Our garage is exactly 4.4 meters long, 3 meters wide. Though economical I'm not a fan of small sub-compact cars (getz, eon, celerio, etc) due to safety considerations. It will be my first time to own a car and my choices are being limited by the size of the garage and somehow by the size of my wallet. If the size of the garage is of no problem, I prefer to buy compact sedans like the civic, lancer ex, and even Innvova or MonteroSport. My budget is around 500k and I prefer to pay in cash so that would limit my choices to 2-3 years old, second-hand vehicles. I've been also considering a second-gen Rav4 for quite some time since its dimension would not be a problem in the garage, but with a 10-year old vehicle, I'm worried the car would have more problems/need for repairs. I'm also targetting the newly-announced Vios but the budget might only permit me to have either the base or the J model, and I've learned that the length is a little more than 4.4m. A previous-gen civic is around 4.53m long while the ex is 4.57m.
By the way, at the end of the garage a small car could still possibly move forward as long as it will fit 1.82m of space. I know both the civic and ex width is less than 1.8 but I'm worried I might scratch it to the walls since I'm not yet skilled in driving (a newbie actually). I know most car's dimension is not exact rectangles and it usually tapers at the front so do you think it can push a little farther without worrying much? I don't want to resort in parking the car in the street, and I'm open to suggestions. One more thing, it's very hard to research for dimensions of older cars, I wish manufacturers still publishes complete specs of their previous models.
Thanks.
bong
By the way, at the end of the garage a small car could still possibly move forward as long as it will fit 1.82m of space. I know both the civic and ex width is less than 1.8 but I'm worried I might scratch it to the walls since I'm not yet skilled in driving (a newbie actually). I know most car's dimension is not exact rectangles and it usually tapers at the front so do you think it can push a little farther without worrying much? I don't want to resort in parking the car in the street, and I'm open to suggestions. One more thing, it's very hard to research for dimensions of older cars, I wish manufacturers still publishes complete specs of their previous models.
Thanks.
bong