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I sort of promised I wouldn't buy any more cars until we have bought a new house.
Kinda shot myself in the foot with that one.
Rent a garage for £50 a month up the road and hide it!
I sort of promised I wouldn't buy any more cars until we have bought a new house.
Kinda shot myself in the foot with that one.
I live in London and don't have a garage so I put my GS into storage over the winter.
And is it dry storage with 24 hr security, electrical point to hook up a trickle charger and they start the car to warm up every 6 weeks or so and gently move it fore and aft to avoid a flat spot on the tyres? And you need to give them 24h notice when you want to take it out for a spin? And its guaranteed free of vermin (happened to a Porsche owner - the storage place was near a farm and mice chewed up all his wiring). And of course when the storage location is a different postcode from home, notifying the insurer is mandatory and they may raise the premium? I looked in to it and it can be a real dogs dinner to find somewhere at an affordable rent that's secure that the insurance company is happy with and where a trickle charger can be hooked up to the car.
How much do they charge for this out of interest?Yes on all counts apart from vermin - I didn't ask about that! Transported on a covered trailer, connected to a trickle charger, taken out for a drive every few weeks. They also got it MOT'd for me.
Currently the Maser is in the garage. And either my E Class is on the drive or the missus ML. Then whatever isn't goes opposite our house.
I suggested that I could buy another car and keep it in storage apart from when I were to use it.
That's when the car buying ban came into effect.
I'm not allowed to buy any more cars until we have a bigger house to keep them.
How much do they charge for this out of interest?
£25 + VAT a month for basic storage and £35 to have it on a charger, started up each month etc. But transport to and from them is extra.