"Routine" Maintenance

Sometimes I have to pinch myself.

I want to live in this garage.

This concrete garage, located somewhere in Switzerland, is the ideal combination of minimalist architecture, nature, and the automotive form. Fantastic! Reminds me of a Sol Lewitt sculpture I saw at Storm King this weekend!

via iGNANT

hat tip to Anhdao

The Alfa next door

In today's era of the "Garage Mahal," where over-restored cars sit on spotless marble floors, surrounded by sleek cabinets of gleaming un-used tools, it's refreshing to visit a garage that hearkens back to the day when a car was just a car, and a garage was just an unfinished space to keep it out of the elements and store your lawn chairs. In this humble context, we can appreciate the automobile as machinery for use, not just a status object. There's nothing like standing over the engine of a rare, unmolested Alfa TZ1 with a glass of beer in your hand, and your breath condensing in the crisp, uninsulated air. Magical.

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When one just isn't enough...

Many Alfisti can't help themselves.  You need a GTV6, then an Alfetta GT, and an Alfetta track car as well.  Naturally.  Best part is, you could have all 3 of these cars for well under 20 grand.  Talk about a bargain!

Spring Weekend Moment of Zen

Hope many of your are tinkering in the garage today!

Hat tip to Off Camber!