How much room will I need?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Kiersteadville New Brunswick
How much room will I need?
We're hoping the weather co-operates on Saturday and we can either drive or flatbed our new C5 home. But, since it is obviously a lot bigger then our MGB which took the left side of the garage before, I may need to do some rearranging so it will fit in with the MGBGT.
If anyone has done the math here, how much room do I need to park the Vette and easily crawl out of the driver side? Or, what is the exact width of the widest part of the car (with mirrors tucked in)?
Thanks
If anyone has done the math here, how much room do I need to park the Vette and easily crawl out of the driver side? Or, what is the exact width of the widest part of the car (with mirrors tucked in)?
Thanks
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Burning Brakes
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Your best bet is give it as much room as reasonably possible! These cars have low wide doors,,and the wider you can open it the easier you can get out.I'm 6'2" and have a hard top which does limit the options
!Every few inches of opening increases or decreases the level of difficulty.
!Every few inches of opening increases or decreases the level of difficulty.
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Burning Brakes
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From taking the dimensions from the '99 Corvette Website, it states the car is 180" long X 73.6" Wide. Our 09 Mazda6 that resides with the GT is 194" X 80" So it looks like we're good to go. I could swear though, that the 'Vette looks bigger..
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Here's a pic that used to be on the Chevrolet web site when C5's were new....
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We're hoping the weather co-operates on Saturday and we can either drive or flatbed our new C5 home. But, since it is obviously a lot bigger then our MGB which took the left side of the garage before, I may need to do some rearranging so it will fit in with the MGBGT.
If anyone has done the math here, how much room do I need to park the Vette and easily crawl out of the driver side? Or, what is the exact width of the widest part of the car (with mirrors tucked in)?
Thanks
If anyone has done the math here, how much room do I need to park the Vette and easily crawl out of the driver side? Or, what is the exact width of the widest part of the car (with mirrors tucked in)?
Thanks
Good luck with the new toy!
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I did that too!....with my '76. I had it built to where I could open both doors fully and not hit the walls. Ended up being 12' wide, 24' long (allowed for a work bench on one end).
Now that I'm putting my '04 in there, it's not wide enough. I have to cheat it over to the passenger side a bit to get the driver's door fully open so my fat ol' 61 year old butt can get out with the minimum of swear words.
Sonny
Now that I'm putting my '04 in there, it's not wide enough. I have to cheat it over to the passenger side a bit to get the driver's door fully open so my fat ol' 61 year old butt can get out with the minimum of swear words.
Sonny
