How are the doors in public car parks?

Moroboshi

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Quick question for owners, how do the doors manage tight spaces in public car parks? I drive an MX-5, a pretty tiny car, and yet I often have 30cm or so to open the door in a public parking spot. Can the Cyberster's doors handle this type of thing okay? Have they ever refused to open or smacked into the car in the next parking spot?
 
No way would I be even be thinking about a tight carpark space, in a car like yours,
scissor doors or not.
This is my kind of carpark space. 😉🙂👍

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I park exactly like the poster above, but then invariably someone will see the car and decide ‘they wouldn’t door me’ and park right next to me.

I’ve had no issues with the car doors, but they do make me nervous that they won’t stop (they always do)
 
Mine is at a public car park 5 days a week. Tues-Thurs being the busy commuter days.
But not an issue, somebody asked the same thing last year so took this photo back in Oct.

Have always managed to get in, think only once has the door didn't reach full height but still easy enough to get in.
Main thing to note is that you need to be by the boot before opening the door.

And a couple of times, if you're standing close to the door as it goes up, the car alarm goes off. Which is quickly resolved by on/off on the remote.

These days I typically park with a bit more space on the driver side and the passenger closer to the line.

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Thanks, that's good to know. Have you ever had any issues in multi story car parks with low ceilings?
 
We parked in Dover Travelodge car park day 1 of ownership with no cars around. The next morning car park was empty except for my Cyberster boxed in with a car either side and a van in front. Wife was panicking but doors opened no problem. Would have been a tighter squeeze in the Tesla. Being a sports car they put you on the Truck Deck on the Ferry (if you have selected car type) so loads of room for the doors to open.
 
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