Driveways: Front in or Reverse?

[MYOB]

SAS advises reverse in so a quick getaway is possible when the poo hits the fan. So that's my mantra

[markyb_lcy]

I live on a busy road (traffic and pedestrians) with a bus lane so I prefer to come out front first, hence reversing in

Edited by markyb_lcy on Sunday 28th June 15:11

[Dyl]

Me and the wife always reverse in - as said by others I think it looks neater, plus I personally prefer just being able to get in and pull away in one manoeuvre. However we are in the minority on our street, all bar one or two houses are drive in.

[InitialDave]

Reverse in.

[bigandclever]

Drive in, reverse out. It’s fine for my drive/road.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

In my last house had the luxury of drive in drive out.

In current house it's reverse in if car lives on the drive. Car in left side of garage is front in, car in right side of garage is reverse in.

I think that's covered all the bases

[Chubbyross]

rog007 said:

Reversing in allows a speedier exit in the event of an emergency (say taking a pregnant partner in heavy labour to the hospital at 2am).

Does that happen regularly?

[rog007]

Chubbyross said:

rog007 said:

Reversing in allows a speedier exit in the event of an emergency (say taking a pregnant partner in heavy labour to the hospital at 2am).

Does that happen regularly?

I was using the ‘pregnant’ story as a cover for a multitude of scenarios where one may wish to make a sharp exit!

[InitialDave]

Oh God, just realised we're all outing ourselves as not being able to give the correct PH answer that we drive in forwards and drive out forwards, having turned around on our capacious gravel drive.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

InitialDave said:

Oh God, just realised we're all outing ourselves as not being able to give the correct PH answer that we drive in forwards and drive out forwards,

Somebody has

[Henz]

Chubbyross said:

rog007 said:

Reversing in allows a speedier exit in the event of an emergency (say taking a pregnant partner in heavy labour to the hospital at 2am).

Does that happen regularly?

I'd say it's likely judging by his username

[Cold]

MYOB said:

SAS advises reverse in so a quick getaway is possible when the poo hits the fan. So that's my mantra

But then you'd be using the very delicate front of the car to ram the black Mercedes Sprinter out of the way which could well damage your radiator and compromise your escape.

[Alucidnation]

Drive in, as i'm not going to reverse up a 300m driveway.

[vikingaero]

Alucidnation said:

Drive in, as i'm not going to reverse up a 300m driveway.

You have a 300m driveway and are too tight to install a turning point?!

Maybe that's why you have a 300m driveway, because you don't spend on frivolity!

[hungry_hog]

Used to live on a rat run, so it was 'front in' by necessity. I didn't fancy playing roulette with South Hert's finest waiting for me to reverse in, especially in a 911 (even an old one), I could predict what the disapproval level would be like

Would then play the hokey cokey at night when the road was quiet, turning the car round ready for quick getaway

Never ever buy a house on a rat run! Especially one with a tiny driveway

[Alucidnation]

vikingaero said:

Alucidnation said:

Drive in, as i'm not going to reverse up a 300m driveway.

You have a 300m driveway and are too tight to install a turning point?!

Maybe that's why you have a 300m driveway, because you don't spend on frivolity!

There is a parking area which is the turning point.

[ToothbrushMan]

far easier on the approach to my drive to check the mirrors and quickly survey there are no cats or kids around etc so its a cinch then if nobodys around to swing out right then slam into reverse and straight back and in. then the drive out the next time is easy too. if somebody is behind me i'll indicate to the left to them past then the reverse in on.

[Fastdruid]

While normally I'd be another one for the "wife drives in, I reverse on" group, it's a bit more nuanced. Mostly she would park on the drive, I would park on the road but in the current situation I've taken to parking on the drive (because my car has barely moved since this situation started and is still on the same tank of fuel from March!) while she's still commuting.

I'm "driving on" because with the size of my car I like to get it close to the house rather than overhang the pavement and if I reverse up close to the garage then I can't get into the boot.

Also my wife pointed out once that in the dark if you reverse on the slope of the drive means we're shining our headlights directly at the house opposites bedroom windows which is a bit inconsiderate.

[hammo19]

We have a narrow lane to get out onto but 2 separate drives so we reverse. The car in the garage is also reversed in.

[Ardennes92]

I learnt to drive when gearboxes weren’t all synchro and reverse was the lowest ratio (guess it probably still is), so always reverse in when warm and drive out when cold, told by my little garage this causes less stress on the mechanical parts. Less chance of getting boxed in this way as well.