Park in a Garage, Save Money: 2
Now, on to the main subject for this series of posts: your garage.
Keeping your car in a garage is an excellent way to get a real break on your car insurance premiums. They can be substantially lower just because of this seemingly simple act.
You see, a garage helps to keep your car safe. For one thing, it is safer from the elements. Sure, a freak storm may knock down a tree and make it fall on your garage — but the car may still not sustain the same kind of damage it would have gone through outside of a protective covering.
In a garage, your vehicle is safe from the rain, the snow, the wind, and so on.
Furthermore, when you lock it overnight, you reduce the chances of your vehicle getting stolen, stripped, or otherwise damaged. Your insurance company will appreciate that — and it will reward you as well.
Garages also keep vehicles from paint damage due to the sun. Here in California, we get HOT weather during the summer, and older cars have a tendency to experience paint damage and sunspots due to too much exposure. Keeping a car cover on your vehicle can help prevent this damage.
Robert
22 Sep 09 at 5:36 pm