Where do YOU stick YOURS? (The car(!)..)

Gordo77 said:
And have you climbed back in the boot and done everything in reverse order to get the car back out the garage!?
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Tomorrow morning mate! Bright and early for the drive to work. Got to do it before I get me work gear on though, otherwise the buttons on my work trousers and shirt could scratch the oh so supple leather :whistle2::D

The step-ladder is primed...don't you worry.
 
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It's because most people use their garage for other than their car that planners will no long take a garage in to account when determining if a new development or single house has enough parking spaces. They will take in to account car ports but not garages.
 
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We bought a new build house 2 years ago with a wide L shaped garage. My wife and I can get out both sides of the car but the biggest plus is all the space for polishing etc
 
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To the OP....
As someone else said. Put some carpet on the wall where the door is going to open and also try the following.

As I need to get my car tight in the garage on the passenger side so I can get out more easily, I do the following.
I reverse in and have found some cheap plug in LED lights which switch on with motion. I have these on the passenger wall, so when you reverse in its easy to get very close - just using the mirrors. And a bit of wood drilled in the floor where the back wheel needs to stop.

Took all of 20 mins to do and can park easily in garage now.
 
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h5djr said:
It's because most people use their garage for other than their car that planners will no long take a garage in to account when determining if a new development or single house has enough parking spaces. They will take in to account car ports but not garages.
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I still find it a bit weird that most people leave a (highly nickable) car worth £XXk on the drive/street because their garage is full of worthless old junk.

Still at least they can sleep safe knowing that thieves aren't going to smash down their front door in the middle of the night to make off with a broken kids swing, 2 old plastic chairs and a 20 year old B&Q barbecue.
 
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I'm with you, I'd rather it was out of daily sight in the hope that it means scum bag car thieves go elsewhere. ;)

Being a new build the front door and internal door from the garage are supposedly more secure - I'd rather not find out though.
 
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Scottyg said:
Post deleted. I know @jassyo06 can be, well Jassy (sorry buddy :tearsofjoy:) but totally unacceptable.
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I take it Satory dived right off the Top Dale.....At my Anal comment...lol water off a ducks back..... Now where did l Park that R8 last night.......:slap:.back in a jiffy..... Lol
 
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I park mine in an underground car park that is costing me too much per month, it is either that or the curb since I live in the middle of the city. The cars are too close together for my taste but I don't want to pay 25% more just to get a spot which fits 2 cars lengthwise and have no cars next to it.
 
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GSB said:
On the drive usually, or if it's just been cleaned and it looks like it's going to rain, the garage.

However, the OP with that narrow garage needs to get himself a parkino;

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I like (sarcastic) how they don't quote any prices on their website ;-)
 
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allanmb said:
I like (sarcastic) how they don't quote any prices on their website ;-)
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You bought a small expensive Audi, and plussed it up with half the options list. When did the price start to matter? ;-)
 
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Soulboy said:
I still find it a bit weird that most people leave a (highly nickable) car worth £XXk on the drive/street because their garage is full of worthless old junk.

Still at least they can sleep safe knowing that thieves aren't going to smash down their front door in the middle of the night to make off with a broken kids swing, 2 old plastic chairs and a 20 year old B&Q barbecue.
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Some of us like the idea of having to come downstairs in the middle of the night to batter seven shades of s**t out of whoever has just come into their house.

Game on.
 
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Personally I reverse up the drive into the garage as it's easier to check you're in the correct position so you don't clatter the mirror housings on the garage door frame & I have a strip of coir matting that the back wheel touches so I don't go too far back & batter my rear bumper or toolboxes etc... I can't use the hanging ball idea as I own a JRT who would soon pull it or the garage down lol & then two lengths of that yellow spongy pipe lagging that seems to litter every motorway hard shoulder (guess where I got mine!!) horizontally along the wall one above the other for the drivers door to open against. (7yr old Taylor Wimpey new build, who seem to build all of their single garages oversized... well at least where I live)
 
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I'm in the very fortunate portion where I've just designed and built my own house in the country.
This meant I could include an oversized detached garage big enough to take both cars plus work benches / storage units on 3 sides.
Once I clear out all the s**t from the house move plus decant the garden stuff into our shed which goes up on Friday the cars will be able to snuggle up for the fast approaching winter nights. In the past I've used one of those cast iron grills, that people used to have on their doors step, placed on the garage floor to rest the car wheel against to aid positioning in tighter garages.
 
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davc said:
Some of us like the idea of having to come downstairs in the middle of the night to batter seven shades of s**t out of whoever has just come into their house.

Game on.
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When it happened to me I didn't fancy my chances against 4 armed blokes while half asleep in my boxer shorts at 3am.
I did fend them off.... just (I am an Elite Level boxing coach). But they got the cars....and it's certainly not anything I want me or family to go through again. Ever.

But each to their own.
 
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Soulboy said:
When it happened to me I didn't fancy my chances against 4 armed blokes while half asleep in my boxer shorts at 3am.
I did fend them off.... just (I am an Elite Level boxing coach). But they got the cars....and it's certainly not anything I want me or family to go through again. Ever.

But each to their own.
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Agreed mate.
Certainly over on the A5OC forum there's many who have the view that the more deterrents you put in their way the more likely you are to have these scumbags confront you and your loved ones in your home. Everyone has differing views but whilst I want to protect mine by keeping it out of sight it's a lump of (very nice) metal at the end of the day and can be replaced. Still makes my blood boil that these parasites can take what we've all worked very hard for though.
Anyway, just off to lower the draw bridge to let the postman in lol.
 
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Soulboy said:
To the OP....
As someone else said. Put some carpet on the wall where the door is going to open and also try the following.

As I need to get my car tight in the garage on the passenger side so I can get out more easily, I do the following.
I reverse in and have found some cheap plug in LED lights which switch on with motion. I have these on the passenger wall, so when you reverse in its easy to get very close - just using the mirrors. And a bit of wood drilled in the floor where the back wheel needs to stop.

Took all of 20 mins to do and can park easily in garage now.
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Not through a lack of trying mate - I wouldn't climb out the boot if I didn't have to trust me haha.

The door doesn't open enough to get out, even when open right against the wall. Can't back in using my mirrors either as they'd catch on the wall if not folded in. No problem with the length, just the width
 
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Audi Bairn said:
I'm in the very fortunate portion where I've just designed and built my own house in the country.
This meant I could include an oversized detached garage big enough to take both cars plus work benches / storage units on 3 sides.
Once I clear out all the s**t from the house move plus decant the garden stuff into our shed which goes up on Friday the cars will be able to snuggle up for the fast approaching winter nights. In the past I've used one of those cast iron grills, that people used to have on their doors step, placed on the garage floor to rest the car wheel against to aid positioning in tighter garages.
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So....remind me when my move in date is mate? :D
 
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CarloS3 said:
So....remind me when my move in date is mate? :D
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That's exactly why I put additional accommodation above the garage too CarloS3.
We've still to discuss rent though lol :laughing:
 
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I've got a nice big garage right outside my apartment.
 
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On the driveway, lets face it if someone wants it - theyll do whatever it takes to get it and id rather they took it rather than breaking into the house and causing all sorts of other trauma. Its just a car at the end of the day and its insured. On the other hand I've found it useful to attend some local meets, hopefully folk would look out for a fellow enthusiast rather than want to cause an issue in the first place.
 
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2 levels underground at the end row of parking spots (got the building manager to repaint the unit numbers so we got those :) only cost was a case of beer ). Company car parks on the other side to take all the potential hits from the not so good at using mirrors or reverse parking neighbors - sad state his Boxter and Cayenne with not a straight nor un-dented panel on either!
 
I'll refrain from suggesting you should all move downunder, so you can get houses with decent garages, but maybe this is an alternative.

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RichardT said:
I would bet that garage costs more that the Porsche :whistle2:
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Over here there are sometimes garage spots you can buy in underground car parks (so you won't have to be on a waiting list for years), they often sell for what it would cost me to get 2 S3s. At least the garage in the picture comes with an elevator.
 
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RichardT said:
I've heard that - why is it?
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Insurers’ ratings are based on claims data, and due to the amount of accidents that occur while parking in garages they are seen as a riskier parking spot
 
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mfl said:
I'll refrain from suggesting you should all move downunder, so you can get houses with decent garages
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Don't give them an invite, I like my empty roads and garage space :)

They would all get confused with our oversized shopping centre carpark spaces.
 
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Audi Bairn said:
Agreed mate.
Certainly over on the A5OC forum there's many who have the view that the more deterrents you put in their way the more likely you are to have these scumbags confront you and your loved ones in your home.
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That's such a defeatist attitude, they may as well just leave the keys outside the front door on the mat then.
 
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davc said:
That's such a defeatist attitude, they may as well just leave the keys outside the front door on the mat then.
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Fair enough but I think the guys who were talking in those terms had been confronted in their home by thugs so I think my view would be the same if that was the case.
Just like when I was in a serious accident and my first thought was my health and the car could be replaced if needs be.
 
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In a locked and alarmed double garage with enough room for two cars, motorbike, four bikes, workbench and storage.
 
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