Park Our Cars In The Garage? Now That's A Ridiculous Idea!

 Survey finds owners fill them with £3,500 of junk

They cost thousands of pounds, receive hours of polishing and are often the owner’s pride and joy.

Yet despite the care we lavish on  our cars, many of us are quite happy to leave them sitting on the  driveway – while we fill our garages with everything from half-empty tins of paint to leftover boxes.

The average household owns cars valued at £13,487, yet they languish outside rather than being securely locked away because the garage – which contains just £3,429 worth of property – is too full.

What a mess: Cars are condemned to languish in the drizzle because the average garage is full of nearly £3,500 worth of junk

More than two-thirds of households with two or more cars cannot park them inside because there just isn’t enough room.

Men are the biggest culprits, with 68 per cent admitting they keep DIY materials, tools or gardening equipment in their garage.

Nearly a fifth of households use the space to store unwanted boxes from their last house move, according to a survey by insurance firm Aviva.

One in ten admitted they would never clear the room, and a quarter said it would be too much effort to put their cars away.

Nine out of ten confessed they would only park their vehicle in the garage after a theft had occurred.

Oliver Heath, celebrity architectural designer, said: ‘It seems ludicrous that we favour unwanted bits and pieces over the second largest purchase of our lives – our cars.

'It’s clear we’re all short on time and are experienced an increased pressure on space.

'Together with a higher turnover of household possessions than ever before, it really can be tricky to know what to do with all that "stuff".

'But will it really take vandalism or theft of our cars for the nation to wake up to the fact they are safer stored in our garages than left on the road?'

Research also showed 30 per cent of Brits struggled to find space on their own drives for their cars.

And a further third even said on-street parking was scarce. In light of the news, experts are now urging those who own a garage to use it. 

Heather Smith, from Aviva, added: 'If householders parked one or more of their cars in their garage they’d have the peace of mind that one of their most valuable possessions is being fully protected.'

Source:- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2055950/Park-cars-garage-Now-thats-ridiculous-idea-survey-finds-owners-3-500-junk.html