Reminds of the story of the millionaire, his ferrari and a new york bank vault.
He entered one of the big banks over there and asked for a $10k loan, leaving his car as the security deposit. A month later he returned, handed back the $10k in cash (+ whatever interest) and just before he drove off, one of the staff asked why he had bothered as it seemed ludicrous that he would need such a small loan.
His reply was "where else in New York city can you get secure parking, for a month basically for free".
(story was something like that anyway)