Is This Weird?

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
11/16/2016 at 07:51 • Filed to: SUBARU

Good morning Oppo. I’ve recently started backing the Foz into the garage while still parking the Outback head-in. This way there is a clear path to the driver’s door of each car. My wife thinks I’m being silly. Am I the only one out there who does this?

DISCUSSION (32)

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 07:54

I always back my car into the garage because i cant get out if i pull my car straight in

Captain of the Enterprise > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 07:55

Oddly enough I do the same thing but for a different reason(my driveway is on a slant and I’d prefer to back down it then back up the driveway) I’ve always done it so I never really thought about the door being on the right side. I share the garage with my brother and we park just like you and your wife do.

Wobbles the Mind > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 07:56

You are doing things 100% correctly. It’s like the garage/parking spaces are twice the size when you get into the cars!

atrombs > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 07:57

In my old townhouse I would always back my Focus in. I could get from in the house to in the car without ever stepping foot on the garage floor. Having a garage is what I miss most about that townhouse.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:01

Backing in is the way to go.

CalzoneGolem > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:01

I don’t do this because my car stays outside and my wife’s car shares the garage with Rat-L-Trap

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:02

yes, it’s the most sensible way.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:03

I always back up my driveway to my spot because I may as well turn around down below where things are less tight than up where my brother and mother’s cars are...plus it gives me reversing practice as the bumps in our gravel driveway provide a natural RallyCross slalom :P

They always drive up forwards though! :)

Kinja'd!!!

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
11/16/2016 at 08:10

OK I’m a little confused - what is preventing you from getting out if pulling straight in? Is it the shape, or stuff you have stored in there or something else?

Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:11

I’d say it depends on how your driveway is. Can you back into it without a complex turn in the street? Then go for it. My driveway would require me to jack around in the street to back up it (very short driveway). As well, with how we park our cars, it’d be my wife who needed to back into the garage, and I can barely get her to drive in forward with the proper spacing, so I’d have no hope of this working out. Thank goodness I love her!

facw > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:17

Not weird at all. I always used to do this when I lived in a place with a narrow garage. Lets you park right up against the wall while having maximum space to get out/avoid door dings from the car next to you.

Vicente Esteve > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:22

This is correct parking.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:22

I used to do this in parking lots, backing into a spot further over so me and the driver next had more room to get in. Except then I noticed a bunch of door dings on the passenger side, so I stopped. Because people didn’t understand.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
11/16/2016 at 08:23

This makes sense. I have plenty of room the go right just past my driveway then reverse in. Also when I back in my traction control doesn’t freak out like it does when I go in forward. Something about the slope.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > facw
11/16/2016 at 08:23

Exactly. I suppose one car could park against the wall and the other offset from it, but it seems this is easier to get consistently right.

Frenchlicker > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:28

Makes sense to me. I would start doing this if we didn’t have a full two bay garage.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:30

nope, thats how I do it. Hell, I back my car in as close to the wall as possible. Makes live much easier for all parties involved.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:40

I also always back in. In my current home, the garage is on an alley and it gets dangerous to back out.

But even when I had my own driveway, I just think it’s easier to park in a tight spot by reversing.

osucycler > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:43

I back my weekend 82' Toyota 4x4 in because I want as much room on the other side of the garage as possible. Means I have to get skinny sometimes or come out the passenger door (not easy). It is all about the room (in the garage for me)!

Dru > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:47

No it’s not weird. It’s the exact orientation of our garaged vehicles. My 4Runner is backed in for two reasons. One it’s easier to get to the drivers door that way because there is a lot of stuff around the perimeter. Two the battery is on the passenger side of the vehicle, and I keep it on a better tender because it doesn’t get driven. My wife just pulls straight in on the right side because backing into things is challenging for her, and again the drivers door is easier to get to. Also the washer/dryer are in the garage on her side and her car is shorter, so better access there.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:47

The shape of my garage, if I pulled it there would be about...half a foot of space for me to somehow squeeze through

haveacarortwoorthree2 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 08:47

Lucky enough to have a three car garage, but I angle the middle car in so the wife and kids have more room to get in and out of her car (and avoid dinging mine), parked to the left.

shop-teacher > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 09:06

I don’t do it, because my garage is 25' wide with an 18' door, but I absolutely would if my garage was like yours. It makes perfect sense.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 09:33

What is this garage you speak of?

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > haveacarortwoorthree2
11/16/2016 at 09:33

*jealousy intensifies*

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
11/16/2016 at 09:38

I also am a fan of reversing into spots whenever possible/practical.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
11/16/2016 at 09:40

I actually back it in just far enough for the garage door to close. I have a bunch of cabinets in the wall I can still get into that way and also I can get into the hatch as well. The garage is actually deeper on the other side (more of an L than a square) so the Outback gets pulled in far enough that the hatch can open with the garage closed.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Frenchlicker
11/16/2016 at 09:42

Nice. I’d love a full 2 bay garage. Some of the houses here have one, but I couldn’t be too picky when I was buying a few years ago.

Urambo Tauro > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 09:50

I try to be precise with how I park in the garage (two bays, two overhead doors). There’s not much room on the outer wall, but fortunately there’s about three feet of space between the overhead doors. So instead of centering my car with the center of the door as I back in, I hug the inside of the bay and maintain that three-foot space between the cars. No more, no less. This gives me enough room on the other side of the car to open that door too.

J_P_Cars10s > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 10:29

My roommate and I do the same thing with our Outback and Crosstrek on the driveway.

Frenchlicker > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/16/2016 at 11:34

I’m not sure where you are but I live in the Midwest so it’s not too hard to come by one or manage to build one for a similar price.

Clown Shoe Pilot > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
11/18/2016 at 11:19

I don’t understand why garges don’t have space to open car doors factored in. The house we rented right after we moved to Austin had a 2 car garage and the entire garage was only about 2 feet wider that the garage door itself.

When I laid out my workshop, I made sure there was plenty of room on both sides of any theoretical cars that would be parked in there.

Then I filled it up with toolboxes and stuff, but that’s on me.