Small car with sliding doors - any suggestions?

[Ethel]

I saw a Peugeot 1007 today, with sliding doors which very much took my fancy, having a narrow garage and a wide girth.

I am not keen on Peugeot and wondered if there is any other small car with this type of door.

I'm sure some of you car buffs will know.

[SpikieMikie]

Hi.

You're right not to be keen on Peugeot... as a general rule of thumb, French car markers nearly always feature at the bottom of customer reliability and customer satisfaction surveys... and my own experience of owning a Peugeot 307 last year, and my fathers experience of owning a Renault 21 in the mid 90's is in keeping with those survery results.
When I owned my 307 XSI, which was a 52 reg I admit, but was only 1 private owner with 22,000 miles and purchased from the original supplying Peugeot main dealer, I must have worked my way through the entire Peugeot car range as courtesy cars.. it was in the garage so often I had a couple of 207's on loan, a 308, a 407 and a 1007..
The 1007 was automatic and was a pain to drive because it had flappy paddle gears and was poorly built inside.. this was because, if you wanted, you could change the interior colours by buying extra bits.
To my knowledge, there is no other manufacturer currently offering anything similar to the 1007 with a sliding door. Alternatives, I'd suggest, would be the Mitsubishi ' i ' ... Top Gear said "Japan is crowded, so it has lots of small cars. None, though, are quite as cool as the Mitsubishi i. Practical four-seater that genuinely stands out, with a name that'll confuse anyone." Although a four door, it has a narrow profile - ideal for garages - and being a Mitsubishi, being Japanese, it'll be reliable and hold its money. Four door versions of the Mitsubishi Colt and Toyota Aygo might appeal as well. Avoid 3dr cars though, as the doors on these tend to be longer than the doors on 5dr versions of the same car, which makes getting out the car in a tight space all the more difficult.
Mikie

[Hymie]

I too have a narrow garage, making it almost impossible to get things out of the car (while in the garage), without bashing the doors on the wall.

My solution was to attach lengths of insulation foam (of the type used to lag pipes) to the garage wall, at the height where the door & wall meet. B&Q sell metre lengths for less than �1 � I can now open my car door in the garage, without fear of damaging the car�s paintwork.

[Ethel]

I've had that sort of thing in place for years, Hymie - saved my paintwork.

Thanks for the suggestions so far. :)

[markja]

get a 2cv with a deckchair fabric roof. you can just climb out the back then.