Gravel to turf on part-paved driveway?

H397

I appreciate I am going against the trend on this one!

My driveway has two paving slab strips as the "wheel tracks", bounded by a lawn on one side, with gravel in a strip down the centre, and more gravel on the other side up to my boundary. The gravel is well past its best and is driving me bananas - it goes everywhere, needs constant sweeping, and although I don't mind weeding it's always full of black lumps of moss from the roof, which are an absolute pain. 

I don't want to replace the whole thing, but I am wondering about removing the gravel and laying turf in its place. Mowing it wouldn't be a problem, and the driveway is reasonably long and the car naturally gets parked in different places, so the bit of grass under the car would get a turn in the sun. 

It feels much better to get a bit more plant life in if I can, but this set up seems pretty rare, so there must be a reason! Any experiences or thoughts would be very welcome. 

Martin_the_Unjust

Generally not done as it means stepping onto grass when your getting out of the car which is fine when the weather is fine, but not so much fun in winter

H397

Thanks, Martin. That makes sense, but the paving slabs are wide enough that you can generally get out straight on to them (at least from my little car), and the irony here is that it's already lawn abutting the driver's side, so it would already mean stepping on to grass in most cases. The gravel strips aren't really required for footfall.

FreeBear

You can get a reinforced mesh to grow the grass through. Would help stop tire tracks if someone misses the concrete strips.

Downside to grass is any drips of oils or coolant will kill the grass.

EssexExile

If you don't need it to walk on then grass would be fine, much better than gravel.

H397

Thanks, everyone. The width of the drive means it would be impossible to miss the paving strips, and apart from moving the wheely bins across (even that can be avoided if it's wet / while it beds in) it doesn't need to stand up to any other traffic. It just seems sensible to go for planting wherever possible. if the car drips oil, it will be an added incentive to get it fixed straight away! 

I'll report back once I get finished.