getting in the garage....

[Rickster]

My Box is way different to my Elise and i love it loads but how do you get it in a garage??!!
Its huge!
I tried to fold in the mirrors (in a cowardly fashion) but they seem fixed and the manual doesnt say anything about them folding and i dont wanna break them.....

Do they fold?

My GF laughs at me cos her GT TDI Golf has a button for folding mirrors and mine doesnt.....

Thanks

Rick

 

[Guest]

Yes its a lot bigger than the Liz, I had the same problem too when I got rid of the Elise and when to boxsterS, pull those mirrors in!

Great car whn you get used to it, just delivers very diffrently to the elise dont you think.

Cheers

Heath

 

[Rickster]

so they do fold then....?

 

[jimso]

Yes they do. More of an upward twist. Aim to push towards the top of the side window and they will go.

I guess you will have pointed out to your girl friend that the Box has one or two fine attributes that her GTI will be without? []

 

[Rickster]

but of course [8D] but thats why i get so much grief on this one...lol

thanks
Rick

 

[gdavison]

we have a std garage and we just reverse the Boxster in there is just ove1 inch clearance on both sides between the wing mirrors and the door edge.. Its easy once you get used to it

 

[Nello]

Defo easy with parking sensors !! only have to watch for the mirrors which have about 1 inch either side.

 

[Rickster]

I too have parking sensors but the garage door opening will only just fit the mirrors in!

all the stuff needs to go out of my garage too, my elise only took up half the space! []

bit wary of putting stuff on shelves over the car.......

 

[jimso]

I did this on my garage wall. Oooo it hurt so much! []

All better now though. Nothing that a sizeable stack of notes couldn't fix! [8|]

 

[gdavison]

guys .. please .. Sue reverse's the Boxster into the garage.. come on boys .. yes our current one has parking sensors .. none of the others did ... learn to park pleeeasse []

 

[jimso]

ORIGINAL: gdavison

guys .. please .. Sue reverse's the Boxster into the garage.. come on boys .. yes our current one has parking sensors .. none of the others did ... learn to park pleeeasse []

I have. Somewhat belatedly... [8|]

 

[gdavison]

ORIGINAL: jimso
I have. Somewhat belatedly... [8|]

 

[berty987]

The wider rear arches of the 987 makes judging clearances in reverse much more difficult. I find it easier to drive into the garage forwards and then just reverse straight out

 

[gdavison]

I find reversing using the wing mirrors to watch the rear wheel arches easier .. May be its because I used to tow a boat and got very used to using wingmirrors to reverse.. I very rarely look over my shoulder now reversing, just use the mirrors

 

[thboxster]

I don't bother looking over my shoulder ever anymore. I think it may be after driving a pre-facelift Boxster for a few years in the winter. You can't see out the back anyway.

 

[StephenWicks]

ORIGINAL: jimso

I did this on my garage wall. Oooo it hurt so much! []

All better now though. Nothing that a sizeable stack of notes couldn't fix! [8|]

I did the very same with my last Boxster, it's a horrible feeling[]

My solution to prevent that ever happening again was to place half a railway sleeper on its side against the wall where the near-side front wheel sits.

The result is that I can get very close to the wall and the worse that can happen, is rubbing off a bit of tyre dressing![]

 

[jimso]

Hmm, good move Stephen. I have a large old mirror (now!) strategicaly placed against the end wall of the garage so that I can see what the nearside is doing as I drive in.

I like your solution better however. A very definate physical barrier without potential to do any damage.

Right then. Railway sleepers... where's the yellow pages...

 

[akwaugh]

My solution, hang an old sponge at just the right distance from the wall both vertically and horizontally and, driving forward into the garage you want your nearside wing mirror to just kiss it on the way by. Reversing is the same procedure.

This solution presented itself through inadvertent window sponge placement - no genius involved.

For forward distance, and taking the same line as the railway sleeper idea, a good thick plank works, but I found it wasn't sensitive enough and was easily pushed by the tyres, so I got two bits of thin aluminium square conduit, both open one side, and fitted them together. When you drive up to this you get the physical touch of a hard edge plus an audible one as they click or clank together. Just let the car roll back half an inch and you're done.

I tried the cheapo ultrasonic parking device with the blinking traffic lights but it was rubbish, and I don't have the luxury of parking sensors. Also tried the mirror job but it never seemed to work for me. Especially in the dark.


Oh, and good thick carpet on the walls is always a good idea. For when you open the door and go oh s**t I've just taken the edge off the door on the wall. Available as free scraps or samples from any good carpet store. Or your loft, where you stored that carpet your wife told you not to throw out because "it might be useful one day". Funny how I never get away with that one!.

Andrew

 

[SEE YA]

I just about get my 930 in my garage very tight either side drove in nose first.I did have someone watch just in case so far so good .

SEE YA