Who has the best Garage on Pistonheads?
Discussion
ol said:
cervezaman said:
I think my garage definitely falls into the 'sterile' category :-)
I like the 'sterile' look. Where did you get the LED lighting from? The 'wall wash' lights look greatand I used these twin-spot downlight fittings: http://www.ukelectricalsupplies.com/aurora-lightin...
And finally, GU10 LED bulbs from Sylvania: http://www.havells-sylvania.com/en/press-centre/sy...
The GU10 LED bulbs are awesome, 450lm which Sylvania claim are equal to a 65w halogen.
custardkid said:
Very nice, look forward to reading about the build.
You should also update us on the cars... What's changed, what's staying and why
All my cars are staying (as below) and the Gt3RS is the first of 8 new cars to join the list as soon as I find what I want. I may swap the Indy for a Lotus Two Eleven or an Atom but I'm undecided as I've virtually rebuilt it over the last 2 years and I think I'll regret selling it if I do. I'm a sentimental bugger when it comes to cars!You should also update us on the cars... What's changed, what's staying and why
2014 Ferrari 458 Spider
2012 Porsche 981S
2014 Mercedes GL AMG Line
2015 Mercedes GLA AMG Line
2008 E92 M3
2010 MK Indy R R1
1964 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint 1300
1930 Ford Model A Phaeton
2011 Porsche GT3RS Gen2
Here are some of them in a group shot last summer (any excuse eh ;-) )
And the Fez in the Alps in August with friends just to show they aint always shiny!
As it stands my long list of new additions list includes a Porsche 356 Coupe, Lotus Esprit V8, 430 Scuderia or possibly a 458 Speciale, 964 of some description, 205 1.9Gti or Mk1 Golf, Sagaris, Mk1 Cooper S, Volvo P1800s, Mercedes SL 190, Alfa Montreal, various modern classic Ferrari (355 and just before era) and a few oddballs like a Honda S800. I'm considering a modified classic build too. I've also been eyeing up the rally prepped Mk1 Escort they have at Cheshire Classic cars but I'm not sure I can bring myself to sink £80k into an Escort.
Dunno for sure, hard to say till I stand and look at things. For now I've seen a really nice Lotus Esprit V8 I'm going to try and see for a second time before the weekend.
Garage build starts next week so as usual, Im getting ahead of myself. Clearing the land and ground works this month and the build proper starts early February. I'll take plenty of photos.
Someone on another thread asked me about the garage build so here are some (rough) photos of the plans....each bay will have a 4 post lift as per the main garage far right bay(as shown in the pic).
Edited by _Leg_ on Tuesday 13th January 22:49
_Leg_ said:
Alfa Montreal
There's a rather nice one on http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C524769Boy do I regret not picking a good orange one for £15K 5 or so years ago. The sound BRAAAAP!
_Leg_ said:
All my cars are staying (as below) and the Gt3RS is the first of 8 new cars to join the list as soon as I find what I want. I may swap the Indy for a Lotus Two Eleven or an Atom but I'm undecided as I've virtually rebuilt it over the last 2 years and I think I'll regret selling it if I do. I'm a sentimental bugger when it comes to cars!
2014 Ferrari 458 Spider
2012 Porsche 981S
2014 Mercedes GL AMG Line
2015 Mercedes GLA AMG Line
2008 E92 M3
2010 MK Indy R R1
1964 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint 1300
1930 Ford Model A Phaeton
2011 Porsche GT3RS Gen2
Here are some of them in a group shot last summer (any excuse eh ;-) )
And the Fez in the Alps in August with friends just to show they aint always shiny!
As it stands my long list of new additions list includes a Porsche 356 Coupe, Lotus Esprit V8, 430 Scuderia or possibly a 458 Speciale, 964 of some description, 205 1.9Gti or Mk1 Golf, Sagaris, Mk1 Cooper S, Volvo P1800s, Mercedes SL 190, Alfa Montreal, various modern classic Ferrari (355 and just before era) and a few oddballs like a Honda S800. I'm considering a modified classic build too. I've also been eyeing up the rally prepped Mk1 Escort they have at Cheshire Classic cars but I'm not sure I can bring myself to sink £80k into an Escort.
Dunno for sure, hard to say till I stand and look at things. For now I've seen a really nice Lotus Esprit V8 I'm going to try and see for a second time before the weekend.
Garage build starts next week so as usual, Im getting ahead of myself. Clearing the land and ground works this month and the build proper starts early February. I'll take plenty of photos.
Someone on another thread asked me about the garage build so here are some (rough) photos of the plans....each bay will have a 4 post lift as per the main garage far right bay(as shown in the pic).
Epic collection there!2014 Ferrari 458 Spider
2012 Porsche 981S
2014 Mercedes GL AMG Line
2015 Mercedes GLA AMG Line
2008 E92 M3
2010 MK Indy R R1
1964 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint 1300
1930 Ford Model A Phaeton
2011 Porsche GT3RS Gen2
Here are some of them in a group shot last summer (any excuse eh ;-) )
And the Fez in the Alps in August with friends just to show they aint always shiny!
As it stands my long list of new additions list includes a Porsche 356 Coupe, Lotus Esprit V8, 430 Scuderia or possibly a 458 Speciale, 964 of some description, 205 1.9Gti or Mk1 Golf, Sagaris, Mk1 Cooper S, Volvo P1800s, Mercedes SL 190, Alfa Montreal, various modern classic Ferrari (355 and just before era) and a few oddballs like a Honda S800. I'm considering a modified classic build too. I've also been eyeing up the rally prepped Mk1 Escort they have at Cheshire Classic cars but I'm not sure I can bring myself to sink £80k into an Escort.
Dunno for sure, hard to say till I stand and look at things. For now I've seen a really nice Lotus Esprit V8 I'm going to try and see for a second time before the weekend.
Garage build starts next week so as usual, Im getting ahead of myself. Clearing the land and ground works this month and the build proper starts early February. I'll take plenty of photos.
Someone on another thread asked me about the garage build so here are some (rough) photos of the plans....each bay will have a 4 post lift as per the main garage far right bay(as shown in the pic).
Edited by _Leg_ on Tuesday 13th January 22:49
I'm also in York, do you arrange visits?
Lol, thanks for the replies guys.
Adoption - sorry gents, unless you're 5'10", blonde and female, not happening. Even then, Mrs Leg says no!
Money - had a successful Cloud Software business which I sold in April. Multipliers on Cloud businesses are a bit daft right now so happy days. I'm doing the work out period as we speak! :-) Plenty of people on PH waaaaaay better off than me. I dream of GTOs and La Ferraris! Oh for the love of Christ do I want a 250 GT Lusso but, I cant justify all that on one car.
Visits - When its finished I'm inviting my car friends round and organising food etc, I'll try and remember to invite you! Remind me!
Garage space - extra. I get 5 cars in that 3 bay. The Indy is in my BJ RaceTransporter for the moment and the GT3RS is still at the dealers. The Mercs live outside.
Adoption - sorry gents, unless you're 5'10", blonde and female, not happening. Even then, Mrs Leg says no!
Money - had a successful Cloud Software business which I sold in April. Multipliers on Cloud businesses are a bit daft right now so happy days. I'm doing the work out period as we speak! :-) Plenty of people on PH waaaaaay better off than me. I dream of GTOs and La Ferraris! Oh for the love of Christ do I want a 250 GT Lusso but, I cant justify all that on one car.
Visits - When its finished I'm inviting my car friends round and organising food etc, I'll try and remember to invite you! Remind me!
Garage space - extra. I get 5 cars in that 3 bay. The Indy is in my BJ RaceTransporter for the moment and the GT3RS is still at the dealers. The Mercs live outside.
Hilarity and jokes aside...here's a serious question.
I've got a few cars but I really struggle to justify having more in my own mind.
A combination of work and children means that individually don't get much use.
Some can sit for weeks between uses and / or I can go a few weeks with just driving to and from work, nothing special, and that feels wrong.
You've got more than me, and a lot more on the cards, so how do you resolve that or does it just not bother you?
I've got a few cars but I really struggle to justify having more in my own mind.
A combination of work and children means that individually don't get much use.
Some can sit for weeks between uses and / or I can go a few weeks with just driving to and from work, nothing special, and that feels wrong.
You've got more than me, and a lot more on the cards, so how do you resolve that or does it just not bother you?
_Leg_ said:
Lol, thanks for the replies guys.
Adoption - sorry gents, unless you're 5'10", blonde and female, not happening. Even then, Mrs Leg says no!
Money - had a successful Cloud Software business which I sold in April. Multipliers on Cloud businesses are a bit daft right now so happy days. I'm doing the work out period as we speak! :-) Plenty of people on PH waaaaaay better off than me. I dream of GTOs and La Ferraris! Oh for the love of Christ do I want a 250 GT Lusso but, I cant justify all that on one car.
Visits - When its finished I'm inviting my car friends round and organising food etc, I'll try and remember to invite you! Remind me!
Garage space - extra. I get 5 cars in that 3 bay. The Indy is in my BJ RaceTransporter for the moment and the GT3RS is still at the dealers. The Mercs live outside.
I'll be sure to! Adoption - sorry gents, unless you're 5'10", blonde and female, not happening. Even then, Mrs Leg says no!
Money - had a successful Cloud Software business which I sold in April. Multipliers on Cloud businesses are a bit daft right now so happy days. I'm doing the work out period as we speak! :-) Plenty of people on PH waaaaaay better off than me. I dream of GTOs and La Ferraris! Oh for the love of Christ do I want a 250 GT Lusso but, I cant justify all that on one car.
Visits - When its finished I'm inviting my car friends round and organising food etc, I'll try and remember to invite you! Remind me!
Garage space - extra. I get 5 cars in that 3 bay. The Indy is in my BJ RaceTransporter for the moment and the GT3RS is still at the dealers. The Mercs live outside.
Congrats on the biz deal btw. I'm currently working on a large transition to SalesForce project, the clients having to pay big money!
bertie said:
Hilarity and jokes aside...here's a serious question.
I've got a few cars but I really struggle to justify having more in my own mind.
A combination of work and children means that individually don't get much use.
Some can sit for weeks between uses and / or I can go a few weeks with just driving to and from work, nothing special, and that feels wrong.
You've got more than me, and a lot more on the cards, so how do you resolve that or does it just not bother you?
I'm guessing that a collection the size of Legs is a balance between ownership, enjoyment and investment properties. I've got a few cars but I really struggle to justify having more in my own mind.
A combination of work and children means that individually don't get much use.
Some can sit for weeks between uses and / or I can go a few weeks with just driving to and from work, nothing special, and that feels wrong.
You've got more than me, and a lot more on the cards, so how do you resolve that or does it just not bother you?
Could be wrong though.
South. Not too far from Cawood.
With regards to owning the cars there are many factors. I started answering that question specifically and rambled a bit, sorry...
Firstly life gets taken care of first at all times. So the house is paid off, I own a variety of properties and other investments, kids education covered and the wife gets the holidays she wants etc. I'm also still working in the business for a couple of years so have a salary and bonuses which is giving me kinda the best of both worlds.
Then if there is spare money, and that has improved over the years admittedly, then I can buy toys.
Secondly my mantra is "You can make more money but you cant make more time so spend it wisely" which means you've gotta enjoy yourself. Otherwise, why bother?
Thirdly I don't sell cars so whether I do 10000 miles in one this year or 10000 miles in it over 20 years doesn't matter to me.
Fourthly each car has a purpose. I rarely buy two cars that are of a similar genre. So, whilst if I bought a 430 Scud it might be said that that's the same genre as the 458 spider in reality the 458 is a supercar to use and blow the mileage (6000 miles since new in May for example) but the Scud would, if I buy one, be an investment, so in my head, a different genre.
As the collection grows though I'm gonna find it hard not to double up in some genre's (I.e. a 356 coupe and the Alfa).
I do use them though. 2014 included:
8 countries in 10 days around Europe with friends (Ferrari). There is a thread somewhere with pics and videos.
Leeds-John O Groats and back race in sub £200 cars (scrapped)
4 classic shows showing the Alfa (2 best in show trophies, yay)
Various track days in the Indy (I love Cadwell)
6 1 day road trips in the UK with friends (various cars)
Goodwood Revival in the Model A (Pics below)
But ultimately I left school at 16 (My "teachers" would say 15), come from a working class background and the support of an awesome wife, hard work and taking a few risks has allowed me to indulge in something that I am absolutely passionate about. I'm obsessed with cars. You're as likely to find me enthusiastically asking some guy about his tarted up Saxo as you are to find me drooling over a La Ferrari. I love them. Mrs Leg says I'm compensating for a deficiency somewhere, she would know!
I try not to come across as arsey about it as enthusiasm and a desire to share it can look like that if you're not careful (hence why Pistonheads, where the majority just think "Cars!" and don't try and read something into it that isnt there is great). It's very important to me that people understand its a car thing, not a money thing. Am I proud of what Ive got? Yes. Do I think its clever? No. After all, I've realised that stuff doesn't make you happy. Being happy allows you to enjoy stuff. That took 2 decades of being a stressed out nutter to work out.
Anyway, as I said, there are collectors on here that eclipse me by a large margin. Whether you have one car or 100, so long as you enjoy it and you're passionate about it, whatever it may be, yer ok by me.
Arrival, very knackered, at John O Groats with Graham, a good friend of mine, below (before turning immediately around to race back to Leeds). yes, I know, handsome dude.
No piss take of the Goodwood outfit if you dont mind! Wife and sons with my Model A in one pic!
Hope that's ok. Lets get back to garages eh Dont want to hijack one of the best threads on here.
With regards to owning the cars there are many factors. I started answering that question specifically and rambled a bit, sorry...
Firstly life gets taken care of first at all times. So the house is paid off, I own a variety of properties and other investments, kids education covered and the wife gets the holidays she wants etc. I'm also still working in the business for a couple of years so have a salary and bonuses which is giving me kinda the best of both worlds.
Then if there is spare money, and that has improved over the years admittedly, then I can buy toys.
Secondly my mantra is "You can make more money but you cant make more time so spend it wisely" which means you've gotta enjoy yourself. Otherwise, why bother?
Thirdly I don't sell cars so whether I do 10000 miles in one this year or 10000 miles in it over 20 years doesn't matter to me.
Fourthly each car has a purpose. I rarely buy two cars that are of a similar genre. So, whilst if I bought a 430 Scud it might be said that that's the same genre as the 458 spider in reality the 458 is a supercar to use and blow the mileage (6000 miles since new in May for example) but the Scud would, if I buy one, be an investment, so in my head, a different genre.
As the collection grows though I'm gonna find it hard not to double up in some genre's (I.e. a 356 coupe and the Alfa).
I do use them though. 2014 included:
8 countries in 10 days around Europe with friends (Ferrari). There is a thread somewhere with pics and videos.
Leeds-John O Groats and back race in sub £200 cars (scrapped)
4 classic shows showing the Alfa (2 best in show trophies, yay)
Various track days in the Indy (I love Cadwell)
6 1 day road trips in the UK with friends (various cars)
Goodwood Revival in the Model A (Pics below)
But ultimately I left school at 16 (My "teachers" would say 15), come from a working class background and the support of an awesome wife, hard work and taking a few risks has allowed me to indulge in something that I am absolutely passionate about. I'm obsessed with cars. You're as likely to find me enthusiastically asking some guy about his tarted up Saxo as you are to find me drooling over a La Ferrari. I love them. Mrs Leg says I'm compensating for a deficiency somewhere, she would know!
I try not to come across as arsey about it as enthusiasm and a desire to share it can look like that if you're not careful (hence why Pistonheads, where the majority just think "Cars!" and don't try and read something into it that isnt there is great). It's very important to me that people understand its a car thing, not a money thing. Am I proud of what Ive got? Yes. Do I think its clever? No. After all, I've realised that stuff doesn't make you happy. Being happy allows you to enjoy stuff. That took 2 decades of being a stressed out nutter to work out.
Anyway, as I said, there are collectors on here that eclipse me by a large margin. Whether you have one car or 100, so long as you enjoy it and you're passionate about it, whatever it may be, yer ok by me.
Arrival, very knackered, at John O Groats with Graham, a good friend of mine, below (before turning immediately around to race back to Leeds). yes, I know, handsome dude.
No piss take of the Goodwood outfit if you dont mind! Wife and sons with my Model A in one pic!
Hope that's ok. Lets get back to garages eh Dont want to hijack one of the best threads on here.
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