• Cheers for the detailed answer. All sounds a bit of a ballache so I'll probably just go with the visitor permits for the moment (£3.50 a day rather than ~ £120 a year annoyingly) and leaving it at the MIL's mainly.

    We wouldn't make any insurance claims for damage/theft whilst it is parked (it's a 2002 punto so not the most valuable) so hopefully that shouldn't arise but I take your point.

  • Where do you live? It's worth investigating as many free to park places locally and what times they're free.

    £3.50/day isn't wallet busting, but it's still something. If you can work out a 5-10 minute round trip that lets you park for free, then you can reserve spending money for when it's pissing it down outside and you can't face the trip to go get the car from where you stashed it.

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