# Securing classic cars: the parking spot is the safe, the key a second piece

> Secure a classic car: locked hall, key not by the door, vehicle papers elsewhere, photograph the condition.
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A classic car fits in no cabinet. The parking spot is the protection: gate, light, neighborhood, and a key that does not hang on the hook next to the door. In the overview [Security for collectors](/artikel/sicherheit-fuer-sammler) it is the largest mobile asset.

## What breaks without a thief

Damage from standing still, a damp hall, martens, a battery that leaks, tires that sit until they develop flat spots. You move the vehicle on a rhythm the mechanics demand, and you store it dry. A soft top put away wet rots.

## When someone comes

Driving it away is the goal, not the glove box. Keys and papers are not in the car and not at the gate. The papers go in the document cabinet, a spare key in a third place. The policy knows the chassis number and an agreed value. You take photos of every side and of distinctive details before damage is supposed to have "always been there."

## The folder

Chassis number, license plate, proof, last major work, agreed insured value. The key as its own line: where it is.


## Häufige Fragen

### Key on the hook?

No, not next to the gate. Separate from the vehicle.

### Papers in the glove box?

No. In the document cabinet. In the car, what the trip legally has to have with it is enough, not the whole history.

### Damp hall?

Then it rusts without any thief. Park it dry.