Sport PASM Ride Height
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I'm on the West Coast and I don't scrape. I'm just super careful and I angle anything steep. Granted if you're living and driving in the middle of a major city, you're more likely to scrape once in a while. Other than that, I think it's pretty easy to avoid scraping more than on the very rare occasion.
Three Wheelin'
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From: los angeles
I'm on the West Coast and I don't scrape. I'm just super careful and I angle anything steep. Granted if you're living and driving in the middle of a major city, you're more likely to scrape once in a while. Other than that, I think it's pretty easy to avoid scraping more than on the very rare occasion.
they will scrape given the driveway slope or undulation/bump in the road, no matter how careful one is. again, it all depends on the roads you drive on, and driveway slopes you face on a day to day basis. if you don't have steep driveways or "weird" street junctions to traverse then you should not have a problem with such. i get that. but they DO and WILL scrape. the notion i'm trying to dismiss is that they WILL NEVER or DON'T.
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By that logic, any car will scrape if the conditions are right, even a PASM car. To conclude that the last 10mm of SPASM is the reason, is flawed logic. And I don't live in a new community. I drive all over the Bay Area and rarely ever scrape, though I don't stop in SF much. I'm sure it would be a bigger challenge there.
And I never said they would never scrape. Just that it's easy to keep it to a minimum. And anyone unable to avoid scraping every time the leave their driveway simply bought the wrong car.
And I never said they would never scrape. Just that it's easy to keep it to a minimum. And anyone unable to avoid scraping every time the leave their driveway simply bought the wrong car.
Three Wheelin'
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From: los angeles
By that logic, any car will scrape if the conditions are right, even a PASM car. To conclude that the last 10mm of SPASM is the reason, is flawed logic. And I don't live in a new community. I drive all over the Bay Area and rarely ever scrape, though I don't stop in SF much. I'm sure it would be a bigger challenge there.
And I never said they would never scrape. Just that it's easy to keep it to a minimum. And anyone unable to avoid scraping every time the leave their driveway simply bought the wrong car.
And I never said they would never scrape. Just that it's easy to keep it to a minimum. And anyone unable to avoid scraping every time the leave their driveway simply bought the wrong car.
other folk's cars scrape more of the time, than yours, you know, because of the different situations they face because they're NOT all like the roads you traverse. some folks cars may NEVER scrape, you know, because their roads and driveways may be close to flat, or less steeply sloped.
bought the wrong car? huh?
Drifting
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I have SPASM and almost never scrape. It it's definitely due to being careful. I've gotten through psychotic insane bumps and driveway angles without any scrape by slowing down and coming in at a huge angle. If you drive like google car and take everything head on, then yes driving onto a given grade change will result in a scrape. However if you're smart about it and find a good angle you can get through almost any situation.
Three Wheelin'
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From: los angeles
I have SPASM and almost never scrape. It it's definitely due to being careful. I've gotten through psychotic insane bumps and driveway angles without any scrape by slowing down and coming in at a huge angle. If you drive like google car and take everything head on, then yes driving onto a given grade change will result in a scrape. However if you're smart about it and find a good angle you can get through almost any situation.
the spasm cars scrape, no matter how careful one can be.
becoming funny.
Burning Brakes
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From: Carlsbad, California
I have SPASM and its the first car that I've ever had that has scraped and seems to scrape with some consistency. Granted, its the plastic black lip, so I'm not worried. But scraping will happen with SPASM. Would still order it in a heartbeat, however.
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Instructor
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From: Quebec, Canada
If that can be of any comfort, I did the same on my .2 C2S: PASM + lift. I'm fine with my decision. Yes the SPASM looks better but we have ****ty roads here and I live in a hilly area. The car will be my DD and I want to have the confidence that I can take it anywhere: underground garage, speedbumps, etc. without any worries.
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your car scrapes....even if only a fraction of the time. you go on to admit that your car may even scrape more of the time if you drove in San Francisco. i'm from the Bay Area and know quite well what the roads and driveway slopes can be like in the City.
other folk's cars scrape more of the time, than yours, you know, because of the different situations they face because they're NOT all like the roads you traverse. some folks cars may NEVER scrape, you know, because their roads and driveways may be close to flat, or less steeply sloped.
bought the wrong car? huh?
other folk's cars scrape more of the time, than yours, you know, because of the different situations they face because they're NOT all like the roads you traverse. some folks cars may NEVER scrape, you know, because their roads and driveways may be close to flat, or less steeply sloped.
bought the wrong car? huh?
My point isn't that you'll never scrape. It's that, outside of commuting daily inside a major city, you can avoid scraping a SPASM car more than extremely rarely with just a modicum of care and attention. Anyone who's scraping regularly probably just isn't paying attention or, at the very least, isn't accepting the fact that you have to be more careful with a lowered car.
And yes, I wouldn't buy a car that scraped every time I left my house. I recently passed on a potential very nice home because the driveway would have been a nightmare for a sports car. And I loved that house, but there is no way the issue could have been remedied given the slope of the property.
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Regardless of how careful I am driving in Los Angeles, I scrape the front lip daily on my SPASM equipped 911S.
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Northern California must just be a bizzaro world of great roads. If I was scraping my car every freaking day, I'd be getting a different car.
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If I were to order a new 991.2, I would definitely not spec SPASM.
