Keeping a few cars in London does pose a few issues when it come to parking and garaging. I'm reminded this week because one of my lock-ups is having some work on the roof to make it water tight again, so I've had to move the TR and park it on the drive.
Parking is an almost religious experience around here nowadays! I am lucky enough to be able to park two cars on our drive but we don't have a garage at home. So I rent two lock-ups; one rather conveniently is almost next door behind a lock of flats, the other is a 5 min walk away. There a several companies that seem to buy up all the garages around here and, I guess, make quite a nice profit renting them out. Although most seem to be filled with junk not cars. Does anyone care enough about their new car nowadays that they'd park it in the garage? Maybe people don't expect to keep them long enough to worry.
Leaving your car locked up in a garage 5 min walk away and only visiting it once every few months seems a little alien to anyone out of town, but I suppose you just get used to it! I've thought about security cameras and tracking stuff. In the end I resort to big padlocks and taking bits of the distributor home with me, anyone got any better security tips??
After renting lockups for the past 15 odd years I dread to think how much I've spent on them, but at least the cars look better for it!
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