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Wow, I have too many. I think it's time to share:

OG Baybee! There's a 94 SS hiding in the background. Poor car is probably going to sit all winter until I change the tranny fluid and filter (slipping auto at 112k miles)


My autoX machine- I'm swapping a spare EJ22T into it this winter and I have a feeling that when it's done, I'll love it more than the Legacy




My newest car I've ever owned - 99 Forester L woooo




And what driveway isn't complete with a parts car on jackstands???


Now I have to take pictures of inside the garage. 4 sets of wheels, turbos, axles, intercoolers, and I can't forget about inside the parts car - rear diff, spare tranny, FMIC pipes, calipers, rotors, struts.

pretty sure i hate you. jk that looks like heaven that i will not get to see.

Awesome, you could live in your front yard.

The snow has fallen, so I had to park my kids:



I wish I had enough garage to fit them all in I need to winterize them and get something for them to park on instead of the resting on the ground. A sheet of thick plastic or aluminum roofing would help keep the moisture away.

The Forester is on winter duty.

What about those portable tent-garage things? Contractors use them for their trucks all the time up here.

evolutionmovement wrote:What about those portable tent-garage things? Contractors use them for their trucks all the time up here.

I actually looked at a 24x24 garage. Built and installed it was around $5,500. Those tents would probably work too. I've seen them at Harbor Freight. I think if I can keep the moisture from under the cars and I winter proof them with some thick oil, I might be ok.

That and clean the snow off. I'm not driving them at all so salt shouldn't be a problem. Maybe I'll check and see what those buildings cost.

If you shop around, you can find a good range in price. I don't know what a 3-car rig would cost, but I'll likely have to get one for my Cessna project and I found a decent one for $600. But I agree the most important thing is putting something underneath them. There's a very light marine wax type stuff you could use that protects uncoated metals and electrical contacts and such under the hood. Fumes are bad news, but the stuff seems to work pretty well. You have to spray it every year as it evaporates on its own or something.

Any idea what the wax is called?

I was reading that using a thick oil, like gear lube would help a lot (and a lot of detail shops use that in their "winterize" specials).

Chainsaw bar lube seems to be the way to go. It's cheap and large quantities can be had affordably.

I can't remember now. I think we used a Quicksilver product, but there's probably the same type of thing from different manufacturers. Much cleaner than oil. If you have a marine place around, you could probably find something like it. I think I have a can in the garage, but it's dark and freezing out there.