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Always Garaged?

Old Mar 26, 2004 | 06:01 AM
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Just wondering if many of you are lucky like me, and get to keep their car parked in the garage both at home and at work. This is my daily driver and I live in FL so having this luxury is essential to maintain the cars paint, convertible top, and dash board. The only time my car encounters rain or sun is when I'm either driving or parked at a store. Those of you who live in FL know how often it can rain especially in the summertime (always between 4:00 and 6:00PM everyday). So when it is pouring buckets its nice to get in a dry car. Also, when it does rain my car stays nice and clean and usually by the time I go home, the roads are dry, hence it saves me the trouble of having to wash my car all over again. I use to live in NY and Boston, between the weather and the crapy condition of the roads, the life of your car is significantly decreased. Nice to be in Florida
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 07:31 AM
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yup, always garaged...
but bet i outdo you as to most anal:
mine is even covered inside the garage at the office and sometimes at home!
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 08:18 AM
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I keep mine in a garage at work and home but that doesn't keep it clean. The other day I came out of work and it was covered in what seemed like an inch of yellow pollen. Here in Houston it's really heavy right now. The paper said this year would probably be as bad as last March where it was about 22,000 tree pollen grains per cubic meter of air. No sense in even washing it for another 3 weeks or so.
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 08:59 AM
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i'm garaged at home... but not at the job.
oh well, cant make the tail lights any more faded
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 09:29 AM
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In the garage at home. Out in the open at work. I have not seen any damage to the paint or top by being out in the open during the day.
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 09:46 AM
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Mine is always garaged! I wonder if we should hold off and wash and condition the top once every couple of months instead of once a month?
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 10:26 AM
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Mine is never garaged and it's black
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 10:29 AM
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Mine is not a daily driver so I don't have to worry about parking at work.

So, yes it's always garaged.
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 01:09 PM
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Yes garaged,covered. Being the garage queen she is, she has never seen rain yet. Ahh I love Arizona.
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 01:28 PM
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I have mine in a garage at home and work. I had my car for almost 5 months and never condition the top nor waxing the paint nor clean the interior leather.
I need to have it detailed soon.
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