I've been doing process server work in a major metro area ( Denver ) and am really getting to enjoy it. ( call me crazy :)
For those not familiar, it involves serving legal papers on people in the evenings and weekends.
But you may have heard how snowy it's been here this winter and the neighborhood streets have been horrible.
Snowy bumps, sometimes 6-8" with holes down to the pavement, so the car is driving in ruts and bottoming out etc.
It's really rough riding and knocks your guys around.
But here's my question. I'm starting my own company for this business, I enjoy it so much.
Now those of us who are a little older, remember those old pickup truck ads that showed the truck going down railroad ties with a glass of water on the dash, and not even spilling that water? What was that, some kind of special custom suspension?
And then my mind starts thinking of those old "low riders" that some of the latinos in LA were making. So here's my idea.
I get something like a 3 year old AWD Matrix, something that can go over snow and not get stuck all over the place.
My present front wheel drive 93 Corolla wagon is a little tricky at times on snow. So I get an AWD Matrix for starters.
Then I have it modified with a suspension like that, that can ride totally smoothly over bad bumps, like these snowy streets.
THEN I have it customized also with some electric or hydraulic lifts ( not sure how the low riders do that ) so I can raise the car maybe 6" above the base level?
That would put the frame up high enough so it wouldn't bottom on those snowy ruts in the street?
Would that make it where I could cruise through those snowy neighborhood streets, smoothly, and not even bottom the car?
Would it also make it even easier for me ( I'm 6' tall ) to get in and out, without having to bend so low?
BUT, would it cost a fortune to do all that? That's my main concern. CAN it be done, and would it cost a fortune that I couldn't afford?
Thoughts?