sold that last year to get an X-type for the day to day run around. If I sold the ro I'd probably go for a convertible or possibly a clasic but lack of garage now would put me off getting a classic.

 

Issue is after the ro there is next to no cars out there for the price that have the oomph. I'd fancy a 350z convertible tbh as I seriously miss mine