Why You Shouldn't Keep Your Car in a Garage

Probably, not a single sane car owner will refuse the opportunity to store his car in a garage. This is not surprising, because boxing protects the car not only from unpleasant weather conditions that negatively affect the paintwork, but also from cunning car thieves. However, the “garage” content also has a couple of significant disadvantages, which the AvtoVzglyad portal will tell about.

Buying a garage for your own needs is not a cheap pleasure. But even though the prices for buying parking spaces in cooperatives sometimes exceed the cost of the car itself, drivers still put aside their hard-earned money in the hope of acquiring coveted real estate. Their motivation is understandable in principle: it is better to spend money on boxing once than to constantly live in fear.

As with any other major purchase, the choice of a garage should be approached as responsibly as possible. It makes sense to pay attention not only to the remoteness of the cooperative from home and the ability to make payments in installments, but also to the material of construction, the quality of the access roads, the presence of lamps in the territory, the condition of the roof and walls, as well as the humidity of the indoor air. Let's take a closer look at the last point.

Many drivers, chasing attractive price tags, opt for garages with disgusting ventilation and high humidity. Parking spaces in such premises protect vehicles from ill-wishers, and drivers from "physical education" with a shovel in the winter season, but they do not protect the body from corrosion. On the contrary, they contribute to its development.

As you understand, it is not worth storing a car in a “wet” garage. It is better to use the services of paid parking - give less money, but in fact you will get about the same. And this is the first situation in which it is recommended to refuse parking in the box. The second is related to the deplorable technical condition of the vehicle.

So, if it seems to you that the risks of not starting a defective car after parking are too high, then park - out of harm's way - in the open, making sure that there is enough space around the car. You will certainly praise yourself for your forethought if the car refuses to budge and you have to call a tow truck.

As the AvtoVzglyad portal was told in one of the technical assistance services on the roads, the call center often receives requests from drivers whose cars were in the “garage” captivity. It is beyond the power of a tow truck driver to rescue a car with a blocked automatic gearbox from the fifth floor of a tight parking lot.

First, we have to send a technical expert to the scene of the incident, who is able, without turning on the ignition, to carefully shift the gear lever to “neutral”, and only then the loader. You can imagine how much time and money car owners spend on all these procedures ...