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Old 03-29-2006, 03:06 AM
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Old 03-29-2006, 03:08 AM
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That's neat. I think it's popular in Europe. I remember watching an episode of "Beyond 2000" on the Discovery Channel back in the early 90s that had a similar garage/lift setup.
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thats awesome.
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Old 03-29-2006, 03:28 AM
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Hand cranking your Porsche up out of a hole-in-the-ground during a power failure would be a real pain - so would an equipment failure.
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Way to kill the party Tomas!! (Although I shiver and argee with you)

Thats freaking sweet!!
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I love it! Maybe they have an alternate power source or supply that won't be effected by a power failure.
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If you have a "garage" like that and a Porsche sitting it in, chances are, you have enough cash to buy a backup generator for power. I like it.

Me - "Lets go for a ride"
Friend - "Where is your car?"
Me (with a sly grin) - "Parked out front."
Friend - "Where, I don't see.........NO FREAKING WAY!!!!"
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Old 03-29-2006, 06:24 PM
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I saw one like that once but it wasn't a double decker. He had one car parked outside on the "roof" and another underneath it.

And the car underneath had a tendacy to get dirty with every bit of oil that dripped off the one on top...

Another thing that was cool was that he could take out the center strip and get access to work on a car from underneath.
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Thats awesome.. My buddy said that they have alot of those in LA.. Its the first time I've seen them.. wow! Good stuff DJ.
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Jerry Seinfeld has one of these in a pimped out garage in LA...it's where he stores six of the cars in his Porsche collection. it's pretty cool actually.
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I'm so jealous and that's really dope!! I want one!!!
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That is simply amazing.
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Old 03-30-2006, 11:29 AM
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Brilliant!
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I wonder what kind of building permits you would need to get one of those put in...
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Originally Posted by THansenite
If you have a "garage" like that and a Porsche sitting it in, chances are, you have enough cash to buy a backup generator for power. I like it.

Me - "Lets go for a ride"
Friend - "Where is your car?"
Me (with a sly grin) - "Parked out front."
Friend - "Where, I don't see.........NO FREAKING WAY!!!!"
ditto!
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A good friend of mine is having a similar "stacking car lift" installed in his garage. Only his doesn't go down undergound all cool like that.
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Damn,

That's pretty cool.

Like a secret agent thing or something.
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Old 03-30-2006, 03:58 PM
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I think of the liability of have a hand caught in there while its moving up n down. But it would be the same as what happend in 'scarymovie' but there are still automatic garage door openers nonetheless. Eventually I would get around to concocking a way to use this as some sort of torture device when neighbors or somebody I don't like comes by to...... well I wont go to deep in to that but interesting, sure I'd find multiple uses for it.
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Originally Posted by matt_a
Brilliant!
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Haha, thats pretty cool. Whats the weight capacity of that lift?
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