# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/21 "2020-09-04T12:31:15Z")
Nitpick there is no junk in my garage to be sure I can’t park in it even with the bus sold 😩 Now there’s more room I hauled a couple couch seats up there and a table. It’s heated in winter so it’s nice to have another hang out space. I’d love to park in there, but we want to keep it clean of ice and snow that would melt off the car. Because the ship is sliding or wants to slide downhill. The crack in the floor has slowly widened. The timber’s in the retaining wall behind the garage are reinforced but showing strain ntl. I’d love to tear it down and start over with a walkout with garage on top. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/22 "2020-09-04T13:03:29Z")
When we were shopping for this house, my main requirement was an attached 2-car garage where my car, at least, would reside. Spousal unit keeps his car in there also. After years of having a garage full of junk, I’m loving using it for its intended purpose! 😃 ---
**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, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/23 "2020-09-04T13:15:14Z")
[My aologies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garages-being-used-to-actually-park-cars/840808) - not a poll, and a year ago. Yeah, 2 cars parked in my 2 car garage. When choosing cars to buy, the space they would take up in the garage was one consideration. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/24 "2020-09-04T13:30:11Z")
I have no garage but we had the front garden paved over so I could park there. Most of the time the car’s therefore off-road but not in a garage. Although today I left it parked on the street because I’m going out later, and again in the morning. It’s good to have off-street parking just so I know I can always find space (provided nobody blocks the gates/dropped kerb which is more often than you’d think) although the size of my current car and the angle I park at means it’s a pain in the backside actually getting on and off the front. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/25 "2020-09-04T16:34:44Z")
I park my car in the driveway. And, drive my car on the parkway. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/26 "2020-09-04T16:45:16Z")
Our three car garage has been everything from completely full of junk to what it is now, a clean, finished, organized, and newly painted showroom for two cars and an art studio. It’s been a long process over 10 years, but I couldn’t be happier having a nice place to park. My last few houses had no garages. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/27 "2020-09-04T16:56:52Z")
3 cars park in the 3-car garage, 1 car on the street. It’s a townhouse complex with no individual driveway, so it’s either the garage or the street. And because it is a high-density area, street parking can be a challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/28 "2020-09-04T16:58:24Z")
Other. Garage _is_ full of junk, but some cars are in there, most are outside. All motorcycles in garage. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/29 "2020-09-04T17:34:38Z")
We have a two-car tandem (front-to-back rather than side-by-side) garage, and people seem amazed that we actually keep two cars in it. Apparently nobody does that in San Francisco. We don’t have harsh winters, but the salt air is hard on a car’s finish. And, there’s an ongoing issue with break-ins these days, so it makes sense to keep both cars inside. Oh, and my wife would absolutely never allow a garage full of junk. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/30 "2020-09-04T17:41:08Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Oh, and my wife would absolutely never allow a garage full of junk . Mine too, it just took her 10 years to complete the cleansing. ---
**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, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/31 "2020-09-04T17:46:26Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > We have a two-car tandem (front-to-back rather than side-by-side) garage I live in a very dense urban neighborhood where the lots are 25 feet wide, and one of my neighbors has a four-car garage (the kind you reach through the alley) that has two lifts. So he parks two cars on the floor, and two cars above those two. No apparent junk. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/32 "2020-09-04T17:47:26Z")
This. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/33 "2020-09-04T19:19:55Z")
I have street parking ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/34 "2020-09-04T19:31:05Z")
Not here. The “garage” is basically a glorified shed made by Tuff-Shed. You could conceivably park a small car in there, but mine is full of woodworking tools. I have a very long driveway leading to the shed at the back of the lot, and I park the RV and the car there. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/35 "2020-09-04T20:59:26Z")
Our cars are garage queens. ---
**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 4, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/36 "2020-09-04T21:02:54Z")
Interesting that of the respondents that said they have a garage, 78% park their car in it. When I lived in a neighborhood of houses with garages facing each other, it seemed like the percentage of garage-parkers was considerably lower, like 50% or less. ---
**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, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/37 "2020-09-04T21:08:27Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > When I lived in a neighborhood of houses with garages facing each other, it seemed like the percentage of garage-parkers was considerably lower, like 50% or less. That’s probably true in my neighborhood. The houses here were built in the 1920s through 1940s (mine was built in '28), and none of them have attached garages. There are alleys in between the streets, and nearly every house has a detached garage which opens into the alley. However, many of those garages aren’t big enough for two cars, and many of them are, indeed, full of non-auto stuff. So, most of my neighbors seem to have more vehicles than space to garage them. Thus, street parking around here is usually pretty full, too. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/38 "2020-09-04T21:14:42Z")
My garage is sort of a hang out spot. I’ll open up the door, sit on my lawn chair and have a beer. Often times I am joined by a neighbor. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/39 "2020-09-04T22:31:42Z")
Not in the garage. My garage isn’t filled with junk (I’ve seen some really full of junk) but it has enough that there is no room for a car. Cans of food, earthquake water, paper goods, boxes, old furniture go in the garage, as well as my workbench. But weather here is never bad enough to really need a garage. In any case, the cars are always available in case of earthquake. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757/40 "2020-09-04T22:53:19Z")
I have 3 cars, 2 trucks, and 3 motorcycles. I park what fits into our 2 car garage (2 of the cars and all 3 motorcycles). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-park-your-car-in-the-garage/919757.md?page=3)