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Is your garage full of junk?

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Is your garage full of junk?

  • yes, junked up

  • no, at least space for 1 car and we park in there

  • no, at least space for 1 car but it's a workspace

  • no garage

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damn lots of large homes among the AT crowd. Must be nice not to live on top of your neighbors. Even here in suburbia, I think there's only 15ft that separates us and we have 2700sqft. Even a 2-car garage is rare.
 
Somehow, we manage to fit both cars in the garage, AND have lots of junk surrounding the cars. 😀

(It's a two-car garage.)
 
Red Squirrel said:
For those that park the car in the garage all the time do you find it rusts faster? I've been told that even with an unheated garage the residual heat from the engine will warm it up enough for the salt to activate and start to eat through faster than if you leave it outside. It kind of makes sense.
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Salt is in the ocean, not on my cars!

Interesting theory though.
 
rh71 said:
damn lots of large homes among the AT crowd. Must be nice not to live on top of your neighbors. Even here in suburbia, I think there's only 15ft that separates us and we have 2700sqft. Even a 2-car garage is rare.
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It's called many people apparently live it the sticks. Here in LA most every home in suburbia has a 2-car garage...unless it's been converted to living space. However, you'd be hard pressed to fit two cars AND a ton of junk. Heck, I can't even fit two cars and my yard equipment and I don't have a rider.
 
6-car garage(s)

2-car attached garage typically with one car parked inside.
Another 2-car garage used as a workshop and storage for tools, etc
Another 2-car garage for lawn equipment and maybe 20% filled with junk and furniture.
 
2.5 car garage with two cars parked in it.

Red Squirrel said:
For those that park the car in the garage all the time do you find it rusts faster? I've been told that even with an unheated garage the residual heat from the engine will warm it up enough for the salt to activate and start to eat through faster than if you leave it outside. It kind of makes sense.
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I've parked for the last 10 years in an unattached, uninsulated garage. Never had a rust issue with any of my cars. Recently moved into a house with an attached, insulated garage. Still plan on parking in it.

Engineer said:
2 car garage with lots of stuff in it but there are two cars parked in it too. Told my wife when we bought the place, I was going to park in the garage. She can park wherever she wants but I'm in the garage. My garage is for parking cars first and storing stuff second.
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In the summer I don't care. But for the winter months I told my wife the same thing. I'm not standing outside scrapping the frost off my windows before work every morning.
 
Junked up completely with computer parts, old radio electronics parts, air cooled VW parts, and miscellaneous crap that I hope to make a dent in this summer with the goal of eventually being able to park 1 car in a 2 car garage. :$
 
Right now the garage is a mess with a ls2 and t56 dropout on a stand and water buffalo that has the cylinder head off. Vette is in the corner with a cover on it because kids and bikes.
 
rh71 said:
Apparently a lot of people's garages are used for storage rather than cars. I miss having a garage for the days when it snows and rains. We have a full size attic and basement so plenty of storage and we actually throw stuff out.
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My garage always has been a shop. I live in town and its the only place I can make and fix things. If I know a big storm is coming or hail or whatever, i can move stuff to one side and put my truck in the garage temporarily, but its really not for vehicle storage.
 
Slew Foot said:
3.5 car garage with 2 cars and some random stuff in there. HOA doesnt allow street or driveway parking so the subdivison tends to have large garages.
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HAHA, what? A HOA cannot dictate if you park on the street or not. Parking on the street is an American right!
 
Sure they can. If the city didn't build the streets the HOA is free to restrict overnight parking. I'd say 95% of the time the developer builds streets in new developments...at least in SoCal.

No driveway parking is a bit extreme though.
 
NutBucket said:
Sure they can. If the city didn't build the streets the HOA is free to restrict overnight parking. I'd say 95% of the time the developer builds streets in new developments...at least in SoCal.

No driveway parking is a bit extreme though.
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The developers here generally build them as a proffer and then turn them over to the state. If they didn't do that then the HOA dues would be much higher to cover the snow removal and maintenance costs.
 
2-car garage, we store my roommate's 19' bass boat and my Trans Am in it. Tight fit, but it works. Room in the back for random shit...
 
Linflas said:
The developers here generally build them as a proffer and then turn them over to the state. If they didn't do that then the HOA dues would be much higher to cover the snow removal and maintenance costs.
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There's plenty of communities here where HOA is over $500 a month....and it doesn't snow here.
 
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Red Squirrel said:
For those that park the car in the garage all the time do you find it rusts faster? I've been told that even with an unheated garage the residual heat from the engine will warm it up enough for the salt to activate and start to eat through faster than if you leave it outside. It kind of makes sense.
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I've heard that before as well but fuck parking it outside where its cold as hell and I have to clean off a foot of snow and scrape the windshield every morning.

Which brings me to my status: Both cars fit in my garage. The reason is because I park them in there all year round. I park them in their all year round because if I don't, the empty space will almost immediately be taken up by junk. Again, fuck cleaning ice and snow and being in a cold ass car all winter when I actually have a garage.

Its a tight squeeze in there now though. Its only a two car garage but I store my snow blower, garbage/recycling, the vast majority of my tools including ladders and yard tools, a face cord of wood, bin of salt and dirt for the driveway and during the summer a push mower in there in addition to the cars. The only trick I have left to save space is to build some kind of hanging shelf that goes over the garage door.
 
PingSpike said:
I've heard that before as well but fuck parking it outside where its cold as hell and I have to clean off a foot of snow and scrape the windshield every morning.
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Bah, park them outside, wipe off a spot on the windshield to see through, and all the snow will blow off by the time you get to work. 😛
 
Linflas said:
The developers here generally build them as a proffer and then turn them over to the state. If they didn't do that then the HOA dues would be much higher to cover the snow removal and maintenance costs.
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ditto. The city is in charge of 99% of the streets around here as maintenance would be a nightmare and too costly for anyone else.
 
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