Mind the doors - Page 2

allan40alt · 9th May 2008, 23:04

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Originally Posted by Jack The Lad.

My cunning plan is to burn my drawing board on the lawn, in two years time allan.
If "Er Indoors" can keep her hands off the plastic cards that is.

I thoroughly recommend it!

19 milano · 9th May 2008, 23:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by angie4m

Well that means if your at your mates overnight or somewhere else in the country and its parked on the street and gets nicked then they will bump the excess. The would do things like that none the less but they ask where its 'Normally parked' so if for some reason you can't use the garage that time then there should be some leway.

Apart from it costing £25 more, I don't think my Dad would approve of me moving the M3 out of the garage and onto the drive for my CTR!

But there is a myth that parking in the garage makes insurance cheaper and thats not always the case but people just don't check.

They said that if I'm at home then I am in my 'normal' location so should be in garage. They were a rubbish company and after many problems I ditched them after 6 mths when I bought a new car!

allan40alt · 9th May 2008, 23:10

It's where it's normally parked overnight, so if you're away at a mates then no problem with a claim excess.

We had to store some items in our garage and it meant leaving a car parked on the drive a couple of nights so I told the insurers and they said it would be no problem for a couple of nights, if it was long term then they may have increased my premium.

angie4m · 9th May 2008, 23:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by allan40alt

It's where it's normally parked overnight, so if you're away at a mates then no problem with a claim excess.

We had to store some items in our garage and it meant leaving a car parked on the drive a couple of nights so I told the insurers and they said it would be no problem for a couple of nights, if it was long term then they may have increased my premium.

As I would expect.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 19 milano

They said that if I'm at home then I am in my 'normal' location so should be in garage. They were a rubbish company and after many problems I ditched them after 6 mths when I bought a new car!

That was a good idea

TTDegs · 9th May 2008, 23:57

I don't recall ever parking my car in a garage

Though in my defense, the only houses I've owned that had a garage also had a drive, and I parked on that

And I should point out that my garages weren't full of junk, and I wasn't just being lazy - there were bikes in there

Although, looking back, one of them did actually qualify as junk... LOL

19 milano · 10th May 2008, 00:04

I read on a forum (can't remember which one

) a comedians quote.

Something along the lines of 'Why do british people keep £500 of junk in the garage and a £20000 car on the drive!'

angie4m · 10th May 2008, 00:28

Its madness! Complete and utter madness!

allan40alt · 10th May 2008, 09:10

Just in case anyone didn't know what my reference to 'threshold strip' was, this is it in-situ.

I used two off-cuts (about 300mm long) and stuck them to the floor so that they acted as a tyre stop. They're not too high so don't present a problem and do not protrude from under the car when parked to cause tripping-up.

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19 milano Valve Cap Join Date: 19th February 2008 Location: UK Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I read on a forum (can't remember which one) a comedians quote. Something along the lines of 'Why do british people keep £500 of junk in the garage and a £20000 car on the drive!'

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allan40alt Supporter Civinfo guru Join Date: 6th August 2006 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire. Posts: 2,145 Thanks: 8 Thanked 28 Times in 27 Posts	It's where it's normally parked overnight, so if you're away at a mates then no problem with a claim excess. We had to store some items in our garage and it meant leaving a car parked on the drive a couple of nights so I told the insurers and they said it would be no problem for a couple of nights, if it was long term then they may have increased my premium.

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TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I don't recall ever parking my car in a garage Though in my defense, the only houses I've owned that had a garage also had a drive, and I parked on that And I should point out that my garages weren't full of junk, and I wasn't just being lazy - there were bikes in there Although, looking back, one of them did actually qualify as junk... LOL

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angie4m Why Do I bother? Civinfo guru Join Date: 28th September 2007 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2,499 Thanks: 10 Thanked 17 Times in 17 Posts	Its madness! Complete and utter madness!