Driveways: Front in or Reverse?
Discussion
)I know it's not what the driving gods on here want to hear, but I drive in. That's on the advice of my little garage who does my MOT and the odd steering alignment. Secondly I've got a nice bush in front., which holds the heat in my engine in winter, should the temperature fall a bit low. This also helps keep my windscreen clear for a bit longer as derv cars do not warm up quickly on idle. It also keeps the stuff on my screen away from street view( it's all auto shut off). To see what I've got in front means that laddo has to walk in garden. Not nice when I've got a JRTX with the hearing of a sound detector and a bark that sounds like the dog size she always thought she was.
It also helps that the exhaust is hot a bit longer, so any Tom CAT looking to pee on the rear end might get a "warm" welcome.
It also helps that the exhaust is hot a bit longer, so any Tom CAT looking to pee on the rear end might get a "warm" welcome.
Would rather reverse in as it’s easier to drive out without having to triple check I’m not about to squish a child. However, current car grounds out when backing onto the drive, so I have no choice but to drive on and reverse out. The local kids will just have to look after themselves!
sanguinary said:
Would rather reverse in as it’s easier to drive out without having to triple check I’m not about to squish a child. However, current car grounds out when backing onto the drive, so I have no choice but to drive on and reverse out. The local kids will just have to look after themselves!
Being a pensioner, I go out after the kids (and their myopic carers) go to school. Only problem I have is the Myopic mums in the kidie mobiles failing to recognise a hazard more than 6ft from their nose on their return, in the mad craze to get to the shops ,before all the food is sold out. Fortunately I have a partner that can spot them at a good distance. 
king annoys me Reverse in.
Our driveway is quite narrow and runs down the side of the house, with the house to the left as you stand on the drive facing the street. If you drive in, you have to watch the door on the house wall. Our neighbours drive is joined to ours but obviously their house is on the right, so they drive in for the same reasons.
If I didn’t have this scenario, I’d probably still reverse in, in the same way I generally reverse park in a space instead of drive in. Habit, I guess.
Our driveway is quite narrow and runs down the side of the house, with the house to the left as you stand on the drive facing the street. If you drive in, you have to watch the door on the house wall. Our neighbours drive is joined to ours but obviously their house is on the right, so they drive in for the same reasons.
If I didn’t have this scenario, I’d probably still reverse in, in the same way I generally reverse park in a space instead of drive in. Habit, I guess.
I'm lucky there's an in and out drive, drive in, round by the walled tree and drive back out.
Theres a 30ft distance between the wall around the tree and the wall around the garden and house but still S.l.L managed to smash the rear bumper virtually clean off her Mokka into the wall a fortnight ago..
Theres a 30ft distance between the wall around the tree and the wall around the garden and house but still S.l.L managed to smash the rear bumper virtually clean off her Mokka into the wall a fortnight ago..
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