New Honda Accord too wide, cannot get into garage safely.

"Al" <al DeleteThis @spamless.com> wrote in message
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> Joe wrote:
>> On 2008-03-01, Dana <dlkramer DeleteThis @mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>
>>
>> Standards change. His house is old. Hell, when his garage was built,
>> there were few to no cars on the road. A 7' "standard" today is
>> meaningless to him.
>>
>>
>
> Yo - Mr. OP - please state the exact measurement of your garage opening.


Yo Al, the house is 1.5 hours away so I won't be able to measure it right
away. FYI, the width is about the width of the 2007 Civic plus about 1"
clear on each side of the mirrors. I'll post the exact measurements when I
have a chance to get out there.

Its in San Francisco and the garage opening is pretty typical for buildings
of that period around the neighborhood. I see people pull in their vans in
the garage but the newer Civics must be wider than I expected.

Friend of mine was going to buy a multi million dollar house but he changed
his mind when he found out he couldn't get into the garage without folding
the mirrors.
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" Frank" <noreplay.RemoveThis@nothome.net> wrote in message
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> Too tight to drive into single wide garage door, about 1/2" clear on each
> side and mirrors don't fold back. I guess with practice you could get in
> and out of the garage but for now it has to be parked on the street. If
> Honda make the car wider, the mirrors should fold back. Dang!
>
> We also have an old Acura Integra that fits into the same garage nicely,
> with or without folding the mirrors. Wife has a Camry without folding
> mirrors that fits into this garage as well. My small Nissan truck fits as
> well with the mirrors folded.
>
> Are there folding mirror conversion kits for the Accord?

Shouldn't need folding anything , opening should be a standard 7 feet . To
the best of my knowledge ,that's the standard size`garage door . You should
have more then 1/2'' clearance on each side , should be no problems getting
in or out of the garage with that vehicle .
>
>
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"Joe" <joe RemoveThis @nospam.hits-buffalo.com> wrote in message
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> On 2008-03-01, Dana <dlkramer RemoveThis @mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Shouldn't need folding anything , opening should be a standard 7 feet .
>> To
>> the best of my knowledge ,that's the standard size`garage door . You
>> should
>> have more then 1/2'' clearance on each side , should be no problems
>> getting
>> in or out of the garage with that vehicle .
>
> Standards change. His house is old. Hell, when his garage was built,
> there were few to no cars on the road. A 7' "standard" today is
> meaningless to him.
>
> My house has a damned 34" entry door. That's not "standard" today,
> either, but it doesn't change the fact that it's there and needs to be
> dealt with...

Missed the post where he said it was a 1910 house
>
>
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On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 05:15:49 -0600, "Dana" <dlkramer RemoveThis @mindspring.com>
wrote:

>
>"Joe" <joe RemoveThis @nospam.hits-buffalo.com> wrote in message
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>> On 2008-03-01, Dana <dlkramer RemoveThis @mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Shouldn't need folding anything , opening should be a standard 7 feet .
>>> To
>>> the best of my knowledge ,that's the standard size`garage door . You
>>> should
>>> have more then 1/2'' clearance on each side , should be no problems
>>> getting
>>> in or out of the garage with that vehicle .
>>
>> Standards change. His house is old. Hell, when his garage was built,
>> there were few to no cars on the road. A 7' "standard" today is
>> meaningless to him.
>>
>> My house has a damned 34" entry door. That's not "standard" today,
>> either, but it doesn't change the fact that it's there and needs to be
>> dealt with...
>
>Missed the post where he said it was a 1910 house

I have a 1920 house with a 1925 garage sized for a Model T. Not very
wide or very deep. but plenty of height. A G1 Odyssey fits OK.
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"Al" <al.TakeThisOut@spamless.com> wrote in message
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> Joe wrote:
>> On 2008-03-01, Dana <dlkramer.TakeThisOut@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>
>>
>> Standards change. His house is old. Hell, when his garage was built,
>> there were few to no cars on the road. A 7' "standard" today is
>> meaningless to him.
>>
>>
>
> Yo - Mr. OP - please state the exact measurement of your garage opening.

7' 2"
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