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There is a unit that is for sale at The Place. It is one of the smaller 750 sq.ft. units. That makes it ~30'x23' where ours is ~45'x23'. They do not come up for sale often so I thought I would post here. PM if you want more details. We found out because they were doing an open house while...

With our two Miatas, the death of the Macan, and the Honda Passport replacement - we are more of a JDM garage than a Euro garage at this point. Including our daughter's Subaru BRZ (that regularly gets worked on in the garage), we have 4 Japanese cars to only 2 European cars. The garage still...

I think it can be stated that my wife likes her bling. Her 911 has a big wing, lower front spoiler, and graphics that makes it look like a GT3. I think everyone could guess that the little grey Miata was not going to stay that way. After much consideration, my wife decided to do a cherry...

Mid week this week, we picked up our Macan replacement. Having four two-door sports cars is fun but we really do need something to be able to pick people up at the airport, take four people to dinner, and haul tires/wheels to our tire guy. We really wanted something for winter that could...

Some Miata Club updates today. During 2025, we participated in the challenge from our club to drive to 10 different locations and document that with a picture of our cars and the site. We made it to all ten - with two cars. At the holiday dinner, they gave out little goody bags for people...

I wanted to create a small wall of remembrance for my Dad at The Place. I selected this small section of wall an measured out the space available. I had a Corvair hub cap that was converted to a clock, some old badges, and some license plates from my Dad's time in the Panama Canal Zone. I...

This thread start started 10 years ago today. 10 long years of posting about The Garage At The Place in The Valley. It all came about because we had bought a Porsche 997.2 Carrera 4S and really did not have a place to park it. We thought about buying a bigger house with a bigger garage but...

@Dig Doug - I really enjoyed the TTS that I owned but the TTRS is another beast. I'm sure your wife loves it. The floor is holding up well. The chips that are inherent in the floor pattern make it so that anything gets lots on the floor- even the damage on the floor. I have scraped the...

So now for some NC Miata attention... Since my daughter is home for X-mas break from college, we let her use one of the spots in our 2 car garage at the house. With the Macan gone, our winter car is my wife's Miata. That will be fixed as we need something to pick people up at the...

Just a short clean up post here that got missed with all that has gone on this fall. As is my habit, I picked up a bunch of stickers while I was at Porsche Palooza. I converted most into magnets to add to my ever growing collection. I had to start using the side of the cabinets by the wash...

@Mr.zippy @GRN96WS6 @zanyad @Jon69RagTop Thanks for the kind works. And thanks to everyone else for the reactions. It is nice to know that when I write these things up that are not always 100% garage related that people are receptive to it. I feel sometimes I have to write everything down...

While going through my fathers things I had to be mindful that I not just bring stuff home that in 20 years my children will be leafing through trying to decide what to let go. There were some things that were so small that I went ahead and brought them home anyway. These small die casts...

As with most people, their parents have an outsized influence on their lives. I am positive that I would not be the car person I am or have had the career I had as an engineer without the influence of my Dad. My Dad grew up in a small town in Maryland and got a scholarship to Johns Hopkins...

For anyone reading between the lines, there was more going on this fall than just the trips I have already posted about. 2025 was a rough year for me. I think everyone saw the hail pictures and it has taken us most of the year get all the repairs completed. I've been struggling with TMJ...

The second weekend of November saw us heading to Eureka Springs, Arkansas for Porsche Palooza. We have friends in the club that have told us we need to go for years. We finally decided to go this year. The event is put on by a couple of the PCA regions and it has been going on for decades...

As most following this thread know, Nancy and I joined the local Miata club after purchasing our ND and NC Miatas. The club has a driving weekend each fall that we decided to attend this year. The club has been doing this for at least a decade or more and we were happy to join the fun...

After our successful HPDE at Gateway in June, we decided we wanted to do another HPDE in the fall. I always like trying out a new track each year if possible. Hedge Hollow is a new track that opened up in south western Missouri last year (or maybe 2023). We found that Hooked On Driving was...

When I had the coilovers installed on the NC Miata back in August, I did not like how close the adjustment knob on the front struts was to hole in the stock front strut bar. There was a small hole in the strut bar plate and the knob was almost touching the plate. I was afraid the camber would...

The board at the The Place passed rules that we could not have an event with more than 50 cars in the facility. We had just over a 100 the last time we did it at the place and did not want to have to set up a sign-up that limited to just 50 cars. I think doing a sign-up defeats the purpose or...

We had a good weather and a good turn out on October 5th for our 3rd Annual Porsche in The Park event. It is a simple cars & coffee like event we host for the STL Porsche club. We rent the pavilion in our local park after pool closes and it gives us a nice size parking lot that is under...