# POLL: Do you park your car in the garage **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757 "2020-09-03T23:40:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/1 "2020-09-03T23:40:50Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/2 "2020-09-03T23:43:23Z")
For a little while longer we keep 2 cars in our 2 car garage. I’ll miss that when we move. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/3 "2020-09-03T23:47:36Z")
The only time we don’t park our carsmin the garage is if we are doung some project that uses the garage space, like sanding furniture or whatever. Otherwise, cars are in the garage. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/4 "2020-09-03T23:50:33Z")
I keep my motorcycle in the garage. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/5 "2020-09-04T00:03:19Z")
Didn’t we just do this VERY recently? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/6 "2020-09-04T00:09:39Z")
I don’t have a garage, but even if I did, I wouldn’t park my car in it. I’d store all the crap that is currently clogging up my townhouse. My car was designed to live outside. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/7 "2020-09-04T00:48:20Z")
Other. In the garage in the winter. In spring, summer, and fall the garage is staging area for assorted tools and equipment. Also wombats. Though I don’t think there are any in the garage. Does an occasional woodchuck count? ---
**Author:** ![Redcanoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@Redcanoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redcanoe)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/8 "2020-09-04T01:01:48Z")
My garage is my workshop. Cars live outside. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/9 "2020-09-04T01:42:20Z")
I have 2- two car garages. One for my hobby car, and one for the “real” car. The hobby car garage also has all my tools, ladders, power washer, lawn mower, snow blower, etc, etc, etc. Neither car sits outside for very long when I’m home and never overnight. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/10 "2020-09-04T01:45:43Z")
Oh yes I love our garage. I never had one until we moved in this house 7 years ago. I never new the joys of a warm, ice-free car on a cold winter morning or a car with seats and a steering wheel that don’t melt flesh in the summertime. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/11 "2020-09-04T01:57:54Z")
Other. We’ve got a one car garage, and two cars. My wife parks in the garage, as she’s got a fancier car (Mazda MX-5 / Miata) vs. my Mazda 2. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/12 "2020-09-04T02:03:06Z")
In the garage, but… We have a two-car garage. It’s just my wife and myself in the house, and we each have a car, so it has always worked well. Or, at least it did, until late last year, when my wife’s father passed away. Five years ago, he had bought a new Corvette, and he left it to my wife. So, when the 'Vette finally got up here from Florida (where my faither-in-law lived), it went into the garage, where it’s parked, beside my Mustang. We kept my wife’s older car (a Mazda CX-7), mostly so that we had an option for a car with a functional back seat and trunk capacity; it is now parked on the street in front of our house. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/13 "2020-09-04T02:04:04Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Oh yes I love our garage. I never had one until we moved in this house 7 years ago. I never new the joys of a warm, ice-free car on a cold winter morning or a car with seats and a steering wheel that don’t melt flesh in the summertime.   Exactly this. I started putting the car in the garage in the winter after I finally got a snowplowing service. Since then it’s become a habit. The winter benefits are that the plow can clear the entire driveway and I can drive out in a car that is not only free of ice and snow, but not bitterly cold. In summer, it keeps it out of the rain and it’s way cooler coming out of the garage, attached to an air-conditioned house, than it would be sitting in the glaring sun. A friend who has always taken very good care of his cars claims that garaging when not in use has major benefits in preserving the finish and possible onset of rust. This is especially important for practical types like me who keep cars a long time and consider them transportation rather than toys. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/14 "2020-09-04T11:19:38Z")
I voted no, but because my truck won’t fit. It’s almost 7 feet high and over 20 feet long. Neither dimension will fit inside. My wife parks her car in the garage though. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/15 "2020-09-04T11:26:40Z")
2 1/2 car garage with two cars kept in it. My gf’s “farm truck” lives outside. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/16 "2020-09-04T11:45:47Z")
My garage is not (currently) filled with junk but I don’t park there because 1) it doesn’t have an interior door to the house 2) I don’t have an automatic garage door opener and 3) my parents never parked in the garage because it was always my dad’s workshop. The last reason is probably why I never installed a garage door opener. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/17 "2020-09-04T12:08:15Z")
I don’t drive, but the share-house where I live does have a garage, with a beat-up old car that hasn’t run in over five years currently in it. It belongs to my housemate who drove it without a warrant/MOT/roadworthy and got caught, had his plates taken, and he’s too useless and lazy to do anything about it, so now it’s a rusting hulk. Anyway, we have a garage with no more space inside for a car, though we do have an off-street driveway large enough to park a second… but essentially, really, we have no car. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/18 "2020-09-04T12:09:41Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Oh yes I love our garage. I never had one until we moved in this house 7 years ago. I never new the joys of a warm, ice-free car on a cold winter morning or a car with seats and a steering wheel that don’t melt flesh in the summertime. Yeah, another vote for this. Plus I can stay nice and dry carrying in groceries or luggage when it’s raining. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/19 "2020-09-04T12:22:29Z")
I’ve got a two-car garage attached to my little pre-fab (it’s almost equal in square footage to the first floor of the house). It’s a weird little design, though, where I have to exit the kitchen into the garage in order to go out the back of the garage to the deck/yard. I park on the far side of the garage so I’m not crawling over my car to get to the back yard and use the near space for … stuff - lawn mower, dog station (food, leashes, toys), trash, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/20 "2020-09-04T12:27:27Z")
Same here. Every year around mid October I get everything put away to make space, otherwise that’s where I go saw things or work on them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757.md?page=2)