Keeping a second/sports car on the street inner London

[eastsider]

Hi all

Interested to hear any experiences of keeping a second car on the street. Clearly some level of hassle is going to be inevitable, but all over London inc my area I see nice metal parked up so it can't be all bad right?

Live in Bow E3 - the move out one day will have (double) garage as a pre-requisite, but we're a few years away from that yet and I'm getting bored waiting to buy a second/fun car. Main family wagon is an E39 touring which will stay on the fleet, so the second car will get occasional use for fun at weekends, but will sit much of the time.

I'm looking at a £20k budget and at something modern that can stand out ok.

I have investigated renting garages (extremely rare and £150-200/month) and 'secure' spaces (still £120-150/month) but that is well over £1000/year, plus the inconvenience of it not being outside when I want it.

Appreciate any real experiences.

Thanks in advance.

[eastsider]

Thanks chaps for the reassurance. I think I'm going to go for it and see how it works out - life's too short to not have a fun car and we're not moving out of central anytime soon! Will resort to renting a space and/or winter storage if I need to.

[eastsider]

JJ55 said:

I'm based in e3 too & would say it depends which bit you live in. North or South. Mine have always been fine on the street. Tree sap is a bigger problem.

Im lucky these days as have secure parking behind my house but sadly no cash at the mo to put anything worth nicking in it!

I'm north end bow, between tredegar square and roman road. There is plenty of nice metal on the streets, but it tends to be new ish 4x4 rather than 10+ year old sports cars, which i feel somehow is more conspicuous than a volvo xc90, x5, range rover etc. Audi RS4 round the corner and a Cayman R is a regular visitor. Tredegar Sq has multiple new range rovers, 2x twisted defenders, and a masarati GT that live there!

Renting a space fairly close by is feasible for around £100/month - not insignificant yearly cost but I am considering it.

Thanks all