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Garage Identity
A garage can tell you a lot about a person. It can be messy or clean, a place to spend time or just to use for storage. A garage makes it apparent what a person's priorities are. One of our favorite magazines is Garage Life, which covers the garage as high-end lifestyle accessory. More down-to-earth is Garage Envy, a new blog devoted to showcasing the average man's sanctuary. These spaces are less aspirational and more real; human and warm rather than cold and clinical. Check it out; it'll give you a new appreciation for your musty, dank car hole. [Garage Envy]
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Hi-Tech Garage Parking Signal Replaces Tried-and-True Tennis Ball Method
It's time to tell Grandpa that technology is here and ready to replace that tennis-ball-on-a-string method for parking his boat of a Buick in the garage. This Garage Parking Signal will help you get into the garage perfectly every time. It has three lights and a distance sensor that can warn the driver when they are pulling in too far. Not more crushed lawnmowers or mangled golf clubs! More » -
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More German Garage Pr0n
Alexander "Akl" Z. is a man living what many of us would consider "the dream." He has a nice big house in the German countryside, not one, but two, two lift garages, a positive pressure paint booth, and more automotive treasures than you can shake a schweinebraten at. Keeping messy garages full of cool cars must be a German national pastime. Under the vintage black Mercedes is a competition ready BMW 2002 set up for hill climb racing. Against the back wall is an E21 set up for cup racing. Under the mint condition BMW 3.0 CSi is an old Escort destined for rally time. Another something sits in the middle of it all after a fresh paint job. It looks French, but that's highly doubtful in Germany, anybody know what that is? We especially dig the palm trees littering the garage, it makes things feel so exotic. We're used to the girly posters and smelly old dogs, but this works too.
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Biometric Garage Security System? It's the Freaking Future, Man
It may not be as secure as the PhantomPark Batcave garage, but Master Lock's smartTOUCH biometric garage door opener is a bit safer than the flimsy lock or cheap-o keypad of years past that protects those garages full of valuables. More » -
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Dieter Lets Us Peek Behind the Barn Door
A man like Dieter is never content with just one barn full of cars and tools and gadgets. Less than a kilometer away from his shop, Dieter has his treasure barn. From the road it's so unassuming that you'd never know it could contain an 850Ci and a 440 Duster. In addition to those, there's at least an ancient Tatra, a pumped up BMW 2002, the skeletal (and really cool) remains of an Opel Speedster and a rack of about 50 various hoods for some reason. This is also where Dieter keeps the molds for a BMW M1 that's he's recreating. Oh yeah, that wooden frame upside down on the red car, that's the body frame for the BMW 328 we told you about earlier. This level of chaos in our own garage would drive us bonkers, but damn, this place is awesome. -
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Jalopnik Holiday Gift Guide: The Ultimate Garage Fridge
No one likes to be troubled with getting a beer from inside whilst in the middle of serious repairs, but there's something about a yellowing Frigidaire that sort of ruins the feng shui of most garages. That's where the Microfridge Garage Refrigerator enters the picture. This 53 cu-in fridge mimics the black and red exterior of typical garage storage yet holds a world of gastronomical delights within. At just $299.00 (plus $65.00 s/h) it's a steal! Product details below: More » -
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Install New Windshield Glass
We've all heard the argument of the do-it-yourselfer. Doing the job on your own can bring a sense of satisfaction and save money. When things don't go right the results may not be so warming or economical. Thirteen beers or three fried alternators into a pile of sheared bolts and bruised knuckles can result in a job costing far more than planned. Sometimes the financial outlay in tools, materials, and time, don't add up to any savings for the do-it-yourselfer. Worse still is a job done wrong can be potentially dangerous. Replacing a cracked or old front windshield glass is one of these times. More »
1:00 PM on Fri Sep 7 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
3,958 views, 21 commentsLatest by lascauxcaveman: I had a nice-as-new windshield in a parts car and the windshield guy refused to swap it over for me, more »
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and you will know us by the trail of parts
Rebuild Your Carburetor
Back in the days of carbureted and plentiful used Plymouth Satellites, B-52's frontman Fred sang of the devil in his car. Beehive sporting singer Kate did Fred one better by wailing that she had the devil in her CAR-buretor! Having Beelzebub in the float bowl and demons clogging the jets is not a good thing at all. A carburetor rebuild can help exorcise evil spirits. More »
1:30 PM on Fri Aug 31 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
3,198 views, 24 commentsLatest by zxasqw12: Reminds me of a carb-related Henny Youngman riff... I came home from work. My wife met me at the door. She said, more »
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Indy 500 Garage Wrap Up
We caught about half of the Indy 500 over donuts and bagels down at Cole Coonce's place until rain stopped the action. Or so we thought. Mr. Coonce phoned up later to say part two of the race had begun with Tony Kanaan in the lead. The rest of the race was viewed on our trusty Panasonic portable while painting an G54B engine block out the garage. After a few spills that resulted in Kanaan losing his grip, it was Dario Franchitti who took the checkered flag in Indy 500 Part Two: Ashley Judd edition. More »
