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General MINI TalkShared experiences, motoring minutes, and other general MINI-related discussion that applies to all MINIs, regardless of model, year or trim.
Its the dead of winter and I'll be in my garage doing some deep cleaning and organizing as soon as its above 40. I no longer have an aging Mini which required monthly maintenance, and have replaced it with one that should keep my sockets in the tool box more often. That said, I want to put that energy into my space and not my Cooper.
Post some pics for inspiration. Even if you don't have a tidy and manicured space, I want to see where your Cooper lives!
I'll start. This pic shows my old JCW, but here it is. Its a 100 year old home with a garage from the 1920's thats was knocked down and rebuild in the 80's (using some of the old materials to have a garage inside a garage). Fits 4 mid sized cars when clean, but I've got 1 bay full of kids stuff, bikes, etc.. My garage was spotless until I bought a '76 Jeep CJ5 that needed lots of restoration. I've got bondo dust and buckets of fluid still occupying space even though the project is 1.5 years complete.
I want power wash the floors, scrub/paint the walls, mount a flat screen to watch the game, and get it to the point where framed vintage race posters wouldn't look out of place.
I’m going to save this photo to show my wife next time she complains about cars taking up all the space in our garage. How do you even park those and get out? Crawl out the window? Cars on dollys? Nice collection!!
Its the dead of winter and I'll be in my garage doing some deep cleaning and organizing as soon as its above 40. I no longer have an aging Mini which required monthly maintenance, and have replaced it with one that should keep my sockets in the tool box more often. That said, I want to put that energy into my space and not my Cooper.
Post some pics for inspiration. Even if you don't have a tidy and manicured space, I want to see where your Cooper lives!
I'll start. This pic shows my old JCW, but here it is. Its a 100 year old home with a garage from the 1920's thats was knocked down and rebuild in the 80's (using some of the old materials to have a garage inside a garage). Fits 4 mid sized cars when clean, but I've got 1 bay full of kids stuff, bikes, etc.. My garage was spotless until I bought a '76 Jeep CJ5 that needed lots of restoration. I've got bondo dust and buckets of fluid still occupying space even though the project is 1.5 years complete.
I want power wash the floors, scrub/paint the walls, mount a flat screen to watch the game, and get it to the point where framed vintage race posters wouldn't look out of place.
How do you even park those and get out? Crawl out the window? Cars on dollys?
I just have to move the car outside to get whatever need, and always have to plan out which car I'll be driving and rotate it all around its a little pain sometime.
I just have to move the car outside to get whatever need, and always have to plan out which car I'll be driving and rotate it all around its a little pain sometime.
Hang in there, burley. This is the kind of setup I dreamed about as a teen and then life happened. 50 years later I finally have it. Never give up hope!
Hang in there, burley. This is the kind of setup I dreamed about as a teen and then life happened. 50 years later I finally have it. Never give up hope!
Is that an S2000 on the right?? Livin’ the dream, my friend..
