Priorities

[marinyork]

When I was small I used to see people park cars in garages. Then they parked them on their driveways. Then they expanded their driveways and widened the entrance. Then that was too much and the vast majority of people just park them on the road as that's too much trouble (due to our very liberal parking laws outside of places like London and a few other cities).

 

[screenman]

I would not like to live somewhere that I could not put the car away at night, I go swimming early most morning a defrosting the car would be just another thing trying to stop me going.

 

[biggs682]

On my ride this morning i spotted a fairly new Porker 911 left on a front garden of a modest looking semi , sure if i had a Porker i could find a garage to lock it away in

 

[Tin Pot]

Me, my car and anything else I own takes last priority in my home - I assume it's the same elsewhere?

 

[marinyork]

To me, all the situation says is that the owner of the Aston Martin (a) doesn't have enough storage for outdoor stuff and (b) isn't sufficiently worried about theft or environmental damage to his car. He sounds similar to 90% of the population.

I get Drago's point. Although it is very common I've often cycled along millionaire's row on the way to the peak district and the amount of bling, extremely expensive cars (even more so than what he's quoting) parked on the drive or road is a lot. That said there's quite a considerable bit of wealth on the smaller scale parked on grass verges in the council estate near me. I did find it funny as not that long ago they splashed a lot of money on renovating driveways, gates and smart walls or fences on that estate and since then the grass verge thing has got worse and in some cases they tarmaced over it to accommodate the drivers.

 

[screenman]

I built the garage before the house. That is getting priorities correct, unfortunately unlike the house it did not get underfloor heating, it will next time.

 

[fossyant]

My bikes live in the garage. We used to get a car in there too. More bikes, car goes outside. My car isn't worth much, and the missus is quite new, but won't fit. One of the bikes did live in a bedroom next to a radiator. Got sent to the garage when the kids arrived 16 years ago... BOOOOO...

To the OP, the bloke is probably lazy !!!

 

[screenman]

Whilst we are on garages, where does my gravel go to? My drive is about 5 x 70 yards and is 10 inches of crushed limestone topped with gravel, every year we need to top the gravel up by another 3 or 4 tons.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Whilst we are on garages, where does my gravel go to? My drive is about 5 x 70 yards and is 10 inches of crushed limestone topped with gravel, every year we need to top the gravel up by another 3 or 4 tons.

You need slick tyres to stop spreading it on the road

 

[fossyant]

Personally, I have 2 garages, and I can't access either. When Drago towers was built in 1960 they left enough room to drive an Austin A30 down the aside to access them... just. Modern machinery simply won't fit down the gap (my Daughters old 107 did with the mirrors folded in, but it was scary close) so one garage is old tat, the other workshop and motorbikes, and my worthless 11 year old Kia goes on the drive.

That's what's happened to lots of houses. Even the roads at my aunt's house aren't wide enough for one car (they bought 60 years ago) - same with my niece's house - the road is way too small for the cars there (my niece bought a couple of years ago)..

 

[fossyant]

My garage would be a man cave if the family would get rid of some old kids toys..... bloody kids stuff from years ago... boxed and stored, needs to go, it's a bike den. All the family ride.....

 

[screenman]

You need slick tyres to stop spreading it on the road

We have the larger gravel the does not get caught in tyres, also it seems to go the whole lengthy of the drive not just the road end.

My thoughts are it either sinks or the gravel fairies pinch it.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

The weatherproof car sits out on the drive, my oldish Trek hybrid lives in the garage, and the two expensive Giants live in the spare room in the warm. I'd say I've got my priorities about right.

 

[slowmotion]

My van won't fit on the garage, so I fill it with junk instead..

I don't have a garage. I just fill the van with junk and park it on the street.

 

[screenman]

I must add that I hate junk, I have 7 bikes and my spares fit easily into a filing cabinet drawer. No collection of part worn tyres or the suchlike.