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Can I buy something to put on the walls in my driveway to stop scuffing the car?

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MILdesperandum · 06/04/2014 10:06

Just that really, first me, now DH, we've only lived here 4 months! No idea what to google so if any one has/has seen something like that would be very grateful!

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TeeBee · 06/04/2014 11:00

Google 'rubber wall guards external'.

QOD · 06/04/2014 11:07

Carpet scraps

QOD · 06/04/2014 11:10

Oh driveway! Not garage walls lol sorry

Ummm no.

Just park more carefully Wink

moralimbecile · 06/04/2014 11:16

Keep fit mat nailed to wall? Vinyl ones.

MILdesperandum · 06/04/2014 12:00

thanks for suggestions, was hoping for something a bit more inconspicuous classy but will google afresh. Could be a dragon's den idea in the making... or maybe it's just us Blush

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specialsubject · 06/04/2014 12:10

is the problem hitting it when you drive in or scraping the doors when you open them?

the former is a matter of practice. One of you reverse in, the other guides - work out some 'markers' (e.g 'stop when you are parallel to 'x'). Also some variation on the 'tennis ball hung from the ceiling' trick that is used in garages. You hang the ball from a strut coming out from the walls (high up), aim for it and stop when it touches the back screen.

for the latter, you can get door guards for the car - don't wreck the paint with stick-on ones, Amazon or ebay sell plastic strips that slide on to the door edges for a couple of pounds.

MILdesperandum · 06/04/2014 12:57

thanks!
The opening of our drive is quite narrow and has a low wall pillar each side. we can't make it wider anyway as there is a tree one side and a telegraph pole the other. I was hoping for something to attach to the pillar side... I like the idea of a guide but I'd have to think about how that works

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PigletJohn · 06/04/2014 13:48

a wooden batten will scratch the car less than brickwork. In a garage or carport you can use carpet. Fit it at the height where the car is widest. Boat shops sell rubber fender strip.

really, you are going to have to learn to park more carefully. It may help to attach a mirror to the wall so you can look at the gap.

specialsubject · 06/04/2014 15:51

MiL has a driveway like this, it is a foot wider than the car either side so not too narrow but there is a metal pillar one side and a low wall the other so getting it wrong could be expensive. However the items are visible in the mirrors even if it does sometimes take me two goes to get the angle right.

is how far back you can go an issue? (that is what the tennis ball was for)

ArtisanScotchEgg · 06/04/2014 15:56

My parents garage is like this, they have carpet underlay on the walls and a tennis ball hanging from the ceiling - keep going until it whacks the windscreen Grin

OnePlanOnHouzz · 06/04/2014 16:01

can you have sensors fitted ? ie the audible ones ? I am sure you can buy them to add to a car that doesn't have them as standard ?! my driveway used to be fine until hubby bought a wider car ! now, I too, hate parking but the sensors help enormously !!!

MILdesperandum · 06/04/2014 17:15

looks like the real answer is to get better at parking Blush so glad when DH scraped the car too

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specialsubject · 06/04/2014 20:59

don't fit sensors if there are low walls. Will drive you bananas.

your mirrors are all you need, honest!

PigletJohn · 06/04/2014 23:24

I have front, back and corner sensors which alert me to close objects. It also helps to move the mirrors so they are pointing down and show the side of the car plus what it is about to hit. This is easier if they have memory settings so you can tilt them up and down with one button.

It might also help to position a softish object such as tall plastic plant pots in front of the walls so you can see and touch them before hitting the wall.

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