Another thing you might add: Keeping the rolling stock off the front yard improves the property value of your home and of your neighbors’ homes. A lot of cars, trucks, and trailers permanently parked in driveways and in front yards makes the whole neighborhood look like Pore White Trash Central.

On the issue of whether the burglar can get unimpeded access to your car by breaking into the garage:

a) Get an up-to-date garage door opener; these are designed so that they respond only to YOUR remote, not to some clown driving up and down the street pointing his remote at every garage door in the neighborhood.

b) If you have a door from the garage to the yard, install a security door (available at Home Depot or Lowe’s for a reasonable price) and keep it locked.

My 1971 two-car garage contains the washer & dryer, a utility sink, and ceiling-to-floor storage cabinets along two walls, but I’ve managed to park two cars in there. Clean out the junk and you should be able to get two small to medium-size cars inside a double garage that also has other functions.

However, that stuff makes us money — it’s the things we sell online, our “inventory.”

One mistake I see is people do not lock their cars when they are in the garage. This must still be done!

Overall, good blog entry!