How to have a garage for a couple of hundred £/year
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Buy a big van/small truck/some sort of large vehicle and do some minor conversions to the rear doors including an easily deployable ramp for loading a car, park it on the street as long as it has tax disc.
anyone ever done something like that as a solution? very cheap way of keeping a fancy vehicle secure, no? guess most load bays in the back of trucks just wouldn't allow enough drivers door access for practical regular use.
anyone ever done something like that as a solution? very cheap way of keeping a fancy vehicle secure, no? guess most load bays in the back of trucks just wouldn't allow enough drivers door access for practical regular use.
AlVal said:
Buy a big van/small truck/some sort of large vehicle and do some minor conversions to the rear doors including an easily deployable ramp for loading a car, park it on the street as long as it has tax disc.
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anyone ever done something like that as a solution? very cheap way of keeping a fancy vehicle secure, no? guess most load bays in the back of trucks just wouldn't allow enough drivers door access for practical regular use.
You also have to keep your truck insured, in the UK. And it has to be able to be driven otherwise people will park behind it and you can't get your car in or out.[img]picture of a truck[/img]
anyone ever done something like that as a solution? very cheap way of keeping a fancy vehicle secure, no? guess most load bays in the back of trucks just wouldn't allow enough drivers door access for practical regular use.
Plus you need to be able to street park near your house.
Also your car insurance will be interesting as you keep your car overnight in a truck.
Captain Muppet said:
You also have to keep your truck insured, in the UK. And it has to be able to be driven otherwise people will park behind it and you can't get your car in or out.
Plus you need to be able to street park near your house.
Also your car insurance will be interesting as you keep your car overnight in a truck.
True but you could drive the truck instead of the car to make sure the car is dry weather use only but still have the car with you. Plus you need to be able to street park near your house.
Also your car insurance will be interesting as you keep your car overnight in a truck.
sleep envy said:
Captain Muppet said:
You also have to keep your truck insured, in the UK. And it has to be able to be driven otherwise people will park behind it and you can't get your car in or out.
Plus you need to be able to street park near your house.
Also your car insurance will be interesting as you keep your car overnight in a truck.
True but you could drive the truck instead of the car to make sure the car is dry weather use only but still have the car with you. Plus you need to be able to street park near your house.
Also your car insurance will be interesting as you keep your car overnight in a truck.
Also you'd be driving a truck all the time. Which isn't as much fun as driving a £500 MX5, to pick a random example of something with a high fun/pound ratio.
snapdragon69 said:
You can hire a shipping container for about £26 a month. You can even put these on some roads for £5 a week skip license from the council.
Most councils have restrictions on size - ro-ros can't be left on a road unless behind a hoarding.A licence will not be granted for materials exceeding:
Length: 3 metres
Breadth: 2 metres
Height: 1 metre.
By the time you've brought MOT'd, Taxed and Insured and done the alterartions surely it would have been cheaper to build or buy a garage Last year we had a garage built in our back garden (we live on the corner of 2 roads) in which we get 4 Minis and a MKV Golf with full electric roller shutter door and it cost circa 15K ok were in the trade so cost us less then if we weren't in the trade but a lot less hassle in the long run oh and a lot more room too
Downton Mini said:
By the time you've brought MOT'd, Taxed and Insured and done the alterartions surely it would have been cheaper to build or buy a garage Last year we had a garage built in our back garden (we live on the corner of 2 roads) in which we get 4 Minis and a MKV Golf with full electric roller shutter door and it cost circa 15K ok were in the trade so cost us less then if we weren't in the trade but a lot less hassle in the long run oh and a lot more room too
That would depend where you're bringing it from though.
exactly!TheInternet said:
AlVal said:
Buy a big van/small truck/some sort of large vehicle and do some minor conversions to the rear doors including an easily deployable ramp for loading a car, park it on the street as long as it has tax disc.
Not a new idea:
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