American Pickup Truck in German park garages

Описание: In late 2022 I bought by gen 5 RAM 1500 Rebel G/T eTorque and just hit the 10,000 km ( ~6,200 mile) mark.
American half ton pickup trucks are an entirely different dimension compared to the mid-size pickups like Amarok, Ranger, X-Class, Hilux etc which are common across Europe.
In Europe no-one buys an American pickup because he'd need them for his business or as work truck, let it be a contractor, construction business, recovery or towing service, emergency services etc. That's what Europeans use vans for. But American pickups slowly catch on as private vehicle, bought for the only reason "because they want it" ... but does it fit into the streets? YES, of course it does ... full size semi trucks and buses fit into the streets, then why shouldn't the pickup truck fit? But it gets a bit tricky looking at park garages: length, width, height and turning circle set the limit. I can't fit the truck on my private parking spot at home. Can neither get it there, nor would it be able to fit into the spot without blocking the neighbor's car.

There are some park garages I know where I could tell you right away that it won't fit. Especially older garages and even more so underground park garages are usually tighter than modern ones or above ground park garages.
But I dared to try driving it into various above and below ground park garages. In most cases this was only possible due to:
lowering air suspension to entry mode
collapse side mirrors while going through the gate
maneuvering back and forth at some spots
avoiding a few signs and other stuff mounted on the garage ceiling
taking wide turns into oncoming lanes
However I also found some spots where I wouldn't have had any chance:
I found one underground park garage where it was a perfect fit under the clearance sign which allowed me to proceed, but in the rear part of the lower deck some beams across the ceiling are a bit lower than in the rest of the garage; Someone from the park garage service let me know and told me to drive against the one-way sign back into the previous row. In fact I couldn't do so driving forwards against the one-way street, so I turned around and reversed. My roof and antenna got too close to fit under that beam; I knew it would fit when turning around because I drove up there when I parked my truck

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