Can an R231 fit in a single garage

[DP401]

Hi all, I’m looking to get an R231 in the near future but I need to know if one will fit in my standard 1960’s single car garage and will I be able to get in and out of it once it’s in there. My current car (997 Porsche Carrera) fits fine but I know the R231 is longer and wider. If anyone can give me any help or advice on this it’ll be greatly appreciated.

 

[del320]

Could Mods move this to the Jokes Section?

 

[DP401]

Could Mods move this to the Jokes Section?

Why, it’s an honest question

 

[Petrol Pete]

If it's an SL just fold the roof down and climb over the boot.

Slide along it just like Bo Duke used to do over the hood of the General Lee.

 

[SpikyMikey]

Was there/is there such a thing as a "standard size" for garages?

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Yes, including my mountain bike.

R231 SL63 AMG in a 'standard' size garage. I have to fold in mirrors to get past the entrance and it's a squeeze getting out but do-able.

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Could Mods move this to the Jokes Section?

Why? it's a perfectly honest question.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

There is no such thing as a standard size single garage. You need to offer the width.

An R231 is only 2 inches wider than the 72 inch wide 997, but the SL will be more difficult because the R231's door is longer.

And are you a chiselled whippet ? Or more "traditionally built ?"

 

[DP401]

Yes, including my mountain bike.

R231 SL63 AMG in a 'standard' size garage. I have to fold in mirrors to get past the entrance and it's a squeeze getting out but do-able.


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Many thanks for that, I don’t suppose you know how wide your garage is by any chance?

 

[DP401]

There is no such thing as a standard size single garage. You need to offer the width.

An R231 is only 2 inches wider than the 72 inch wide 997, but the SL will be more difficult because the R231's door is longer.

And are you a chiselled whippet ? Or more "traditionally built ?"

There is no such thing as a standard size single garage. You need to offer the width.

An R231 is only 2 inches wider than the 72 inch wide 997, but the SL will be more difficult because the R231's door is longer.

And are you a chiselled whippet ? Or more "traditionally built ?"

Ha! I’m somewhere between a chiselled whipper and and traditionally built I suppose

 

[NJSS]

I suggest you borrow one & see if it fits in your garage & you can get in & out with ease.

R231 dimensions are, I believe:

• Length: 4,623 mm (182 in)
• Width: 2,108 mm (83 in) - 2 inches / 51 mm wider than the R230
• Height: 1,315 mm (51.8 in)
• Wheelbase: 2,585 mm (101.8 in)
• Front track: 1,600 mm

I have a tennis ball hanging from my garage roof & know I am perfectly positioned when it touches the centre of the windscreen.

The garage wall, where the drivers door might contact is covered with a thin foam sheet.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

I suggest you borrow one & see if it fits in your garage & you can get in & out with ease.

R231 dimensions are, I believe:

• Length: 4,623 mm (182 in)
• Width: 2,108 mm (83 in) - 2 inches / 51 mm wider than the R230
• Height: 1,315 mm (51.8 in)
• Wheelbase: 2,585 mm (101.8 in)
• Front track: 1,600 mm

I have a tennis ball hanging from my garage roof & know I am perfectly positioned when it touches the centre of the windscreen.

The garage wall, where the drivers door might contact is covered with a thin foam sheet.

I still have the block of two by two screwed to the ground to stop my S500L from hitting the end wall when I reverse in...

Now, the need to reverse into a garage, rather than to drive in, that's a whole new thread.....

 

[ToeKnee]

I built my garage with the cobra in mind, a car which is quite narrow with short doors. Fast forward to my second SL and I have to park with the passenger side really close to the wall and I still struggle to get out as the doors are so bloody long! I've set position 3 on the seats to go as far back as possible and the steering wheel to go up and in, to give me as much chance as possible, but it's not easy getting my lardy ass out the car.

 

[NJSS]

I thought that it almost went without saying that one has seats set to go as far back as possible and the steering wheel to go up before exiting the car.

I don't bother but some also say lower the roof !

 

[ToeKnee]

I've lowered the roof in a car park to get back in the car when the space has been tight. Not needed to in the garage yet!

 

[ALFAitalia]

There is no such thing as a standard size single garage.

Apparently there is a standard dimension that builders build to.....In the UK, a single garage is, on average, 2.55 metres (8.3 feet) wide by 5.2 metres (17 feet) long..
and a single garage door is a standard size of 7' x 7'.....but other sizes can be had.

 

[Dippo]

Modern cars so big garages now ‘unfit for purpose’ | RAC Drive

www.rac.co.uk

 

[ALFAitalia]

Same as parking spaces....which have not changed size since the 60s.....but this is about to change...In Bognor the multi storey now has some huge spaces.....

 

[BTB 500]

When we were house hunting years back I saw lots of single garages that wouldn't have taken my R129 SL. Obviously fitting between the door pillars is the first hurdle (many were too narrow for this), but then you need enough interior width to be able to open the (long) door far enough to get out. I don't think any garages I saw were too short.

As an aside replacing a manual up & over door with a roller type typically frees up a good couple of inches each side. The channels they run in are usually mounted behind the brick pillars, rather than there being a wooden door frame between them.

 

[Darrell]

When I was in my early teens my parents bought a large 5 bed detached house that came with a garage. The house was built in around 1912 so my dad’s Rover SD1 had no chance of fitting in it. The garage was useless.
When I was out on a reminisce recently the present custodians have knocked it down and built a double height extension.


When we were rebuilding my old business partners house back in around 2004 he got planning permission for the garage width which was pretty much an average width plus half again.
I remember setting it out and he came out with a car mag so he could check the dimensions of an Aston DB7 (flash f****r) for the door size!! He did actually get one though.