ELA
Barcelona
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- 30 Aug 2011
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About time for an update:
I previously had to remove the front lip spoiler to get up the driveway but decided to re-landscape some of the entrance garden to make it a little more RS-friendly. So for the last month or so I have spent every waking hour on this project
Now finally had the chance to test if all my efforts had paid off.
Here is the starting point. All the trees on the RH side and about 1 meter of earth have to be dug out.
Collected a load of natural slate from the valley where I live to build a wall
My mate popped by to check progress
Luckily I had some help on-hand
voilà ; stage 2 complete (stage 1 described elsewhere is in thread which was somewhat of a failure)
So this morning, being my birthday I couldn't think of a better time to remove the covers and do a little testing. Primarily this is what I'm up against; 65mm ground clearance vs. a rather steep incline.
Covers off and she's out for the first time this year
Be rude not to give a little blip of the throttle (3000rpm left in reserve as it was a little early for the neighbours).
Well truth be told I still have issues with an element of scraping but it is something that can be lived with and I no longer need to remove the bloody thing every 5 minutes.
The car even gets airbourne during this manoeuvre, about 5cm off the ground.
I previously had to remove the front lip spoiler to get up the driveway but decided to re-landscape some of the entrance garden to make it a little more RS-friendly. So for the last month or so I have spent every waking hour on this project
Now finally had the chance to test if all my efforts had paid off.
Here is the starting point. All the trees on the RH side and about 1 meter of earth have to be dug out.
Collected a load of natural slate from the valley where I live to build a wall
My mate popped by to check progress
Luckily I had some help on-hand
voilà ; stage 2 complete (stage 1 described elsewhere is in thread which was somewhat of a failure)
So this morning, being my birthday I couldn't think of a better time to remove the covers and do a little testing. Primarily this is what I'm up against; 65mm ground clearance vs. a rather steep incline.
Covers off and she's out for the first time this year
Be rude not to give a little blip of the throttle (3000rpm left in reserve as it was a little early for the neighbours).
Well truth be told I still have issues with an element of scraping but it is something that can be lived with and I no longer need to remove the bloody thing every 5 minutes.
The car even gets airbourne during this manoeuvre, about 5cm off the ground.