The thing is that we’re not even a minor player in steel production today. I believe we’re only producing roughly half as much as China, so there’s a good chance that although this might hike prices in the short term, it’ll increase domestic production in the longer term.

I had to go with you on this one. Although these are somewhat rare, especially in this condition, they’re not that rare in SoCal, where many are quite clean (none will have rust on them even if they might have more worn finishes). They also usually sell for a lot less than this even with fewer miles. Dropping 2-3k,…

People in the US apparently like to lift, bro. I don’t get it, either. I’d rather have a lower height to lift stuff into than try to stretch to get my stuff into a taller vehicle, especially if that taller vehicle isn’t really gaining me any practicality (ex: 4x4 vehicle suited for off-road adventures).

I actually have a solution for you, it’s what I did when I lived in SoCal (although I also had a lot of excellent mass transit options, so I could ride those for around town when I didn’t need/want to bring a car or quick trips to Los Angeles on the Pacific Surfliner):

What makes you think that, out of curiosity?

Surprisingly, my place was actually quite new - mid-90s in the mid 00s. However, I know why it was an unusually great garage. The builder was the husband and he built it years before he met his wife, therefore he built it to be practical for his lifestyle. Being a guy with cars and working in construction, he needed…

In defense of the homes there, much of the housing stock predates the automobile.

Square footage is included in the MLS, but it’s often inaccurate and doesn’t include dimensions. It could easily be laid out in such a way that you can’t park cars in it.

I’ll admit, I’ve had better luck with tall garages where I live now (for some reason a good fraction of homes built in the last 10-15 years have high garage ceilings). SoCal really has a severe lack of them and I don’t know why. One of my worst car-related projects was trying to find a suitable 4x4 vehicle for…

My theory is still that it’s because real estate is marketed primarily to women. They only really care about the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, and how open the layout is (because HGTV; I hate that stupid channel).

Considering the seemingly-limitless space in Phoenix and the fact that parking outside will turn your car into an oven for most of the year, I’m surprised they’re so terrible...

The fact I’ve had two houses (one in San Diego and one in the Seattle area) with garages with bays deep enough for a car and stacks of mounted tires behind them makes me feel like I’ve been really lucky.

How consistent/reliable is it? In the US all these sites feed from the local MLSs, which are almost all identical and for some reason don’t care about collecting accurate garage information. It’s like a checkbox for garage, then a very roughly estimated square footage, and that’s it.

Most realtors don’t even imagine the Camry stuffing, they think it’s just bonus storage space so you don’t have to go to your storage unit for junk you don’t need. If they have accurate measurements, they probably came from the assessor’s office, and it’s barely a selling point for the vast majority.

I actually prefer single doors. It’s nice being able to just open what you need to get in/out. An oversized single car door tall enough for a tall truck, with wide and deep spaces is optimal for storing cars you drive regularly. A wider (but not quite two car wide) garage bay with a lift and attached shop area is my…

That’s a freaking brilliant idea.

Do you know how hard that would be to do for the average home seller? There are so many that see the garage as a discount storage unit that they’d need to move literally tons of garbage out of there just for this one shot.

In the city and even out into the suburbs up here in the PNW, we generally have the same problem. There’s just no parking and rarely enough for two working adults to have a daily each and space for a third car (because you might have one, or you might have a teenager eventually, and you’ll need this space). They have…

I only got a pretty cursory glance at my garage before the former owners moved out. You couldn’t really learn much aside from seeing the electric car charging setup and I was able to climb over junk to get measurements so I could verify it would take two actual cars and not just in the spot where the charger was...

Most people don’t even use it as a “car hole”; it has always simply been storage space. My parents have cars in theirs, but they have built up stuff around them such that the cars barely fit. One bay will only fit a sedan that goes under the shelf that sticks out of the wall and is piled with stuff. In my neighborhood…