That's pretty tight. How good of a driver are you? Any novice drivers coming up? Do you pull straight in or turn in?

If you build the garage a few feet wider, you'll be able to do the 10' doors. Is that a possibility at all?

I do know someone who has to get out of his truck and tuck in his side mirrors before he drives into his garage. I don't think you want that...

I would go with the single door since the double would be so tight.

Have you considered a one car garage and an adjoining carport, perhaps between house and garage that could be driven through or just a double carport -- totally avoiding the door width issue.

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No way would I install two doors with a vehicle only having a 2 inch margin of error when parking. Too risky. Go with the double door.

Go with a single large door. However, be aware that it may be difficult to squeeze a second car in next to your SUV

there's the rub.... the second car. you'll need to be just as good of a driver to only take up your own side of the garage unless your partner drives a mini.

and will your garage have centered lolly columns? you'll still have to avoid them. i'd rather take my chances on a small(er) opening centered in its own space, than worry about garage doors AND lolly columns. and your partner putting their own car as far over as necessary every time. with all the fancy parking and back up assist now, you'll do fine.

if you cant get good at putting your car into a space with minimal clearance you're going to have trouble driving a lot of places. (watched a woman unable to "drive in" parallel park her escalade in a double length spot in back bay and all i could think is 'lady take that car someplace where there arent pedestrians on the street'.)

How wide is the garage?

Our garage is wider than the door. We have no problem with room for our 2 SUVs. We have one double door. If we had 2 single doors it would be difficult to pull in or out.

I appreciate you prefer appearance of two single doors but this is a place where I think function rules. Garages need to be functional to be useful, and to justify them (at least where I am as they become appendages on most homes, including mine). If you are limited to width of garage go with one large double door.

I don’t any new build garages that have Lally columns in the middle anymore so why lose the flexibility of having that space in middle? There are times you may want to just park one car in there (to clean or vacuum it) and it would be nice to have the extra room you gain by parking in middle to move around it. Or if you store anything like kayaks in there trust me far easier to maneuver them out with a larger door.

Yes, you still need to maneuver a bit if you both have larger vehicles but my husband and I can park both our vehicles in a larger garage with one double door fine (Ford F150 & Mazda CX-5).

Do go with a taller door if you can AND do go with a side mounted opener as well if you can. You gain a lot of overhead space for storage with a side mount opener, and no risk of chain breaking and damaging paint on a brand new car (true story of mine from a few years ago!)

With that little clearance, it is a given the passenger cannot open the door to get out, but will the driver have room? And what if you get a different sized car during the time you live in the house? And if you still want two single doors, will you put automatic openers on both of them?

Double door