The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

GDB2222

Michaels, if you add 20 cms to your garage, that's about 6 sq ft. Round your way, how much is 6 sq ft of garage space worth? £600-1200?

Pyxis

I drove through my town centre earlier, and there, in full view on one of the main central squares, was a whopping great giant menorah!
About 20ft tall!

How nice, I thought!

My town has a Jewish community, but not a large one, I don't think, so I thought that was a nice gesture.

michaels

GDB2222 wrote: »

Michaels, if you add 20 cms to your garage, that's about 6 sq ft. Round your way, how much is 6 sq ft of garage space worth? £600-1200?

oh-er, are we putting a value on an extra few inches now!

I guess for some buyers the fact their car would (or wouldn't) fit in the garage might be a deal breaker however that is probably only really posh cars as few seem to put the same value on using a garage for a car as we do any more - and we don't live on the sort of road or in the sort of house where people with really posh cars live.....

Pyxis

I'm soooooo jealous of people with garages.

For the few years I had a garage, motoring life was bliss, especially in winter and on rainy days.

I haven't had a garage for 9years now, and it is hell for about 5 months of the year.

Just yesterday, I had rain on the outside of both screens and windows, and condensation on ALL the insides. I had an appointment to get to, and trying to get the condensation off the insides, so that I could see to drive, was a nightmare.

Admittedly, it seems to be worse in my present car than in my previous one, but nowt I can do about it.

michaels

Pyxis wrote: »

I'm soooooo jealous of people with garages.

For the few years I had a garage, motoring life was bliss, especially in winter and on rainy days.

I haven't had a garage for 9years now, and it is hell for about 5 months of the year.

Just yesterday, I had rain on the outside of both screens and windows, and condensation on ALL the insides. I had an appointment to get to, and trying to get the condensation off the insides, so that I could see to drive, was a nightmare.

Admittedly, it seems to be worse in my present car than in my previous one, but nowt I can do about it.

Doesn't the AC clear it within a few seconds?

Pyxis

michaels wrote: »

Doesn't the AC clear it within a few seconds?

No, and I don't know why, given that I have it regularly serviced.

I think part of the problem is the severe slope of the windows, as I never used to have such a severe problem with my previous car,

CKhalvashi

Pyxis wrote: »

No, and I don't know why, given that I have it regularly serviced.

I think part of the problem is the severe slope of the windows, as I never used to have such a severe problem with my previous car,

I hadn’t thought of that.

Just out of interest Pyxis, what do you drive?

My S-Maxes were one of the worst cars for condensation that I owned, the XF (estate) was quite good and my current car is quite good too. I didn’t put it down to shape of the windows, but now you mention it, it may be correct.

MIL has a Peugeot 206SW that was also getting foggy on a 2 hour drive a few weeks ago (I’ve just got back from holiday), although in fairness it was a fair way below freezing.

GDB2222

michaels wrote: »

oh-er, are we putting a value on an extra few inches now!

I guess for some buyers the fact their car would (or wouldn't) fit in the garage might be a deal breaker however that is probably only really posh cars as few seem to put the same value on using a garage for a car as we do any more - and we don't live on the sort of road or in the sort of house where people with really posh cars live.....

I thought that approach of valuing the extra usable floor area would really appeal to you! I'm so glum now.

Pyxis

CKhalvashi wrote: »

I hadn’t thought of that.

Just out of interest Pyxis, what do you drive?

My S-Maxes were one of the worst cars for condensation that I owned, the XF (estate) was quite good and my current car is quite good too. I didn’t put it down to shape of the windows, but now you mention it, it may be correct.

MIL has a Peugeot 206SW that was also getting foggy on a 2 hour drive a few weeks ago (I’ve just got back from holiday), although in fairness it was a fair way below freezing.

I've sent you a pm.

Jackmydad

Pyxis wrote: »

No, and I don't know why, given that I have it regularly serviced.

I think part of the problem is the severe slope of the windows, as I never used to have such a severe problem with my previous car,

Might be worth checking the pollen filter, and check that the inside of the car isn't getting damper than it should be from faulty seals or blocked drains.