Is my driveway too steep for 23 GTS?

[tophamn]

Hello hive. I’m looking at buying
a MY23 GTS but am concerned about my driveway angle of 15 degrees. The car has the adjustable height feature but I can’t find approach angles with it on the highest setting. Thanks.

As others have said: it's not the slope angle you need to worry about but sharp changes which lead to grounding, either front, rear or middle, depending on how the slope changes and how quickly.

I have a 23 GTS ST and my drive slopes but it's the hump between the drive and the road which sometimes grounds out - I have to raise the car and move out very slowly to prevent the car touching as it bumps over the (tiny!) kerb.

I think if you're at all worried then it won't work: it's a LOW car (even when raised) with a long wheelbase.

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[ct4s]

Get a CT. From memory it can go 3.5cm higher than a ST.

 

[bluegrassvroom]

i had to bust out the lower part of my driveway where it hit the street and do a more gradual slope - but it was just 1-2 feet i re-did. My driveway hitting the street was more of a standard curb (weirdest thing ever) than a driveway to road connection. my driveway was STEEP as well, but it was just the harsh angle at the very beginning that caused it to scrape

 

[Daiwee]

Get a CT. From memory it can go 3.5cm higher than a ST.

noted.

Get a CT. From memory it can go 3.5cm higher than a ST.

i had to bust out the lower part of my driveway where it hit the street and do a more gradual slope - but it was just 1-2 feet i re-did. My driveway hitting the street was more of a standard curb (weirdest thing ever) than a driveway to road connection. my driveway was STEEP as well, but it was just the harsh angle at the very beginning that caused it to scrape

yes I was already checking that option out today. I’m optimistic that it won’t be necssry though based on some measurements I’ve taken …

 

[Daiwee]

As others have said: it's not the slope angle you need to worry about but sharp changes which lead to grounding, either front, rear or middle, depending on how the slope changes and how quickly.

I have a 23 GTS ST and my drive slopes but it's the hump between the drive and the road which sometimes grounds out - I have to raise the car and move out very slowly to prevent the car touching as it bumps over the (tiny!) kerb.

I think if you're at all worried then it won't work: it's a LOW car (even when raised) with a long wheelbase.

Thanks for the input. Appreciate it.

 

[Flying ace]

In my neighborhood several people use a heavy rubber device from https://www.bridjit.com/ to give low clearance cars a chance to skip over curbs and get up on the driveway without scraping.

Works really well.

I use something like this for my 997 GT3 which has no FAL. I don't configure it this way though, more at 45 degrees across the edge, looks odd, but it works.

I store it inside because the 997 is rarely used. But it would be inconvenient if it has to be outside perpetually, bc I have street cleaning, and gene generally high foot traffic on my sidewalk

 

[amelen]

Mine is 12% at the start and I would have to raise my Turbo to not scrape.

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