I spent a long time going back and forth on air vs coil suspension and I ended up with coil. I made a mistake. I did not realize that my own driveway (for the next 10 months) and my work driveway (also for the next ~year) are unfriendly to the car.
I'm able to get into my garage at home ONLY if everyone else gets out of the car first, and I take it at an angle (Thankfully I'm the only car parking in a 2 car garage) and go about 1mph. If I do any of that wrong, it will scrape. At work, if I go very slow and come out at an angle (blocking the entry ramp for anyone coming in) I can do it. I haven't gotten honked at yet, but I imagine over time I'll inconvenience a few other people. If I attempt to leave with passengers and go straight out, it scrapes.
So bottom line, I constantly live in fear because my daily 2 parking spots will cause scraping if I don't take them sideways and incredibly slow and with no one else in the car. My home garage seems to be the larger issue of the two.
So what are my options now? Is there such a thing as "shaving down" some concrete at my house? Where the driveway meets my garage..it's a little steep so the car is trying to hit the concrete of the garage floor. What about getting the car "lifted" slightly? I have no idea if something like that is possible or costly.
Both driveway situations WILL be changing by the end of 2016, but I'll probably put 8000 miles on the car before then and park in those situations several hundred more times. What are my options?
I'm able to get into my garage at home ONLY if everyone else gets out of the car first, and I take it at an angle (Thankfully I'm the only car parking in a 2 car garage) and go about 1mph. If I do any of that wrong, it will scrape. At work, if I go very slow and come out at an angle (blocking the entry ramp for anyone coming in) I can do it. I haven't gotten honked at yet, but I imagine over time I'll inconvenience a few other people. If I attempt to leave with passengers and go straight out, it scrapes.
So bottom line, I constantly live in fear because my daily 2 parking spots will cause scraping if I don't take them sideways and incredibly slow and with no one else in the car. My home garage seems to be the larger issue of the two.
So what are my options now? Is there such a thing as "shaving down" some concrete at my house? Where the driveway meets my garage..it's a little steep so the car is trying to hit the concrete of the garage floor. What about getting the car "lifted" slightly? I have no idea if something like that is possible or costly.
Both driveway situations WILL be changing by the end of 2016, but I'll probably put 8000 miles on the car before then and park in those situations several hundred more times. What are my options?