Well we finally got Florence back only to have our plans for a few trips out to be curtailed by the wipers packing up as per my earlier thread. Our trip to the Lakes was out of the question so we returned home from Manchester on Sunday. We were two up with a suitcase on the luggage rack that probably weighed about 25kg and the luggage space behind the seats was full of bits and bobs.
We were lucky with the weather and set off from Greenfield heading for Holmfirth as part of a circuitous trip home.The A635 across the moors is a perfect Morganeering route but sadly identified another issue with the car. Namely the lack of ground clearance at the rear. Cruising along at 55 to 60 in the sunshine was extremely pleasant until we came across some mild undulations when the exhaust grounded and the mem sahib screamed which I found most disconcerting. The road surface was good and as I said the undulations were only mild certainly not conditions where you would expect to ground the car. It has grounded before but that has been either on rough roads or an unseen pothole. Our Roadster would not have grounded under these conditions even with twice as much luggage on the rack and in the car.
Having read the Plus Six thread regarding ground clearance I have measured my car (with half a tank of petrol and 28 psi tyre pressure) as per the Plus Six thread from the ground to the inside edge of the wheel arches and the results are as follows.
Rear O/S 627 Front O/S 634
Rear N/S 634. Front N/S 636
Having looked under the car it is evident that the rear ends of the four exhausts are grounding and the fact that the off side of the car is lower is borne out by the deeper scrapes in the two off side pipes. I'm off to Krazy Horse in the morning to have the wipers fixed and will get them to look at it then. In the meantime I would be interested to hear other peoples' experiences with this issue.
