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>Personally I’m a bit frustrated with how huge cars have gotten. My house was built in 2005, with a garage made to fit the cars at the time, and with ~177” of u
by NovemberWhiskey 4y ago
>Personally I’m a bit frustrated with how huge cars have gotten. My house was built in 2005, with a garage made to fit the cars at the time, and with ~177” of usable length
Hmm, even in 2005 that was small. The 2006 model year BMW 3-series, which would've been the one on the market in the year your home was built, was ~178" long, and the 3-series has always been considered a relatively compact sports sedan. You would've had no chance of fitting the contemporary Honda Accord, and even some of the Civic models would've been an incredibly tight squeeze.
So I somewhat dispute the assertion that your garage was made to fit the cars of the time; it was small even then.
- ben7799 4y agoThe 3 series had already been supersized by 2006. They were compact and then they started going back for a 2nd helping. There was a period where the 3-series gained about 1000lb of curb weight. A 3-series today is more like the size and weight of a 5-series from the 1990s.
- NovemberWhiskey 4y agoEven the E46 series BMW 3-Series would have barely fit (like 0.5" to spare) into that garage; and that was introduced for the 1998 model year with development work starting in 1993. A 1989 Honda Accord would not fit in that garage. It's a small garage.
- taylodl 4y ago> So I somewhat dispute the assertion that your garage was made to fit the cars of the time; it was small even then. I agree. My house was built in 1958 and its garage easily accommodates today's cars.