One of the worries I have had since day one was that of grounding the car. My specification choices included the lowered floor of the car which makes it much easier to access. But it does make the whole car (or more specifically, the bolts that hold the seat runners in place) very close to the ground.

I have left my mark, literally, on various speed bumps around where I live and am always on the look out for these hazards. The worst seem to be the truncated pyramid bumps. In most cases, gaps in the traffic allow me to drive down the middle of the road so that the bumps pass under the wheels rather that under my seat. There have been a few occasions where cars behind me get impatient because I have to wait for a gap in the oncoming traffic to move forward.

I have never understood the point of these speed bumps, or ‘speed cushions’ as they are formally known. They clearly work in terms of slowing traffic down which is fine, but the sloping sides mean that the car is lifted less than the height of the centre of the cushion – it seems almost designed to attack the underside of your car. Looking at how many of these cushions bear longitudinal scars, I am not alone in getting into scrapes with them.