I've always believed if you can't be rich, the next best thing is to have rich friends, Back in the 80's I was friends with a guy who owned a 31' offshore racing boat, a Chris Craft Scorpion with twin 420hp Mercruisers. He took me out on that boat a lot, would let me drive it, and it was a blast. And even though I always offered to pay for gas (hoping he wouldn't accept, it held 175 gallons and would gulp that down in a day) he never accepted, and even usually bought me lunch. Most recently I had a friend who was into Ferrari's, probably the closest I'll ever come to a Ferrari. Unfortunately, unlike the guy with the boat, he has never offered to let me drive one of his Ferraris.He also has a 4 bay garage, heated and air conditioned, and with a lift. Both these guys worked hard to get what they have, and I certainly don't begrudge them that. Had I worked harder early on I could have had these things too, but I didn't. Now, having a teenage daughter with rich friends, a whole different story!! That right now is killing me! 

----- "Marc Perdue" <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote: 
> Friends of mine built a new 4-bay garage. The roof over one of the 
> bays was designed to be tall enough to put their syncro on the lift 
> and take it to full height. They have a bay for a tractor and two for 
> the cars, though with the 21 racing bikes in there, I think the cars 
> tend to stay outside. Anyone got an extra $100K laying around? It 
> sure would be nice . . . Fortunately, they've let me come down and 
> wrench on my cars from time to time. Oh, and there's a pool table 
> upstairs... 
> 
> Sigh... 
> Marc 
> 
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:19 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: 
> > I'd be more envious if he had a 15ft ceiling in that garage. Then he could 
> > get the full use of the lift. 
> > In fact, that's the main reason I didn't buy one. My house has bedrooms 
> > above the garage so no room to extend the 8ft ceiling. 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of 
> > Tom Buese 
> > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 12:26 PM 
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
> > Subject: Re: nice garage was Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps? 
> > 
> > Oh come on you volks-a little subtle display of "look at my toys" 
> > never hurts anyone? It just sets the bar higher, & shows what can be 
> > done? What's a little lift envy among friends? 
> > 
>