James,
I went through the same experience as you... oversized speed bumps.
I presented the homeowners association with the [exhaust replacement] bill
telling them next time they'd be presented with a law suit. They reduced the
height of the bump!
Worked for me....
WFO Herb
Keep the sticky side down!
James Nazarian Jr wrote:
> Ron,
>
> can I borrow your Esprit? My homowners ass doesn't seem to mind that I am on
>my third exhaust on my B cause I keep ripping them off on the speed bumps. I
>didn't even try for 15mph. I stop when I get to them, roll over them as
>easily as possible, smack the oil pan and then drag the entire exhaust along
>the bump.
>
> --
> James Nazarian Jr
> 71 MGB roadster
> 71 MGBGT - with V8 parts
> 01 Impreza 2.5RS
>
> A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have
> evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
>
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 04:59:14PM -0800, Ron Soave profoundly declared:
> > > registered the car yet. The
> > > > only problem is, they put in TALL speed bumps a
> > > couple years after I
> > > > moved in here.
> >
> > Congrats! NOTHING like that first drive after long
> > downtime. Speed bump story below:
> >
> > I was on my Homeowner's Association board of directors
> > in Floriduh when they proposed doing this (DISCLAIMER
> > -I want to protect kids from speeders, but the police
> > set up a radar to check speeds, and no one was
> > speeding; it was almost impossible to do so on the
> > streets where I lived). The association assured me if
> > it was safe for an ambulance, no car could bottom out.
> > I told them the front clip of my Lotus Turbo Esprit
> > was $9800, the exhaust $800 and the tail clip another
> > $1000, ground clearance was something like 2.5 inches
> > without any chad hanging. I pointed to the fat-ass
> > president and said "me and you are gonna go for a
> > little 15 MPH test drive over a bump, and if I bottom
> > out the Association is paying for it."
> >
> > Surprise, no speed bumps (plus I later found it it was
> > illegal for the association to touch a city street).
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