The Best Garage On PistonHeads
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Funky's: smooth and sophisticated...
Like many others I have dreamed long and hard about owning my own dream garage one day. I've even gone as far as planning it into my own 'Grand Design' (Which is currently stuck in planning hell at the local council office).
Anyway, while sat on the loo deep in thought one day I came up with the 'Who has the best Garage on PistonHeads?' thread as a way of plagiarising the ideas of others for my own ends. This thread has now been running for a while, with people constantly adding their own little caves of automotive bliss, and the selection has been inspiring - ranging from shabby-looking lean-tos to full-on cathedrals to cars and automobilia.
Biggamehunter's is more traditional
I picked a top 10 that not only all had elements I hope to incorporate into my own new-build garage project, but also were individually great places where I could happily idle away many an hour if given half the chance.
So we had in the poll what some people might call 'show garages' and others that had a workshop element to them. My ideal would be a combination of both.
I asked people to do their best not to just judge the cars within the garages, as I did not want this to turn into a "whoever has the deepest pockets wins" contest, but on the space as a place to store or work on your cars or both.
While Andy74B's is jaw-dropping
Third: Biggamehunter
In third place we have Biggamehunter's recently added addition to his great-looking house. Not only do I love the look of the building, but the interior is also beautifully finished. Also I love his tool chest; it appeals to my tool fetish.
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Second: Funky
Getting the silver medal we have Funky, our only female entrant. She has turned a cave-like hole into a stylish home for her Lambos, TVRs and Lotuses. Okay, so it may not be filled with manly power tools and the like, but it is still very cool.
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Now to our winner who is - by a long margin - Andy74B. Now it is impossible to look at his pics and not be taken aback by the fact that Andy seems to own virtually every Athena poster car from the last 20 years. Most of his cars would surely appear on nearly all our personal top 10 lists somewhere.
But his is not just a show garage(s); he also has lifts and tools to back things up. Yes, it is a high-budget set-up but it is owned by a true enthusiast who drives and races his cars; no trailer queen here.
And so we present the official 'Best Garage On PH':
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Good for you guys who not only love your fantastic cars but take pride in them too!
There is a "guy" near me who kept an Enzo outside for about 8 months under the flimsiest cover which at times got half blown off by the wind, it was actually quite sad to see, he also had a black one that made an appearance from time to time, great but complacent to the extreme!
If so, is it like an entrance or something? Looks like a secret underground bunker
Well done to everyone with the lovely garages, Andys is brilliant!
But best garage?
Having said that, What Andy's pictures don't really explain is that he has a garage up by his house for his 'everyday' cars and another garage for his, er, less everyday cars (that's the one with the Zonda, McLaren and F40 in, I suppose...)
lol 
Personally I love working garages with tools lifts and heavy equipment around the place to actually build and fix stuff. But at the same time I would expect it to be as clean as a Mclaren F1 build bay. And if my Grand Design comes off that is what I will have.
Lets not forget that you folks here voted Andy’s top dog. I doff my cap to the guy
But best garage?
Most seemed to be missing machine tools that I'd expect in a dream garage. Some nice decorative stuff like the arcade racer, model cabinets, telly, sofa, swish flooring and tools cabs but as minuimum I'd expect to see a compressor, pillar drill, lathe, mill and beer fridge well before any of that.
Mainly because they ALL have a compressor, lathe, pillar drill and ingenious storage solutions to allow them to work on cars and bikes without having the £ to afford a barn sized building. The one in this months issue has all that stuff, in a single garage along with the family deep freeze and a lawnmower, and enough space to work on bikes in the middle.
THAT is a true garage, not just a vast building full of cars you'd be too scared to drive into town...
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