Driveways: Front in or Reverse?
Discussion
Reverse in usually, garage always reverse in (I cannot get out the car otherwise)
Where is the option of parallel with the house as I sometimes do this to give the car some extra shade!
The previous owners pretty much gutted the front garden and gave us a decently large drive thank god.
Where is the option of parallel with the house as I sometimes do this to give the car some extra shade!
The previous owners pretty much gutted the front garden and gave us a decently large drive thank god.
We live on a blind corner, our courtyard entrance is on the inside of the bend, with a mirror opposite. Reverse in always, so you can come out forward using the mirror on the other side of the road to see if it's clear. Assuming any vehicles coming up are driving at the speed limit, they appear in the mirror about 4 seconds before they cross the entrance. No way to do you want to try to reverse out.
When returning home in the estate car I signal and wait for the traffic to pass, before pulling alongside the kerb, and reversing in from there. (it is a busy road)
Every now and then, a kind hearted soul flashes to let me get onto my drive, and rather than confuse them by then pulling alongside the kerb in order to reverse in, I tend to just drive in, after which I can then do a multi point turn on the drive, so that I can drive out front forwards onto the road.
When I say a multi point turn, think Mike Myers, Austin Powers doing a multi point turn in the electric buggy, on an access tunnel in the secret bunker!.
So I generally prefer it, if people don't flash to let me get onto my property, and would rather wait until the traffic has gone by, before reversing in.
Every now and then, a kind hearted soul flashes to let me get onto my drive, and rather than confuse them by then pulling alongside the kerb in order to reverse in, I tend to just drive in, after which I can then do a multi point turn on the drive, so that I can drive out front forwards onto the road.
When I say a multi point turn, think Mike Myers, Austin Powers doing a multi point turn in the electric buggy, on an access tunnel in the secret bunker!.
So I generally prefer it, if people don't flash to let me get onto my property, and would rather wait until the traffic has gone by, before reversing in.
I could just pull on and reverse off without issue, a quiet, spacious cul-de-sac with great visibility but I reverse on.
A number of reasons, drivers door closer to the main entrance i.e. spend less time in the rain/snow, there's a bit of a step as well and reversing on means I can see it in the door mirror... the last thing I want is to ding the car on it and, as the OP mentioned, for some reason it just looks tidier.
A number of reasons, drivers door closer to the main entrance i.e. spend less time in the rain/snow, there's a bit of a step as well and reversing on means I can see it in the door mirror... the last thing I want is to ding the car on it and, as the OP mentioned, for some reason it just looks tidier.
My car is big (E class estate) and lives in the garage and uses the right hand (as you look from the outside) door, so it’s a reverse in so I can get out with a fully opened door.
OHs little SLK lives under an enormous carport - it goes in forwards even though there’s plenty of drive space to turn it round. Reversing in, like mowing the lawn, has never been done.
OHs little SLK lives under an enormous carport - it goes in forwards even though there’s plenty of drive space to turn it round. Reversing in, like mowing the lawn, has never been done.
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