Good night, a car!

In the yards of residential areas in all conceivable parking facilities occupied by motorists. It happens to everyone - come to work at 8 o'clock in the evening and get up at the bottom and start circling around the houses in search of the remaining loopholes. But even under the window of your kvratiry machine is not protected from the dangers: thieves, thieves, vandals and the elements. How to provide yourself and your car is a peaceful night? There are several options for parking at night: in his own private home in the garage or shell, in the guarded parking lot and the street outside the house. Owners of private houses are not worried about having trouble finding seats and safety of their cars. But in the big cities few have the opportunity to acquire personal territory. Although the purchase of a full garage, for example, in Moscow can cost as much as the machine itself. Depending on the area, prices for garages range from 150,000 to 800,000 rubles. And at the center of the city to buy the iron box is practically impossible because there is simply nowhere to put, but the parking space in the underground parking could cost as much to 100,000 euros. Many garage complexes, though built many years ago, may be demolished at any moment, because not all cooperatives are able to legalize and get into the property. When you purchase this should be taken into account and check with the seller of the documents confirming its right to property, as well as check in the district administration official status of the cooperative. And then suddenly you have laid out for him 500 000 rubles, and in six months garages demolished. Owners pay a small monthly garage fees (150-300 rubles) and pay for wasted electricity. In addition, the administration (or selected activists) are periodically held Saturday work, which necessarily involved. In some yards here and there are still iron "shells", which 15 years ago were in vogue at the cars. They cost cheap, and installing them can be almost five paces from the entrance. But now the authorities of cities are clean clutter - they not only spoil the view of the yard, but also obstruct the potential parking space. Especially, in most shells kept everything, but not cars. If you can not buy a garage, you can take it off. Payment will depend not only on the location of the area, but in most cases and on personal ties. For example, the friends they do not want a garage you can take a symbolic 1,500 rubles, or for any other obgovoreenoy price. Average rental cost of the iron box (unheated, without holes, on the same machine) on the guarded parking lot in a residential area is 3000 rubles. But before you start shooting the garage, you should negotiate terms with the landlord: will he be able to visit the garage (take the rubber out of the basement, etc.), who will pay for electricity and other trifles. Olga, the tenant garage: "I come from work quite late. Usually at this time, all parking spaces near the entrance to busy. One day I'm tired of circling around his and neighboring homes, and I responded to one ad for the surrender of the garage. With the owner we agreed on the sum of 70 euros per month, for the money I got an iron box with no holes in the guarded parking lot with entrance on the cards. From the entrance to the garage I go exactly seven minutes, and I no longer have a headache about the lack of space at the entrance. In addition, in the garage I keep a second set of wheels and other automotive small things. " Open protected parking is nice because usually located closer to home than a garage, and there is always a free place. You can leave the car there or on the day or only at night. During the night in the parking lot takes an average of 150 rubles, and for one day - 250. You can negotiate with the administration of parking on a permanent parking spot and discounts for regular customers. Judging from the clogged courts, many still prefer to keep car in the yard. Someone has no extra money for the garage or parking lot, someone too lazy to walk the extra 300 meters and fiddle with locks. Each yard has its own parking rules: somewhere in some places reserved for residents in some places you can not leave the machine, so as not to block the passage for mothers with prams and the disabled. Permanent residents of the homes they know these rules, and visitors for violations can be prevented, sometimes quite aggressively. District administrations are trying to fight against those who abandon cars on lawns or even on the playground, and for some time now they have come to the aid of grinbombery. The main thing is to put the car in a place where you will not interfere with passers-by and passing cars, especially the operational services - have been instances where firefighters could not drive up to the desired location on the densely parked streets. What to say about the truck, the drivers who manage to squeeze through to the daily garbage tanks without hurting any one machine. Abandoned on the street car - easy prey for robbers, brazen during the crisis. The police officers are advised to install in addition to signaling and mechanical means of protection against theft: a lock on the steering wheel, box pedal. Theft, of course, to cope with these obstacles, but the extra time he did not want to lose - every second counts, and he may opt for another car, which is less hassle. The machine can not only steal but to remove her fog, wipers, hoods, wheels, stereo and other accessories available. Sometimes the greed of thieves hits - they even removed things like the antenna and plugs for headlight washers, as all the dealers are expensive, and avtobaraholke savvy. Eugene, the owner of the Mazda3: «Last year, my car took off the wheels. I left it overnight in the yard before the house, and next morning discovered that one side it lies on the "belly" and the other relies on wooden blocks. The thieves apparently used a jack messy in a hurry, they scratched the door and tore molding. Their hands was the fact that the wheels did not sekretok. I reported the incident to the police, the criminal case was opened. I then settled the matter with the insurance (CASCO), and I repaid the money spent on the wheels, and repaired the damaged parts. And recently I took off a bumper car. I've heard of similar cases, so when parked his Mazda in the yard, trying to snuggle closer to the front of the wall. But one morning he saw that the car is worth without the bumper. Side window on the driver side was smashed, but in the cabin that nothing is lost. Open the hood, the robbers cut the mounting and wiring to remove the bumper. I turned again to the police opened a criminal case. In the service center I have calculated the amount of damage - 82 000 rubles for the bumper assembly and another 75,000 rubles for the replacement of damaged wiring. Having collected all the information and opinions from the investigators and experts, as well as adding to the amount of damage to replace the glass, I applied to insurance for reimbursement. " Of course, the owners of insured vehicles safer, but then the insurance companies do not always work in good faith. In addition, the larger machines is in the yard, the less space remains for the children. 10 years ago where they were playing, and now the territory of playgrounds cut in favor of parking lots, and kids playing hide and seek and salochki between machines. This does not mean that the machines have to buy "nowhere", but before purchasing it is necessary to find a suitable place where to put it on the night. Text: Olga Zabelkina.