First Time on the Lift for a Mechanical Inspection The Elise had been given all the necessary servicing during it’s lifetime so far with some decent upgrades too. But I think it’s fair to say that servicing work carried out, particularly during the last two owners time, was driven purely by MOT and recommended intervals. […]
As the first car to go on the lift was James’ WRX, which is pretty low, it was clear to see there would be occasions when we’d need something to help some cars drive up on to the lift. Left over timber from the roof trusses was perfect to make some ramps. Angles cut […]
When I drew the plans for the extension of the garage I could see that the increased roof height in the rebuilt section of roof would be fine for shorter cars like the Mini but the joists of the original roof structure would be an obstruction to lifting average length cars like the Evo. I didn’t […]
Having got the ridiculously heavy thing up the drive and into the garage the next job was to carefully plan where the platforms should be. The roof space to lift larger cars into or ones with stupid spoilers like the Evo’s becomes a bit tight so I needed to get this right. With some cardboard […]