How to park 3 cars in a 2 car garage

[jwakil]

Ok, I recently purchased my favorite car (other than the 930) and with a 2 car garage and the wife's car, was trying to figure out how to keep the Mini out of the rain. After dealing with car covers and even contemplating storage rentals or moving into a 3 car garage house, I found a solution. Literally less than an inch to spare but it works, and I can do it myself by just rolling the car back and forth. It's a standard size garage, no extensions.

[DRACO A5OG]

Lol, made my morning

[tirwin]

I just knew when I read the title of this thread this was going to be another lift discussion... and then I was pleasantly surprised!

[T77911S]

it HAS to be a car though

[wachuko]

lol... very cool!!

[allaircooled]

Love it!

[jpnovak]

Cool. Have always wanted an early mini.

[DougZ]

I'll have to try that with my daily driver but it might be too large.

[Jack Stands]

Early Mini's are a gas! You might also consider getting some of those 'wheel skates' sold at Harbor Freight and others. Great way to fit lots of cars by simply pushing them into garages sideways. We actually store five to six cars in a three car garage by using them to roll things around. The Mini is especially easy to push around as it weighs half of what a new 911 does.

[jwakil]

Originally Posted by Jack Stands

Early Mini's are a gas! You might also consider getting some of those 'wheel skates' sold at Harbor Freight and others. Great way to fit lots of cars by simply pushing them into garages sideways. We actually store five to six cars in a three car garage by using them to roll things around. The Mini is especially easy to push around as it weighs half of what a new 911 does.

I was actually going to buy the wheel rollers, but the extra 2 inches they would stick out would not work! There is also a little step down at the garage door that makes it tricky if one of those rollers drops down.

[jwakil]

Originally Posted by DougZ

I'll have to try that with my daily driver but it might be too large.

That's way too big. Maybe an original Fiat 500 but the new ones are close to the size of a typical compact car when you do the measurements.

[wachuko]

Originally Posted by DougZ

I'll have to try that with my daily driver but it might be too large.

I was the first one to own one in Orlando, FL. A rosso 2012 with all options... Loved it so much that I just got a 2015. Now with less options since I did not care for the sunroof....and now in nero



Just a great driver's car. Fun, fun, fun.

Back to normal programming

[wildthing]

Cool! I will need to get rid of my washer and dryer to do that. But who needs clean clothes anyway?

[wachuko]

I regret forgetting about requesting a high ceiling when we had our house built... I did ask the builder to add 2' to the depth of the garage... but forgot about the ceiling, duh! Can't stack cars...

[NYNick]

Ah, that's nothing! I get 2 SUV's, 2 Porsches and an ATV in my 3 car garage!

[redturbo911]

Very very cool.

[71scgc]

New Minis ain't so mini...

Carter

[cashman]

Roll it back and forth? Why don't you just pick it up and put it there.

[saxen]

All that thought and you could have just bought a 4 post car lift

[white-tt]

Wow! This is EXACTLY how I set my garage up when I bought my mini a couple years ago:





Shameless self promotion/Obligatory link to petrolicious video they made about the mini : https://youtu.be/RuW1f6FI18g