Will I have issues trying to get up this steep garage driveway?

[thorHAM]

Hey guys, thinking of moving into this new place in NYC (Carroll Gardens), I was wondering if the steepness of the road to the exit would be problematic for an M4 at stock height?

Apologies for quality of the pic, didn't think to take a pic myself but grabbed this from the listing. The entrance is quite narrow so no way to go at it with an angle - just head on.

[TrauCon]

I think you will be fine since that black Lexus there is probably at the same height. But dont think about adding a lip, put aside dropping it.

[zorrro]

I think you will be ok at stock height no lip.

[espressoo]

Hard to tell from the pic but I'm sure it's a double wide exit/entrance. Exiting the garage would be fine since you'll always be able to angle it at the steepest point. Entering the garage you might encounter issues since you won't be able to angle it enough. You'll probably make it but not without scraping even at stock height without lip.

[dallastide]

Should be fine. My car is stock height with no lip and I go up similar or worse ramps all the time with no problem. That actually doesn't look too bad to me.

[Tommy L Garage]

You’ll be fine

But also - Carol Gardens is not NYC. Queens or Brooklyn are not NYC

[thorHAM]

Thanks guys for the reassurances, real close on moving ahead with the place

Originally Posted by Tommy L Garage

You'll be fine

But also - Carol Gardens is not NYC. Queens is not NYC

Thanks, but yeah NYC is actually five boroughs, and carrol gardens is in Brooklyn, and Queens is another borough. A lot of people mistakenly think Manhattan is only NYC.

[thorHAM]

Originally Posted by espressoo

Hard to tell from the pic but I'm sure it's a double wide exit/entrance. Exiting the garage would be fine since you'll always be able to angle it at the steepest point. Entering the garage you might encounter issues since you won't be able to angle it enough. You'll probably make it but not without scraping even at stock height without lip.

I hope so. Unfortunately, the entrance is not double wide, and the street is a tiny one way. It’s incredibly narrow, I was honestly surprised the CR-V in that picture was able to get in, so figured M4 would fit.

[Srac]

If it's stock you won't have any problem.
First time I testdrove an M4 the dealership kept it in a really steep ramp and I was amazed how it didn't scrape at all. My old e92 would have to call a tow truck to get it out of there.
I have a love/hate relationship with the ugly front gap.

[Tommy L Garage]

Originally Posted by thorHAM

Thanks guys for the reassurances, real close on moving ahead with the place



Thanks, but yeah NYC is actually five boroughs, and carrol gardens is in Brooklyn, and Queens is another borough. A lot of people mistakenly think Manhattan is only NYC.

Manhattan is NYC only

When you go in to “The City” you don’t go into queen or Brooklyn.

Juuuuust saying

[NashvegasR]

Been there done this.

I agree with the poster above. My old 2013 E92 would scrape in a ton of places where my M4 does not. SO you might be in luck.

I moved to San Francisco last year and had a ** very ** tough time getting a single family house with garage that worked. The challenge was... the Porsche (and now M4) cannot scrape, but a Range Rover w/ a goddamned roof rack that sticks up about 5.5" off the roof has to fit as well. I don't know if you've ever seen most of the SF houses, but the driveways are at ridiculous angles, and I don't even know how Model T's fit in half the garages back in the day. You see some very clever car parking in driveways around older parts of town. So I feel your pain.

Best thing. Bring your car (or all of them) and test it out. NOTHING worse than renting a place and realizing that you can't get in the garage without damaging your car(s).. IE do **NOT** sign a lease until you bring your car out with a spotter and try it.

I almost got dumped by my better half for refusing a house in a very posh neighborhood because garage slope.

[thorHAM]

Originally Posted by dallastide

Should be fine. My car is stock height with no lip and I go up similar or worse ramps all the time with no problem. That actually doesn't look too bad to me.

Originally Posted by Tommy L Garage

Manhattan is NYC only

When you go in to “The City” you don’t go into queen or Brooklyn.

Juuuuust saying

haha spoken like a true tourist. just an fyi mahattan being only nyc changed in 1898, when the boroughs became incorporated into the city.

[Tommy L Garage]

Originally Posted by thorHAM

haha spoken like a true tourist. just an fyi mahattan being only nyc changed in 1898, when the boroughs became incorporated into the city.

I grew up in Queens and lived on UWS for 10 years. Not a tourist at all. Just saying what the perception is.
Manhattan is the only City when NYC is mentioned.

[thorHAM]

Originally Posted by NashvegasR

Been there done this.

I agree with the poster above. My old 2013 E92 would scrape in a ton of places where my M4 does not. SO you might be in luck.

I moved to San Francisco last year and had a ** very ** tough time getting a single family house with garage that worked. The challenge was... the Porsche (and now M4) cannot scrape, but a Range Rover w/ a goddamned roof rack that sticks up about 5.5" off the roof has to fit as well. I don't know if you've ever seen most of the SF houses, but the driveways are at ridiculous angles, and I don't even know how Model T's fit in half the garages back in the day. You see some very clever car parking in driveways around older parts of town. So I feel your pain.

Best thing. Bring your car (or all of them) and test it out. NOTHING worse than renting a place and realizing that you can't get in the garage without damaging your car(s).. IE do **NOT** sign a lease until you bring your car out with a spotter and try it.

I almost got dumped by my better half for refusing a house in a very posh neighborhood because garage slope.

Last line is especially relevant to me, the slope is the only thing that's preventing me from leasing this apartment (and like the SF market, only got a day or two before someone else snaps it up). I've seen those SF driveways, and now that you mention some must be crazy, as well as those in the hills in LA...

[zorrro]

Originally Posted by Tommy L Garage

I grew up in Queens and lived on UWS for 10 years. Not a tourist at all. Just saying what the perception is.
Manhattan is the only City when NYC is mentioned.

Ha!

Fun fact - Marble Hill is part of Manhattan not Bronx.

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/n...manhattan.html

[Humdizzle]

just don't plan on buying any sports car or lowering your M3 while there.

[jmg]

Test it out with your car, that's the only way to know for sure.

[NYG]

Originally Posted by Tommy L Garage

But also - Carol Gardens is not NYC. Queens or Brooklyn are not NYC

Really? News to me.

Unless you're a foreigner, at which point your statement is forgivable.

FYI: Brooklyn is less affordable to live in than Manhattan.
FYI: Actual New Yorkers primarily live in the other 4 boroughs.

[Tommy L Garage]

Originally Posted by NYG

Really? News to me.

Unless you're a foreigner, at which point your statement is forgivable.

FYI: Brooklyn is less affordable to live in than Manhattan.
FYI: Actual New Yorkers primarily live in the other 4 boroughs.

I grew up here. Queens or Brooklyn will never be part of what real New Yorkers consider NYC.


Sorry for thread hijack lol

[brocurls]

As an ex-Queens resident, I think it's whether you lived or are in the boroughs.

If you live/lived in the boroughs/North NJ, NYC is Manhattan.
If you live anywhere else, NYC is all 5 boroughs.

You wouldn't catch me saying LI is NYC...

[NYG]

Originally Posted by Tommy L Garage

I grew up here. Queens or Brooklyn will never be part of what real New Yorkers consider NYC.


Sorry for thread hijack lol

You're from Jersey though, so your opinion on this topic is the equivalent of hog shit.

A lot of real New Yorkers up in UWS huh? Lmao

[Tommy L Garage]

Originally Posted by NYG

You're from Jersey though, so your opinion on this topic is the equivalent of hog shit.

A lot of real New Yorkers up in UWS huh? Lmao

Enjoy Brooklyn