will a 996 fit in single garage?

[TonyG2003]

My garage is slightly narrower than yours and I get my 991 into it. I keep to the left hand side as I drive in forwards. Park, put down the drivers window, plug in the ctek (cigarette lighter) charger, squeeze out and use the fob to close the window. I’m looking forward to our house move happening and getting a serious more spacious double garage (with space for another nice car!).

[Scho]

mr pg said:

It's ok if heated.

And soundproofed ideally.

[Roberty]

I have a 996 C4S and it fits in my single garage, new build house so about as small as a garage comes.

To protect my doors I have a sleeping mat from a camping store folded over so it’s double thickness and held to the wall by screws in all four corners with large washers.

I have one on each side so I can drive straight in or reverse in should I wish and a 2by4 bolted across the floor at the far end so when the front wheels touch it I know the cars in without hitting the wall.

[lloydyis35]

Thanks again everyone. With a huge thanks to TonyG2003 confirming that he can get a 991 in a garage even smaller than mine. The dream lives on!

[mikey P 500]

Think you will be fine a c2 996 is a fairly narrow car, (narrower than my Toyota gt86 which it replaced). Don't know the width of my garage but fairly standard new build type and as you can see 996 fits easily even with loads of junk everywhere, and can get bikes past on both sides.

[douglasgdmw]

I know a lot of people use carpet but there is a product that is available at a lot of garden centres which is slightly thinner and has a felt backing which makes sure you do not damage your door when opening the car.

It is called capillary matting for greenhouses and with a bit of "no more nails" adhesive did the trick in my previous garage (even though it was a double the developer had effectively made it 2 singles with a brick divide down the middle), worked wonders when I had to open the door fully on the Lotus Elise to get out of the car.

This is smaller but you can get it in larger sheets:
https://www.dobbies.com/products/gardening/grow-yo...

George

[Noyzboy]

I have a pair of 4 x 2s nailed together to make a 4 x 4 on the ground against the left wall of the garage for the length of the wall.

With the left mirror folded back I drive in to the garage and keep bumping the left front tyre against the wood to make sure I am as far to the left in the garage as possible without hitting the wall.

4 x 4 works for me with two different cars (not Porsches) without graunching wheels or bodywork but may need adjusting to suit a particular car. Works reliably

[MrJingles705]

Noyzboy said:

I have a pair of 4 x 2s nailed together to make a 4 x 4 on the ground against the left wall of the garage for the length of the wall.

With the left mirror folded back I drive in to the garage and keep bumping the left front tyre against the wood to make sure I am as far to the left in the garage as possible without hitting the wall.

4 x 4 works for me with two different cars (not Porsches) without graunching wheels or bodywork but may need adjusting to suit a particular car. Works reliably

Jesus no, please OP don't do this.

[sundayjumper]

Quite !

I'm surprised at the number of people driving straight into their garage. Reversing in makes it much easier to get the car tight to the wall.

[boxsey]

sundayjumper said:

Quite !

I'm surprised at the number of people driving straight into their garage. Reversing in makes it much easier to get the car tight to the wall.

Depends on the layout of the garage....reversing into mine would mean that I wouldn't be able to use the inner door of the garage.

[Alpinestars]

Noyzboy said:

I have a pair of 4 x 2s nailed together to make a 4 x 4 on the ground against the left wall of the garage for the length of the wall.

With the left mirror folded back I drive in to the garage and keep bumping the left front tyre against the wood to make sure I am as far to the left in the garage as possible without hitting the wall.

4 x 4 works for me with two different cars (not Porsches) without graunching wheels or bodywork but may need adjusting to suit a particular car. Works reliably

Old mattress against the left hand side wall works well.

[TonyG2003]

@ MikeyP500 - that’s very spacious compared to my garage! I can squeeze down the sides of my car. I definitely can’t put any weight on otherwise I wouldn’t get out of the car.

[red997]

having just down sized to a single garage, I can understand your pain
New single is 2.4M wide, and I can reasonably easily get a 991 GT3 in, and still get out with relative ease (I always back into parking spots)
Gorilla taped a thin foam pad to the wall to prevent any door edge rash.

[SV_WDC]

996TT02 said:

What dumb F creates a space like that and calls it a garage, I really do not know. Might as well put it upstairs, with stair access. And call it a bedroom.

A lot of garages were built decades ago when cars were small enough to fit in them.

[Friar911]

boxsey said:

It's quite tight in my garage so as suggested above I fixed foam floor mats to one wall to protect the door when getting in and out:

https://www.diy.com/departments/auto-pro-interlock...

Cheap but look neat and have been very functional.

I do this....

[sundayjumper]

996TT02 said:

What dumb F creates a space like that and calls it a garage, I really do not know. Might as well put it upstairs, with stair access. And call it a bedroom.

Astute developers who want to fit as many new builds as possible into a given space and know that normal people don't put cars in garages and will never notice.

[sundayjumper]

mikey P 500 said:

Don't know the width of my garage...

That's a LOT bigger than the OP's garage. I'm guessing at least three metres.

[lloydyis35]

I'm just chuffed that people with 991s can get into a 2300mm garage. Never would have believed it. In the flesh a 991 looks sooo much wider than a 996.

[MDL111]

I believe the parking space on the 4-space-ramp I park on is 2.30m and I can park my FF there and open the door enough to get out, so a 996 which is much narrower with much shorter doors should easily fit imo (I do regularly ding the door though)

[sundayjumper]

Finally got around to measuring my garage. I've got 2500mm internal and my 996 fits fine. I can't *fully* open the door but it opens enough to get in & out without too much trouble.

So I reckon 2300mm will work as long as you get the car tight to the wall on the passenger side, and you aren't too much of a bloater