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Originally Posted by LittleBlackDuck
So, going by your comment you store all your furniture and other possessions outside too?
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No, I keep the (indoor) furniture and such where it will be used. (Or in the case of smaller outdoor items, where they won't blow away or otherwise disappear.) I really spend very little time driving my cars indoors, and they have lock so they can't easily be stolen.
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I value my possessions and take steps to keep them in good condition.
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Well, so do I, so I change the oil and do other maintenance as needed. Thing is, cars are
designed to spend their time outdoors.
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I am interested in your contention that it is problematical to be concerned with preserving the value of an asset.
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Cars do not preserve value, they depreciate. They depreciate just as much whether they're garaged or not.
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Leaving it outside will decrease its value as well as reducing safety - one example being when you get into a car that has been sitting in the sun and is so hot that you cannot touch the seats or steering wheel without getting burnt.
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That is why I carry a spray bottle of water with me, for those times when I park in a parking lot - say at the grocery store - and come back to a hot interior. But this is a comfort issue, not a safety one, unless people are foolish enough to drive when seats, steering wheel &c are painfully hot. And if they are, it becomes a Darwinian one :-)
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No, because it is illogical and an attempt to enforce my value system upon another person.
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No, because you've been trying to enforce your value system of putting vehicles (including your trailer!) in garages on the rest of us, refusing to accept that, at least in most places in the US, that this is not what people generally do.