Earlier this week I "had" to travel from Karori to Makara Beach. Just to see how well my NB went around corners .
It did that VERY well .
BUT, due to parts of the road only being the width of 2 MX5's and a lot of blind corners I wasn't able to use the lines I wanted. This wouldn't have been a problem, except for subsidence & bumps from tree roots. The car kept bottoming out . Even when trying to be careful some bumps appeared out of "nowhere". The car being lowered no doubt didn't help. Which leaves me wondering how a standard height NB would cope? Does anyone know?
thin bumpy country roads
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Hi, we often drive that road in a NA . Do push it around the corners and definitely don't bottom out on the bumps. Have you kept driving all the way to Johnstonville?
Cheers,
Peter
Cheers,
Peter
Peter Garrity
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I haven't driven all the way to J'ville. Maybe between xmas & the new year. I want to visit the end of the valley road.
The worst piece of road was from the turnoff to the beach to Makara village. With the second worst from Makara village to the turnoff to the beach.
Rest of the road was purrfect
The worst piece of road was from the turnoff to the beach to Makara village. With the second worst from Makara village to the turnoff to the beach.
Rest of the road was purrfect
David
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I priced getting mine raised to standard height earlier today. It was almost $3500 ( excluding the club discount ), with new genuine parts. Seems almost worthwhile, considering that the car has almost done 100,000km. I'm going to have to find out how far the suspension can be expected to last.
David
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