Who has clearance issues for their GT in their driveways. I know, probably not many, but with the diffuser and spoiler, who has to do something special to get it over the lip on the driveway, and what creative solutions did you come up with?
Clearance for Driveway
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Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Weeeeeell...how about $25K worth of driveway resculpting and landscape work?:rofl:rofl:rofl
Before I did that, I used a plywood "bridge" to get from the driveway to the street & Back. But, trust me - THAT got real old real fast...
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Well, 'way I 'figgered' it, doing that was cheaper than the OTHER OPTION - changing residences! :lol
('Wifey would doubtless have said, "As long as we're buying a new house, why don't we....etc., etc., etc." And at THAT point the $25K driveway bill would look like parking meter 'munny'! :willy)
STORMCAT
GT
Good one Kendal.. :lol And now we know why the car never left the garage.. As Paul Harvey would say " And now you know the rest of the story. Good day .." :biggrin
.... and maybe that's why the Pockets are Empty !!:lol
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Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
BlackICE
GT Owner
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Kingman
GT Owner
This is an option from Griot's
http://www.griotsgarage.com/product...=basic&keyword=ramp&sortby=newArrivals&page=1
http://www.griotsgarage.com/product...=basic&keyword=ramp&sortby=newArrivals&page=1
I think it was the full $25K - he only drove it into the garage - never came out!
(he let the buyer drive it out - - after the check was written)
:cheers
STORMCAT
GT
" Storm Drain ".. hummm,,, That's a new one for me... I kinda like it ,, sometimes I feel like I'm in the gutter....:biggrin
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
fjpikul
GT Owner
FlyLOw, try pulling in at an angle, one front wheel at a time. The front is lower than the back. In any event, the front diffuser costs less than $200 vs the rear which is probably now about $1800.
S592R
GT Owner
- Dec 3, 2006
- 2,800
OCPETE
GT Owner
t32b
Verde
I can make it up the driveway by driving in at 45 degrees. But I have a drainage dip before the garage threshold and need 2x10'sx5' to make it inside. Huge bummer. It creates a psychological barrier to just jumping in and going for a ride. I just haven't been able to bring myself to do one of those $25K EP upgrades. Maybe that explains the 1600 miles on the car 
And I just put a GT3 bumper on my Porsche, so it needs the boards as well. Oh the cost of beauty!
And I just put a GT3 bumper on my Porsche, so it needs the boards as well. Oh the cost of beauty!
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
'Not that simple, 'Pete. 'Had a STEEP approach angle on the driveway where it met the street...and the street has a PRONOUNCED crown to IT as well that drops down to MEET the driveway. So basically what I had was TWO "down bubble" paved surfaces coming together which created a deep valley where they met...which ment no matter HOW much of an angled approach I used, as soon as the front tire(s) dropped into that valley, the "chin spoiler" said "hello" to the pavement even BEFORE the wheel(s) "bottomed out" in the valley. (Well, it[they] WOULD have w/o the bridge I made.)
So, it was a case of either keep hauling that dangedable bridge down to the foot of the driveway in my p/u everytime 'wifey & I went crusin' - OR redo the driveway. And I can tell ya after a couple months of doin' that the $25K looked like the bargain of the century! :lol
Pockets :bang:dead:
though it may have been easier to rent a hanger at the airport to park the GT in. My hats off to you for all the effort it took to drive it when you did drive it.:cheers Thanks for sharing:bow