Garage Envy — The doors are open!
If I ever had the opportunity to live life large, I would live it exactly the way Jay Leno has. I would buy a very large garage (for starters, something about the size of a Wal-Mart) and I would fill it with as many interesting cars as I could get my hands on. Then I would fill the spaces between the bumpers with automotive artifacts: tools, models, pictures, books, engines, hubcaps, etc. This would not be a museum. Like Jay, I would drive the cars at every opportunity and I would handle and read the artifacts. Everything about cars speaks of action and more often than not, fast action. What better way to live life large.
So what is an ordinary gearhead like you or me to do with only the resources of an average human? Well, we can own a little and dream a lot. So hear goes; Garage Envy will be all about maximizing the little bit we can own and writing about the whole lot we wish we had. Not all that bad, as there are lots of ways to enjoy the things we can’t have. Can’t drive a Ferrari, watch one race. Can’t own a Type 35 Bugatti, visit one in a museum or own a poster or model of one. Never rebuilt an engine, start with your lawn mower. Want to share automotive interests and experiences, read and respond to Garage Envy.
For some, cars are about getting from place to place, for the rest of us cars are the journey, an empty garage is a place to fill. “Let’s motor”, (yes, I do own a Mini).
