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One last update: Thus far I’ve not put posters in my garage. I’ve thought of my garage as a purposely, exclusively, functional place. No decorations, I don’t have a TV, I don’t have a couch (no room for that anyway), and the only reason I have a stereo is that I put one in the garage that I...

The end result has been that detailing the cars is a much more pleasurable experience. Now that the weather is good I’ve been doing that regularly. And the finished product. I also did a full paint correction and ceramic coating on the M5 The other benefit is that I now have a couple of...

Since it’s been awhile (one month) maybe I should update this thing. All of my detailing, car washing “stations“ are now complete. I finished the drawers on the wheel station. I also added on to the interior station. The bins hold glass towels, interior towels and interior brushes and pads...

I, for one, would be very interested in hearing about your Taycan experience. I’ve been thinking about trading in my 2019 M5 on a two or three year old Taycan Cross Turismo myself.

It’s fine. I know that’s a short review but that’s probably all it’s worth. I don’t think it’s really needed to clean wheels but it is helpful when I ceramic coated the wheels on the 911 last year. my guess is it’s not functionally any better or any worse than any of the similar machines...

I thought I could share another (very modest) update on some garage projects. I was able to find the time this past weekend to put together another Formica covered plywood detailing station. This one dedicated to wheel cleaning and wheel and tire chemicals. This one has room for four spray...

I’m replying because to my own post because I just came across a January 2023 post on Curbside Classic about this very car. It was parked on the same street where I found it almost two years later. Might not have moved at all during that time. It’s still a shame that it seems to have been...

It feels like a long time since I’ve spent any specific time in the garage. It’s been winter and cold in Chicago and while I have a mini split in the garage it’s not hooked up yet. It’s been too cold to do that. I’ve also been busy the last number of weekends. The past two weekends I was...

So this happened. In Maranello In a car borrowed from Ferrari Thankfully I wasn’t driving. I wasn’t even in Italy. A friend of mine was there. Was visiting the Ferrari factory. I’m not sure why she (yes, she) was able to do that or why they would just lend her a car. But here we are.

My garage interior is mostly cement block but for the small part of it that is wood framed I put up a layer of osb and then put a layer of half inch drywall over that. I have the can still hang anything anywhere, have the durability of the osb but still have the look of finished drywall which...

Here is the garage as of today. I couldn’t get comfortable with the thought of parking the new car outside so I rented a space for Mary Kay at a collector car storage place that is about a mile from home. Is way more expensive than I want to spend long term but for now she is enjoying hanging...

It’s not done yet but I took some photos of the home theater and thought I’d share. To bring people up to date this was a project that I had spent a lot of time working on in 2023. About a year ago I got to the point where I could enjoy a movie and then went on to other things. I started...

So the Volvo is gone. If I ever talk about selling a car on Facebook Marketplace please remind me that this is a horrible idea. I listed it to too low of a price. I thought I priced it appropriately given that it had 185k miles, a small dent in the back bumper and tailgate, and service...

I had the brake on my Sawstop go off once. I did not touch the blade. Instead it went off because I was trying to cut some wood that was too moist. It made a hell of a bang, Glad you are OK.

So the local Volvo dealer now tells me that the fuel injectors are leaking and need to be replaced. Not sure I’m going to bother getting it fixed. Supposedly it’s worth 7k if fixed. ****.

I don’t ever remember seeing one of these in real life before. Toyota Century. Japanese version of a Rolls Royce. I think this is the version with a V12?

So back to some work in the home theater. The update below is the south wall. Since the last post I’ve added some baseboard and put up four absorption panels. Each one is approximately two feet wide and four feet tall. The two on in the left, the two with scatter plates, were purchased...

I may just have to replace those tiles someday. It’s going to be while (like at least a year or two) but the idea of a used and heavily depreciated Taycan Cross Turismo is appealing. We’ve never had an electric car and the thought of giving up the sound of a high performance V8 is a concern...

Haha. Yeah thanks. Although Mary Kay is definitely a Mrs. But I do need to get the garage heated.

I need to get the mini split installed. But it’s been too cold to install it.