Garages are standard home additions that offer convenience and comfort when entering and exiting your vehicle. During winter, they also provide numerous benefits for your car, your family, and you. Here’s more about why you should keep your car in a garage when it’s cold.

Why You Should Park in a Garage This Winter

1. Protection From the Elements

Snow and ice can build up on your car, and you risk scratching your paint or window tint when you scrape them off. The elements also leave moisture and grime accumulated on your car, leading to rust and damaged paint finishes. Also, in a garage, you won’t have to worry about ice-laden branches or snowdrifts falling on your car and causing dents or cracked windshields.

2. Warmer Engine Fluids

Sheltering your car from the cold keeps your engine’s fluids—like coolant, oil, and transmission fluid—warm. They get thicker when they get cold, so they don’t run as smoothly throughout the engine. Keeping them from freezing temperatures helps ensure the engine runs well in winter and doesn’t take as long to warm up.

3. Clear Windshield

It’s frustrating when you’re in a hurry in the morning and have to scrape the ice and snow off the windshield. Parking the car in the garage keeps moisture from building up and freezing on your windshield, so it’s ready to go when you are.

4. Safety & Security

Holidays come with a lot of financial expectations. Thefts and acts of vandalism run rampant during the winter as a result, but if your car is in the garage, it’s much less likely to experience a break-in. Roads can also be slippery, and your car is less likely to be slid into or hit when it’s parked in the garage than if it’s on the street or in the driveway.

5. Insurance Discount

While a garage is a luxury home addition, it could end up saving you on monthly insurance costs. Since keeping your car in the garage keeps it in shape and prevents theft and vandalism, your auto insurance company may offer a discount. If your current policy doesn’t, consider shopping around and getting quotes for other policies that do.

 

If you want to build a garage home addition, you need new construction and remodeling contractors you can trust. Royal Construction Plus in Cincinnati, OH, conducts home improvements, designs and builds home additions like garages, and completes full remodels. Licensed, bonded, and insured, these remodeling contractors offer free consultations and meticulous attention to detail in their craftsmanship. Learn more about their garage services online, and call (513) 550-5006 for a consultation on your home improvements.