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Well, there is always a question of room in one's gear intensive active life.
Long story short, the way I currently solve that is to use the pickup bed in the garage for additional storage. The problem with it is that if the pickup is exercised at least once a month if it is not in active use, then the bed does have to be emptied....and that usually means into the space where the F-250 sits and then back again.
No Zodiacs yet and when I do.....hopefully I will have a barn by then.
Of course, it helps to have 10 acres.
Hence my comment about mitigating reasons....
Some folks have 4-wheelers, kyaks, their kids prom float, grandma moved in and is sentimental to her furniture or the largest collection of pokemon cards in the world.
That being said, most...just have piles of crap in their garage.
We have a 480 sq ft garage and we park a car in it every once in a while.
Overhead racks take care of our storage needs.
our home is over 3500 sq ft we don't need more space.
it's a pain pulling out of the swing-in side entry garage and backing down the loooooooong driveway. Far easier to just park in the parking pad outside of the garage and just back down the driveway.
One of the major attractions for us of a house is a very large garage, with at least some storage area beyond 2 car bays. That way there's a place to put each car, plus the kids bicycles, tools, work bench, etc. But I have to admit, there sure is a lot of junk (at least to my eye) in there. But it's my spouse's domain, so it's up to him how that space is kept.
OP, I am with you. A garage is for cars. A bit of storage on shelves, yes, but cars are the stars (of the garage show).
And I get your "shocked" - you are annoyed. So am I when I see my neighbors park their cars just outside their garage. Get a Tuff Shed for your ham radio shack, man!
Two more car-related pet peeves of mine (but more to do with drivers than cars):
1. People backing into parking spaces.
2. People driving with their disabled placards hanging.
My view is there is a place for everything. Kitchen things should be in the kitchen; no pots & pans should be in a bedroom. Dining room items should be in the dining room or butler's pantry; no serving platters or chafing dishes in a guest bedroom.
And automobiles, tools & supplies should be in the garage. If the garage is also a shop, then shop tools & supplies should be in the garage.
The garage is not a general storage area.
And the floor is NOT a shelf. The only thing that should be on the floor are the 4 tires of a car (or 8 tires of two cars, etc); everything else should be inside a cabinet or on shelving.
Whenever Mrs. RationalExpectations wants to put something that doesn't fit the automotive/shop category into the garage, I bring it out of the garage and into the living room. "That doesn't belong in the Living Room," she says; I respond "Neither does it belong in the Garage."
When she wants to hold onto the Cuisinart box and wants it to be in the Garage, I bring it back into the house. The garage has a purpose, and its purpose is not to store Cuisinart boxes - or wrapping paper, or Christmas lights/ornaments or "other." I don't store my tools in the master bedroom for obvious reasons. I won't store suitcases in the garage for the same obvious reason.
So am I. Right now garage full of stuff from my parents house (cleanout after my Dad passed), but I will get my truck back in the garage ASAP.
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