How to park two cars in a tight driveway space
Parking two cars in a restricted area depends heavily on vehicle length, wall clearance, and whether drivers can easily enter and exit without blocking each other. This tight squeeze often requires constant coordination so that one driver doesn't have to move the other vehicle just to get in or out.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Shorten the front wall slightlyDid this help you?
- 2Mock up the space on a parking area nearby using traffic conesDid this help you?
- 3Relying on driving skill and experience with tight parking spotsDid this help you?
- 4Tennis ball hanging from the ceiling hackDid this help you?
- 5Floor stopsDid this help you?
- 6Hanging a tennis ball on a string from the ceiling to touch the windshieldDid this help you?
- 7Installing a physical wheel stop or parking mat on the garage floorDid this help you?
- 8Parking the vehicle outside insteadDid this help you?
- 9Using electronic parking aid solutions like lasersDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“So we just bought a new house and the garage is a pretty tight fit for our Silverado. This is the exact distance from the wall we have to park in order for the door to close, leaving us with maybe half an inch of wiggle room.”source ↗
“We’ve looked into parking aid solutions like lasers but we’re not sure how accurate they would be for this tight of a fit.”source ↗
“It is a 2 car garage with spaces roughly equivalent to compact spaces in a parking lot. There will barely be enough room to open the doors if two vehicles are parked inside at the same time. So, the vehicles need to be consistently parked properly and also not bump into the front wall.”source ↗
“The tennis ball hanging from the ceiling hack or floor stops won’t work because I need a solution that isn’t limited to working only for a specific vehicle.”source ↗
“5.6m is tight but doable, just depends how friendly you are with whoever parks on the inside.”source ↗
“I think it will be tight, and likely depends on several critical factors: [1] how long your small car is, [2] how close you can park it to the side wall - at least in the UK, backing in on the right will leave the driver's door on the exposed side, and I think most critically how comfortable the driver's of both vehicles are maneuvering very close to other vehicles and brick walls?”source ↗
“We are trying to work out if we can get both cars on and off without moving the other.”source ↗
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