Driveway departure angle

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As seen at my mother-in-law’s

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A Costco run and it’s dragging the tow hitch that for some reason is installed on that venza

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DISCUSSION (33)


Kinja'd!!! dogisbadob > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 18:53

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truck yeah!! That Venza is awesome


Kinja'd!!! carcrasher88 > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 18:54

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Is that Ridgeline blue? It looks just like the one we have in our driveway, but our driveway is rather flat.


Kinja'd!!! Cash Rewards > dogisbadob
05/17/2020 at 18:57

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I don't fully understand why they didn't sell a billion of those


Kinja'd!!! Cash Rewards > carcrasher88
05/17/2020 at 18:58

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Yup, Honda's very nice sapphire blue that I wish our pilot was


Kinja'd!!! HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 18:59

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It was ahead of its time. 


Kinja'd!!! ranwhenparked > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 19:06

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They’d better have a damn good drainage system on that driveway 


Kinja'd!!! If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 19:09

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That driveway must be a bitch and a half when it's icy out.


Kinja'd!!! Cash Rewards > ranwhenparked
05/17/2020 at 19:11

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Judging by MiL driveway.....no, absolutely not


Kinja'd!!! Cash Rewards > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
05/17/2020 at 19:12

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This community has many many driveways like this, and many worse (this, but not straight). We’re in Virginia, but minutes from west Virginia, so winter’s ar e real here. Most park a car on the street when it’s winter


Kinja'd!!! Kiltedpadre > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 19:14

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The tow hitch is probably there to save the rear bumper from the inevitable ripping off that would happen without it.  It could also be there to mount a bike rack, but you’d have to park on the street before you could install it.


Kinja'd!!! ranwhenparked > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 19:22

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How does the garage not flood in heavy rain?


Kinja'd!!! Cash Rewards > ranwhenparked
05/17/2020 at 19:24

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I don't have an answer. Unless the drain is inside behind the door, but why?


Kinja'd!!! Urambo Tauro > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 19:30

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Oof, I wonder how much landscaping would have been needed during the construction phase  to prevent this result. Methinks the extra cost would have been worth it.


Kinja'd!!! 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 19:31

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Could be worse! Only a short Jeep could get in these. Fun fact, Venza sounds like toilet seat in Japanese according to my wife, sort of a Bvenza sound. Funny how Toyota thought that was a good idea, they don’t sell that car in Japan anyway. 

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Kinja'd!!! Michael > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 19:35

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From my neighborhood growing up, view straight into the 2nd floor from the road, plus a downward s-curve

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Kinja'd!!! fintail > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 19:38

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A driveway like this would be a deal-killer even on a dream house, unless it could be rebuilt.

I recall the fintail’s prior owner had a driveway like this, and you had to manuever the car at a particular angle when entering or leaving, or the car would scrape its butt in an aggravating manner.


Kinja'd!!! Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
05/17/2020 at 19:38

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Whaaaa. Why don’t they just move the sidewalk closer to the street and slightly higher up so there is a semi reasonable grade? Or just put the garage in the basement?

Reminds me of this boat launch access road I  saw. No way can you get back up again.

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Kinja'd!!! Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 19:39

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That’s a house with a basement flooding problem. My dad told me to always buy a house on the top of a hill. I didn’t listen with the first one, I have since then. It was good advice.


Kinja'd!!! avalonian > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
05/17/2020 at 19:42

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Like this is really the only and actual answer. Just like the FJ, they should totally bring those 2 vehicles back.


Kinja'd!!! If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > dogisbadob
05/17/2020 at 19:58

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05/17/2020 at 20:07

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Reminds me of my aunt & uncle’s house in Winchestaaaaaahhhhhh, MA.

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Kinja'd!!! Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 20:33

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I would not buy a house like that.  I just imagine it getting flooded after a hard rain.   


Kinja'd!!! Under_Score > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 20:45

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These are literally Cobb and Paulding County driveways for homes built between 1990 and 2005.

But make them steeper! Then, you have a better picture.


Kinja'd!!! 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
05/17/2020 at 21:28

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Yeah I guess you could carry a kayak down there, I don’t think I’d back a power boat down that. 


Kinja'd!!! BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > dogisbadob
05/17/2020 at 21:29

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Had one. It was a great car. Stone reliable, comfortable, well equipped, versatile, and even a subtle amount of style, especially compared with newer Toyotas, and almost all Lexus.

The only reason I went for a Grand Cherokee afterward is for the better occaisional off-road chops after I moved to a more rural area.


Kinja'd!!! Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
05/17/2020 at 21:34

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No I can’t imagine that I would either. I would just launch it somewhere else and sail to the dock.


Kinja'd!!! Cash Rewards > Urambo Tauro
05/17/2020 at 22:07

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Elsewhere in the neighborhood. Notice the roof at road level behind the first roof


Kinja'd!!! Cash Rewards > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
05/17/2020 at 22:20

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There's stuff just like that in this neighborhood


Kinja'd!!! Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Cash Rewards
05/17/2020 at 22:31

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I’ve seen driveways that steep only on occasion. Here’s a moderately steep on that seems like it could have been better. I’ve seen much worse.

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Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
05/18/2020 at 00:30

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I've seen the second one many times, but that first one is even worse!


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
05/18/2020 at 00:30

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They were probably required to put the sidewalk there by local zoning code.


Kinja'd!!! superdave847 > Cash Rewards
05/19/2020 at 00:02

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I had an E90 335i with the M-Sport package and that would have wrecked it’s bumper  every which way.


Kinja'd!!! Cash Rewards > superdave847
05/19/2020 at 07:05

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My Miata wouldn't stand a chance