Owners Club

Talking about the raised traffic calming crossings here in Spain reminded me of my first ground clearance surprise with the Zero.
We, son and I, trailered the Zero from a very snowy GBS in December 2010 to here in Wild West Spain in one non-stop shared driving voyage, with a brief rest on the ferry.
Unloaded the Zero in our spacious car park and tucked it up for the period we crashed out to recharge our batteries.
Then the first outing on our roads did not entirely go to plan.
Our land is on many levels (terraces) and the car park straddles two or more so is quite steep.
The track outside the gate is fairly level, but the builder had to make a level for the huge gate to roll on.
So outside the gate was slightly lower than inside which was, as I said, on the slope.
The Zero went up the slope effortlessly as you would expect then came to an abrupt halt with wheels spinning and the car rocking see-saw fashion, pivoted on the metal runner for the gate.
Ejected passenger (son) and found some timber to create a ramp and the car was soon outside.
However, the return entry was equally accomplished with more wood.
So, a top priority, with the aid of our builder, was to increase the level outside the gate with concrete and provide a gentle crown to the exit.
Only the faintest of grating can be heard now, on the seat runner bolts.
But then there is about a hundred metres of totally unmade track to the highway, which is negotiated with a zig zag route to try and miss the high points or at least use them to advantage.
I did manage to divert one of the workers with a pecker on his JCB to smooth a few peaks off the granite rocks on this track but it is still a little perilous with a passenger and a slow meander with just me on board.