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      12-01-2014, 12:40 PM   #6
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Drives: i8 2014
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Originally Posted by mu2002cs View Post
- The i8 doors don't take up any more room than a fully opened regular door. But, you can get out of a half opened regular door. Not so on the i8.
- The most likely obstacle to opening the door will be the mirror on the car next to you. Reaching out the window to fold in the mirror of the car next to you is not easy.
- I simply avoid any car park where there is a risk of being parked between 2 cars. I look for end spots or wide open spaces. Not really the norm in Europe, especially in cramped train station car parks!
Actually, opening the i8 door completely takes less clearence than open a conventional door of, say, M4. And you can easily check if the bottom of your door hits mirror of the parallel car. Swing movement is easy to control.

You can get out of i8 pretty easy even with semi-open door, but getting inside is harder. It depends your personal habitus, whether you are tall and thin like me. For Bud Spencer a difficult task indeed.

As a conclusion, i8 work everywhere without problem. Doors really do not play a role in parking problems - if you go to a cramped park hall, you get into problems anyway with any car.
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