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In my last home, I installed a camper shell on my PU and it would no longer fit through the garage door.
I had a contractor raise the door a few inches and installed a new door. Simple problem, simple solution.
I really do not understand this phenomenon. I look up and down the streets of my neighborhood, or any suburban area for that matter, and I see this: cars parked in the driveways. Houses with 2 or 3 car garages, and the majority of cars are left out in the driveways.
We had some snow last night, I was out shoveling the driveway this morning and my neighbor was out there grumbling and cursing at how they had to clean the snow off of both of their cars. They have a 2 car garage, and their 2 cars get parked in the driveway. Same issue when there was a rash of break-ins a few years ago, they grumbled about their cars being broken into but they have a perfectly secure garage they could both get parked in.
Why would anyone leave both cars outside, especially with bad weather coming? I can't think of the last time one of my vehicles was left out for the night.
Definitely one of the Big Mysteries of Life, BrianF . . .
It is everywhere . . . Full Two-Car or Larger Garages stuffed full of worthless "throw-away" stuff while a $20k up to a $100k Vehicle sits outside in the elements rotting and depreciating away or, even worse, being subjected to the whims of the Local Thugs / DirtBags.
I have a two car garage but it's hard to imagine fitting 2 cars into it. You'd have to squeeze as far over as possible on the left side, and then it would still be hard to open the driver's door on the other side. Fortunately, this is a single car household, so I have plenty of room for the car and then a fair amount of storage. From what I can see, many of my neighbors use their garage for one car and some storage and then park the second car on the street.
Definitely one of the Big Mysteries of Life, BrianF . . .
It is everywhere . . . Full Two-Car or Larger Garages stuffed full of worthless "throw-away" stuff while a $20k up to a $100k Vehicle sits outside in the elements rotting and depreciating away or, even worse, being subjected to the whims of the Local Thugs / DirtBags.
It is tough trying to fix STUPID.
This I had numerous discussion with my mom about leaving her at the tiime new car sat outside for tree sap and birds to crap on while stuff that shoould have been thrown away sat in her garage.
Only in America do people park their $30K cars outside because their garages are full of worthless junk.
$30k truck in the driveway and $45k worth of tools and vehicles in the garage. I'm not sure I'd want to live where people store that kind of stuff in the yard. I don't care if it's eXMark and Stihl, it's still going to look like Sanford & Son, or get stolen.
And to some people a car is nothing more than a means to travel. Cost is irrelevant since it is ultimately a disposable commodity. Or their cars just don't fit in the garage. I had a 7' door at my old house and my truck wouldn't fit because of the length AND the height. I guess it's not always a matter of worthless junk.
Wouldn't you think that some (or--hopefully--most) of those people would have finally figured out that they need to throw out most of the accumulated junk in their garages, so that they could shelter their cars from... winter's snow and ice...and summer's bird droppings and sun damage?
No.
Nor is it my business what goes on inside their lives, heads, emotions, work or
how they are dealing with whatever or what their priorities are.
I'm a Mary, perfectly content.
Others are Martha's scurrying around expecting things of me.**
**It's like the story of Martha and Mary....Martha is feeding the whole house of people working so hard to 'do things'....she complains to Jesus...Hey!
Can you tell Mary to help me already?!
He says, as Mary is looking adoringly up into his face...She is where she is supposed to be.
While some people are busy having neat garages, others are doing wonderfully fulfilling
'other things'. Different priorities.
I'm a Mary, perfectly content...with a full garage, car in the snowy driveway.
good old dad has five parking places and the car is oustside
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Originally Posted by Vision67
Only in America do people park their $30K cars outside because their garages are full of worthless junk.
When dad ran his shop you could eat off the parts room floor. Now, he has five buildings and a convertible is parked outside. A tent, which the wind picks up and slams down on the car, has caused some minor damage but it's a new top and a new paint job, turning the car from perfect to a blem that will have to be fixed before sale.
So FINALLY I got my brother (usually the japanese touriest in the family; former photog.) to send a disc as to what was in the buidings. Paperwork and auto fluids and can of stuff.....fifty years old. I guess he just gave up. Sheesh.
We finally moved the two cars inside the same drywalled double garage as that's what California insurance requires. Collector cars need to be inside, not outside.
For over 15 years???
I and most of my neighbors have been here since the houses were built--in 1996-97.
I can understand putting something off for a while.
I can understand "forgetting"...at least temporarily.
But, after experiencing snow and ice storms for most of the winters during those years............................................. ................
Wouldn't you think that some (or--hopefully--most) of those people would have finally figured out that they need to throw out most of the accumulated junk in their garages, so that they could shelter their cars from... winter's snow and ice...and summer's bird droppings and sun damage?
I know right? I think some people just keep accumulating things, the clutter becomes overwhelming, and they end up not doing anything with it other than adding more to it, piling boxes on top of boxes, old furniture on top of more old furniture, etc.
Maybe some people just never come up with a plan for all the stuff. Or maybe they keep telling themselves they'll have a garage sale, take some things to a thrift store, or whatever but it just doesn't happen.
I guess they eventually decide they'd prefer to keep their stuff inside and their cars outside, or for some people that might have even been their plan when they bought the house.
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good old dad has five parking places and the car is oustside
