Garage Sizes

Eric,

I think ask Ric he just manages it i believe with the aid of carpets on the walls good luck m8.

I can always sort out yr floors Good Luck

 

depends on how fat youi are ????????????

 

I do indeed have a pretty standard and therefore fairly tight garage. I forget what the internal measurement is but the door opening is 83-84 inches wide.

Getting in and out of the car is a bit tricky, but is easier with the window wound down. Carpet on the wall is a must. I put the car roughly in the middle of the garage as pushing it over to one side just makes it tougher to get out.

I'll measure the internal width later and let you know what it is.

Ric.

 

What I did before I got my 355 was to measure the width of the entrance and then found out the width of the car and also measure the width of the garage interior. I was lucky as my garage is a new extension and therefore not a 'standard' size. In your case it may be a good idea to enlist the services of a nearby f-chatter to gauge the opening with their car.

 

My garage is 84 inches at the opening and 95½ inside.
The opening isn't really the problem as I have a mirror positioned at the far end of the garage so I can guage where my passenger side is

I can't get out of driver's side at all due to buttress in garage. Can only get out of passenger side if I climb across, wind the window down then turn around inside car to face backwards.

The door opens just(and I mean just) wide enough to get my shin out. Then I have to hop out of it on one leg until I'm sufficiently far enough out of the door to be able to put my other foot down.

It's a real pain in the ass but definitely worth it. A 360 is definitely out of the question. I would say if your garage is any narrower than mine then you're going to have to go for the Spider!

 

this pistonheads thread may help you http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?t=8309&f=63&h=0&hw=garage

 

Why not make a mocked up garage out of cardboard boxes and see if you can borrow a 355 to see if it fits (or try it at the next drive out)

 

I was going to post the same thread today.

Just bought a house with a garage. Trouble is garage has been converted into a room. It can go back into a garage IF my 355 spider fits...

Garage doors are 78" and the narrowist interior width is 86"
I believe car width is 74.8 " (is that outer mirror width's?)
Anyone know width with mirrors folded back?

What do you think, because of the wide sills to get in & out, is it worth taking the garage apart?

cheers
simon

 

My internal garage width is 103.5", so Graham leads the 'whos got the narrowest garage' competition so far...

 

Holy living crap! You do that every time? Respect! Sitting here trying to visualise it, I came to the conclusion you must work in the circus. Get someone to video you, send it in to 'you've been framed' then put the money towards widening the entrance.

K

 

I have a 3 car garage so I can't help you with measurements.

But did you ever think about this?

Just buy a Spider and problem solved! Lift yourself & don't open the doors...

 

As your garage/room is nearly a foot narrower than mine then I'd say unless you're Terminator2 you've as much chance of getting out of it as I have of winning Miss Biggleswade 2004

 

Garage door is 94 wide, internal walls 114 wide.

 

for once i beat you southern rich people
garage door 10feet 7inch
garage width 33feet
garage lengh 90feet
and i bet you pay more rates than me cant beat living up north

 

allways got to go one better, don'tcha ? ;-)

 

the garage was the only reason i bought the place its great for marital relations i am in the garage she is in the house never fall out well sometimes if i need the loo

 

Any pics?

 

Can only beat you on the garage door width.....but can brag a loo, two beer fridges, underfloor heating, sat TV, video, DVD, Hifi system, H & C running water etc etc
Rates = £112 per annum (total)

 

we was comparing mainland rates you are a islander and you dont pay tax over there i dont need a loo i am like stig i can talk **** all day as for beer two hundred yards to the left or right