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That sounds like you need to get rid of a few rooms and add on to the driveway.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Also just signed off on a shed.
The shed is for the plow, lawn mower, motorcycles, and bikes.
Garage I've requested is 24 x 40, so basically an oversized 4-car setup. Although, in reality, it will be 2 cars, a workspace, and a Sprinter. I could grow that with lifts. But I'm already turning the attached 3-car into a 5-car with a couple of lifts. At least, that's the plan. So, for those keeping score, enough space for, theoretically, 8 cars plus a Sprinter indoors. My driveway has been comfortably fitting 9, but the wife gets antsy when it exceeds 4-5.
Forgive my rudimentary layout, but I don't have a ton of free time. Here is the proposed build and location. The small shed there now will go away. The new larger shed is going at the back of the property out of the way.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
Allow me to make a suggestion. If you are dead set on having 2 doors vs. one, I’d make each door 9 feet wide not 8. Having 8 foot doors is just too skinny for my taste. That’s just asking for passenger side mirrors to get whacked. Don’t ask me how I know. Although Mrs. j has whacked a few on our double wide 16 foot door we have now.
When we built our house in SC in ‘92, I wanted a 20 foot wide door but my builder said that would put me into a commercial door which brought with it more construction considerations one being a 2 foot higher door which I didn’t think looked good for the proportions of the house. So I settled for an 18 footer with the standard height. The 2 cars we had fell into that opening with no mishaps.
Your welcome.
EDIT: While I was typing my post @explorerx4 beat me to it. So, we must be right.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
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Do you do everything half way?
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
I guess you mean a 42 inch door vs. a 36 inch door. But lifting the garage door is easier than any man door. However, in the dead of winter any man door keeps the garage warmer than having to lift a garage door.
I don’t have a man door but I have installed a discharge vent in the garage (I know this is against code) but it is nice when I’m working in the garage in the Winter or Summer. To prevent losing heat or AC when working in there and Mrs. j is out shopping, I pull the plug to the opener. Even though I tell her I’m doing this she still forgets and I hear about it when the door doesn’t open when she gets home. I’ll put up with that rather than lose heat or AC in a flash when a 16 foot door opens because she forgot. That only had to happen once. I ain’t a total dope, ya know.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
and the space between the doors does not mean anything, since the floorspace and distance between the cars will be the same. just more clearance (Clarence) for getting in and out without whacking a mirror.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
That's what I did with mine, Q. The center section is basically just a big post (18" wide post) 9' wide doors, and about 30" of wall along each side. Highly recommended with the 9' width.
2021 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 4xe Granite Crystal over Saddle
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
have told you in advance that it was notgonnawork.lol
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
When I ordered the tires for my wife's X3, Discount Tire told me a couple of days. When I hadn't heard from him after five days, I called.
He said: Our records show we only got three of them, and we're waiting on the fourth. But, I want to go put an eyeball on them. Sometimes, when the last ones come in, they don't update the order.
Five minutes later: Yep, it came in. We have all four of them.
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Huh?
I found out later that this was the same shop that dropped my BIL’s car off the lift.
No, I won’t be buying tires from them again.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2014 MINI Countryman S ALL4
2021 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 4xe Granite Crystal over Saddle
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-2021 Sahara 4xe-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
And the parade of flakes continues.
“What is cheapest price you take?”
“What guarantee you give on trans and engine?”
“Will it pass NY inspection?”
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
Happiness = reality - expectations.
I figure, given the quality of service I've received at that location two years in a row, that it's worth a shot next time!
In the future you should include statements like “no low-ballers” or “I know what I have” to quite all those concerns.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
Did discount tire buy tire rack or was it the other way around?
Oops, never mind. @xwesx already gave the answer
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
In his knowledge, there were no immediate plans to kill the DTD site or de-brand TR because both have highly loyal followings. Of course, he may have been blowing smoke up me nethers, but he seemed pretty knowledgeable about it.
We got to talking because he asked about why I bought the tires from TR and had them shipped to an off-site address. When I told him that the TR system didn't give me the option of shipping to them as an installer, he went into the acquisition stuff above. He suggested that I could have bought all of the tires from DTD, and I told him that the site simply wouldn't let me do it because:
1. The Cooper ATS4's in 265/60R18 said they wouldn't fit my Q7.
2. The Yokohama G095 winters in 255/60R18 said they were out of stock.
3. The Continental TerrainContact in 225/60R17 said they wouldn't fit my Crosstrek (that's the stock size, BTW).
TR did mention that it didn't feel the sizes/speed ratings I selected for my Q7 were correct, but it just made me sign a waiver and let me order anyway (hey, who are they to stand in the way of me forking over a gob of cash to them?!).
That's when he told me to just give his store a call next time, tell them what I want, and they'll have them there waiting for me at the time of the appointment.
Ok, are you messin with me on FB? That seriously happened this evening. Although it was an ‘01 Civic EX with 160k miles. And $1400.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
Nah. You gotta deal with flakes and idiots in any profession. At least now I don’t answer to anybody, so I don’t have to be nice if I don’t want to.
Can’t say for sure but I’d guess some of this may not happen if I was showing as a dealer rather than individual. I could certainly be wrong.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
“You gotta deal with flakes and idiots in any profession.”
That is the absolute truth.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-2021 Sahara 4xe-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
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Nah. You gotta deal with flakes and idiots in any profession. At least now I don’t answer to anybody, so I don’t have to be nice if I don’t want to.
Can’t say for sure but I’d guess some of this may not happen if I was showing as a dealer rather than individual. I could certainly be wrong.
So you are listing as a private seller and people are asking for powertrain warranties? I guess if you don’t ask you don’t get but maybe it’s just that some people are clueless rather than shrewd negotiators.
It’s funny, I’ve never been asked for any guarantees when selling a CL car. Maybe because most of them were obvious junkers.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
It’s funny, I’ve never been asked for any guarantees when selling a CL car. Maybe because most of them were obvious junkers.
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I don't recall ever being asked for a guarantee or warranty, but I had a number of people down through the years ask if I would finance. I always assumed that was because of the number of dealers on Craigslist who pretended to be individual sellers.
I had a conversation with a sales rep the other day that truly questions how people even get out of bed in the morning.
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
Literally every day at my job.
The 4th tire has arrived. They’re going to take me this afternoon as a walk-in - more reasons why i appreciate discount tire. Wanted to get it done today if I could because work will be a nightmare this week and we leave for a trip to Iceland and London next weekend.