The ultimate car lift...

[Stuart in MN]

With all the discussions around here about garage lifts, I thought you'd like to see this one:

This is part of the new car inventory at one of the local BMW dealers.

 

[Steve_S]

How do you get the top car off? Does the top platform lower down onto the middle one?

 

[ddjjeep]

How do you get the top car off? Does the top platform lower down onto the middle one?

getting them off is easy, its getting a new back on thats trickey

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Kinda reminds me of one of those rotating file systems like a dentist or doctors office uses.

Charles

 

[bmwpower]

I've seen similar systems in NYC....they park your car on it.

 

[Luckydevil]

It's like a car vending machine.

 

[Tim240Z]

It's like a car vending machine.

I wonder where the slots are for the Quarters!

 

[OctaneMotorsports]

^LOL. Could you imagine?

"Hey man, can you spring an extra quarter for the 745i?"

 

[logical]

I've seen them in Japan stacking city busses 3 high.

 

[JMURiz]

The local MB dealer (ASC) does the same thing with their outside storage of cars. Pretty wild looking for sure.

 

[Aahz]

Any chance you could send me the name and city of that dealer? I have customer's that would be EXTREMELY interested in a system like that......

 

[bmwpower]

Any chance you could send me the name and city of that dealer? I have customer's that would be EXTREMELY interested in a system like that......

I bet Steve (ultgar) would know, if he doesn't.

 

[JMURiz]

The dealer is American Service Center (ASC) Mercedes Benz in Arlington, VA
http://www.american.mercedescenter.com/mbcenter/b/index.jhtml

 

[Gregdoo]

Try this: http://www.hardingsteel.com/carlift.htm

 

[Stuart in MN]

Any chance you could send me the name and city of that dealer? I have customer's that would be EXTREMELY interested in a system like that......

That picture is from Sears Imports in Minneapolis. http://www.searsimports.com/. I snagged the picture from the website of the local chapter of the BMW club - they had a meeting there a while back.

 

[Aahz]

Thank you sir! I may very well have to take a trip to Minnesota and check that thing out! We are dealing with a company out of New York for a similar product, but it's always good to know what else is available.....

 

[Stuart in MN]

Thank you sir! I may very well have to take a trip to Minnesota and check that thing out! We are dealing with a company out of New York for a similar product, but it's always good to know what else is available.....

A friend of mine is one of the service writers at Sears, I can ask him to take a look at that hoist and see if there's a brand name on it.

 

[Cebby]

Try this: http://www.hardingsteel.com/carlift.htm

I love the one that comes out of the ground. Awesome...

 

[Gregdoo]

I actually rented a place in Germany where I had a "2 car" garage, very similar to this (model SC-2), where one car was under the other. Very cool system if you don't need the lower car daily. I would love to have one in my current garage, where I have only a 7 foot ceiling and no room for a storage lift, nor any easy options to expand/build. It would be expensive to do this as a retrofit, but would fit my needs quite nicely.

 

[Aahz]

A friend of mine is one of the service writers at Sears, I can ask him to take a look at that hoist and see if there's a brand name on it.

If you wouldn't mind....It would certainly save me a trip. I was discussing this with my supplier of parking lifts yesterday (he also supplies automated parking systems..) and he was also very curious whose it was...

 

[DusterRT]

I'm almost glad they don't have any sort of pricing on the website, I'd probably have a heart attack. Very cool stuff though..first thing that comes to mind with the underground units was James Bond meets the Bat Cave...

Travis