R50/53 Do you leave your Mini outside?
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!
Erin
Erin
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: )...
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.
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:
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
Peace,
D
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

Peace,
D
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
RaceCarDriver
I want it in the driveway anyway to show it off to the neighbors.
RaceCarDriver
>>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.
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.
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.
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:





