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Old May 20, 2010 | 09:20 PM
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Do you garage your cars or leave em in the street?

I thought this would be pretty interesting, who garages and who just lets their cars stay outside? Personally I leave my car outside since my garage is full of junk. How about you?
Old May 20, 2010 | 09:24 PM
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Garage mine every night!
Old May 20, 2010 | 11:03 PM
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I keep mine in a secret underground vault with eye and finger reconition...lol Outside but wit a car cover
Old May 20, 2010 | 11:05 PM
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Mine is a Garage queen, all my other cars are in the driveway and street.
Old May 21, 2010 | 12:19 AM
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Old May 21, 2010 | 03:14 AM
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Sadly in the driveway. I'm in the process of closing on a house with a 2 car garage and hopefully by the end of June both my cars will have a comfy spot out of the sunlight and elements. The wife will still have to park outside. Haha
Old May 21, 2010 | 04:36 AM
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Our one car garage contains our daughter's crash-damaged '66 Mustang. What's left of it, anyway. And even that relatively narrow car barely fits.

Two cars in the driveway
Two cars off to the side of the driveway
One in the street

It would be way too much of a PITA to put any regularly driven car in the garage, as it would immediately get hemmed in by whatever two ended up in the driveway. They're safer against getting scratched or the door edges chipped being outdoors anyway. Bird poo is a different story, but that problem has almost been solved.


Almost forgot the Honda Pilot that has been banished to the street for cause. Not mine or my wife's, but the people who do own it live in my house.


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Old May 21, 2010 | 04:41 AM
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Garaged. But once the boat comes the Maxima goes in the driveway..
Old May 21, 2010 | 05:34 AM
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Wouldn't you want to put the boat in the water? lol! My Max has a very comfy 2 car garage that it shares with her buddy the 350Z.
Old May 21, 2010 | 05:44 AM
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Boat and one car (Maxima) in the driveway, the other 3 on the street, my Harley is in the garage alone.
Old May 21, 2010 | 05:52 AM
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Garaged - even at work in an underground parking deck.

When it rains (like today) it stays at home and I'll drive one of the older cars.


Old May 21, 2010 | 05:55 AM
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Mine is outside but covered.
Old May 21, 2010 | 06:13 AM
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garage garage garage ... at home in the garage and at school in the garage!
Old May 21, 2010 | 06:45 AM
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outside, with no car cover!
Old May 21, 2010 | 06:58 AM
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Garage. I added a garage onto my house; there's no way I'm going to fill it with stuff and keep the car outside.

Wife's 02 Liberty is in the driveway. Except when it snows and she's home with kids - then she gets the garage.

My company just broke ground on a new building - that includes two parking decks. I three years it'll be in a garage all the time.
Old May 21, 2010 | 07:18 AM
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Underground heated parking at night. Outside parked side against the wind with little to no protection from anything at work.
Old May 21, 2010 | 08:50 AM
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Old May 21, 2010 | 09:23 AM
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my ride sits out, no place for it in the garage ..
Old May 21, 2010 | 10:18 AM
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Mine is in the driveway with a car cover. One car garage is used mainly for storage. I mainly drive the car on the weekends and use another for work commute. The parking spaces at work suck so I'm in rush to get it dinged up.
Old May 21, 2010 | 10:46 AM
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i live in a condo so both cars are indoors at all times
sucks that i have to park outside when at work - otherwise it would be a perfect world if i could park inside @ both places
Old May 21, 2010 | 11:00 AM
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Heated/cooled insulated 26'X26' garage that is brick-lined so we can hose it out several times each year. We had it built with full HVAC because we work out there on projects, and the storage and tool rooms open only to the garage area.

Our Maxima is very happy there.

Suggestion to those who may be building a home:

Although our garage has 675 square feet, we have only two 10' wide garage doors, so can only have two vehicles (and a diesel farm tractor wedged sideways at the front) in there at one time. If you are considering building a fairly large garage, we would suggest making it 35' X 21' (735 sq ft) with three 9' doors. Hindsight is always so much better . . .
Old May 21, 2010 | 11:11 AM
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no garage here, but we do have a covered carport. still gets a little wet when it rains though.
Old May 21, 2010 | 11:17 AM
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Old May 21, 2010 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by AUTOmobilePHILE
no garage here, but we do have a covered carport. still gets a little wet when it rains though.
I remember moving to a home with a carport around 1960. After over ten years of parking out in the open, that carport was a WONDERFUL step up. I parked in carports for thirty years before having a very nice garage the last twenty years.

I certainly do remember rain sometimes blowing sideways and soaking me in those carports. But I still felt very good that I didn't have to park out in the blazing sun or under industrial pollution or torrential downpours or have the car destroyed by hail. My paint jobs and my clothes immediately began lasting longer once I moved up to a carport.
Old May 21, 2010 | 11:42 AM
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Garage.
Old May 21, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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Garage. When my wife and I got married six years ago, we needed larger digs, and agreed that we must have a three car garage in a new place. Settled for a house with a garage two bays wide, with one bay two "cars" deep. Park the three harley's in front of the max in the deep bay, with my wifes beemer in the other bay. Very fortunate, we are. I also have covered parking at work, so the only time the max is exposed to the elements is when we are actually going somewhere! Again, very fortunate. Like Light, I remember both no cover at all and carports for a while. Life is good.
Old May 21, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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Garaged and have an extended covered/paved area to side of garage for 3rd car, all 3 alternate spots and are protected from the elements.
Old May 21, 2010 | 03:54 PM
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Garage in the winter outside summer the garage is reserve for my twos competition go kart and my 200 SX .I have a two door garage
Old May 21, 2010 | 06:03 PM
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My car is in the garage whenever it is not being driven or washed. This includes when I'm at work too.
Old May 21, 2010 | 07:26 PM
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Both. I have a double garage but there is so much outdoor equipment/other stuff in there that only one side is available. Wife gets the driveway for the Murano hehe
Old May 21, 2010 | 07:54 PM
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garage my maxi and my wife's volvo. No cars outside EVER!!
Old May 21, 2010 | 08:07 PM
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I usually get the garage since I use my car the least. It also really depends on which one is clean too because if its raining I don't let my wife drive my mine it gets to dirty and makes is harder to clean.
Old May 21, 2010 | 08:12 PM
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I used to garage my car but once my GF moved in I let her car park in the garage. Her car has a leak on the hatch so for time being it is in the garage. We need a bigger place so I too can park my car in the garage... lol Oh well!
Old May 21, 2010 | 08:18 PM
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Garage with big flourecents lights to see it shine!!!!
Old May 21, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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Man the last time I saw a car in my garage was about 8 years ago and it was my cousins 3rd Gen Maxima (Which was wrapped around a pole shortly after). Hoepfully i can get it all clean and have room for a new car!

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Old May 21, 2010 | 11:24 PM
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un fortunately i have to park outside in a parking lot.. not only that, i have pollen on my car all the damn time... soooo irritating.. between that and the raccoons and the birds who poop all over the nice shiny black car..
Old May 22, 2010 | 02:59 AM
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I always have it in the garage, at home and at work. I would start throwing things away before I would let my garage fill with junk. A garage is for cars!
Old May 22, 2010 | 04:22 AM
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Originally Posted by jc53
Wouldn't you want to put the boat in the water? lol! My Max has a very comfy 2 car garage that it shares with her buddy the 350Z.

And yes in the water when in use.... When not in use on the trailer in the garage. The gf's Tahoe will get the other spot...
Old May 22, 2010 | 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by lightonthehill
Heated/cooled insulated 26'X26' garage that is brick-lined so we can hose it out several times each year. We had it built with full HVAC because we work out there on projects, and the storage and tool rooms open only to the garage area.

Our Maxima is very happy there.

Suggestion to those who may be building a home:

Although our garage has 675 square feet, we have only two 10' wide garage doors, so can only have two vehicles (and a diesel farm tractor wedged sideways at the front) in there at one time. If you are considering building a fairly large garage, we would suggest making it 35' X 21' (735 sq ft) with three 9' doors. Hindsight is always so much better . . .
I leave mine in the driveway or at work parking lot (Info Tech..we don't have lives.)
Light's garage is bigger than my first house (and more luxurious at the same time.) Thanks for the tip Light!
Old May 22, 2010 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by liypfhe1
un fortunately i have to park outside in a parking lot.. not only that, i have pollen on my car all the damn time... soooo irritating.. between that and the raccoons and the birds who poop all over the nice shiny black car..
Man I feel your pain as my car is parked in the parking lot as well. lol



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