do you garage your old MB?? - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

JimmyL · #16 10-15-2008, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by BodhiBenz1987

Other garaged car is not really "mine," but would be if I knew how to restore it. 1936 Chrysler Airflow is in my dad's garage at his shop. Would love to get that puppy running and drivable.

Very cool:

http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Airflow/

{like me, please try and ignore the PT Cruiser diminishing the linked page}

daw_two · #17 10-15-2008, 12:27 PM

I'm sure Jimmy will remember me posting the pics of Coda inside the garage about 4 days after I moved. Then, Coda went a week sitting outside while I dealt with packing up a certain white hatch to send to Colorado, then I got busy with some seats.

Now, wife's Camry and Coda are outside since the truck is getting a new muffler. As soon as muffler is complete, my #1 priority is to get the garage cleaned up enough to park Coda back inside.

Unfortunately, Chameleon sits at a guy's shop outside in the weather.

#18 10-15-2008, 12:31 PM

If I had one I would use it.

BodhiBenz1987 · #19 10-15-2008, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JimmyL

Very cool:

http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Airflow/

{like me, please try and ignore the PT Cruiser diminishing the linked page}

Definately cool. Mine was my grandfather's ... he drove it to college, and my dad drove it to college years later. So it'd be neat to keep it in the family (too late for me to drive it to college though ... I had Bodhi for that

).

BodhiBenz1987 · #20 10-15-2008, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ForcedInduction

If I had one I would use it.

It amazes me how many people in my neighborhood have garages and don't use them. Just keep trash bins and shelves full of junk in there, while stacking a couple of cars in a tiny driveway outside. My parents have a big, beautiful garage, full of absolute trash (and a few useful things) ... mostly old cabinets, scrap wood, broken shovels, old TVs, that sort of stuff. To each his own, I guess!

JimmyL · #21 10-15-2008, 12:44 PM

My wife parks her 2006 Infinit FX35 in one side of the garage, and I use the other side for shelves and lockers to support tools, air compressor and a bunch of MB stuff.
OCD requires that it be straight and organized, with working areas, walking space and a small bit of work room. Luckily there is about 8' in front of the Infiniti that adds to the space. {bless the folks who originally built this house}
I would love to have a storage shed or barn, but it ain't in the current budget......

rs899 · #22 10-15-2008, 01:02 PM

Wife's car (300D) , but of course

My 3 Benzes, um no, but they are under some cover (carports).

I have too many cars.

ggspeed · #23 10-15-2008, 01:17 PM

i'll put mine in for the winter when i start to drive the audi full time...

benz might come out for a run every now and then though....

E150GT · #24 10-15-2008, 01:20 PM

The 420sel gets the garage treatment while the ML320 stays outside. It has to respect it's elders!

Fulcrum525 · #25 10-15-2008, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by rs899

Wife's car (300D) , but of course

My 3 Benzes, um no, but they are under some cover (carports).

I have too many cars.

Just noticed that. Post some pics of the Citroen one of these days!

The 350 is in the garage every night with about a 4 in "box" that I need to place it in or the door will hit the bumper on its way down.

The G sorta fits.... It would hit the door unless I had someone to hold it fully open everytime I came or went and even then it would be a very tight squeeze.

Hatterasguy · #26 10-15-2008, 01:45 PM

The SDL is only in the garage from October ish to April/May ish. During the summer it stays outside.

So it spends half the year inside.

::matthew · #27 10-15-2008, 02:29 PM

Now that I've cleaned up the garage and gotten the table saw out of the way, I garage mine. The Passat wagon stays outside with those nasty oak trees.

winmutt · #28 10-15-2008, 02:32 PM

Does a carport count?

My company pays $120/mo for valet parking for my car at work. I get a real kick out of it as it was $500 when I bought it.

ndz77-240D · #29 10-15-2008, 02:44 PM

If I had a garage I would...
As it is, she gets a car cover (when clean) and a sunshade.

I'm tired of cleaning out those drains and getting the sap and bird poop off...

POS · #30 10-15-2008, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Chad300tdt

What do you use as a daily driver?

If I didn't use my garage as a wood shop I'd keep the cars in there, at least in the winter so I wouldn't have to scrape the windshield. But they sit out in the elements all day when driven to work anyway.

If I had a collector/investment vehicle it would be kept indoors all the time.

Daily is an LS430; backup is a pickup.

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