Turning Circle - how many metres do you need to turn round?

[Zwolf]

BMW 7 Series SWB (E32): 10.8m.

[busta]

Bacon Is Proof said:

Turning around is like an admition that you've made an error, so I've never done it.
Driving a Jag I'll assume its turning circle is massive, so say half of whatever an EP3 Civic Type R can do it in.

[Toaster Pilot]

Aparrently 9m says Parkers but surely it's not given some of the values here for MASSIVE cars

[lost in espace]

Defender 110, 14.36 metres. Where do I collect my prize?

[attym3]

Eunos = 9.3metres

M3 = 11.6metres


Both can be made a lot smaller

[busta]

Toaster Pilot said:

Aparrently 9m says Parkers but surely it's not given some of the values here for MASSIVE cars

Is that for the Picanto? If so, thats more than respectable. It must be one of the tightest turning FWD cars!

Size of car has much less to do with it than the angle you can turn the wheels.

[PhillipM]

Toaster Pilot said:

Aparrently 9m says Parkers but surely it's not given some of the values here for MASSIVE cars

RWD cars can have more steering lock as they don't have driveshaft angles to worry about....

[bernhund]

My Noble has the worst turning circle ever. It actually makes me look a complete tw*t sometimes, especially if I happen to be somewhere where it's getting some attention like a pub carpark. You can see em looking and thinking 'flash b*stard... can't even drive it'. It's even worse in the dark when I can't see out the back, so I tend to park where I can go off in the right direction!

[Perd Hapley]

saaby93 said:

Triumph Herald was advertised as 25ft (7.62metres extremely approximately)
Spitfire/gt6 would be a bit less (or is it fewer)
Why would you need more?

It's pretty sweet turning in the road with one move like a black cab.


Triumph_herald_1962b by alframseysrevenge, on Flickr

[KB_S1]

Classic Impreza. 10m

It is very impressive for the size of car. Noticeably better than the GF's Fiat 500

[Engineer1]

lost in espace said:

Defender 110, 14.36 metres. Where do I collect my prize?

At least with a defender you can go through the hedge and carry on round

[lost in espace]

Engineer1 said:

At least with a defender you can go through the hedge and carry on round

Wheel spacers can improve the lock by allowing you to adjust the lock stops, but they are expensive as disco2 and fender drivers seem to treasure them.

[Vladimir]

Engineer1 said:

At least with a defender you can go through the hedge and carry on round

We have one too. You really so have to plan ahead when parking or you get stuck!

[PhillipM]

Well, there's no official figures on the buggy, someone'll have to work it out:

http://youtu.be/N6oVAWLKCpg

[Hammer67]

Perd Hapley said:

It's pretty sweet turning in the road with one move like a black cab.


Triumph_herald_1962b by alframseysrevenge, on Flickr

My Vitesse does that, trouble is ~ it feels like you`re ploughing the road and you leave a fair percentage of your tyres behind and it puts massive stress on the vertical links which can and do snap. Fortunately the old bus loses traction at stupidly low speeds so you can end up facing the other way without applying any lock whatsoever.

[saaby93]

Hammer67 said:

My Vitesse does that, trouble is ~ it feels like you`re ploughing the road and you leave a fair percentage of your tyres behind and it puts massive stress on the vertical links which can and do snap.

Wasn't that due to the grease nipple being pumped with grease rather than oil
The low speed scrubbing of the front tyre - shown up well by the ploughing in that ad

[eldar]

Bacon Is Proof said:

Turning around is like an admission that you've made an error, so I've never done it.

And we welcome Margaret Thatcher* to our thread

• Turning circle, 83 years.

[James_N]

busta said:

9.8 metres for my 5m long Volvo 940.

Same amazing aren't they!

[andyps]

Perd Hapley said:

saaby93 said:

Triumph Herald was advertised as 25ft (7.62metres extremely approximately)
Spitfire/gt6 would be a bit less (or is it fewer)
Why would you need more?

It's pretty sweet turning in the road with one move like a black cab.


Triumph_herald_1962b by alframseysrevenge, on Flickr

I took my test in a Triumph Herald, when asked to do the three point turn the car could easily have done it in one on the road but I figured that doing that may not go down well! Drove the car a lot and the turning circle was great but it did feel to be putting a lot of strain on things when used on full lock.

I have now gone to the opposite extreme, a Fiat Coupe 20VT, it doesn't have a turning circle, there are so few places you can actually turn fully it almost always needs at least a 3 point turn. Definitely the worst feature of the car.

[Jandywa]

Ive got a yaris t-sport and according to google its turning circle is 15m.

I knew it was st but comparing to some on this thread.. its very st for such a small car.