Hey will my car get damaged if i park on driveway but kerb is not lowered?

Question

Hey people,
I have recently bought a car but im afraid our driveway kerb has yet not been lowered. I am in the process off contacting council to have this sorted. But in the meanwhile how damaged can my car get as i am scared of parking it in on road as people scratch it.
Many thanks xx

Answer 1

If you're very careful and drive over the kerb slowly for now you'll be okay. Hitting kerbs at speed (above 2 or 3 mph) will damage tyres, wheels and suspension, so crawl up the kerb in first or second gear - you'll need to use good clutch control - until your kerb is sorted. Otherwise, it might be better to risk leaving it on the road for now. Good luck.

Answer 2

Shouldn't do much harm as long as you drive slowly. Hey, I dont want to be a stick in the mud, but it is actually an offence to drive over the pavement to a drive or whatever without the kerb being lowered. I looked into it some time ago, because I wanted the pavement lowered outside my house & my council were charging in the region of £500 - £600!!!!!

Answer 3

Put some ramps up the kerb. The damage you can expect is to your shock absorbers (if you go up the kerb too fast), possibly the steering column and maybe even the engine and gearbox mounts (I've just had to replace my gear box mounts because of damage caused by speed humps and potholes in the road.)

Go as slowly as possible up the kerb for now and you should be okay.

Answer 4

Its actually illegal to drive over an unlowered kerb, and the council are likely to have a pop at you even if you use a bit of wood.

You will not get the kerb lowered unless you are accessing your drive or front garden.

As for your car - exhaust, dampers, suspension mounts, low bodywork, if its hanging down - you are likely to hit it.

Answer 5

Shouldn't do too much harm, just a bit of tyre wear as long as you don't hit the kerb hard (shock absorber wear). You might want to check what they're going to lower it with, our council used to lower the kerbstones and surrounding pavement flags, now they replace the pavement flags with cheap black tarmac and lower the price of people's homes

Answer 6

Some councils won't let you lower the pavement at the house driveway because the access may cause accidents on the roadway. My neighbour's application was refused because of that.

Answer 7

Shouldn't have bought such a flash car then. A lump of wood in the gutter will help.

Answer 8

you could get a ramp made so you could then put that to the curb ands then drive up in to your drive way when you are not using the ramp keep it some where safe for future use.thats what i used to use until the curb had been lowered

Answer 9

if you use some wooden clocks it will be ok but ! you might get a fine from the council as it is illegal to drive over the verge and footpath to get to your driveway !

Answer 10

It wont do it any good in the long run.