Memo to self: Next time... measure the car.

[darkcat]

Well i wont do that again!

You know how it is, you are so happy up with your new car purchase that you forget about the practicalities of living with it.

So i decided to swap (plus cash) my TVR Chimaera for a Ferrari Mondial. (sort of a sideways upgrade, its slower, a lot.)

went through with the PX and got it home. I didnt put it in the garage the first night, as it was late and i had to move some stuff about.

Anyway, i had a play with the car and decided to put it in the garage, now the TVR had a good 18" of space (length-wise) in the garage... but this...

It doesnt fit.

Its about an inch too long to get in and close the garage door.

cock.

Edited by darkcat on Tuesday 20th November 08:32

[kambites]

Lol, surely you can modify the door to give an extra inch of clearance?

[muckymotor]

A friend of mine did the same although not with a Ferrari. He had to knock the end wall down and poke the nose of the car into the utility room.

His wife went fking ballistic

[Art0ir]

muckymotor said:

A friend of mine did the same although not with a Ferrari. He had to knock the end wall down and poke the nose of the car into the utility room.

His wife went fking ballistic

Absolute hero. And balls of steel

[darkcat]

hehe! yeah - not sure i can modify the door really, would look weird against the other garage door.

the other option is to recess the rear garage wall a bit. there is about a foot of space behind the garage, so could build a little mini 3ft high extension :-)

[Matt UK]

It'll have a bit of give in it, just make sure you give the garage door a proper slam.


BTW, worst I've got a Ferrari thread evvaarrrrr

Seriously though, cool car and full marks for updating your profile so quickly with a pic of your new car.
Parked outside

Edited by Matt UK on Monday 19th November 23:25

[g3org3y]

Strong work!

[longshot]

Build a 30 degree ramp in the garage. Will give that extra inch or two.

[DJFish]

longshot said:

Build a 30 degree ramp in the garage. Will give that extra inch or two.

And it'll be easier to roll out when it won't start!

[Baron Von Alders]

Can you move the door frame forward about an inch?

Cheaper than knocking a hole in the back wall!

[Vipers]

darkcat said:

Well i wont do that again!

You know how it is, you are so happy up with your new car purchase that you forget about the practicalities of living with it.

So i decided to swap (plus cash) my TVR Chimaera for a Ferrari Mondial.

went through with the PX and got it home. I didnt put it in the garage the first night, as it was late and i had to move some stuff about.

Anyway, i had a play with the car and decided to put it in the garage, now the TVR had a good 18" of space (length-wise) in the garage... but the Ferrari...

It doesnt fit.

Its about an inch too long to get in and close the garage door.

cock.

So size does matter.

[darkcat]

Matt UK said:

It'll have a bit of give in it, just make sure you give the garage door a proper slam.


BTW, worst I've got a Ferrari thread evvaarrrrr

Seriously though, cool car and full marks for updating your profile so quickly with a pic of your new car.
Parked outside

Edited by Matt UK on Monday 19th November 23:25

oh come on, at least I didnt post pictures of a car not fitting!
Ive seen FAR worse threads! (and it wasnt actually intended that way either!)

[y2blade]

I'm in the middle of the same process.
My garage has a fairy narrow opening so width is tight on the S60, along with having a roller cab tool chest at the front of the garage I'm tight for length too.

I have had to go through a list of car I like and look up all the dimensions on Autotrader, checking and double checking.....crossing cars of as I go.

It has made the selection process a lot simpler now it's done I have just got to pin down an honest seller and I'll be laughing

[jet_noise]

Dear dc,

you can move house can't you?
Or rent a another garage (bigger of course ) from the council or housing assoc.?

When looking for a new house recently the garage was the first thing I measured. I declined to offer on two otherwise suitable homes because the garage was too small,

regards,
Jet

[PGM]

[kambites]

You could take my approach of knocking down the garage and rebuilding it several feet bigger on the thinly veiled excuse of adding an extra bedroom over the top.

[clonmult]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

So - whilst musing..... If / when I replace my MX5, that sits nicely in my single garage, a 996 or 7 will fit.



Won't it?

Of course they'll fit. No problems whatsoever.

I had an irritating version of the same problem many years back; got rid of my '85 Cavalier for an AE82 Corolla GTi. Its shorter than the Cavalier, so it'll fit in the garage. Sure, it fit length wise, but width? The doors always interfered with some of the brickwork. So I eventually gave up and kept the drivers window open and got in/out Dukes of Hazard style .....

[darkcat]

jet_noise said:

Dear dc,

you can move house can't you?
Or rent a another garage (bigger of course ) from the council or housing assoc.?

When looking for a new house recently the garage was the first thing I measured. I declined to offer on two otherwise suitable homes because the garage was too small,

regards,
Jet

Bit extreme, moving! might be slightly easier just to mod the garage or sell the car...

[darkcat]

clonmult said:

Of course they'll fit. No problems whatsoever.

I had an irritating version of the same problem many years back; got rid of my '85 Cavalier for an AE82 Corolla GTi. Its shorter than the Cavalier, so it'll fit in the garage. Sure, it fit length wise, but width? The doors always interfered with some of the brickwork. So I eventually gave up and kept the drivers window open and got in/out Dukes of Hazard style .....

Dave - i dont know... the 996 is 46cm longer than an mx5.

[big_boz]

Baron Von Alders said:

Can you move the door frame forward about an inch?

Cheaper than knocking a hole in the back wall!

+1 This, My dad had to do this back in the 80's when he bought a new Izusu Trooper, He didn't consider length only height, i clearly remember actually going with him to the garage with a tape measure, then going to the Dealer and checking height.

He was not best pleased, had i been an adult i suspect i would have laughed.. A LOT!