No more full size cars from GM

Bedlam wrote:

Reisender wrote:
We have noticed garages getting smaller. When we downsized to a lock and leave townhouse it was difficult to find a modern townhouse with a garage even big enough to hold something the size of our leaf. Part of it is our workbench and garage storage but still. A bunch of places we looked at wouldn't allow for even a few side cabinets without making it difficult to open the door. Older houses and townhouses had bigger garages. Anyway, we found our nexus. But a Tesla model S will not fit. Admittedly they are a big car although it was on the short list for a awhile. Meh, We'll probably stay with a leaf for awhile. Fits ...barely. :)

That was very true until we found our 3-level townhouse. I found a floor plan that has 825 sqft of shop and garage (roughly 25'x33') on the bottom level which was actually an upgrade from our previous home. Mine is still lacking height for vehicles over 7' and lacks power feeds to run shop tools or high amperage charge stations. We saw plenty of 2-car garages that were less than 18'x18' and did not even look at the smaller single car options.

The small garages are not the only problem: Many of the homes we looked at had 20' or shorter driveways which limits you to a standard cab long bed or extended cab short bed truck. I have seen many neighborhoods where larger vehicles have to park on the street because they do not fit in the garage or driveway.

Yah. You are pretty much describing our driveway. Maybe 22 feet. Two parking spots out and one in. We found a few like yours but wrong location and older. Just wasn’t right for us. We also wanted to be under 2000 square feet. We ended up at about 1550 square feet with two bedrooms and three baths. Walking distance to EVERYTHING. Works for us. We had a stove plug put in the garage for our one EV and a 240 volt 15 amp in the driveway for our other. Good combo. Surprizingly we do most of our charging outside on the 15 amp 240 volt EVSE in the driveway. We are at our max on our 100 amp panel although the driveway circuit can apparently handle a 20 amp. Meh. Either way it’s charged in the morning.