Lowered cars and ferries?

Daaryl

I'm just wondering, I'm planning on going to england for a few days to see some friends and i'm just wondering does anybody have any experiences with lowered cars getting on and off the ferry, I'm only wondering this as my Audi is pretty low all round, And would i need to bring planks of wood with me to get onto the ferry or would i be fine without them?

colm_mcm

I brought my lowered fto on the ferry and it was no bother.

Atlantic Dawn

If you can get around multi story car parks you should be fine, if you can't you will have problems.

JBokeh

Bring a couple of short lengths of timber just in case, but unless you're all stance nation low i'd imagine you'll get away with it.

I'd be more worried about the amount of speed bumps in the UK these days, I'm waiting for them to pop up on motorways some time soon

ShaunieVW

How low? There is massive anchor points for chains I guess along the floor inside that I had to avoid with the sump of one of my lowered cars, I was 100mm plus low though do anything moderately low should be ok. Also the ripples on the ramp going in ruined my valance! Raise it if you're on coils.

Uncle Ben

Daaryl wrote: »

I'm just wondering, I'm planning on going to england for a few days to see some friends and i'm just wondering does anybody have any experiences with lowered cars getting on and off the ferry, I'm only wondering this as my Audi is pretty low all round, And would i need to bring planks of wood with me to get onto the ferry or would i be fine without them?

From experience ask the shoreside staff if you can go on the bottom deck. On some ships the ramp up to the topdeck can be steep and getting over that could possibly be a risk depending on your modifications. Over all however there is no problem for standard vehicles.

Pov06

Is it on coilovers? Just raise it a bit. You'll have a much more comfortable ride for the trip

edburg

You be fine, you may scrape the initial ramp on to boat. If lads think it will not go up to park deck they will leave down below with trucks.

That's what they did with me, the lads on boat are decent enough.

Joe 90

I've had the Exige (S1) from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire and back with no problems.

9935452

Daaryl wrote: »

I'm just wondering, I'm planning on going to england for a few days to see some friends and i'm just wondering does anybody have any experiences with lowered cars getting on and off the ferry, I'm only wondering this as my Audi is pretty low all round, And would i need to bring planks of wood with me to get onto the ferry or would i be fine without them?

Is the audi standard or lowered ?
If you can get over speed bumps you will get on the ferry no bother.
With irish ferries if you stick the hazards on they wont put you on the high decks.

edburg

9935452 wrote: »

Is the audi standard or lowered ?
If you can get over speed bumps you will get on the ferry no bother.
With irish ferries if you stick the hazards on they wont put you on the high decks.

Hazards on are for disabled passenger's, as they need use of lifts that are for main deck on Irish ferries.

9935452

edburg wrote: »

Hazards on are for disabled passenger's, as they need use of lifts that are for main deck on Irish ferries.

I would say they use the hazards for other reasons too.
I was slightly overloaded in a golf (approx 750kg) getting on the ferry one day and was told to put the hazards on and they would keep me on a lower deck

darragh o meara

9935452 wrote: »

I would say they use the hazards for other reasons too.
I was slightly overloaded in a golf (approx 750kg) getting on the ferry one day and was told to put the hazards on and they would keep me on a lower deck

They usually have mats on board for very low cars, mine is 30mm lower and I damaged the exhaust coming down from top car deck, asked the dockers on the way back to go in bottom floor and was parked behind a very low Lambourghini murcialgo which they put a couple of mats under and he drove off no problem.

NickDunne

If Harry can get his Pagani onto a ferry, you wont have a problem

https://youtu.be/HMkX9DaP_gE?t=2m40s

Daaryl

Thanks for the replies guys!

LiamoSail

The hazards are just to identify a special circumstance with the car/truck, be that disabled access, dangerous goods or reefer etc.

I'm a ships officer and have worked on a lot of the Irish Sea ferries. Your car getting over the ramp depends both on the ship design, and the ramp being adjusted correctly for the height of tide. If you're in any doubt about getting over it, stop at the bottom and get the loading officers attention, he/she will keep an eye.

Generally the loading officer is under pressure to get the ship loaded and away on time, so by stopping at the end of the ramp, you'll get his/her attention quick enough