ianmk2
Part of things
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Mar 22, 2016 16:33:22 GMT
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Don't worry, I'm not after addresses, or GPS co-ordinates, or even towns or cities...but where do you store your cars? Are you blessed enough to have room at home to store them, or do you rent a unit, share storage, have a 'Garage Community' etc
I am quite fortunate in that I have a friend who has a lot of land and he lets me keep mine there, although sometimes I wish I had my own storage area where I could come and go as I please, and maybe have another car or two.. |
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Mar 22, 2016 17:06:15 GMT
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I bought a house with room to fit a garage on the side, got the garage built and now it lives in there. It is fighting for space with a lot of household stuff these days but it safe and dry.
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mexicansteve
South West
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Club RR Member Number: 31
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Mar 22, 2016 18:11:33 GMT
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Outside. Wet. Rusting. Cold. Definitely should have studied harder at school.
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BeQuietandDrive
1989 Bedford Astra Van
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AB car pix
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Car mag' snapper
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Mar 22, 2016 18:13:31 GMT
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Communal car park, a borrowed double garage, a rented lockup and at garages whilst getting or awaiting work.... logistical nightmare!
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1979 Chrysler Horizon 1.3 GL 1980 Ford Granada 2.8 Ghia 1985 Ford Sierra 3dr 1985 Ford Escort Mk3 1988 Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 1989 Ford Escort 1.3 Popular 1995 Volvo 960 1996 BMW 525i 1998 BMW 323i 1999 BMW 530d 2003 BMW 530i . www.facebook.com/ABCARPIX |
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gazz81
Part of things
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Mar 22, 2016 18:22:05 GMT
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Mines outside on a gravel drive, well I say on the drive, it's gradually disappearing into the gravel!
But it will soon be under cover when my 8m x 5m Workshop goes up next week!
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BT
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Mar 22, 2016 19:24:39 GMT
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Hidden, very well hidden, behind enough Shackles, locks and gates to give me enough time to grab a suitable length of scaffold pole and hit any potential intruder square over the head should anyone be inclined to try and find it.
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Mar 22, 2016 19:48:32 GMT
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Mine are in my purpose built man cave, ( all 4 of them, plus 1 of my sons & 6 motorbikes )12m x 9m garage with 2 post ramp, compressor, huge Snap-On tool box etc etc.
But it's just as you'd expect, too full now. The more space you have, you just fill it up, nice though!
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Mar 22, 2016 19:51:54 GMT
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Outside. Wet. Rusting. Cold. Definitely should have studied harder at school. Same. Though I have bagged a space in a barn for a few months so that should mean I get the new wreck water tight before back outside haha. |
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Mar 22, 2016 20:57:50 GMT
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Communal car park, a borrowed double garage, a rented lockup and at garages whilst getting or awaiting work.... logistical nightmare! as above... Really could do with having a culling of my collection. |
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Mar 22, 2016 21:26:54 GMT
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Garage, carport, drive(space for 4), patio & council lock-up  |
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ianmk2
Part of things
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Mar 22, 2016 23:17:44 GMT
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Mine are in my purpose built man cave, ( all 4 of them, plus 1 of my sons & 6 motorbikes )12m x 9m garage with 2 post ramp, compressor, huge Snap-On tool box etc etc. But it's just as you'd expect, too full now. The more space you have, you just fill it up, nice though! I cannot tell you how envious I am of this setup. i thought I'd reached a new level of awesomeness the other week when my friend and I fabricated (knocked together out of an old scaff board) some home made ramp extensions so I can drive it forwards onto metal ramps, having a two poster is real holy grail stuff |
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I have a 2000 sq ft unit which is full so have to sell some off
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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mikeymk
Part of things
'85 Polo Coupe S 1.6 16v
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There's more to this than the obvious, as a driveway can be more protective than a garage.
I say this because i know of a damp garage with a rotten Seat Ibiza Cupra in it, in fact everything in there looks like it was on the Mary Rose, and i've had a shocking experience lately where my car dissolved on my new driveway - because it never got an hour of sunlight. It sat there for two years in a damp bushy bay, literally foaming up. May as well have parked it in acid.
So now, with a new body, i park a little further from my house, but the car spends every sun-risen hour under the rays. Not in the damp. From sunrise to sunset, i'ts on full display, and only the clouds can disrupt it's shadow.
It's a gamble, but it should be a good one.
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I moved house to get myself a double garage, which also has an apron outside big enough for two cars, still of sight and secure. The garage also has a pit ;-) ............. Now you see why we moved ? I have also built a large workshop now at the back of the garage. I do realise I am pretty lucky to have such a great setup. Before this I spent a fortune on a lockup.
I spend more time in there than I do in the house !!
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BMW 2002 Tii (in total rehab)
BMW 1602 (Also in rahab !!)
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Mine stays on the drive, I am lucky enough to have a garage but its so full of kids toys I can't get a car in there
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There's more to this than the obvious, as a driveway can be more protective than a garage. I say this because i know of a damp garage with a rotten Seat Ibiza Cupra in it, in fact everything in there looks like it was on the Mary Rose, and i've had a shocking experience lately where my car dissolved on my new driveway - because it never got an hour of sunlight. It sat there for two years in a damp bushy bay, literally foaming up. May as well have parked it in acid. So now, with a new body, i park a little further from my house, but the car spends every sun-risen hour under the rays. Not in the damp. From sunrise to sunset, i'ts on full display, and only the clouds can disrupt it's shadow. It's a gamble, but it should be a good one. Roll on shot interior then, faded paint etc. That's why we see cracked dashes, thread bare rear seats etc it gets mighty hot under that glass, even on a 'not too hot day' |
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mgmrw
Part of things
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Classic in the garage
Daily on the driveway accompanied by Mrs heap.
Retro at mums, on drive, under covers
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LowStandards
Club Retro Rides Member
Bigging Up The Sum Sum Man Since '99
Posts: 2,647
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Outside where it's meant to be
Garage's are for working on cars, not storing them!
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In my parents' garage 800km away!
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