C8 Ground clearance

[Royd]

What is a good angle to approach speed bumps (6" high) or humps with an abrupt change of grade >6 deg to avoid ground strikes? C8 ground clearance is 5.3" and front lift is ~1.5" (40 mm) at front wheels.

 

[MKC8]

Don't worry about angle, worry about speed. Go slow.
When in doubt, avoid.

 

[scraze66]

Always approach them at an angle. Haven’t had any issues with speed bumps in BC.

 

[Jack Raccoon!]

What is a good angle to approach speed bumps (6" high) or humps with an abrupt change of grade >6 deg to avoid ground strikes? C8 ground clearance is 5.3" and front lift is ~1.5" (40 mm) at front wheels.

Huh, what? You have got out of your car to measure degree of angle?! Employ a spotter...





Oh yeah, welcome to the Forum....

 

[meyerweb]

I always aim for about a 45 degree angle. (Why don't computer keyboard have a degree symbol?)

 

[Jack Raccoon!]

Huh, what? You have got out of your car to measure degree of angle?! Employ a spotter...





Oh yeah, welcome to the Forum....

Omg I just went through my glove box and I think GM threw a Protractor into the Owners Manual package thingy...

 

[1st Vette]

What is a good angle to approach speed bumps (6" high) or humps with an abrupt change of grade >6 deg to avoid ground strikes? C8 ground clearance is 5.3" and front lift is ~1.5" (40 mm) at front wheels.

Front lift ….. but when in doubt park on the street.

 

[Murray20c8]

Omg I just went through my glove box and I think GM threw a Protractor into the Owners Manual package thingy...

That's your fuel filler funnel. Funnely enough

 

[Jack Raccoon!]

boooooo.......

 

[Royd]

Thanks for the input. Aim for 45 deg makes sense.

For the curious, we have underground parking at our apartment with abrupt changes of grade to get from the street over the gutter up over the sidewalk and down the ramp. Before buying the C8 I wanted to be sure I could park in the building. Your iPhone likely has an Inclinometer App installed, so there is no hardship to measure the grades with it and add them to get total grade angle delta. We know the distance between front and back the wheels and the ground clearance is 5.3". It is not beyond the whit of man to figure out what the max. grade angle delta is without a bottom strike and compare to the actual grade angle delta in advance of trying it.