My wife and I are taking the FFRR to Manchester City Centre shortly and will need to park overnight. I've read online that both security on FFRR's isn't the best and also that the local NCP Car Parks in Manchester City Centre don't have CCTV, with several reports in their reviews stating that customers have had their cars broken in to.

We'll be staying at the Principal Hotel in Oxford Street M60 - Any recommendations for secure overnight parking please?

A police car got stolen out of their secure pound not long ago.

The hotel is directly outside Oxford Road station if you come on the train ??

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Create time for more shopping and sightseeing by asking Manchester Police for a crime number in advance.

Trying to be more helpful, but sorry, best advice I can offer is avoid the NCP on Whitworth Street, which is just around the corner from the Refuge building (hotel). I think it was designed for minis. Serious scuff marks in the wall on every turn and very small parking bays.
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V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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Thanks guys - I've just been talking with my wife and instead of taking the 2016 4.4 SDV8 AB, we're going to take the dog mobile, (a 2007MY 4.4 V8 Vogue petrol), Don't get me wrong, it's a fantastic car and I love it, but it looks like an absolute pig sty!

We use it for transporting our two 70kg Pyrenean Mountain dogs, it's absolutely filthy......Iif anyone breaks in they won't be able to get out fast enough

Surely they can’t be as slobbery as a St Bernard  What do I put here then?

My grey 4.4 TDV8 Overfinch 322 a customer bought from me was stolen from there a year or so after he bought it...

Never been seen since apparently

q park on first street is a secure car park, decent size spaces, not cheap though, went to a gig in manchester last night , didn't go in the FF though

https://www.q-park.co.uk/en-gb/cities/manchester/first-street/

Just get the train......  There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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2010 LR D4 Commercial 2.7 TDV6

The problem with trains is the huge variation in fares , when I wanted to take the family to London from warrington a tank full of fuel was 1/4 the price of 4 tickets

That is true, however I used to drive to London but now I train it as it’s cheaper and I can get straight into St pancs from derby in and hour and a half and I don’t need to park, or pay for parking, or worry about the car when I’ve parked it....(it’s all about the parking)  There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
Fiat 500x 1.4 multiair Lounge 2015
2010 LR D4 Commercial 2.7 TDV6

Agreed train is definitely easier if you're traveling alone , though a mate of mine had to go to London on a business trip , rocked up at the station at 6am and was stunned when they wanted £300 for a return ticket

Take the RR at those prices. Pay the congestion charge, drive where you want, pay for parking £40 all day and let's call it £50 on diesel depends where you're coming from but let's call it £100 and you can take 5 people. In style. Door to door.

. Cheers, Greg
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Seriously.
Check the Metrolink map. Choose a leafy suburb 6 or 7 stops outside the city (e.g. Brooklands/Timperley/Sale. Park outside a nice house (but not mine!) down a quiet street, under a lamp post - the resident permits are only until 5.00pm near me, and you get 3 hours free before. Take the tram back to the city.
Of course this guarantees nothing, but your car won't be in a car park all night screaming 'steal me' Current: 2007 RR 4.2 SC, now deceased, written off by an X5
Past: 1968 LR 2.25 (petrol) Series IIa

This sort of thread is why we have an old faithful RAV4 that we use for Tesco runs, the local tip, to and from our allotment etc. We keep the Fattie for long and/or low risk trips. I know some will say "it's a shame if you don't use it" but I keep my cars mint and hate the idea of them being vandalised or worse. See my Gatwick parking thread for details!