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Old Sep 15, 2003 | 09:42 PM
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Outside. Parking lot at my apartment complex. I would like to garage it, maybe in the next few months as I may be getting a house with my friend. Until then, I can't stress about it. One good thing about having it in the parking lot is that cute boys usually ask me about it!

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Old Sep 15, 2003 | 09:57 PM
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My Mini is outside, I do not know if that will be a lasting thing or not though. I may empty my garage of all my gaming junk...
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 04:29 AM
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Indoors, 24/7, except when we're out playing and then only when the weather is clear... she's my one indulgence and is spoiled!
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 04:39 AM
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Covered parking times two, baby! I was one of the last to purchase a townhouse in my development. My neighbors, as one of the very first to buy, got a pair of uncovered stalls. Once again, I was one of the last to purchase and received two covered parking with the market on the decline at the time. Unfair to my neighbors, huh? But then again... life's not fair :smile: )...
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 04:57 AM
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i parked my MINI outside for the first 6 months :smile:
i can't believe how much more space i have in the garage now

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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 05:03 AM
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Mine is inside the garage and only comes out to play on Friday nights if its not rainning and maybe on Sunday. But not during football season. So it looks like Friday will have to do for now.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 05:15 AM
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My MINI is outside 24/7. I don't use a car cover either. My baby definitely does not get babied. I knew it was going to be this way, so even as I was designing my MINI, it was spec'd out with this in mind. I have also, whether consciously or not, come up with a whole array of strategies to maximize it's security...at least as best I can for where I live. I also have a very weird regimine for keeping it clean....but hey, it works!! :smile:
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 05:17 AM
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It depends :smile:

I have a 2 car garage that has room for one car nowadys do to....excess...stuff.

Most of the time my MCS is actually outside.... as I'm too lazy to move cars to get it in the garage.
My driveway goes from two cars wide.... to one car wide(w/ a double gate) ...back to 2 cars wide...
There can be alot of car shuffling..... to get my MCS into the garage...sometimes :smile:

It's amazing to me ..... how lazy I really am

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D
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 05:21 AM
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In the fourteen months of ownership, my MCS has only spent ONE night under the stars...at the dealership when it was in for service...pampered...
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 05:42 AM
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Every night, in the Garage, a quick Zaino Refresh before DMonk hits the sack.

Ok, Ok, but its the only really nice thing I have so I am a bit over protective.


 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 05:52 AM
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My garage is full of bicycles, but the MCS stays relatively dry in the carport. Of course, I get to deal with the inevitable cat paw prints on the windshield each morning...
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 08:33 AM
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Ollie lives on the street.

Mothers generally tedious boyfriend had the newest car and set up the rule "Newest car gets the garage." Then I brought home the MINI and told him to move his POS Acura (nicely) and he said he'd since changed the rules. "Newest car belonging to someone who contributes to the mortgage gets the garage." (Did I mention he's like, 5 years old?)

Anyway, as poetic justice would have it, my mum just bought a new car. Now the poor widdle Acura will be joining the MINI on the street. Under these circumstances, I don't mind...
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 08:47 AM
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About a month before I got my MINI, I cleaned out my tiny old one-car garage to make room. Now, I have an evening ritual of moving the wife's SUV out in the street and running the MINI inside to go to bed (we have a one-car driveway too).
My garage is so small, I cringe whenever my wife says "can you put this in the garage?" I have become very creative in storing stuff.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 08:59 AM
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My MINI is outside in the elements most of the time. But when I drive it to work it's in a covered parking garage. It's not that difficult to keep clean, as it's so small and a touchless car wash is just 4 bucks automatic or 2 bucks if I wash it. It's washed 2 times a week ususally and waxed (Zymol) every 2 weeks.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 09:05 AM
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The garage is for the Bentleys
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 09:09 AM
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As for the room in the garage I have often joked that I'd just pull her under my gaming table and ask that people not prop their feet on her

 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 01:39 PM
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I'm supposed to take delivery of my new MCS at the end of the week. My Z06 Vette is in one garage and Mrs. RaceCarDriver's Rx300 has the other, so I guess the Mini will stay in the driveway.

I want it in the driveway anyway to show it off to the neighbors.

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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 01:48 PM
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>>However with the impeding storm I'm going to move both cars over to the middle >>of a local strip mall. That way they won't be under any trees, plus there's only >>one road into our community, if I tree falls across it I want to make sure we can >>still leave!



Be careful, a few years ago, when Fran came through Raleigh, some people moved their cars to a nearby office building parking deck only to have them get flooded out on the lower level.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 01:50 PM
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Live in a Condo but get no covered parking. That may change if we move to a new Condo in the near future. At work, it doesn't get a cover either. The paint job has held up very well over the past year, considering all the UV rays this car gets day in and day out.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 02:29 PM
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my mini spends it restless days and nights under a car cover inside a garage
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 03:16 PM
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My uncompleted Plymouth has the garage. It's unlicensed, so parking it out front isn't an option. She's outside 24/7, but I take care of her.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 04:38 PM
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Outside wrapped up cozily in Duralon 5 out of 7 days. The Boxster gets the garage. Unfortunately I have an older house with only a one-car garage. Am thinking of erecting some sort of cheap unobtrusive shelter for the Mini. :smile:
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 04:59 PM
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My car is outside all of the time. I have a cover but only used it a couple of times. I'll probably throw it on when the storm hits later this week.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 05:38 PM
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My mini is always in my garage right next to my '67 mustang But for a mini thats always garaged it gets so dirty all the time
 
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 05:42 PM
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ray ur car is in the garage

and so is mine

but urs is DIRTY
 
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