Looking to buy my first car, cheap banger for getting where I want to ride. Only problem is my driveway is 1.7m ish at its narrowest. So, suggestions for something fairly normal that will fit? According to Parkers website Clio's and Corsa's won't, which is worrying (Not keen on stuff like a Matiz as it will only really be doing motorway miles)
Park it on the road.
Or
Get Mahoney from police academy to park it.
A bicycle made for two. 🙄
Get a convertible, or one with a very big sunroof?
Are convertibles narrower?
don't have to open the doors in a convertible - clever
We've a Fiat Panda - happily bombs along the motorway and zips through the rat runs a treat!
If you can stretch to one, the more recent Fiat Panda is 1.5m wide, I'm struggling to think of a car narrower than a Panda.
Wcolt - snap!
A goCARt...
IGMC.
You still need to open doors to get out. I'd wager nobody has ever used that drive for parking cars. Use the road and buy a decent car without a silly restriction like this.
A motorbike and sidecar
No option to make the drive into something suitable for a car as oppose a motorbike ?
Bedford rascal van and get out of the slidey side door.
similar idea to the convertible, can't guarantee it's not wider than 1.7m though
[img] 
[/img]
Google tells me a Peugeot 1007 has sliding doors?
Was going to say a Jimny, googled it and it seems so:
[url= http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/specs/data-bank/data-bank-narrowest-cars/ ]http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/specs/data-bank/data-bank-narrowest-cars/[/url]
If the whole drive is narrow, not just a pinch point, the Peugeot 1007 has sliding doors which might help a bit. Edit: beaten to it by 6 seconds!
House is directly next to a 4 lane roundabout so that's not possible. There is plenty of space once I get down the drive to back yard, don't have to park in the narrow bit thankfully! I hadn't actually thought of a Panda, sounds like a good contender - relatively high roof for loading it 🙂
[img] 
[/img]
if it's an old banger, just wedge it in, and climb out through the boot.
/Widen the drive
Haha good plan legend!
[img] 
[/img]
don't put your bike on the tailgate before driving out.
Messerscmitt?
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
1575mm and can climb straight out. 8)
Get out and push it in?
Buy a car from the 80s ? they were narrower ,no side impact bars and safety features which bulk modern cars out
Bond bug FTW
1400mm and opening canopy
Look at japanese cars - vehicle width is a factor in determining taxation class there so cars aimed at the budget market tend to be narrow.
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
MG Midget. Leave the hood down or put a tonneau cover on it, and jump in.
Matiz or a Panda. Love Pandas. 😀
citroen 1CV
[img] 
[/img]
Google Japanese key car. That's what you need.
Or a Carver.
A small one, obviously.
Lots around. VW Up!, Nissan Micra, Smart etc etc
Classic Mini - Fun to drive, can do all the maintenance yourself, cheap to maintain and modify. It's 1.3/1.4m wide, although I'm not sure if that includes the wing mirrors.
Smart car?
Don't get a classic mini unless you want to die in a car crash.
G-Wiz*.
[img] 
[/img]
* bike may or may not fit. Will look stupid with bike on roof. Looks stupid anyway, actually.
classic mini's are ace but not the greatest for motorway miles and I was going to have one I'd remove the back seats and fit a roll cage, as molgrips says, they are a design from a previous age and the cars of today are twice the weight and size not to mention the big artics on the motorway
how often are you driving on the motorway ? if it's daily and year round then a mini isn't the best solution but if it's weekends and non-specific journeys then probably ok - a 1275cc is preferable to the 1L if you have a choice
More likely to die in a crash on a country road than on a motoray.
Stick a Metro head on your Mini for a bit of engine tuning ?
Actually Minis are great cars to crash. I got through a few. 🙂
I never hit anything solid though because they were very swerveable even in extremis.
The list of people who die in minis is sobering. Great to drive fast but very fragile isn't a good combination.
