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Old 01-20-2008, 01:47 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Another option that may work:


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Old 01-20-2008, 02:19 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Cute pic Wish I had that option but our 2 car garage is separate and each at different levels due to the angle of the street. Still not sure what we are going to do and if this means we sell the Mini...
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Ah-ha!

Cars in a garage...how novel.... My bikes see shed time out of the elements but our 3 car attached garage is an extension of every family members personal stuff space....mine included

We do have over head cover for most of our rolling stock

Do they even make a attached garage a 27.9 foot long 9.3 foot tall 4x4 Superduty will fit in?
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That's exactly ...

how our smart will be parked during the salt/snow here in the mid-west. We basically had an old freezer that we sold on craigslist to make room for it.

We hated leaving any of our cars outside so the smart was a great choice to keep (soon to be 4) in the 'heated' garage.

I've been there before years ago living in an apt. with no garage ... no fun! of course nowadays even people with 3-car garages seem to have to leave their cars out because they have tooo much stuff !!

Hope to share photos maybe sometime before end of Feb ??? I believe they're up to 1180's so who knows ...
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Old 01-20-2008, 06:00 PM   #5 (permalink)
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This is something I have thought about. I'm halfway looking to buy a place within the next year... I'm tired of tossing money into rent and not having a place that I can tear into and work on.

That being said, I wonder if my VUE and smart will fit end to end in a 1 car garage, assuming nothing in the front of it.
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I've got a fully-occupied garage as well. Tomorrow I'll know if this could be a solution:

http://www.tuffshed.com/

Will post back with an answer.
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My old garage was built waaaay back in the nineteen twenties and sized for a Model A. With a nice big work bench along the back, if there's extra stuff anywhere on the garage floor (mower, snowblower, lawn furniture) my car won't fit. But replacing the four door sedan with a smart suddenly will make my garage seem much bigger!
I can hardly wait to start parking inside again!

I love your mini, jwight!
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I have 4 cars shoehorned into a 4 car garage! Though in fairness they are all rather small (british roadsters) 14ft long. Here is the indispensable tool I use to do it. (NFI)

http://www2.northerntool.com/product-1/35107.htm
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Mdfortwoguy: I measured and our C5 Corvette and a smart will fit nose to tail in our 28' deep garage with room to spare, so a Vue and a smart should fit in 26' or so. Winter will see Vette on lift and smart and snowblower, etc underneath.
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My C4 will always have it's home on one side of the 2-car garage, but I did go and measure and I can later go ahead and get a Cabrio Brabus and pull it in first and then put my Passion behind it and it will all still fit. That way, the Passion will be the everyday driver and I can pull the Passion out to get the Brabus out when I want to go for a spin in it..............and the dream goes on.
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