JeffDL

try a sedan. my coupe definitely sits lower than my sedan did.

hmf63

Thanks for the suggestions...I guess. I don't see how planks could help. Maybe a small diagram. The problem is that the transition is too quick from the street. By the time the rear wheels were about to reach the slope the spoiler was about to hit. And this was with the car as angled as feasible.
I've almost convinced myself that parking on the street may not be as bad as I imagine. But really, who wants their baby not in the security of its own garage.

alexmtl

Are you really sure the C63 wasn't lowered? I find it hard to believe that a 911 clears it but not the C..

hmf63

You've gotta consider that the wheelbase of the Porsche is more than a foot less than than the C63. And the tip of the exhaust would lightly scrape on occasion. But the front was never a problem...with all the other cars I driven if they do scrape is always been the rear, never the front.

CarHopper

Planks get the car a little higher and can also reduce the angle of the driveway. They would definitely work, just depends on how many you'd need. However, that would suck to do every single time you went in and out of the driveway.

Again, did you try reverse? The rear of the car is higher than the front. The only issue I see is the front of the car rubbing on the street instead of the driveway. But reverse and very sideways has gotten me up driveways just as steep as that.

hmf63

I'd even be willing to re-pour a portion of the driveway (I think) if it would help but based upon what I see and the particular topography I can't see how it can be done. But then again I'm not an engineer.

rentzington

i cant imagine how a stock c63 wouldnt clear that, i've got a stock 2010 sedan and a steep driveway and i've got no issues even with a CF lip on the front reducing the bumpers clearance nearly 2"

that coupes got to be lowered if it cant go up without scraping, that or coupes sit way lower than sedans

hmf63

Ok...sorry all you disbelievers but really it was a stock '13 coupe with 18 in. wheels. The primary problem is that it was almost scraping while the back wheels were still on the street with the car angled maybe 30 degrees from the front of the driveway. Any attempt to go further would have been disastrous. Based on that I really can't even see how using planks or building some sort of ramp would work.

CarHopper

^Think about a plank.... The front wheels will be on the plank lifting the car an inch or two (or however wide/how many planks you use/etc)... That extra room would make it so the front of the car didn't hit the driveway, because the car would be higher off the ground. As soon as you get that back wheel started you'll be fine.

This is the last time I'm asking this, but did you try and go up backwards?

hmf63

Thanks for your comments PHA...no I didn't try going backwards but I would think the front would be more prone to hit even if the rear is higher...and I think trying to back up my driveway would be a scene. I'm not sure most of you appreciate how steep it is. If the transition from street to driveway was wider and more gradual I'd have a chance...but the way it is now there's no way.

cornerjunkie

Looks like you need to go ahead and sell the house.

flubbernub

BLKROKT

The planks will cut the angle down significantly.

Not a perfect example, but you should get the idea here.

AMG6.3

But the car and remove after market front lip and your good to go.

CarHopper

No worries, and I am sure it is steep.

If you really wanted the car you'd be able to do it in reverse and have planks like the ones pictured a few posts up. They would allow the nose of the car to get high enough so the front wheels would get onto the pavement without hitting bottom.

The rear of the car sits high enough you wouldn't have an issue there.

Again, if you really wanted the car I'd call the seller back and be ready with some solid 2''x10'' boards and go up backwards. Or even a combo of sideways and backwards.

SMOKEY300

Yeh, man up!

I think going in nose first would be best, plenty of angle then straighten up as you climb the driveway.

Other thing you could do is buy a metal ramp to place over the gutter to try and flatten the approach angle. Something like this but deeper so you get a nice big flat plane:





Or if you really want to go wild, install a Roberuta Cup Kit over the front struts.

unagi1

Upgrade to 19" wheels, planks, and backwards. Done!

OC6.3AMG

many great ideas, or you can just park in the streets. I wouldn't park a Pagani in the streets, but a C63 is really just another C-class to average Joe.

HBC350

My stock 507 would easily make it up that driveway without damage if I enter at an angle.

Baked

They sell rubber planks about 6 feet wide that you can lay at the base of the driveway similar to the metal one pictured in one of the above posts. That should allow you to get in.

Surge

Sorry but there's no way that was a stock ride height on the C63. A 911 is lower- I have the last gen 911 and the C63 coupe is considerably higher.

odonnks

Its not that it's lower.
The approach angle of two cars at the same ride height will be different if the distance from the front lower edge to the front wheel center is different.
The car with the shorter distance will have a steeper approach angle.

Surge

I get it, I studied Engineering. But the overhangs on the 911 are no shorter than on the C63, I bet the 911's overhang is actually longer. Perhaps someone can measure.

odonnks

Sorry....

Porsche lists the approach 2015 911 approach angle as 12'ish degrees for the models listed. I couldn't quickly find the non turbo models.
http://press.porsche.com/vehicles/20...nical-Data.pdf

I've not seen this spec in print for a C63.

Surge

hmf63, you really ought to test another car. A few people have questioned that that car had a stock suspension, and I'm one of them.

You may also want to seek out a C63 without the sport suspension, which lowers the ride height.

Good luck… don't let one owner's car rule them all out.