5.5 vs. 6.5 bed on S-CREW
03-02-2015, 02:01 PM
#172
Senior Member
That's the problem with the city I live in people would notice. Plus I live on a corner lot. I already think I am going to have a polemic selling this house because I finished the basement and expanded the deck without getting permit. I have some property out in central Missouri and that is getting ready to be my money pit. I really don't care to put any more money into this house that I am not going to be able to get back out.
03-02-2015, 02:05 PM
#173
Senior Member
That's the problem with the city I live in people would notice. Plus I live on a corner lot. I already think I am going to have a polemic selling this house because I finished the basement and expanded the deck without getting permit. I have some property out in central Missouri and that is getting ready to be my money pit. I really don't care to put any more money into this house that I am not going to be able to get back out.
03-02-2015, 02:31 PM
#174
Go Broncos
No sarcasm here.....
I just noticed a bit of holier then thou arrogance in your posting about your garage use making you special and others not as special. Kinda laughed actually.
Magnesium Chloride is extremely corrosive by your own States CDOT studies.
You can deflect like a champ all day with what is "Worse" here or there, but the reality is Magnesium chloride corrodes metal just the same if not worse. So you parking a truck with snow and MC on it , where it can melt and create more moisture ......leads to far more corrosion under the truck.
The east coast is far more brutal in winters. Then of course there's the salt water humidity exposure......Apples to Oranges comparison from Denver. Not even remotely the same.
Me being from Chicago my entire life and living through the winters for many decades now, I'm no stranger to corrosion. I drove a company 1995 Sierra RCLB from 2001-2011. The truck NEVER Got washed....and I mean NEVER. Took the brake lines about 15 years to break down. Oil lines went after 14 years. Those were bare steel....no poly coated, and like I said....NEVER washed. Newer vehicles can easily handle the winters outside.
I just noticed a bit of holier then thou arrogance in your posting about your garage use making you special and others not as special. Kinda laughed actually.
Magnesium Chloride is extremely corrosive by your own States CDOT studies.
You can deflect like a champ all day with what is "Worse" here or there, but the reality is Magnesium chloride corrodes metal just the same if not worse. So you parking a truck with snow and MC on it , where it can melt and create more moisture ......leads to far more corrosion under the truck.
The east coast is far more brutal in winters. Then of course there's the salt water humidity exposure......Apples to Oranges comparison from Denver. Not even remotely the same.
Me being from Chicago my entire life and living through the winters for many decades now, I'm no stranger to corrosion. I drove a company 1995 Sierra RCLB from 2001-2011. The truck NEVER Got washed....and I mean NEVER. Took the brake lines about 15 years to break down. Oil lines went after 14 years. Those were bare steel....no poly coated, and like I said....NEVER washed. Newer vehicles can easily handle the winters outside.
Let's switch gears, take geography out of it, and just say all vehicles are exposed to contaminants. Both garaged and non-garaged vehicles in an area are exposed to the same road contaminants so that's not even relevant to the garaging debate. Garages lessen exposure to other contaminants such as UV and other harmful pollutants which can only be a benefit to long-term appearance of a vehicle.
I choose to own a home with a garage, choose to have a vehicle with a 5.5' bed so it will fit in it and I feel fortunate I don't have to park my $50k vehicle outdoors.
03-02-2015, 02:31 PM
#175
Senior Member
There's a difference between noticing and caring, but I hear you. I live in the country now and do what I want, but I've lived in a few cities before and had some neighbors that would've turned me in for planting a tree and in other places had some neighbors that wouldn't have said a word if added an addition on without a permit, lol
03-02-2015, 03:21 PM
#176
I have always had my vehicles in the garage. Most recently got a house with a 1 car garage, which the wife's 2011 mustang occupies (truck doesn't fit anyway). Gotta say, having it outside the garage during snow and crap weather SUCKS. Worth it, since I need that extra 1.5 feet on the bed, and my one piece rods fit in the back for fishing trips, but a pain in the *** either way.
As to the permit stuff, I don't know as anyone cares about the permits. If it was built the right way, and they have a home inspection prior to purchase it shouldn't be an issue. Sometimes, the town will do a quick inspection and have you pay a permit fee.
As to the permit stuff, I don't know as anyone cares about the permits. If it was built the right way, and they have a home inspection prior to purchase it shouldn't be an issue. Sometimes, the town will do a quick inspection and have you pay a permit fee.
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03-02-2015, 04:10 PM
#178
Senior Member
I have always had my vehicles in the garage. Most recently got a house with a 1 car garage, which the wife's 2011 mustang occupies (truck doesn't fit anyway). Gotta say, having it outside the garage during snow and crap weather SUCKS. Worth it, since I need that extra 1.5 feet on the bed, and my one piece rods fit in the back for fishing trips, but a pain in the *** either way.
As to the permit stuff, I don't know as anyone cares about the permits. If it was built the right way, and they have a home inspection prior to purchase it shouldn't be an issue. Sometimes, the town will do a quick inspection and have you pay a permit fee.
As to the permit stuff, I don't know as anyone cares about the permits. If it was built the right way, and they have a home inspection prior to purchase it shouldn't be an issue. Sometimes, the town will do a quick inspection and have you pay a permit fee.
