My Mustang will be coming out of storage as soon as possible. First I have to get my one-car garage ready to accommodate the car and my Harley.
First, get rid of anything not needed (why is all of my wife's gardening stuff needed when it hasn't been used in years?). Next, move the three tool carts to the front of the garage. Now I have as much width as I'm going to get.
The car is 188" long, and 73.9" wide, but 82" wide with the mirrors. I have an 86" garage door opening. This should be interesting. Also, from the edge of the tool carts to the garage door is 196". It's a tight squeeze, but it should fit.
Wait a minute. I forgot about the motorcycle. Damn. Ok. There's a built-in shelf/table to the left of the furthest left tool cart. If I remove that shelf, I can slip about half the motorcycle into that gap, up close to the left corner of the garage. Then, if I turn the car to the right slightly when pulling in, I should be able to clear the bike.
I'd put the compressor under that table, but maybe I can stand the compressor on end to take up less space. Or I can put it in the basement and run a long air hose to the garage. What am I talking about? There's no room to use tools with all this, much less air tools. All work will be done in the alley, so the basement is where the compressor goes.
Damn. Once the car is in, will I be able to open the door to get out? The only way to know is to use my old Saturn as a stand-in, and measure the difference.
Even if the car does fit, I'll have to pull the car out of the garage to get at the lawnmower, or even to get a screwdriver out of a tool cart.
And, of course, if I make one little mistake pulling the car in or out, it or the bike is going to get scratched.
Here's the really frustrating part, though. Directly across the alley is a two-car garage that's vacant. The husband, George, died three years ago. The wife lives in the home alone and has no car. The grandchildren stop in every few days to check on her. I asked the grandchild-in-charge if she'd be willing to rent half the garage to me for either my bike or car. She said no, because sometimes she likes to put her car in the garage when she visits. I don't think I've ever seen anybody's car in that garage; they always park on the street.
Aaaarrrrrgghhhh!