Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Garage Floor Solutions (Matt Boyd)

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

The cellar part is only additional storage.  God forbid I held a tasting out there.  The commentary would be something like earthy, a bit of classic minerality, ripe blackberries with a subtle hints of Castrol, 93 octane ethanol free gasoline, and Connelly hide food.  With a wet hockey gear finish.

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 12:45 PM George <ygpz4re [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

The wine cellar is not really my thing, but I was LOVING that old Bugatti garage!

Thanks for sharing those, Erik.

gp

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From: Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 1:39 PM
To: George
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Garage Floor Solutions (Matt Boyd)

 

Great point.  Here are the two ends of the lunatic fringe spectrum.

Clean room:  https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a14453949/the-only-mclaren-f1-technician-in-north-america/

Old school:  https://petrolicious.com/articles/french-bugatti-workshop-saw-three-generations-of-owners

I'm aiming for the latter, with a well stocked wine cellar.

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 12:32 PM George <ygpz4re [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

Matt,

I've read all of these posts and have a question:  do you want a working garage or a showroom garage?

If it's to be a "working" garage, I'd do nothing to the floor, put down the big mats that Gary recommended, and put a couple of large drip trays lined w/ "Pig Mat" (available at your FLAPS) to catch the oil drips from the PIII and a smaller one under the red car.  Also consider the "Raceramps" (?) Charles linked to prevent flat-spotting (been meaning to get some of these for "Old Blue", but just haven't yet....).

If you want a "showroom" garage, based on Charles's remarks about the Racedeck, I think I'd go with that.  I'd almost bet money that it's far more affordable than a high-end coating.  And you can *still* put drip trays under the cars.  (In fact, you probably should no matter what...)

Perhaps the best of all worlds is the Racedeck with the big mats under the cars, and drip trays to catch oil drips.

I thought about doing something similar to the new garage (which you still have yet to see!), but in the end, just considered it a lot of money spent for very little actual benefit.  But then, I'm not driving wet, dripping cars into the garage.  And no matter how much I clean it, it's still a garage, subject to spiders and cobwebs, dirt and dust, never completely sealed from the outdoors, etc etc.

FWIW, YMMV, yadda yadda....

gp

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