The Living Room Garage Gallery

[Ryan]

How's this for eccentric? Some guy in Tokyo with a ton of money needed a comfortable house for his family and his Lambos. You know, a modern affair with all the greatest mid-century appointmen...
To read the rest of this blog entry from The Garage Journal, click here.

 

[3cyltrbo]

ummmmMMMM ?

 

[ironheadtom]

I think that's freaking awesome ! If you've got the bucks...why not?

 

[ben1000]

Not Pictured: TennisBall-on-String used to park lambo in perfect center of lift.

 

[Woogeroo]

ben1000 - hah!

I like it... if I had the bucks I'd have one if I lived way down in the big city.

You car collection becomes conversation pieces at the dinner parties.

-W

 

[Ryan]

ben1000 - hah!

I like it... if I had the bucks I'd have one if I lived way down in the big city.

You car collection becomes conversation pieces at the dinner parties.

-W

Yes. Yes. AWESOME...

 

[Krusty]

Not really that big a deal. A few choice words to my wife and, just like that, I can be living in the garage, next to my car.

Krusty

 

[ultimatesooner]

Not really that big a deal. A few choice words to my wife and, just like that, I can be living in the garage, next to my car.

Krusty

outstanding

 

[HIRISC]

Damn! Why didn't I think of that?



Oh yeah, because I can't afford the mod or the Lambo

 

[luvair]

Need to real careful spotting the Lambo on the elevator. Seems real tight and would at least retract the mirrors.

 

[R1chy]

Not really that big a deal. A few choice words to my wife and, just like that, I can be living in the garage, next to my car. Krusty

Now thats funny - I've been laughing for about 10 mins now with tears in my eyes.

R1chy

 

[TONE]

It looks cool but I had a few questions.

Could this be legal here (usa)?

I mean, to have a car in the actual living space? What about fumes? What town would pass this?

Im just curious. Towns nowadays are so strict. I would find it hard to believe this could get done. Well at least in my town. They'd laugh me out of the building department as they threw my plans in the round file.

 

[rpsurfr]

I have to go buy a new Toyota. This guy is really rich if he is in Japan- I mean super rich all those US Ds

 

[stricht8]

Cool in a 007 sort of way. In reality it's sort of cheesy. The fact that it's a Lambo doesn't help either.

 

[HIRISC]

Cool in a 007 sort of way. In reality it's sort of cheesy. The fact that it's a Lambo doesn't help either.

I rarely do this, but I'm going to have to call the FAIL card on you for that. Lambo - especially early Countach's are epic cars (unless you were born after 1980).

 

[stricht8]

I rarely do this, but I'm going to have to call the FAIL card on you for that. Lambo - especially early Countach's are epic cars (unless you were born after 1980).

Oh, don't get me wrong. I like Lambos. I still think they have a certain cheese factor though. If I had to pick, I'd get a Miura as it's a little more toned down.

 

[HIRISC]

Oh, don't get me wrong. I like Lambos. I still think they have a certain cheese factor though. If I had to pick, I'd get a Miura as it's a little more toned down.

Miura's are stunning (too)

 

[Hexen]

It looks cool but I had a few questions.

Could this be legal here (usa)?

I mean, to have a car in the actual living space? What about fumes? What town would pass this?

Im just curious. Towns nowadays are so strict. I would find it hard to believe this could get done. Well at least in my town. They'd laugh me out of the building department as they threw my plans in the round file.

Here's someone (Holger Schubert) who managed to do it recently in Los Angeles, so it is possible!
content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2009/07/68495458/1
www.designdriven.us/Winners.aspx?c=1

 

[GeoS]

Very nice.

What is it about Countach owners and their need for vertical parking?

<object height="385" width="480">


<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/En1-lEOmcjU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></object>

 

[larsdk]

It looks cool but I had a few questions.

Could this be legal here (usa)?

I mean, to have a car in the actual living space? What about fumes? What town would pass this?

Im just curious. Towns nowadays are so strict. I would find it hard to believe this could get done. Well at least in my town. They'd laugh me out of the building department as they threw my plans in the round file.

Why shouldnt it be legal. You dont have to start the engine. Its just there for display
Lars

 

[TAMPAGT07]

Some people just have way too much money. That would really **** if you got up in the middle of the night and had the Lambo and lift in the down position and you stepped into the large gaping hole in the middle of your house. Or if one morning you found you cat through the windshield of you lambo.

 

[JUSTA50]

I'm not really thinking about it to park a car in an upstairs living area but to bring a car down to a lower garage area underneath the garage main floor. I wonder if a regular lift could be used with some type of modified floor mounted onto the lift ramps. Looks like he has some type of retractable floor when the car is not at the upper location too. Intresting.

 

[viper522]

Very nice.

What is it about Countach owners and their need for vertical parking?

Doors go up, so parking must also...?

 

[Briscoe Hobo]

I need one in my house,now the hard part will be talking the wife into it,any ideas?

 

[socketjockey]

"Yo, Vinnie. Call the wrecker. Another idiot backed into the lube pit."