Towing 8ft wide caravans

In the 60s and 70s cars were kept in garages because otherwise they would rust away, modern cars however are built to last. 

We have never put any of our cars in a garage, either because we didn't have one in our early years and now because it is too narrow. 

For the vast majority of the people modern garages are just places to store stuff. Isn't storing your car in a garage what old people do?  

I must be old then🙄  ...  though I only store one of our cars (Smart Roadster) in my garage along with a load of other stuff.

I think you will find that caravans of the width you state need stow vehicle of min 3.5tons? ;I am not going to double check 

I don't know so much about caravan widths. My last caravan was 7'3" or 2.2m in new money. The motorhomes have been 2.14m & now 2.12m. Being a bit slimmer does give you a fighting chance of avoiding a clip alongside the ear/mirror from 'hombre de camiones blanco'. The requirement fort extra space may, of course, be dictated by your own girth. A work colleague once described me as 'built like a racing snake' so perhaps I have an evolutionary edge.

I am shocked that,in the current world,where one cannot refer to MR.or MRS,or "breast milk" you have made such an age,ist remark!!I keep one of my cars in the garage and I am not  even 76 until later in the year!

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I have three inches on each side of the van when moving it to the back garden. My neighbour refuses to move his house so I shall stick with 7' 6"

You could go 8' plus a time of grease. 

Fife Council are widening the footpath along the A921 at Kinghorn by reducing the road width by 2 feet+, to create more space for pedestrians to pass [+ cyclists & joggers] without breathing all over each other. Driving solo makes the passing of a bus traveling in the opposite direction a close encounter; an 8ft wide caravan may well be too close to avoid damage. The existing road markings are covered by the car offside wheel. The road is hemmed in by The Bin Rockface on the 1 side and the rockface down to the Firth of Forth on the other.At present, it remains a 2 way road ...

Steve

Even though I have a full size R/Rover which is wider than many tow cars I would not consider towing an 8 ft caravan. About 7' 6" is wide enough when in traffic, on country roads and negotiating some site entrances, especially CLs.