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no i dont, and here's why:
My garage:
My garage:
Do you garage your car?
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Fair enough but never mind being exposed to the elements its already got half of yorkshire on the bonnet. You care about your car but its obviously in a total state.
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Um.. It's a car, it's exposed to the elements daily
I have a garage but it would be a right PITA getting it out in the morning when I'm in a rush so it sits on the drive.
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It was cleaned the next day, only reason it stayed dirty so long was because it was dark already when I got back. It was so laughably dirty I had to take a pic, thats all from just 1 days drive in Shropshire.
Um.. It's a car, it's exposed to the elements daily
I have a garage but it would be a right PITA getting it out in the morning when I'm in a rush so it sits on the drive.
But if its frosty out (which it is most of the time in the winter) then what really would be a PITA is having to defrost the car before setting off, not what you want when in a rush I think you will agree
And exposed to the elements it may be, but only when it is in use.
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If I had one, then probably not, not worth driving in and out of everyday, rather have the car nicked and claim insurance 
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Mine gets garaged, but I live in a new purpose built apartment block with secure parking on the ground floor. If I leave it out on the street than I have to pay and display!
It's nice not having to get the ice scraper out, downside if the muck sticks to the car as there's no rain to clean it off. Remote garage door too
My dad has a garage and religiously sticks his car in it. The old one (1930's wooden one) fell down about 5 years ago so he spend a small fortune on a new Volvo estate size one.
It's nice not having to get the ice scraper out, downside if the muck sticks to the car as there's no rain to clean it off. Remote garage door too
My dad has a garage and religiously sticks his car in it. The old one (1930's wooden one) fell down about 5 years ago so he spend a small fortune on a new Volvo estate size one.
Dont lie... experience tells me that is NOT one days drive.
honest guv
hardly typical though. I was following a mate back to his place in market drayton from telford. I didn't know the way so was following fairly closely at times, it was raining and one particular NSL road was really muddy, hence all the filth over the front, the sides weren't all that dirty. It had gotten dark before I left his, I had to pull over after about half a mile and clean the lights off because the visibility was somewhat poor
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But if its frosty out (which it is most of the time in the winter) then what really would be a PITA is having to defrost the car before setting off, not what you want when in a rush I think you will agree
And exposed to the elements it may be, but only when it is in use.
I wouldn't know I've never had frost this year, the side of my house seems to shelter my car against it, when every other car is frosted solid
When I lived with my mum, I only ever had one car which could make it down the driveway and into the garage without grounding out. I therefore used the garage as a storeroom - took me 2 van loads to clear it a few weeks ago.
At my place I don't have a garage. I do have extremely secluded off road parking but my car is so wide you have to fold the wing mirrors in to get it down the access 'road' so it stays in the street
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At my place I don't have a garage. I do have extremely secluded off road parking but my car is so wide you have to fold the wing mirrors in to get it down the access 'road' so it stays in the street
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My bike's garaged probably 9 nights out of 10. Bit different for bikes though, they're obviously much more susceptible to the weather and theft and so on.
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No. Its full of tools/DIY stuff/junk.
Even if it wasn't, I doubt I'd bother with something I use everyday. A weekend car maybe, but getting it in and out each day is too much hassle.
Even if it wasn't, I doubt I'd bother with something I use everyday. A weekend car maybe, but getting it in and out each day is too much hassle.
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My insurance company (Direct Line) don't care. They count it as a town centre so I get stiffed even tho it's locked away securely off the street.
Just out of curiousity? how wide is the garage?
Reason i ask is you have a CTR, i know the dimensions as its likely to be my next car. They're only approx 1700mm wide or so which is pretty narrow compared to almost any other modern car. I have a 7ft wide garage and its no probs once you get used to it and wouldn't be for me in a CTR either.
Unless its unbelievably narrow i can't see a prob, you might be surprised?
Oh , yea i do...mainly because of little ****'s playing football in our road
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Nope, garage is full of BMX's, mountain bikes, fish tanks, power tools, ladders, wind surfers, paint, old washing machines, chest freezer, dryer, old furniture, bits from various cars from over the years, the list goes on!