My wife Mustang Sally and I are among the folks who are fleeing Southern California due to the high cost of living, rising taxes and the general ass-whipping that living here entails. We are moving to Tucson. We may be leaving Automotive Heaven for Hot as Hell Arizona but one of my long standing car nut dreams has come true: three bays, no waiting.
My wife tells me the triple garage we just purchased comes standard with a house attached to it, one with a fireplace and two or three bathrooms or something. I haven't really noticed; I have a giant new garage to organize and I need your advise.
It is nice to see that three car garages are becoming more common. We saw them in homes priced as low as $175,000. This particular one has two other features mandatory in my book: no windows in the walls or doors so no sunlight beats down upon the vehicles, and plenty of leftover room once filled with our fleet.
Parked in the stalls from left to right will be our S2000, GLK350 and 1968 Mustang, the latter of which would warm the heart of TTAC mega-commenter PrincipalDan. My company ride will swelter in the driveway but as we say in the business: it's not my car. I will spare you the logistics of how we shuffle four vehicles with our current tiny two car garage and no street parking but will say it involves orange airport marshalling paddles.
Here are my thoughts so far as how to outfit this garage. First and foremost, I have always wanted a refrigerator. Mustang Sally says she does not like the one that came with the house and wants a new one so I have my icebox. I have room for a chair so I can sit and have a beer and admire my rides. (Admit it, you do that too, don't you?) For the first time in years, I have enough wall space to hang my eclectic collection of mobilia signs (My favorite: "Bardahl Stops Valve Lift Clatter") and my Nicola Wood print of a 1964 Ferrari GTO at Big Sur.
Throw in a lighted workbench with a stool and a metal tool pegboard and I am done with the easy stuff. What is becoming a challenge is choosing storage cabinets and racks without breaking the bank. The prior owner stripped the garage of its cupboards so I am starting with a blank canvas. I am tired of crap strewn everywhere; I want everything in or on top of cabinets. How do I find a happy medium between the pricey custom cabinets and the white wood ones from Home Depot?
And don't get me started on the subject of car lifts, checkerboard epoxy floors, and laser-guided parking systems.
What has worked for you in your garage?
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