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  • What car for a VERY narrow driveway?
  • rsl1
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    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)

    garage-dweller
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    Park it on the road.

    Or

    Get Mahoney from police academy to park it.

    nosherduke996
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    A bicycle made for two. 🙄

    Bregante
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    Get a convertible, or one with a very big sunroof?

    cynic-al
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    Are convertibles narrower?

    legend
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    don’t have to open the doors in a convertible – clever

    wcolt
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    We’ve a Fiat Panda – happily bombs along the motorway and zips through the rat runs a treat!

    CountZero
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    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!

    tymbian
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    A goCARt…

    IGMC.

    glasgowdan
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    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.

    wombat
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    A motorbike and sidecar

    trail_rat
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    No option to make the drive into something suitable for a car as oppose a motorbike ?

    csb
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    Bedford rascal van and get out of the slidey side door.

    legend
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    similar idea to the convertible, can’t guarantee it’s not wider than 1.7m though

    sc-xc
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    Google tells me a Peugeot 1007 has sliding doors?

    midlifecrashes
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    Was going to say a Jimny, googled it and it seems so:

    http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/specs/data-bank/data-bank-narrowest-cars/%5B/url%5D

    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!

    rsl1
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    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 🙂

    kayak23
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    CountZero
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    iamroughrider
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    if it’s an old banger, just wedge it in, and climb out through the boot.

    matt_outandabout
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    /Widen the drive

    rsl1
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    Haha good plan legend!

    Junkyard
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    oliverd1981
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    don’t put your bike on the tailgate before driving out.

    Messerscmitt?

    tightywighty
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    1575mm and can climb straight out. 8)

    br
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    Get out and push it in?

    Edric64
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    Buy a car from the 80s ? they were narrower ,no side impact bars and safety features which bulk modern cars out

    falkirk-mark
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    Bond bug FTW
    1400mm and opening canopy

    joat
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    A Car for biking you say[/url]

    maccruiskeen
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    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.

    jambourgie
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    epicyclo
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    MG Midget. Leave the hood down or put a tonneau cover on it, and jump in.

    hora
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    Matiz or a Panda. Love Pandas. 😀

    feckinlovebbq
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    citroen 1CV

    DaveyBoyWonder
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    Google Japanese key car. That’s what you need.

    Or a Carver.

    molgrips
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    A small one, obviously.

    Lots around. VW Up!, Nissan Micra, Smart etc etc

    Milkie
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    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.

    chilled76
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    Smart car?

    molgrips
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    Don’t get a classic mini unless you want to die in a car crash.

    danielgroves
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    G-Wiz*.

    * bike may or may not fit. Will look stupid with bike on roof. Looks stupid anyway, actually.

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