Priorities

[screenman]

The keys are in it, I don't have one of those keyless magic cars. I don't think that voids my insurance; if it's still there when I go out later I am sure I can still drive it and be insured

And it's in the drive.

It voids the insurance if the car was nicked is what I think he meant.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I take it you have a nice private secure driveway to leave the car running on, I suppose many do not have that luxury, I can do that but the garage is easier and faster.

I wouldn't go as far as calling it "nice" or "secure" but I can sit here and see it from my kitchen table. I frequently don't bother locking it, probably due to years spent living in the country.

It voids the insurance if the car was nicked is what I think he meant.

I know, hence the

I suppose the point I was trying to establish (genuinely) was the purpose and benefit of a garage, which seemed to me to fall into the 2 categories you stated. Neither of which are relevant to my situation. A garage nowadays seems to be a bit of a throwback for most people, and is a store-room more than anything else; perhaps garage door manufacturers should be worried as it would make more sense to just have a normal door. I also leave my garage door open all the time tho, in the hope that someone will steal the lawn mower...

 

[nickyboy]

Modern cars don't rust when left outside and security features make them much harder to nick. All my crap like BBQs, lawn mowers etc etc will degrade if left outside and are definitely nickable, so they go in the garage

Garages are really storage rooms for stuff you don't keep in the house

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

...lawn mowers etc etc will degrade if left outside

Be right back, once the mower is chucked outside...

 

[screenman]

Modern cars don't rust when left outside and security features make them much harder to nick. All my crap like BBQs, lawn mowers etc etc will degrade if left outside and are definitely nickable, so they go in the garage

Garages are really storage rooms for stuff you don't keep in the house

Cars are not just stolen many are vandalised or bumped into etc. I do agree they are less nickable though.

I have a large secure shed for garden equipment and other things not wanted in the house. Many of you have seen the pictures of my garage, I do not like junk.

 

[Sandra6]

If we took all our stuff out of the garage to put the car in we'd have to give up our living room to store it all in.
Garages, especially with new built houses like mine, aren't designed to hold a car anymore.

But, on the subject of such daftness, I see customers panic because they've left a bag in their car only to later reveal they actually left a child in there too!

 

[screenman]

If we took all our stuff out of the garage to put the car in we'd have to give up our living room to store it all in.
Garages, especially with new built houses like mine, aren't designed to hold a car anymore.

But, on the subject of such daftness, I see customers panic because they've left a bag in their car only to later reveal they actually left a child in there too!

Could you tell them what has happened to your car as they might not have read your post.

 

[Sandra6]

Could you tell them what has happened to your car as they might not have read your post.

I thought that might come back to bite me.
Our car was keyed quite badly whilst parked on the drive in front of said garage.
Although, in our defence, it would've lost it's wing mirrors at least if we'd tried to park it inside!

 

[nickyboy]

Cars are not just stolen many are vandalised or bumped into etc. I do agree they are less nickable though.

I have a large secure shed for garden equipment and other things not wanted in the house. Many of you have seen the pictures of my garage, I do not like junk.

You're right. I have a largeish driveway so the cars are parked on there. If I had to park on the road I maybe would be inclined to park in a garage instead. Too many pricks keying cars as happened to @Sandra6

 

[MarkF]

The garage is for my bikes & scooter, the car can rot outside, I am not bothered about it.

My garage was erected in 1995, I am pretty sure the car woudln't fit in it anyway, my mother's integral garage was built in 1974, I don't think any car she has owned since since she stopped driving the "old" Minis in 1985 has fitted in it.

 

[screenman]

If any of you who do not use a garage had one that was plenty big enough and empty enough would you put your car in it.

 

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4565746, member: 9609"]you could leave your car running any where in this part of the world and no one would nick it , Sounds like a different world down south.[/QUOTE]

Not sure, I am not down south according to the locals.

 

[Electric_Andy]

I think most people assume that cars are magically resistant to the elements, and (modern) cars are so clever that they can't be stolen.

Everyone suffers from some sort of hoarding syndrome. It's not that we need to keep crap in the garage, but it's very easy to fall into the trap of "that can go in there" and then "that's in there already, so some more can go in" and then "that's where that crap goes" until you end up a dedicated home (the garage) for all the stuff that won't fit in the loft but is too good to throw out.

And on that note, you know that you'll desperately need the thing that you threw out a week ago but has never been used the 10 years prior.

 

[byegad]

Ironically,the total value of my bikes IN the garage exceeds the value of the car OUTSIDE the garage

Me too!

 

[screenman]

I would easily say the total value of my bikes in the garage exceeds the value of the car in there as well.