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The type of garage floor you should use depends on how much you work on your
car. With tongue firmly in cheek, here are some pointers on what garage floor
you might need, from the internet, author unknown:
Plastic tiling squares -- Poseur who does no work on his car,
collects Gryot's Garage catalogs (the one that explains which way to turn a nut), and is
completely clueless about mechanical things; owns full set of solid gold tools stored in
titanium tool boxes, but has never used them. Garage was featured in Architectural Digest.
Painted Floor -- Deluded Yuppie, obsessed with waxing and polishing; owns
set of matched Falcom screwdrivers and gold plated wrenches stored in Zebrawood box and $300 plastic creeper and $5,000 hydraulic lift used to
detail the inside of the wheels. On first name basis with the Snap-Off truck guy. Garage was featured in Robb Report.
Bare Concrete -- Does most of his (rarely, her) mechanical work; may rebuild
engine once in a while; tools are stored in beat up tool boxes when not in use; tools are from various
manufacturers including Snap-Off, CrapsMan, Procto, Mac, and others.
Checks out garage sales and pawn shops on a regular basis; owns $15 wooden creeper. Has problems with rodents who enter the garage to
feed on sandwiches he eats while working on the car. Recently scrounged a table saw from a garage sale, so he can build an extension onto the garage;
wife allows him in the house if strips naked and bathes in GoJo first. Garage was featured in local PCA club magazine,
but rejected by Pano.
Floor covering material unknown, area Hazmat team afraid to enter
premises. -- Owner incessantly rebuilds both engines and transmissions; probably owns several cars but it's hard to say as over half of them are in
various assortments of boxes. Tools are scattered around various piles of
debris. Often makes own specialty tools and knows how to use odd bits of rock and tent stakes to substitute for factory tools. Rodents are afraid to enter the garage
because of toxic odors from the floor, shelves, etc. Learning carpentry skills to build an apt. above the garage, as wife
has kicked him out of the house. Garage floor was featured in Archaeological Digest. Author
unknown, from the Internet.
Don Mallinson, President
DC CarCare
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