• Asifall@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Wouldn’t it be more environmentally friendly to store your cars outside and not have a garage?

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      1 year ago

      My car is 20 years old and has zero rust. The environmental footprint of manufacturing a car is huge. They last much longer in a garage. It also doesn’t need to get washed as often. Washing has an environmental overhead too.

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      1 year ago

      No, because it gets dirty and damaged more often meaning you need to clean and repair it more often.

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        1 year ago

        My car lives outside and I literally don’t do anything to it besides oil changes and occasional tire replacements. If all you have is a daily driver you really don’t need a garage.

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          1 year ago

          Do you live in a place that gets lots of snow? I hear a car is practically immortal in California; unlike Ohio where the salt/brine destroying the car slowly every winter.

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            1 year ago

            Yes but why would my car accumulate road salt while sitting in my driveway and how would storing it in a garage make this less of a problem?

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            1 year ago

            But the brine comes from de-iced roads, so it’s irrelevant to whether the car is parked in a garage. Maybe roadside parking could expose it to more brine due to passing traffic.