Parking a wet car in a garage

Inbox

Well got a new garage built during the summer, only started parking the car in there full time now. But is it a bad idea to park a wet car in a garage. The garage isn't heated.

Only asking as i noticed that some water dripped off my wet bicycle on to the ground and there was still a couple of small wet pools there 3 days later.

paulgalway

Father would never leave a wet car in the garage, he would always wipe it down with a chamosis leather, all his cars always looked immaculate no matter how old they were.

dr.fuzzenstein

paulgalway wrote: »

Father would never leave a wet car in the garage, he would always wipe it down with a chamosis leather, all his cars always looked immaculate no matter how old they were.

What to do if it rains for two weeks straight?
We always used to make sure only a dry car went into the garage last summer.
Mind you, that was '06...

Cookie_Monster

wet or dry the car goes into the garage, can't say I care enough to be bothered drying it first every time

corktina

using the Chamois is only of limited help as any damage would occur underneath. A nice windy car port is my recomendation but a wet car in a garage is better than one sat in the rain.

barura

When you park it, leave the garage door open for 30mins to let the wind and natural evaporation to occur? A hot engine should heat up the air enough to dry enough in that time.

Nissan doctor

barura wrote: »

When you park it, leave the garage door open for 30mins to let the wind and natural evaporation to occur? A hot engine should heat up the air enough to dry enough in that time.

Except that, if its still raining, you'll just let more wet into the garage.

-Chris-

OP, are you worried about damage to the car or to the garage floor?

barura

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Except that, if its still raining, you'll just let more wet into the garage.

Depends on which way the wind blows! For example, today, the rain is going straight down, more or less. :P No sideways like yesterday.

I've been paying too much attention to the rain...

Inbox

Hi op here just worried about the car it's a '98 BMW .The floor is painted.

You see I only use it at weekends and i was worried about parking it up for the week if it's still wet,particulary underneath.

Nissan doctor

Inbox wrote: »

Hi op here just worried about the car it's a '98 BMW .The floor is painted.

You see I only use it at weekends and i was worried about parking it up for the week if it's still wet,particulary underneath.

I think the only way to avoid any possible corrosion starting in that case is to have an air conditioner running in the garage.

Sleepy

Argos used to do dehumidifiers at pretty reasonable prices. Might be worth taking a look and letting one run for a couple of hours after parking the car in the garage whilst it's wet?

Probably good practice to run one in any garage that's not heated every now and then to be honest.

Big Nasty

Lad I know is VERY particular about his car, now it's a classic in fairness and it's fairly mint so I can't say I blame him. Reluctantly takes the car out in the wet and washes it every time he uses it. Before putting it back in his dehumidified garage he uses a leaf blower to dry the car off! :eek:

At the end of the day OP putting a car in wet is better than leaving it out in the rain. I would agree with the thought of leaving the garage open for 30 mins to help dry it off.

dr.fuzzenstein

Sleepy wrote: »

Argos used to do dehumidifiers at pretty reasonable prices. Might be worth taking a look and letting one run for a couple of hours after parking the car in the garage whilst it's wet?

Probably good practice to run one in any garage that's not heated every now and then to be honest.

You'll need some degree of heating too, dehumidifiers do not work at very low temperatures, you'd only run up your electricity bill for no gain.
If one where to be really pernickety, you would have the garage heated, air conditioned and to put your car into a CarCapsule inside the garage.
But once you're this precious with your car, you'll only be able to drive it the 3 days we get without rain.
However, this entire argument is moot for me at the moment, the drain behind the garage got blocked today and an entire river flowed through my garage for several hours. This will never dry in the sh*te climate we have here, so next weekend (no time today) I will have to completely empty my garage and clean it out and put everything back in that hasn't rotted or gotten covered in mold.
Moral of the story:
You can only have a nice car in Ireland if you insulate your garage, install ventilation, AC, dehumidifier, heating, wrap your car in a carbubble and never, EVER take it out.
Or you just buy a chaep, auld, horrible, Paddy speck, 1.4 sh*tbox like everyone else and let her rot to fcuk.
Having a nice car here is like having a sunlounger in Siberia. Pointless.

Bumpstop

Just two quick notes.
Parking a wet car up for a while with no wind ( like in a garage ) can allow the brake pads to delaminate and corrode onto the discs, I don't know how long this takes but below a month.
On dehumidifiers.
I have been using these for years. there are two types.
The standard cheapo woodies type it uses refrigeration and won't work below about 1 degree centigrade, so useless during the winter( when you need it ) as it will ice up.
Then there are the dessicant types like the "Xdry" for example which use a totally different principle of operation, and work below freezing.