How to protect your car from your kids?

[chubert]

Does anyone have any creative ways to protect there car from kids while in the garage? My kids are 2 and 5 and are in and out of the garage all day with big wheels, bikes, baseball bats etc. I have a cover but it still makes me nervous when they are in there….

[70Sixter]

1. Dashboard Jesus.

2. Daily prayer.

3. Regular attendance at religious services.

4. No Tiger Woods activities.

5. Soft indoor cover with dense upholstery foam hot glued to sides, trunk lids, fenders and sides with heavy outdoor car cover on top.

6. Or one of those bubble covers that inflates.

7. Get a shed for the kids. Or for their stuff.

[coreseller]

Short of covering it and placing foam against the sides......no. My kid's bikes go to the shed during winter months, during the summer the Boxster goes into the single bay side of a three car and I park my daily driver outside. That leaves room for them / their crap in the two car bay with the wife's minivan. Also, get to know your local dent doctor, not kidding. I make the kids pay for the repairs they cause (they are older than yours), that way they quickly learn.

[schnellman]

I sold my kids when I got the Porsche.

[Flavor 987S]

Teach your young children to respect others personal property. This can be learned at a very young age. Set them up to succeed, not to fail.

[landrovered]

Two words...invisible fence

[chubert]

Originally Posted by landrovered

Two words...invisible fence

This is a great idea but might not pass with the wife.

My 5 year old is very careful and has great respect for my and his stuff. I really don't worry about him. Even his matchbox cars are perfect.

My 2 year old however is a walking wrecking ball. He like to throw and bang on stuff. MAybe I'll clean the shed for there toys....


I did see a padded curtain that hangs from the celing. Almost like a shower curtain. I thought that was a good idea.

[schnellman]

Originally Posted by landrovered

Two words...invisible fence

My mother bought an invisible fence system for her dog. Somehow the dog slipped past the "fence" the first day. When she caught him outside she didn't want him to get shocked when he went home as he should. She took off the collar and sent the dog home. She chatted with the neighbor for awhile and then headed home with the collar in her hand. When she got up off the ground she determined that the fence worked quite well.