Driveway

A driveway is an object in The Sims 2: Nightlife, The Sims 2: FreeTime and The Sims 3 that allows Sims to park their cars.
==The Sims 2==
Driveways are available from build mode unlocked if either Nightlife or FreeTime is installed. If they do not have any of those expansions, they can still download and use custom driveways as long as they have at least one expansion pack after Nightlife.
In The Sims 2, a car must be placed on a driveway or driveway extension. The driveway must be connected to the street, and is very large. There is a 5x8 section where cars can be placed on, a 5x2 section that connects the driveway to the street, and a 12x3 section that overlaps the street. The street sections can overlap with each other, allowing multiple driveways to be placed side by side. If the lot is on a corner, a driveway must be placed on the side of the street where the mailbox is. Normally, a driveway cannot be placed unless there is room for the entire street section; however, later expansions allow the player to override this by using the moveobjects on cheat. Players should note that, if a lot is reset after adding a new expansion pack (or after adding some mods), driveways placed in this manner may cease to be recognized as being present, and cars placed on them may disappear. If this happens, the player will be able to re-buy the driveway after saving the lot, exiting it, and then re-entering it. Driveway extensions and cars on them will not be affected by this.
Driveways can be placed on community lots, although they will not be used by Sims. There is a mod on Mod The Sims that allows Sims to park in driveways on community lots.
===Driveways===
===Extensions===
===Notes===
*The restorable junk car from The Sims 2: FreeTime must be placed on a driveway, so it can be presumed that FreeTime includes driveways. This preview of The Sims 2: Apartment Life states that Apartment Life appears to include driveways.
*The downloadable driveway for The Sims 2 requires an expansion or stuff pack later than Nightlife so that the Build mode category for driveways will be available.
*"Numenor" at ModTheSims made a set of packages based on the downloadable driveway, which were modified to allow players to use all custom-content cars that did not have the "requires Nightlife" flag set.
==The Sims 3==
In The Sims 3 the driveway is 3x7Image in the garages tutorial at Carl's Sims 3 Guide and can be placed anywhere in the lot; cars will always teleport onto the road rather than playing an animation. Unlike The Sims 2, driveways function as usable parking space on community lots, and non-playable Sims can park their cars there.
Bicycles use bike racks, horses use mostly hitching posts, magic brooms use the Magic Broom Stand, while boats use various storage objects.
===Car-Spot Parking Space===
====Other languages====
Language 	Object name 	Translated etymology
English 	Car-Spot Parking Space	
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Norwegian 	Parkeringsplass 	Parking spot
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===Large Parking Space===
Only known to be used by The Woo Woo 4000. Other cars will very rarely, if ever, park on this space.
If gamemods are used to allow private ownership of limousines, they too will park on this spot.
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Language 	Object name 	Translated etymology
English 	Large Parking Space 	
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Norwegian 	Stor parkeringsplass	Large parking spot
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===Food Truck Parking Space===
Seen on some Bridgeport lots, such as The Grind. The item is not otherwise available in any way without mods, not even with Buydebug. A mod exists to make it available in Buy Mode.
Its item selection thumbnail is the same as for "Large Parking Space", but the rotating image in its description correctly shows the line format. Additionally, the parking space does not require any expansion packs, despite the food truck proper requiring The Sims 3: Late Night.
====Other languages====
Language 	Object name 	Translated etymology
English 	Food Truck Parking Space 	
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Norwegian 	Parkeringsplass til matbil	Parking spot for food car
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====Bumper Buffer Parking Space====
It comes in two models that are treated as separate objects: One with buffer lines on both sides, and one with a buffer on only the right side.
===Other languages===
Language 	Object name 	Translated etymology
English 	Bumper Buffer Parking Space 	
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Norwegian 	Støtfangerbuffer, parkeringsstripe	Car-bumper Buffer, parking strip/line
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===Savvy Seller's Parking Space===
Included with Midnight Hollow. Identical in design to Car-Spot Parking Space. It is not used to park cars on, but Sims who own a public lot can place a car on it, and then try to sell the car to other Sims.
====Other languages====
Language 	Object name 	Translated etymology
English 	Savvy Seller's Parking Space 	
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Norwegian 	Superselgerens parkeringsplass	The Super Seller's parking spot
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===Maid o' Meter===
Was included in the Fiesta Urban Streetscape set, which has since been delisted.
====Other languages====
Language 	Object name 	Translated etymology
English 	Maid o' Meter	
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Norwegian 	Parkometer 	Parking payment machine
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==References==
Category:Architecture
 
Category:Objects in Nightlife
Category:Objects in FreeTime
Category:Objects in The Sims 3
Category:Objects available in buy mode
Category:Objects available in build mode