Ideas for a Garage

[Rich]

I moved in with my girlfriend.. she has a townhome with a parking lot out in front of her place that the fellow neighbors use also.  She only gets 3 spaces in front of her house for cars, so we need to keep one open for visitors.

So while we are able to save a great amount of money, I'm out of a garage.  And I can't keep both cars at her place.

I've looked in the area to hopefully find something like this: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jalopnik.com/feel-free-to-stop-by-any-time-1735522334&sa=D&ust=1518965419209000&usg=AFQjCNE3OD_76mP0-bbDyvwyGUg9fTM0Ew

But all I can really find is this: https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/2630-Hwy-15-S-Sumter-SC/4161323/&sa=D&ust=1518965419209000&usg=AFQjCNEdUVXxEAZ2f4IYjWvFVJjn3XJ6Ew

$1,260 for the year for a 20'x20' space isn't bad, but I have no idea how utilities would be monitored.  Or if I can even lease such a small area.

I want a place to store the Miata and be able to wrench on both cars, keep extra wheels/tires, tools, etc.

Any other ideas out there?

[12,000 RPM]

I was going to say it would be awesome if there were somewhere where you could pay to use a lift and tools but that would be such a liability shitshow

I have no idea man.

[giant_mtb]

Could get away with it at a storage unit if you're discreet. hah

[CaminoRacer]

I'm trying to find a solution to this as well. I never realized how rare a commodity a garage was.

[Soup DeVille]

I was going to say it would be awesome if there were somewhere where you could pay to use a lift and tools but that would be such a liability shitshow

I have no idea man.

There was a place near here that quickly went under exactly because of this.

[giant_mtb]

How can it be such a liability shitshow?  Can't be any worse than, say, a gun range. Get insurance, everybody has to sign a waiver...badda bing, badda boom.  I guess the real liability comes in when somebody does some shitty work on their brakes and ends up killing someone else in an accident...

But I mean, there's obviously a reason such places don't really exist.

[MexicoCityM3]

Sell both cars, get a CR-V. You don't need and surely can't justify anything else.

[Rich]

Sell both cars, get a CR-V. You don't need and surely can't justify anything else.

  I just had a dream that I bought a GT350 and had an 80s trans am in addition to my two other cars and this fucking CRV discussion popped into my head

[CaminoRacer]

I'm thinking about a Trans Am. Late 70s and 3rd gen is gonna be the next thing. Gotta get em while they're cheap.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

I'm thinking about a Trans Am. Late 70s and 3rd gen is gonna be the next thing. Gotta get em while they're cheap.

YOU BETTER HURRY UP!

[Lebowski]

Sell both cars, get a CR-V. You don't need and surely can't justify anything else.

Hector is that you?  You're starting to make too much sense.

[GoCougs]

I'm thinking about a Trans Am. Late 70s and 3rd gen is gonna be the next thing. Gotta get em while they're cheap.

I think 2nd gen, esp. '78 (i.e., Smokey and the Bandit) has been a fairly big thing for Trans Ams for some time.

Beyond the early '70-'71 Camaros, I think the '78 Z/28 was the next best thing for the F-Body. Trans Ams hit it pretty hard with the tacked on stuff, graphics and quad exhausts - cool in the '70s of course, but a lot to look at today. The '78 Z/28 had the hidden bumpers and no tack on stuff:



By 1980 however, the Camaro had all the tack on stuff, though no quad exhausts or garish graphics (this actually looks very good - they got the wheel backspacing and tire size just right):

[MexicoCityM3]

Hector is that you?  You're starting to make too much sense.

I had a psychotic break from too much CR-V envy.

[GoCougs]

Wow, you were legit traumatized by it.

[CaminoRacer]

I think 2nd gen, esp. '78 (i.e., Smokey and the Bandit) has been a fairly big thing for Trans Ams for some time.

Beyond the early '70-'71 Camaros, I think the '78 Z/28 was the next best thing for the F-Body. Trans Ams hit it pretty hard with the tacked on stuff, graphics and quad exhausts - cool in the '70s of course, but a lot to look at today. The '78 Z/28 had the hidden bumpers and no tack on stuff:



By 1980 however, the Camaro had all the tack on stuff, though no quad exhausts or garish graphics (this actually looks very good - they got the wheel backspacing and tire size just right):

The tacked on stuff is fine if it goes fast. Stick a cammed LS3 and Detroit Speed suspension on it.