[jyl]

Garage is minuscule. Even when empty, it's not big enough to work on a car. It barely holds the 911, can't really hold the Vanagon. I can make it a bit longer, but no wider. I've decided there is no point to that.

I'm going to use the carport to shelter the car and make working on it barely tolerable in winter, and devote the garage to solely a workshop. If I'm not trying to preserve parking room, I can put shelves on the long wall and get the needed storage, and fit table saw, planer, etc. Also park a motorcycle and hang the bicycles.

Someday I would like to tear this garage down and build a two-story building with shop below and studio above. That will require a variance (it sits right at the property line) and money. Neither is in the cards right now.

If I can't swing a two story building, then a reinforced flat roof will at least give me a deck and room for a vegetable garden with ample sunshine. I can tear out a rose garden and widen the driveway enough for side by side parking where now I only have tandem.