Stinger width

[Faleur]

Hi - I'm seriously thinking of buying a Stinger!

In the UK there are a lot of quite narrow country lanes, I drove down some yesterday in the Yorkshire Dales. My current car is 70" wide. I'm worried that the Stinger's additional 4" will make it tricky in such circumstances. What do other users think, am I too anxious about this?

 

[Danum Alba]

I've been on some narrow roads in Scotland and never had an issue.

 

[G70LEbyAdoom]

The Body is wider than the factory wheelbase by at least an inch on each side, so as long as you are not driving around on curbs, you should be fine. I know the UK has smaller roads than here in the USA but they cant be that much smaller.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Howdy and welcome. Yes, the Stinger is deceptively "narrow", as in, the sloping actual outer limits of the car's size are far beyond the visibility of the driver. This has resulted in me curbing my rims, left and right, a number of times. Where in previous vehicles, I would squeeze between cars waiting at the light and the curb, in order to make a righthand turn (lefthand for you blokes), I never do that in the Stinger: I don't trust myself to know to a nicety where the wheels are: not even after more than four years of driving basically only THIS car. Good luck on the much narrower roads in Merry Old England. Heh! You'd be fine until you have to pull way over to the left to let approaching traffic pass by. I've seen those curbs that line some country lanes. And even in a Hyundai Getz I managed to curb the FL hubcap, steering clear of an approaching tractor or truck. (Of course, you can assert that the problem is that I am an incompetent driver.)

 

[DoctorStiches]

Merlin nooooo not the wheels!!!

 

[killinghall]

My previous car was a MINI.

I didn't feel intimidated switching to the Stinger. You don't feel like you're driving a sedan/large car once you get behind the wheel.

The 360⁰ cameras work extremely well helping the driver with parking and getting around tight spaces.

You can even leave the front or rear cameras running while driving and watch the show from your infotainment screen.

 

[Kia Stinger]

Hi - I'm seriously thinking of buying a Stinger!

In the UK there are a lot of quite narrow country lanes, I drove down some yesterday in the Yorkshire Dales. My current car is 70" wide. I'm worried that the Stinger's additional 4" will make it tricky in such circumstances. What do other users think, am I too anxious about this?

Welcome aboard! And thank you for signing up. You've come to the right place for details like this. I'm glad you found us! What might the Stinger be replacing for you?

 

[JSolo]

Came from driving a '12 G37 and '15 accord sedan. This car initially felt slightly wider (and it is), but that's disappeared after driving it a few weeks.

I learned to drive on a huge conversion van (late 80's ford E150), so anything is still smaller than that.

 

[nhcowboy28]

I’ve been told 4 additional inches makes the world of difference. #forherpleasure

 

[nhcowboy28]

@curbinator
Part out

 

[Danum Alba]

Google Maps For our American friends, its not the normal roads here in the UK that are a problem, its ones like this where you lose a lane and you have a single track with passing places, some of these roads can have quite narrow tarmac, no kerbs, just vegetation

 

[bfglitch]

I remember driving a VW diesel golf (forget what they call it in the EU) around Sorrento Italy. Accidentally went past the parking lot I wanted to go to and the GPS had me loop around down this alley which just got narrower....and narrower..until I realized there was no way the car would fit the rest of the way. Backing out was equally as difficult because there was a slight dog leg in the alley. I learned that day that not all roads on the GPS are drive able by modern day cars.