Who gets the garage?

[Joe Pelonio]

My wife parks her car in the garage, my truck stays outside because the other half of the garage is storage and tools.

I recently noticed the same applies to most of my neighbors, the wife's car in the garage, the husband's outside. It doesn't seem to matter which car is newer/more valuable. In fact mine's 5 years newer than hers.

[Ed Falis]

Just be glad your tools aren't in the driveway ;-)

[Jim O'Dell]

Mine won't fit in the garage...too tall by about 2". Jim.

[Keith Starosta]

My wife told me when we moved into the house that I could have the garage, if she got the rest of the house. I think it took me about 1 second to say, "DONE!"

- Keith

[Matt Meiser]

When we moved it was a requirement that there be a separate garage from the shop. I'd like to add a third bay to the garage, but the well is just in front of it and the electric and phone run just behind it (side entry attached garage.) More realistic would be to build a second garage for the camper, tractor, toys, and Mule, but that won't happen any time soon.

For about a year we had three vehicles--her car, my older truck and the newest was a minivan. The van didn't get driven much and sat outside because scraping the windows in the morning stinks.

[Nancy Laird]

I'm the "we have no garage" vote. When we bought this house, there was a detached 3-car garage back of the house that was being used as an auto repair and sales garage. The day we looked at it, LOML took a brief glance at the house and took off up the drive at a lope to look at the garage. I turned to our realtor and told him "This is the house we are going to buy." Said 3-car garage has morphed into a 24x36' workshop, with an addition for a finishing room (and another addition going on this fall for a turning/storage room). Overhead garage doors have been replaced and it doesn't look like it was ever a garage. Fortunately, there's a concrete apron in front of the gar.. er..workshop where we park our cars. The garage that was part of the house is now a pantry and office. Poor cars.

Nancy (133 days)

[Dennis Peacock]

In my time of woodworking, my agreement with the LOML is that if you want furniture and the benefits of my woodworking hobby? Then all vehicles stay outside.

Glad that we now have a full dedicated shop!!!

[Al Willits]

I get the garage/shop as long as it isn't hailing, then she puts her car in.
My truck sits outside.
Pretty much the same as Joe's I think.

Al

[Steve Clardy]

No garage.

But sometimes I can make room in the shop for three vehicles if theres a danger of a hail storm.

I do have a place [16x32] in my shop addition set up for mechanical work, but never seem to be able to keep the car in there.

[Keith Beck]

I heard on the radio today that only 40% of Americans actually park their cars in the garage. Most use the garage for junk storage. At least those of us who have our shops in the garage are putting it to better use than just storing junk.

Keith

[Scott Loven]

My wife has an attached garage. I have a detatched 1000sf garage, shop, and shed combo.
Scott

[Mark Pruitt]

Mine won't fit in the garage...too tall by about 2". Jim.

your WHAT?

Wait......don't answer that......

[Mark Pruitt]

The question is actually confusing the way the answers are worded. Both "The Husband" and "garage used for shop" are true for me as I suspect they are for most others.

[Rob Russell]

2 car attached garage. Her vehicle parks inside unless I want to catch all heck. If there is stuff to be stored,my car parks outside (and has now for 2 years). The truck is outside because it's too long to fit in the garage (Dodge Quad Cab w/ 8' bed).

[John Schreiber]

Summer time all the cars are outside.

Most of the winter, her car in the gar . . . shop, mine outside.

When it gets wicked cold or we're expecting snow, both cars inside.

The 18 year old has her car outside year round.