Garage, Carport or Driveway?

[SVT8]

Well i always stick my car in the driveway as i cannot fit it into the garage with the boat, gym kit and my old mans ZD being in the double garage already. So basically im forced to leave it in the driveway. The previous owners of my car use to garage it all the time and seeing that i just leave it in my driveway am i really a bad owner?

The car has been keep in pretty good nick since i got but i have been noticing some scratches on the boot and bonnet in particular!. I couldnt work out how it was happening until one day i caught two cats on the car, leaving scratch marks on the bonnet. I have come to terms that i cant protect the car at my home unless i wrap it up in glad rap every night. I wouldnt mind hearing where everyone stores there car at home, and a breif description of the condition would be good to.

cheers

[LUXO_8]

my car gets the half covered in carport, and my parents cars get to live outside
it gets a bit of dust settle on it in there....but so long as it gets washed off and not wiped its fine

will be getting my own place next year..........it will have a garage..lol

[Sundeep]

In 2 years of spray paintage my car's only spent 10 or so nights out in the cold, otherwise it's in the garage. You can't keep your paint schmicko parking outdoors I reckon, no way.

Sundeep

[Tiga_EL]

I voted everything. Before my garage was a garage it used to be a carport, then after the carport got a garage door put on, and it became a garage, whilst that was happening the car stayed in the driveways a few nights. and on one occasion left it front of the house parked on side, hence other

[EDXR6T]

Originally Posted by Sundeep

In 2 years of spray paintage my car's only spent 10 or so nights out in the cold, otherwise it's in the garage. You can't keep your paint schmicko parking outdoors I reckon, no way.

Sundeep

Tell me about it mine's going to Sh|t!!1!

God dammit i should turbo'd my car instead of respray

It sit's in driveway...

[jabba]

Driveway at the moment... Works start on my new carport on Thursday....

[ORSMEB]

Mine lives in the garage. Wouldn't have it any other way. I have 5 cars in the family, mine and mum's new car get the garage.
My next house only has a carport :(

[gngtho]

Abit of advise, "take the boat out."

[FRDXR6]

Garaged at home, swipecard access underground carpark at work and undercover/enclosed carpark at uni, the only time it sees the outside is when its on the road.



Although it spent its first night in the 3 years i have owned it outside last night because my brothers EF power window cable funked up so he couldnt put his window up and had to garage it...

[SVT8]

Originally Posted by gngtho

Abit of advise, "take the boat out."

if only it was that simple, old man is not gona take a $40,000 boat out just for my $5000 eb lol. And even if we did get the boat out the pajero would be going in before my car..........You can never win. lol

[[Tonko]]

i went with carport and driveway... because i only have half the roof on, im too lazy to finish it...but i only wanted it to stop the birds, rubber snake on the exposed beam did that...

[dveus 1]

Unfortunately I live in an apartment block with offstreet parking but not undercover.The local neighbourhood cats love to sit on the hood of the cars in winter after our return.At this stage I have no other option.Maybe at a later date so Yes Erin...I can identify with your problem.

[Joes_meat]

Originally Posted by dveus 1

Unfortunately I live in an apartment block with offstreet parking but not undercover.The local neighbourhood cats love to sit on the hood of the cars in winter after our return.At this stage I have no other option.Maybe at a later date so Yes Erin...I can identify with your problem.

Electrify the bonnet?

[crannersEL]

Mine sits out the front in the weather :-( poor little CRANRS.....

[dveus 1]

LMAO......Now theres an option ! !

[eb91xr6]

mine sits in the car port and has my great dogs around it all day and night, and naver had it broken into at home. lives down in the car port as its my weekend car and half the time im working on it

[Damo]

driveway or on the naturestrip, where ever is easiest to get it out of a morning depending on who is leaving first, 7 cars at home. :(

[lukey039]

When my dad saw my car for the first time when I lived at home,in his words "thats too good to stay outside" "we'l have to build you a carport for it". 1 month later, carport was built and my car went in the garage and 1 of mum and dads cars went in the carport.I was pretty lucky.Now since moving out its sits pride of place in our garage.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Originally Posted by Damo

driveway or on the naturestrip, where ever is easiest to get it out of a morning depending on who is leaving first, 7 cars at home. :(

7 cars!! When I lived with my folks there was only 3 and that was bad enough, but 7. Where do you put them all? :

By the way mine lives in the driveway and my housemate's is on the lawn. The garage is full of the landlords xf bits.

[XR6TickfordBoy]

Its first in best dressed at my joint! Got a 2 car carport otherwise front lawn or nature strip parking! with 4 cars whoever comes home when there's carport space gets it, pays to be a uni student that works part-time as i usually get home b4 the full timers so generally get carport space! had to park nature strip last night, get so paranoid some punks are gonna scratch my duco or flog the car/wheels! when I get a house mandatory double garage/workshop!

[DEVL-XR]

mine sits out on the front lawn! it goes in the driveway sometimes too but iv got an oil leak at the moment and havent had it fixed yet so my dad wont let me park on the concrete til its fixed! its only really a pain in the *** is winter when you wake up and the car is covered in thick ice!

[XR6_661]

Mine sits on the lawn or on the road...Its a very quiet street so all wrks well. Next year it'll be garaged all the time hopefully!

[Dezza]

Mine usually sits either in the driveway or on the street, depending on whether I beat my housemate for the driveway or not! I do have a garage but it is nearly impossible to get a Falcon into it. I tried a few times at the start of the year but nearly ripped off one of my mirrors when I caught it on a tree. The driveway is too narrow near the garage, but what makes it worse is that there is a bend in the driveway, meaning I have to steer in a section of driveway a couple of centimeters wider than the car without swinging the nose into anything. Understandably I gave up.

When I'm back at my parents at Maffra on the other hand, I get the carport!

Even though my car is usually parked in the open, my paint is still looking really good. I wipe off any bird poo that gets on it with a wet rag, and it's showing no signs of fading

[Kenaz]

Originally Posted by Damo

driveway or on the naturestrip, where ever is easiest to get it out of a morning depending on who is leaving first, 7 cars at home. :(

Same here, as mine is one of those 7 :P

Too bad there's a broken down EB occupying both spots in the double garage :yeees:

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by Kenaz

Same here, as mine is one of those 7 :P

Too bad there's a broken down EB occupying both spots in the double garage :yeees:

So it isn't gone yet?

[Rmyers]

The EA is kept in the garage while my ED is made to sit out in the driveway...

[Kenaz]

Originally Posted by ea_silver_ghia

So it isn't gone yet?

I know nussing :monkes:

[gngtho]

Under car port, land lord would'nt cover over it so i did.

[AdzT3-146]

In the driveway unfortunately :(

[SwarvJarv]

many a night have i spent hunting the friggin cats around here....once i left my window down, the next morning there was a cat sleeping in there but not only that he had ****ed/squirted his man juice all through the ******....interior had to be changed....
if your gunna have an outside cat, get the ****er desexed!!!!!......<---Do It!