Need something to prevent car from bottoming out into driveway. Metal plate? Something else?

[clay]

billb wrote:
They =make rubber gutter bridges that are oh so common in some neighborhoods to fit in those gutters - if that's a standard gutter and not just some oddball apron grade. A metal bridge will serve the same purpose.

A snow plow might catch on it an rip it out though.

Good points on both. It appears to be a standard gutter size (at least, to my untrained eyes). I will look to see if there's something off the shelf in rubber that might do the trick for less cost. Good note about snow plows...whatever we put down we will likely need to move before any significant snowfall, which we do commonly get in winter.

[michaelb]

I don't really know anything about this, but it just seems like an idea that won't work or won't work long term. Does the car bottom out when the rear wheels are in the valley or when the front wheels are heading down the slope? This may only address the 2nd issue and not the first. I wonder what is causing the peaks and why that wasn't leveled when the driveway was created.

[Onamuji]

clay wrote:
[quote=billb]
They =make rubber gutter bridges that are oh so common in some neighborhoods to fit in those gutters - if that's a standard gutter and not just some oddball apron grade. A metal bridge will serve the same purpose.

A snow plow might catch on it an rip it out though.

Good points on both. It appears to be a standard gutter size (at least, to my untrained eyes). I will look to see if there's something off the shelf in rubber that might do the trick for less cost.
'Haven't seen those before.

Neat!

http://images.google.com/search?q=rubber+curb+ramp&safe=off&hl=en&sout=1&biw=1920&bih=1005&tbm=isch&gbv=2&sei=jg9IVqWPF8SYmQG76YKgCQ

[OWC Jamie]

michaelb wrote:
I don't really know anything about this, but it just seems like an idea that won't work or won't work long term. Does the car bottom out when the rear wheels are in the valley or when the front wheels are heading down the slope? This may only address the 2nd issue and not the first. I wonder what is causing the peaks and why that wasn't leveled when the driveway was created.

Many driveways that have a downhill grade from the street have that hump to stop rivers of water from the street in a downpour from going down the driveway.
Some driveways have that little rain gutter to channel rain water down to a collection point.

The hump can wreak havoc on undercarriages and sometimes air dams and tow hitches
the little gutters can wreak havoc on front air dams on low to the ground cars

[NewtonMP2100]

....so you want the car to be a top only.....and not versatile......???