How to drive a lowered car over a steep driveway
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2022
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Do you own a lowered, sports, exotic or slammed car? Or just a sports car? Do you want to know how to not scrape, scratch or crunch its nose on driveways, and stop your car bottoming out? This video explains why that happens and some techniques you can use to avoid it...and shows a lot of examples of how to, and NOT to drive across steep driveways. Works for Porsches, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Lotus and many more, and even Toyota 86s!
Also: how to drive over speedbumps!
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1. "Don't drive a lowered car then!" first off, this applies to plenty of sports cars, lowered or not. Second, there are ditches and driveways so steep even a Camry will have trouble. Third, the same principle applies for lots of vehicles even 4x4s, trailers etc. You can see a variant of the technique for 4x4s here czcams.com/video/r75S2Zi-YXg/video.html And finally, your money, your choice, if you want a lowered car it's a free world. Enjoy your ride, live your best life and cruise by the haters who have nothing better to do with their miserable lives than throw negativity and judgement. Must be awful to just walk the street and be so incredibly annoyed by other people's choices you can't help but comment. I feel sorry for you guys.
2. "This is obvious how do people not know this" well, everyone has a different set of life experiences and natural talent, so no, it's not obvious to everyone, same way as the people making that point are unable to figure out this exact point.
3. Why was the car meet held there? That was just one carpark of many, and yes the organisers could have put a plank of wood down. But the driveway was driveable with the right technique, and my goal here is to spread the word of how it can be done, not mock people for not knowing. I wouldn't know how to plant roses or cook a lobster for example.
Thank you all, carry on watching :-)
5 . install adjustable suspension for lowered cars. most supercars have it by default.
I would add the fact since so many people don't know this, it just goes to show how poorly driving schools prepare people. If someone doesn't think of this technique on their own, at least the driving school should teach you.
So that technic is great for sedans‼️SUV’s don’t really have that problem because the vehicle has a higher ground clearance❓
Not even kidding...literally the most educational, most valuable video I have watched on CZcams in years. Getting a Lotus soon.
wow, thanks John and if it helped save the nose of your Lotus, I'm really happy! Check out my Lotus videos too, mine didn't appear in this video. Please share the video :-)
@@L2SFBC Yes, saw one regarding the Lotus vs a Toyota.
Have to add that I really enjoy your content. I am not a mechanic junkie nor do I race on track. But I like all the aspects of auto in a layman, casual, general way. I want to thank you for your informative vids. I have learnt a lot, and will continue to do so I am sure.
You have that raw, genuine passion for all things automotive, and you present it in ways that even laymen can understand and learn from. Thank you!
Thanks John that means a lot to me.
You need to watch better channels then
😂😂 You needed a video to demonstrate and teach common sense.
Finally found a video to share with my wife instead of trying to explain to her with just words. Thank you
Clearly is a must video for most women, and a lot of guys.
Hearing their reactions of the scraps got me 💀
Who’s idea was it to host a car meet up that incline though, it’s like they wanted everyone to scrape their cars.
So kind of the organizers to cover the cost of a piece of wood or rubber to bridge the gap.
To be fair that was just one carpark at the meet and it was navigable with the right technique
Poor road design. Every drive way is like this in most places when you're coming off a main road into a car park.
Poor bumper choice
They couldve def brought a thin board. We do that at our meets. We even have everyone sign it. I think they even gave it a name and drew a face on it.😂
6:06 that guy doing the angle is hilarious! Probably, he doesn't even know why they are doing it and decided to join😂
Probably he did it out of force of habit, because it's how he is used to approach bumps in off-road.
Or maybe he was kidding. It was funny
its simple logic, everybody knows it, or at least should.
Why he is doing it is probably out of habit as well as it still helps- less tear on the suspension and smoother
The JeeJee was just being a sweet. No problems here.
I thonk he probably knows and was just being funny, I mainly drive lowered cars but have driven lifted vehicles as well and if I was driving a lifted vehicle in I would have probably done the same thing except more dramatic of an angle to be funny.😅
I love how you explained everything. No nonsense, just plain direct to the point. All in detail. Thanks for this!
Glad it was helpful! Please share :-)
This just showed up in my front page this morning. I bought a Golf two days ago after owning only pickup for my first 9 years of driving. Impeccable timing.
The problem is you don't know which driveways are *just* steep enough to cause that until it's too late. This means you basically have to take every single driveway at an angle if you don't wanna risk it.
If you know your car you will know when is to steep.
@@hb-ol9ocnot always
@@hb-ol9oc Then let us press F in respects to people who only JUST got their new cars only for this to happen to them.
@@hb-ol9oc Show me a person with a lowered car who has never scraped the bottom of it and I'll show you a liar.
That's why you don't lower your car. Why introduce unnecessary complexity to the driving experience?
6:07 can't control laugh/ smile 🤣🙂😄
I'm sure he was smiling too!!
Once you start doing it you can't stop doing it, even when driving a Range Rover 💪
@@Kogacarlo that means you are not adaptive with gadgets remains a nerd only.so always be adaptive to switchable gadget, machines etc.
@@sksandip24 Crossing a bump diagonally reduces the thump, even in a Range Rover.
I live in TX and the roads are super angled and annoying. My mind naturally told me to come from an angle which has saved me from a few scrapes, this video really proves my hypothesis, video was super educational and helped!
I read that in a TX accent 😅
@@ThaAnnihilator lol how could you not 🤣 roads here are god awful
I had a lowered car and it was such a pain in the arse having to navigate low curbs and speed bumps that I installed the original springs again
😣ah! The crunch. I can’t.
Great explanation. Great examples. Great video.
Thank you
Great advice, but the hardest part is when you dont see them coming. Many times it's easy to misjudge how large a dip is.
Please get the next time on video and send it to me :-)
As someone who doesn't have a car, this is very valuable! Thanks you
Thanks, Sir. Don't tell the cops, but I watched this driving 5mph down my street during construction, and I didn't scrape the bottom 😭 👏🏽
Not even have my car yet, but this definitely will come in handy!
This is CZcams done right. Best video I've come across on this platform, PERIOD.
My old 1990 Celica had ground clearence of modern crossovers and high and flat line floor front to back. I didnt have to worry about curbs or inclines it could do it all. Most older cara had such. i think its part of the reason why crossovers are so popular these days as "city cars"
I agree!
Ditto for speed bumps. But do not straighten out until you have at least one wheel up on the obstruction, peeps. The guys entering the car meet were killing me. 😂
Good video. Now you have to make another one with the speed bumps, e.g. how to drive over them to minimize the impact to the car so that it would not feel so bad
Good idea, I may do that. Please share this one!
Please. We have really bad speed bumps here where I work and they are tall and narrow always see cars scraping them even non exotic cars
Stay tuned...
Please do one on how to drive over rumbles. Its a nightmare in Kenyan roads. A big truck could be trailing you so there is danger of hitting your rare end if you slow down. Thanks
What's a rumble?
Found this useful, was quite afraid of lowering my car in fear of scratching but now can do that with no worries. Thank you!
It scares me knowing not everyone knows this. I've been doing this since the 90s and have always assumed it was common sense in the car community. I guess not.
That last clip was especially painful.
It should be, especially for people driving sports/lowered cars, shouldn’t it? It looks so obvious to me, as well. But it certainly isn’t for many people, as seen on this video.
This video saved my life. And my splitter lol. I had to do a local move, the new driveway approach is steeper than the old and I drive a Porsche 991 TT Cab. I can now say I have no fear about getting the car into the driveway. This is a no nonsense completely accurate way to explain how to deal with the issue and I’m gonna send it to all my friends.
Thanks for the share ✔️
There’s a bridge in my town over a railway that is incredibly steep on one side, so much so that I’ve crunched my Buick Rendezvous, a crossover SUV, on it at least 10 times, until I figured this out on my own. This explains it a lot better than I ever could!
So simple! why did I never think of this earlier… my poor front bumper. Brilliant explanation
This is something I learned for my second driving lesson. Turns out a 2010 Polo has a very low approach angle!
Been a mover for 5 years. Decent truck drivers, especially delivery that deal with steep driveways, know this trick when backing in.
My first car was already lowered when I bought it. I made these adjustments by trial and error, it's nice to visualize what I had to figure out the hard way so I can process it.
That is freaky magic. I am going to use this from now on. Thanks for saving my next car.
An incredibly helpful video for anyone who owns vehicles with low ground clearance
i love how it's needed to explain how to overcome a problem they themselves created by wanting to look cool and lowering the crap out of their car 😂
best of all is that the problem is revsersable (assuming they didn't bring out the grinder)
I learned how to do this in Lumber Tycoon 2.
I had to collect tons of rare blue wood and then drive with a low car for about 5 minutes.
Any time i hit a wall or floor with my car had a chance for all my wood to fly all over the place.
I could maybe add to this video by saying that some cars have a better angle when driving backwards.
bonus points when driving diagonally backwards
this deserves way more views, it literally saves people money
Thank you that's why I made it. I didn't want to make fun of anyone; just show how to avoid damaging a precious car. Please share 🙏
oh and feel free to drop a Super Thanks :-)
Wow, you are an incredible teacher! I scraped my poor brothers fancy Jaguar and have been looking up how to drive low cars. THIS VIDEO is the best by far. You really teach what’s actually happening mathematically, show examples based on the math, and then show a ton of real life examples back to back. THANK YOU!
You're very welcome, please share, always like to hear from people I've helped!
I learned this by experience after hearing slight scratching then I drove at angles exiting . Mine is not the bumper that hits but a mud flap on just below and behind of the wheel on a Mazda 3.
Also going fast makes the car jump which hits the road.
Now this is it. Best video to watch on this topic. Very helpful if you’re in need of it!
Glad it was helpful! Would appreciate a share, Save The Noses :-)
I drive a lowered 350z everyday. I only learned from trial and error but this video helps me understand better what actually happens. Funny story. A big lifted suv copied me going over a little bump. I think he was making fun of me😂😂
This was amazing to visually understand! I went from a higher up steep jeep grand Cherokee.. to a tiny low Suzuki in my steep underground parkade. I do go slow but my angle needs work. No more nose scratches! Thank you!
Thank you please share!
Not joking this video helped me way more then any other one i watch. Thanks for taking the tike and even sacrificing your own bumper to treach us noobs. You ate the man. I just to a nice car with a body kit and dont wanna wreck it. 😅
Thanks for appreciating I hit my own bumper by intent! Feel free to Super Thanks :-)
this seemed painfully obvious to me - but mansplaining it is painful, so thanks for making the video. Glad I drive an SUV with clearance.
You legend, this is surprisingly one of the most informative videos I've seen on CZcams for something so specific, amazing job and thanks a lot!
Glad it was helpful! Please share!
Excellent video describing your approach and angle of attack for low clearance cars. I thankfully figured this out when I bought my first corvette
As someone who is trying to lower my first car pretty soon I want to Thankyou you so much for this very detailed and informative video
Glad it was helpful!
Just switched to driving a car from driving an SUV and I needed this!!! Thank you 🙏
Glad it helped!
That’s why I need a good bumper
This video is what I was looking for. Great explanation! Thanks!!!
Great video, thanks for taking the time and effort to put all this together!
I am astonished that every driver does not already know this or worked it out decades ago… 😂 it still has very defined limits.
Clearly they have not!
Incredibly Informative
New video - how to drive over speedbumps. czcams.com/video/oZAmeiujLBI/video.html
Sending this to folks, who are screaming in my community chat they cant get of the complex without scratching. Respect.
So pleased I can help!
Thank you so much, the approach angle illustrations made everything very clear. I am planning to get a lowered car within a year and this will really help when the time comes.
You're welcome, glad to help! Please share :-)
Super helpful video!
Shocked I've not seen your channel before. This is incredibly well laid out and educational. Instant subscribe
Thanks, please share!
Great vid... I used this method forever...never knew exacly why it worked...but now i know why ...lol
Great! Please share 👍
The explanation I needed. Thank you for this!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much for the video. I was having this issue with my car.
Great video, thanks.
Unfortunately my wife doesn’t speak English to watch this wonderful video 💀
Use subtitles!
That video helped me a lot thanks i have a new car its lowered and didnt know that this was a thing with the angle
Awesome video. Always knew to come at an angle, but loved the visuals to better understand why
Glad you liked it!
You're a hero!
There was one driveway so steep with the street just as steep going back up where I’d use the entire driveway to go practically sideways down and tipsy two wheel it as i transition from the driveway to the street.
I like how a lot of these cars just have front splitters under the front bumper because then you can scrape as much as you want xD...
An early warning system!
I just lowered my car and this is exactly what I needed, thank you.
Glad it helped! Please share :-)
6:30 ...I like it when he crunch it once and decided to back down a bit to give it another go for a good measure.. :D
...look at the satifying smile on his face, obviously nothing worse than uneven wears.. :D
Me watching this because I bottomed out my car 2 times now at the same spot, out of a Walmart parking lot💀
Wow, that was so nice, thank you
I find it funny when people give me dirty looks cause I gotta go over speed bumps on an angle
Put a QR code to this video on your car
Phenomenal. I’m sitting in a friends new c8 and refused to move until watching this.
Hah this came up on the YT app but didn't tell me which video so I was curious! The C8 is a lovely car and I'm so, so glad I could help #savethenose :-)
The reason for the slow is so the suspension doesn’t compress on impact, further reducing the approach angle.
Also, it was interesting to see how many people stopped on crunch, and then went back down the drive edge, further increasing the damage.
An extreme improvement is to be parallel to the gutter and actually use a tightly turned wheel to be the first thing up the gutter. Then you have to straighten up so the rear doesn’t impact the full kerb. It’s lucky some of those cars didn’t lose traction from lifting a drive wheel on the angle.
Good points, I actually thought about showing how to mount a kerb using the full-lock technique but left it out in the end. Modern cars have brake traction control which helps with the cross-axled situation.
Nice....now I just a need a car that's low enough for me to try it out✌️
Very very educating.
thank you to the noses crunched for this educational video 👍
Didnt see a portuguese vídeo about this. Thanks man!!!
Brilliant !
Great video, it was very helpful. I'm going to be buying my first sports car soon (hopefully) and I always wondered how people handle driveways and speed bumps with the car that low. I'm gonna start the habit of going in at an angle now so when I get my new car I won't mess up the nose of the car.
good move!
Thanks for video. Very helpful.❤.
Super helpful content. Many thanks!
Glad it was helpful! Please share :-)
I love you for this
Awesome 👌
This will be so helpful when i get my dream car 86 and make it more lowered with tilty wheels
Step 1: raise it back to stock height. 😆
Watching this video because i have my porshe coming up in a few months!!
This never used to be a problem in the old days where a typical family sedan had similar ground clearance to a modern SUV. And driveway design is also to blame. At some point steep curves became trendy versus the shallow ones of earlier years. These days I literally have to plan all my trips so as to make sure I am going to do a left turn into any driveway or otherwise I already know the driveway is "safe" for a straight in approach with no angle. And I just have a normal car on standard suspension. It does not help that even standard cars these days all have soft plastic lips under the front bumper which I presume are partly there to help direct the airflow to the right places and partly there to warn us when we are approaching a "hard" clearance limit. At least the soft plastic lips are cheap and easy to replace. I carry a couple of spares just in case (have not needed them yet).
Great video! Thank you very much!
Especially since i want a mustang and there is a (negative) example with one 😄
Very interesting
Great. Thanks sir.
The real problem is knowing where and when you will find these type of unleveled bumpy ditches. If you know it is there you can avoid it, if you dont there goes your bumper.
This ‘angling off’ approach has an important side effect which also helps prevention of the nose grounding. Approaching on the angle means that both front wheels don’t ‘drop’ into the gutter throat at exactly the same time. Instead when ‘angling off’ each front wheel gets to drop on its own, leaving the other front corner to help carry the cars weight at that exact moment…. Can make an important difference especially when your car is really low (my Radical has an approach angle of less than 3 degrees!)
Exactly right, although having most (all) of the car's front axle weight carried on one wheel will compress the suspension more than if the weight was equally carried, but even so, angling off works...as the people shown at Cars & Coffee proved! A three degree AA is really low, must have great aero on that car :-)
Damn, I was hoping to see how the kia rio in the back at 4:30 handles, because I have the same car 😅 very nice and educational video, this will really help!
Always slow at an angle the lower you are the steeper the angle. But sometimes you just can’t as another car is entering and don’t have room
6:05 That gave me a good chuckle
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Sadly the problem still exists when you're driving through an intersection that dips like a driveway.
I switch to driving an overlander on those streets. My mustang is restricted to evenly leveled streets.
Look I’m a a technician to me you sound like a technical person I like it , I bought my self a C63S seems a bit low thanks for the video I will keep it 💯
Glad I could help, please share!
Everyone that needs to watch this video has made it in life 🎉
I saw someone do this yesterday and did the same thing right behind him. He had a camaro
That LandRover had me howling 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣