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vwtype3
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Location: France
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 Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 6:44 am Post subject: Vehicle storage in CA for 6 months |
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Hello guys,
I will be in California in June with 2 of my friends and we take with us our own cars.
we would like to find free storage for our cars during 6 months till November
do you have any ideas?
Thanks in advance
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skills@eurocarsplus
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Location: sticksville, ct.
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 7:35 am Post subject: Re: vehicule storage |
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Lol...free storage. And you expect them to be there in 6 months?
I would pony up for a locked storage place...around here its 100/mo....that would be your safest bet
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 7:57 am Post subject: Re: vehicule storage |
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Just sign the title over like these guys & see how it works out for you.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=698543&highlight=lost+bus
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Jacks
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 8:06 am Post subject: Re: vehicule storage |
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Is free car storage common in France? It certainly isn't in California.
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Zundfolge1432 
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 8:08 am Post subject: Re: vehicule storage |
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| It doesn’t hurt to ask does it ? I’ve stored cars for people because I live in a semi rural setting without restrictions or shitty homeowners association busy bodies telling us how to live. Back in the 60s my grandma let her neighbor store his car inside her garage, they were snowbirds in Florida every year. Not everyone is tight ass or wise ass. I think it’s possible to find a widow living on fixed income that would garage a car for a little extra money. |
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static
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Location: The High Desert
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 9:35 am Post subject: Re: vehicule storage |
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| Zundfolge1432 wrote: |
| It doesn’t hurt to ask does it ?....Not everyone is tight ass or wise ass. |
Thank you for writing what I was thinking. |
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iowegian
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 9:58 am Post subject: Re: vehicule storage |
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| static wrote: |
| Zundfolge1432 wrote: |
| It doesn’t hurt to ask does it ?....Not everyone is tight ass or wise ass. |
Thank you for writing what I was thinking. |
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EverettB
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 10:13 am Post subject: Re: vehicule storage |
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
Lol...free storage. And you expect them to be there in 6 months?
I would pony up for a locked storage place...around here its 100/mo....that would be your safest bet |
Is this inside?
Outside public storage: Parts would get stripped in CA
Are they nice cars? Maybe you can park them in a dealer showroom. 
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 10:39 am Post subject: Re: vehicule storage |
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| EverettB wrote: |
| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
Lol...free storage. And you expect them to be there in 6 months?
I would pony up for a locked storage place...around here its 100/mo....that would be your safest bet |
Is this inside?
Outside public storage: Parts would get stripped in CA
Are they nice cars? Maybe you can park them in a dealer showroom.
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How sad and I’m always hearing what a nice place California is. Around here people store cars,boats,RVs,trailer etc outside storage but in a locked yard. Might fare better if they had a car cover on them, the kind that locks. |
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 10:57 am Post subject: Re: Vehicle storage in CA for 6 months |
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| Try contacting car clubs listed here on the Samba... someone might have garage or yard space. Not everyone lives where the vultures pick so readily. |
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vwtype3
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Location: France
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 2:32 am Post subject: Re: Vehicle storage in CA for 6 months |
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thanks for all the answers.
I wanted to keep it secret but I realize I have to tell you more about my inquiry.
In fact, we are several europeans guys who have sent their own cars for attending vw shows in June.
One of us will be back in July to spend his holidays with his family (he has a 65 vw camper) in California for camping.
we would like also to go to the sema show in November and send back the cars to europe after.
We don't ask charity but we think it could be possible to find a shop or company which would be interested in keeping ours cars to promote his shop or someone else who have enough space to keep them safe.
there will a 54 standard beetle, a 65 westfalia camper and a 62 sunroof notchback, all in show cars conditions
thanks for your help! |
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 3:33 am Post subject: Re: Vehicle storage in CA for 6 months |
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Several of the dealerships are using classic VWs as centerpieces in their showrooms, perhaps you might try contacting ones that would be near where you will be to see if they might be interested in such a promotion.
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 8:03 am Post subject: Re: Vehicle storage in CA for 6 months |
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| The Imperial Hotel on the strip in Vegas used to have a rotating car collection, people would leave the cars in the museum on public display. Don’t know all the particulars but they had a lot of cars to look at when I was there 20 years ago. |
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vwtype3
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 8:04 am Post subject: Re: Vehicle storage in CA for 6 months |
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ok thanks!
I will try to do this! |
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 10:11 am Post subject: Re: Vehicle storage in CA for 6 months |
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| Scratch that last idea it closed it’s doors last year. |
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Mike Fisher
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: Vehicle storage in CA for 6 months |
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I charge $30/month storage in our fenced field near Eugene, OR! 
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: Vehicle storage in CA for 6 months |
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| TDCTDI wrote: |
| Several of the dealerships are using classic VWs as centerpieces in their showrooms, perhaps you might try contacting ones that would be near where you will be to see if they might be interested in such a promotion. |
This sounds like quite a coordination effort, and so might seem a remote possibility, but I'd still check it out.
I say this because you may or may not be aware of the current advertising fixation with old VWs in the USA. TV and print ads are featuring them like never before. Such an idea might have more traction than you predict.
Where are these cars now? Are they registered in the USA?
Issues like insurance coverage make it complex for you and the dealer, and with 6 months registration issues might cause him some grief should a motor vehicle department inspector come by. You might want to temporarily register then as "non-operation" to avoid those issues. A local Samba member to check in on the occasionally would be a good idea, too.
Go in with your eyes open and be flexible, and this might turn out to be a real win-win for both of you. |
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vwtype3
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 1:16 am Post subject: Re: Vehicle storage in CA for 6 months |
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The cars are french and belgium registered and have been imported temporarily.
they can stay in USA 1 year max. |
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vwinnovator
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Location: Still doing it in the back of your VW
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 4:55 am Post subject: Re: Vehicle storage in CA for 6 months |
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where will you be shipping them into US?
I'm not far from port of baltimore.
are the brought in on east coast and the trucked across america?
If so, I can store them indoors in the interim ( at your risk of course )....just leave the keys and rights to drive them on occasion.  |
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skills@eurocarsplus
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Location: sticksville, ct.
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 1:01 pm Post subject: Re: vehicule storage |
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| EverettB wrote: |
| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
Lol...free storage. And you expect them to be there in 6 months?
I would pony up for a locked storage place...around here its 100/mo....that would be your safest bet |
Is this inside?
Outside public storage: Parts would get stripped in CA
Are they nice cars? Maybe you can park them in a dealer showroom. |
inside. basically one of those tin can storage facilities that seem to pop up to help people store what they "need"
tight ass? wise ass? ok, sure...I fit that description. but years of experience have made me this way.
what does everyone's insurance say? to the guy asking for free storage on show cars....you get what you pay for....if it's sitting in some guys yard and granny wads it up backing her Imperial out, who's on the hook?
your insurance may REQUIRE locked indoor storage....I don't know. it may be worth a shot to see if a big name parts vendor/shop (with good feedback) would "sponsor" you....perhaps a call to Wolfsburg West? not sure.
I wouldn't let anything I own sit with someone I didn't know....especially after pouring gobs of time and money into it
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
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| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
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| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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