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Man... This looks like a great place to grow weed! To heck with the car!

Mike McCann
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I am trying to remember which hotel is was in which European city where I stayed (Kiel? Somewhere in Germany I think) and where they had their entire (cramped) car park given over to multiple deck "pop-up" parking.
That would be about 10-12 years ago.

JMW
 
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According to news people in the US, you don't need a car anywhere in Europe (Some how I suspect they are lieing).

So you have a car park, but with mass transportation, you don't need a car. I'd go for the weed thing, as it's probally a money maker.

Besides they probally aren't made big enough for my car, and two trucks.
 
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No thanks. I have had enough trouble when my garage door broke (Once it was the motor, which was easy enough to lift by hand. When one of the springs failed, it was a little tougher to get the door open.).

I don't want to have a more complex system (thus more parts to break, lines to leak, etc), which if/when it fails it leaves my car in a 6ft pit.

Seems like a cool idea that could have practical issues. Maybe they've addressed the issues and it's just a cool idea. Time will tell...

-- MechEng2005
 
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cranky, while there are exceptions in some cities, I'd say generally they are lying. At least in the UK.

KENAT,

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KENAT, thanks I don't feel so bad about driving the maybe 3 miles to work.

I suspect this idea would be more useful to those with small lots, which isen't an issue here yet.
But I do agree with MechEng2005, with the problems it could cause.
Probally a better solution for a dead car in a 6 ft hole.
 
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These have been around for a while, I have seen them in New yor, I have seen them in Australia. I always found it surprising that there were not more of them in the UK.
 
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Probably because of the rain/drainage situation;-).

KENAT,

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That's why I suggest the Pot growing scenario - you may as well make good use of the humidity. What better way to green up the environment...

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
 
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Correcting common misconceptions regarding precepitation;
London <700 mm/yr
New York ~1000 mm/yr
Sydney ~1200 mm/yr
 
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Do those figures take into account the Cricket factor?

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What's that; more cricket being played will attract more rain?
And where does NY figure in that?
 
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A sure fire way to get some rain in England is to try & play a vaguely important match of Cricket. Wimbledon Lawn Tennis competition is almost as good.

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London is dry. Other parts of the UK are much wetter. My childhood home has more like 1200mm/yr (spread thinly).

- Steve
 
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Kenat,

The other guaranteed ways of making it rain in the UK:

- Wash and polish the car. Rain commences just before the final buffing finishes
- Have a barbeque for friends. The more friends you invite, the heavier the rain.
- Go to Scotland for a holiday. If you want really heavy rain, stay in a tent.


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ScottyUK said:
Go to Scotland for a holiday. If you want really heavy rain, stay in a tent.
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I can vouch for that. Last time I went camping in Ullapool, it rained so heavily the ground became saturated and could no longer absorb the rain. We came back from the pub to find the tent in standing water, with most stuff inside soaked. Lovely.
 
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Talking about tents and pubs, I am reminded of the days of my youth when pub crawls were the thing.

This was at a time before breathalysers and before the advent of the police state in the UK. A time when, at The Stephen Langton at Friday Street, a rabbit would be exchanged for a pint. (Sunday morning out with Old George and his dogs and ferrets meant a lunchtime of "free" beer)
Our favorite area was thus around Leith Hill and its environs in Surrey.

If we had had a particularly intense evening we would find a suitable spot near by to park up, erect the tent and sleep it off till opening time the next day.

Long practice with this tent meant that despite the darkness of the night, rain or snow, and despite the amount of alcohol, we could be sure to get it up OK and ourselves inside to sleep.

One time we did this we woke up to discover we had chosen for our campsite, not some secluded woodland spot, but the centre of a roundabout.
Fortunately we woke early enough to absent ourselves before the arrival of PC Plod.


JMW
 
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Sompting, I thought of that after I posted.

Simplistically in the UK, the West is wetter than the east. London is in the east, relatively.

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