Garage FR-S at home or pay a shop/someone else?
 

With this 'hurricane' coming through NJ, I'm concerned about my FR-S. Really don't need a destroyed car 3 weeks into my ownership. So what would you do if you were me? Garage it at home or pay someone else until the storm passes?

The last storm we had destroyed a lot and it was nothing like what they're calling for now.

Previous storm: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...rful_supe.html

What they're calling for now: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...enstorm_c.html

couple questions: is your garage under a tree with a large branch? do you have any sort of insurance that'd cover damage from hurricanes? do you have any friends with concrete parking garage?

One big pine ~20 ft. from the garage area (really why I don't want to keep it here at that time), insurance I'm not sure if it covers hurricanes and I do tech work for a detail shop here that has a concrete garage so I'll be asking them today if they'd keep it for me. Don't know if I'm being over reactive or just pro-active :P

Mine is going into a city parking garage.

Mine is going into the detail bay at my friends carwash for the weekend.

And no your not over reacting!

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Tough call. Being up in Mass, the 'canes usually die down significantly or blow out to sea by the time they get here. If you had damage the last time, maybe you should put it someplace safe. Whatever makes you feel most comfortable.

Make sure you don't park it in a potential flood zone!

I saw that thread. Yike :(

If it were me I'd look for protected parking for sure. Gives you peace of mind and wards off Murphy's law. Godspeed to everyone in hurricane country.

I live in Brick, NJ two miles away from the beach. I'm just going to ride it out with my car sitting in my driveway...I'm more concerned about my family and house. If you can find a place to store it go for it.

Im leaving mine at work inside our shop, its sitting next to a ferrari, two porsches and a rover, if it gets damaged we have larger concerns.

lololololololo Man everyone is scared of some storm with wind gusts Cat 1?

From South Florida here. We have Cat 1 - 3 most of the time. Make sure no trees, loose shingles, posts, are around and is your garage concrete or wood?


We know a thing or two about Hurricanes as you can see previous storm paths thru Miami:

http://i.imgur.com/i1GFN.jpg

I'd say just Garage it. It'll take more than Category 1 winds to unroot a 20ft pine.

But branches can break off at considerably less than that, especially in the case of a diseased or otherwise weakened tree.

Must...Park...In...Living room...

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Or...The cheaper alternative...

http://gp1.pinkbike.org/p4pb8593622/p4pb8593622.jpg

On a Serious Note...I hope all of you on the East Coast are Safe...Families, Friends, and even your BRZ/FRS...No Joke...Hunker Down and we'll all be pulling for you!!

LOVE this. My parents had an option to have something like this or to turn the "garage" space into an open terrace with a garden and junk at one of their condos. They went the boring route because of the already available parking on the first two floors (like in this video).

The thing that's got me worried about this hurricane is the trash cans (my neighbors, mine are secured) that will inevitably be flying around. I have a feeling I'm going to be using my comprehensive insurance very soon.

Just keep your car safe however you can. If that means parking it in a more secure garage, then that's what you should do. I mean, why not go with your best option? It's not worth doing it any other way.

Decided to keep her home. Tight fit but better than being left out.

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Fill up the tank and take a road trip to SEMA!

BTW Good luck, I hope the storm has more hype than bite!

well parked lol

Glad I moved it when I did. Pretty decent sized branches down right where I normally have my car.

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Well. Tree just came through my house.

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^^^ :(

wow! geeez! i'm sorry to see that ! tough break! at least your car is allright!

Wanna try again? ;)

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Careful. Karma might bite you in the ass and cause a freak blizzard in Florida. Or you guys might get an inch or two of snow. You know, just enough to shut down the entire state. :D

Way to keep your sense of humour! :thumbsup:

Hope your garage stays in one piece.

Me too. Sitting right on top of it.

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It's cool, at least I can take the snow, I,ve been there before :party0030:

Buuuuuuuuuut I doubt it will ever snow here

Make that a few mm ;) For that matter, around here a bit of drizzle has been known to cause major fender benders :bonk:

What's deadly about Sandy is that it's actually multiple storm fronts coming together - hurricane from the south, blizzard(s) from the north. The weather folks are saying they don't even know how to model it because there's nothing like it on record.

On top of the garage? Hope you have a safer place than that. Much as you love your car, your own safety is more important. And it looks like this storm is just getting started. Update from CNN:

At least someone has the right idea:

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Second pine fell over sometime last night. Car came out untouched but I'll post pics later today.

Water raise up enough to hit the car, car starts thought. Going to drive it today to see if everything's okay.

Glad to hear! After the tree went through your house I was afraid another one might go through your garage.

Hope it's fine! Drive extra carefully and remember that gas stations probably don't have power ergo the pumps don't work - so get back home before you run out :)