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Larger Garages vs. Smaller Garages
In most cases, the larger capacity garages, which can accommodate upwards of 200 cars are a better choice than the smaller “boutique” garages, which are capable of housing less than 100 cars. Usually these garages have more open space, with less columns, and divisions, significantly lowering the risk of the attendants smashing your car, or at least giving them fewer objects they need to avoid. If you find yourself in a situation where the “smaller” lot is the only option for you...protecting your bumpers is a necessity. Check out our Indoor Parking Garage Bumper Protection products that we offer for exactly this reason!

Separate Entrance & Exits
Beware of the garages that have siren lights posted at their entrances, this usually indicates there is only one way up and one way down to the garage, so cars cannot enter and exit at the same time. This is usually a sign that the garage has a dangerously narrow or at least limited vision entrance/exit, making it very difficult for cars to maneuver safely. And what happens if you find yourself face to face with another vehicle while you are trying to get into the parking garage? You better hope at least one of you has incredible reverse driving skills!

It is best to look for a nice and wide parking garage, with a separate entrance and exit. You do not want to find yourself face to face with another car having no option but to back up into oncoming traffic. The same principle also applies with larger vs. smaller garages… larger garages usually have a separate entrance and exit for vehicles because they have a larger space to begin with. Hopefully appealing to the customer’s desire to protect their car from unnecessary bumper damage by either the parking attendant or oncoming vehicles.

Beware of Parking Garage Flaggers
For those of our customers who do not park in NYC on a regular basis, please beware of the parking garage attendants who stand in the street and waive flags. They are trying to get you to park in their garage, but some drivers get confused and mistake these “flaggers” for people in an official capacity directing them to a detour. These “flaggers” are not your friend nor are they police or transit officials. You do not have to obey them or follow their flags…just keep driving!

Open Lots vs. Indoor Garages
When making the decision between an indoor parking garage or a outdoor parking lot, there are a few factors to consider. First, you usually run a higher risk of bumper damage, dents or scratches when parking in an indoor garage. You also face the possibility that the parking garage attendant will have to move your car more frequently to juggle others entering or exiting the facility. Last but not least the indoor parking garages have a higher likelihood that the attendant is going to take his break, take a nap or even eat his dinner in your vehicle. On the other hand, parking in an outdoor lot leaves your vehicle more susceptible to the elements (rain, snow, heat, etc.). If you are only parking for a short time, this may not be a huge factor for you. However, the average vehicle retrieval time for an outdoor parking lot is significantly higher than an indoor parking garage, especially if the lot is operating a hydraulic lift system to increase their capacity by storing cars vertically. While there are significant risks with both options, its still best to take precautions and protect your bumpers…with the proper bumper protectors.

Tips to Avoid Damage
The best single piece of advice we can offer to anyone who wants to protect their vehicle from bumper damage caused by parking garages or parking lots is…leave your car at home! Just kidding, sort of. If you are going to be parking in NYC, Boston, Chicago or Washington D.C. in a parking garage, parking lot or even on the street, you need to protect your vehicle, because no one else is going to do it for you. Depending on where you are parking you may want to invest in rear bumper protection products like the Bumper Bully or Parking Armor; wrap around parking garage protection products like the Bumper Blockers; or even car door protection products like DoorShox. Remember; if you care about your car…protect it!

Best Deals on Parking Garages
A lot of our customers ask us how to find the cheapest parking garages. There really is no simple answer; there are a lot of great resources out there to find deals for NYC parking garages. You can use our Parking Garage Locator, or Best Parking NYC, which actually provides rates for you to look at and compare in the areas where you want to park. But, the most important thing to remember is…cheaper isn’t always safer. Be sure to take a look at the potential parking garages you are considering with Google Maps to see how they compare when considering all of the important things to look out for we mentioned above.

Hours of Operation, 24 hours?
Finally, be sure to pay attention to the parking garage hours before you leave your car there. You do not want to find yourself standing on a dark street, by yourself, in front of a closed garage at 2am with no way to get your car. A lot of garages are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but be sure to double check those details and ask the parking garage attendant before you leave.

Hours of Operation
This is something that at one time or another has probably affected more of us than we would care to admit. Such a simple concept, yet we assume because its NYC that everything is open 24/7…but is it? Be sure to pay attention to the parking garage hours before you leave your car there, even better, just ask the attendant what time the garage closes. You do not want to find yourself standing on a dark street, by yourself, in front of a closed garage at 2am with no way to get your car. A lot of garages are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but be sure to double check those details before you leave.

Location of the Attendant’s Booth
Make sure to check out where the attendant’s booth in the garage is located. Do you have to walk way into the back of the garage, out of the street view? Or is it conveniently located in a well-lit entrance? If you are picking up your vehicle late at night, perhaps after a show or dinner with friends, you might want to pay particular attention to this, while if you are coming in and out during the day it may not be as important to you.

Larger Garages vs. Smaller Garages
As we discussed in NYC Parking Garage Tips, a larger capacity garage (housing 200 or more cars) tend to be a better option than the smaller or “boutique” garage (housing 100 cars or less) if only for the one simple reason of having more uninterrupted, open space. The less obstructions in a parking garage structure, gives attendants less things to smash into causing damage to your car. If torn between the smaller slightly cheaper garage, or the larger garage which is charging you $5 more, it might be worth it to shell out the additional $5 for some peace of mind. However, if the small lot is your only choice, make sure to take the necessary steps to protect your bumpers. Check out the Bumper Blocker Indoor Parking Garage Protection products that we offer for exactly this reason!

Well Lit Entrance / Exit
An amply lit entrance or exit is not to be undervalued. If by chance the parking garage has caused damage to your vehicle and you have picked a parking garage with a poorly lit exit, you may not see it at the time they give you your vehicle…and that might be exactly the game they are trying to run on you! Once you pull your car out of the garage…its too late, no matter what damage the parking garage or the attendants might actually have caused, they will never admit to it once you’ve left. We always recommend doing a “full walk around” before you get in your vehicle and drive out of the garage, taking the extra 30 seconds to do a thorough inspection may save you a lot of unnecessary aggravation.

Separate Entrance & Exits
We cannot stress enough that you should avoid parking garages that have a common entrance / exit. Some of them indicate this by posting siren lights posted at their entrances. Having only one way in or out almost always means cars cannot enter and exit at the same time, which can lead to a traffic jam, or worst case put you in the position of a potential head-on collision. Parking in a garage with a limited view while entering or exiting can certainly be a potential danger for customers. But it also should make you think, if their entrance / exit is so narrow, what does the rest of the facility look like?

Try to stick to nice wide parking garages, with a separate entrance and exit. You really don’t want to find yourself staring into the eyes of a driver facing you, with nowhere to go but backwards!

Watch Out for Tight Parking Spots – Beware of “the parking gods”…this is a biggie when you are dealing with city parking…everyone thinks they can fit into any parking spot, but in reality you can’t unless you let your bumpers suffer as you can see from the video above. Accurately judging the size of the parking space between two cars is of the utmost importance when looking for street parking. Make sure you are not trying to squeeze in just so you don’t have to walk the extra block. That extra block may save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars in repair costs to your bumper. This said, if you really have no choice but to squeeze into a tight spot, taking a look at our front bumper guards or rear bumper protectors is an absolute necessity!

Beware of Fire Hydrants – In NYC it is illegal to park within 15 feet of either side of a fire hydrant. So be conscious and do not park within the 15 feet in front of or after the fire hydrant. Obedience of this rule will save you a lot of money in an unnecessary parking ticket…and if you think the NYC DOT won’t catch you…you are sadly mistaken. NYC traffic officers patrol constantly and love finding cars parked in front of or too close to fire hydrants. Also be mindful, it is illegal to park in front of driveways, within a crosswalk or intersection and on railroad tracks.

Always Read Nearby Signs – NYC in particular and other big cities like Boston, Washington, D.C. and Chicago in general are notorious for their abundance of overly complicated parking regulation signs. Common signs vary from parking time limits, to certain hours of the day that are excluded, to limiting the time limits to commercial vehicles only during certain hours of the day, to alternate side of the street parking, and street cleaning times. This list is infinite and the worst part is there is usually more than one sign that applies to any street parking spot at any given time. So be sure to read closely and make sure you are parked in an appropriate spot, because again, the traffic officers love to catch drivers that abide by one sign, but missed the other two.

Our Guide to a Perfect Parallel Parking Job – In four simple steps, if followed carefully, you will attain the much-envied “expert” level parallel skills people dream of in big cities. But always remember, no matter how great you get at parallel parking, having a bumper guard, like the Bumper Bully, only makes parallel parking safer and easier for all cars involved.

First, pull up two feet away from and along side the car that is parked in front of your space. Line up your front bumper with the front bumper of the vehicle next to you. Keep your foot on the brake and put your car in reverse.

Second, turn the wheel hard toward the curb, lift your foot of the brake, and you will start to move backwards into the space at a sharp (but not too sharp) angle.

Third, at the point where the back of your driver’s seat is lined up with the rear bumper of the car in front of your space, start to turn your wheel (at a steady pace) the opposite direction, away from the curb.

Finally, straighten out and take a gander at your car’s location, which if performed correctly, should be between six and eight inches from the curb and perfectly parallel. Viola!

Last thing to remember – even though you might be operating at an “expert” level of parallel parking, the person parking in front of or behind you most likely is not. So it is still extremely important to protect your bumpers at all costs. A simple rear bumper protection product can save you hundreds of dollars in unnecessary repairs. In the long term, protecting your bumper when parking on city streets is a no brainer!

Before we get into our explanation…we must remind you, we are not attorneys and none of the advice or tips we provide should in any way be construed as legal advice. If a parking garage has damaged your car, please seek legal advice from an attorney licensed in your jurisdiction.

First, when you pull into a parking garage, before the attendant will hand you a claim ticket, he will walk around your entire vehicle denoting on the ticket all the visible damage to your car. Just to make sure you are clear, whether you pull in with a car smashed on every side, or a brand new vehicle right off the dealer’s lot, the attendant will mark the ticket to show your car has door, fender, trunk and bumper damage everywhere (a nice little gimmick to try and protect themselves) whether or not it is actually there.

Next, the attendant will hand you a claim ticket, your portion of which does not show any of the damage he marked down. On either the parking garage ticket, a big obnoxious sign on the wall of the garage or both, you will read a very detailed disclaimer, like the one pictured below.

This disclaimer will, in a lot of very complicated important sounding words, basically state that the garage is in no way responsible for any damage done to your car while it is in the garage, whether or not the damage is caused by the garage or it’s employees. To sum it up, you are parking at your own risk no matter what!

Now, after a nice evening, perhaps having seen a Broadway show or dinner with friends, you will return to the parking garage that so eagerly took your car, only to find a giant dent or scratch on your bumper. The garage attendant will most definitely look at you and say, “that was already there, we didn’t do that.” At this time he will take out the part of your claim ticket that shows all of the “damage” on your car at the time you entered the parking garage. Some people leave it at that, huff and puff and accept the fact that the garage damaged their car and there is nothing they can do about it…but others will take it one step further and ask to speak with the manager about the bumper damage the parking garage caused.

The manager will come out, again point out the damaged noted on your ticket at the time your vehicle entered the garage, and then point to the giant disclaimer sign or show you the back of your claim ticket, which states the garage is not responsible. At this point you are probably angry and frustrated, feeling like the parking garage damaged your car and is now laughing at you about it and most people just give up.

However, for those of you that want to push on…the answer to the oh-so important question of “Is the parking garage liable for damaging my car?” is YES. In most states, including New York, the courts have held that the broad parking garage waivers of liability are void in the interest of preventing gross injustices against public policy. In a simplification of some major technical terms, the courts deem parking garages to be professional bailers, one whose fundamental purpose is to take temporary possession of and car for other people’s cars. And the courts have made it clear that these parking garages cannot waive their duties and absolve themselves of liability for performing their fundamental purpose in a way that causes damage to vehicles. In these states, these waivers or disclaimers have no legal effect.

That said, the journey to actually collecting a dime from any of the parking garages is a long one, which in the end may cost you more than it would have to just repair the car yourself. Worst of all, a simple and minor investment into some bumper protection products could have saved you a lot of time, money and aggravation.

Even though you may legally be “in the right” doing anything about it can be a whole different story. Do yourself a favor, protect your bumper with some of our indoor bumper protection products before you ever consider parking in a NYC parking garage.

Outdoor Parking
For those “risk takers” who park on the street, you really have a few great options to protect your vehicle. For the rear, we recommend you check out our two all weather options, the BumperBully products and the Parking Armor protection products. Either of these, depending on your taste and the availability of your trunk space, is a great way to protect your rear bumper while parked on the street. Both of these product lines have a variety of options to choose from, whether its added padded protection, different size options or even steel reinforced security straps to deter theft.

To protect the front of our street parking customer’s cars we recommend BumpShox products, an all weather, and super durable tough line of license plate replacement frames. These, unlike the majority of our other products do not have to be removed before you drive. BumpShox adds that bit of extra protection from the car in front of you!

Indoor Parking Garage
For those of your brave enough to park in NYC parking garages… protect yourself! Don’t be the person who thinks parking garage bumper damage can’t happen to them. It can happen to anyone…in any garage! We recommend the BumperBlocker product line, which is designed specifically for use in parking garages. BumperBlockers wrap all the way around your bumpers from wheel well to wheel well protecting the most susceptible area of your bumpers…the corners. This wrap around product provides what we at EuroBumperGuard.com like to call 360° protection.

At the end of the day, regardless of whether you park on the street or in a parking garage, the threat of bumper damage is real. The best thing you can do is protect your car against unwanted damage by taking the necessary steps to help minimize the risk. Allow our experts at EuroBumperGuard.com to guide you to a safer parking experience