Driving up a steep driveway

[BLT]

Hey everytime I try to drive up my drive way (which is steep), my back tires seem to get stuck and just roll in place when i tap on the gas. Of course I do this all cautiously and I try to drive up from an angle cause I don't want to scrape my car which always hurts. Does anyone else get this problem? If so, what do you do?

 

[ProNoob]

I've had the same problem on my driveway. Just keep your momentum going by taking it a little faster and you'll be fine.

 

[BLT]

As a new owner to this new car, I feel hesitant to increase my momentum cause the sound of a car scraping against pavement hurts. But I guess I have to sooner or later huh

 

[Milkmaster]

My driveway is similar. The sport suspension on my Track model is very stiff and allows one wheel to come off the ground when I turn off the street. I questioned the limited slip differential not working until I did some research on the type of limited slip rear end the car is equipped with from Hyundai. You can do as suggested and go a little quicker or just apply the brake a little bit to make the other rear tire engage and stop spinning. There is a little timing to it, but it will indeed work.

The first time this happened I was caught across a small ditch with one wheel off the ground. We were at a ballgame where you had to park in the grass. One rear wheel would spin leaving me stranded. That was when I wondered why my limited slip was not working. Turns out there must be a little resistance to make the limited slip design work. That is why you can add a little brake to make it work.

Here is a link that explains how it works...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsen