Jafo is positively knackered.....
The SAAB 9-3 Aero has its New Home
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 by Jafo | Discussion: Everything Else
Now, before anyone rushes off in horror that this poor lad has had his 'family jewels' handed to him on a platter.....
....it's common Aussie 'strine' for being stuffed...aka worn out....
Oh, and 'strine' is....er....strine for 'Australian'....
....but no, for the past 4 weeks-odd I have been busy hurting muscles I didn't even know I had....[or anyone else did, for that matter]... busy completing works on a garage that began in February, 1987 ....when we bought 'the worst house in the street'.
Yes, it might have taken 7 years to get the toilet indoors....but it took since 1987 to get the car into the garage.
Today, at 4.00pm I finally dun it.
It was a case of necessity....having gone through one of 'those years' that includes a mid-life crisis....[ok...so I'm late to that one too]...as I'd bought a nice new [to me] 2007 SAAB 9-3 Aero Convertible ... something that NEEDS to be off-street and protected.
OK, so I need a shoe-horn to fit it into the garage [I have about 8" each side and to the rear....when parked hard to the nose..... but it's done.
Below is the critter as advertised online [needless to say now a wallpaper]. Bought in the depths of winter.....still waiting for decent weather to get it topless and eat bugs.
It has a 'wee bit' of get-up-and-go .... turbo-intercooled 2.8l V6 puts out around 250hp, with a wide torque curve that essentially eliminates lag.
Bottom line IS 'the bottom line'.... paid 70 thou less than its purchase price new.
IF I can find a way to take a snap of it whilst in its garage I'll post that.... it's a good thing it's a convertible....as I had to climb over the door to get out. 'Tight space' doesn't really cut it ....even if it weren't a prohibited ride for a Probationary driver...I can bet they'd never get it in or out of the garage without dinging it...
Ah.... roll on summer...
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Reply #2 Tuesday, August 13, 2013 8:25 AM
There, I knew there was at least one Australian with an indoor toilet 
Reply #3 Tuesday, August 13, 2013 8:49 AM
I probably should add... I've been a driver for 40 years ....and this is the first time I've had a car in a garage....instead of 'on the street'...
Reply #4 Tuesday, August 13, 2013 8:58 AM
Here's the 'before' shot.....
Imagine squeezing a car into here.
The nose needed to actually fit under the workbench....
Reply #7 Tuesday, August 13, 2013 11:25 AM
Imagine squeezing a car into here.
The nose needed to actually fit under the workbench.
Reply #9 Tuesday, August 13, 2013 3:56 PM
She prolly doe's the wise thing and waits till Paul backs it out in the clear..
Paul's garage has severely paid the price, for his diligence here.. Time well spent, till ya try to fit a car in the garage.
Reply #11 Tuesday, August 13, 2013 4:13 PM
Reply #13 Wednesday, August 14, 2013 12:45 AM
And here's the 'after' shot.
About 4 weeks of reworking ....including 600 feet of vee-joint lining, insulation, rewiring and tripping over loads of junk now since removed. Sure-fire incentive to doing a major cleanout - the car's more needy of secure storage than x-amount of I-might-just-need-this-oneday effluvium...
Reply #14 Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:22 PM
Great looking car, Paul. Your garage used to look like my room does now.
Reply #15 Wednesday, August 14, 2013 2:29 PM
A short time later, the wife parked her car in there too...
Reply #16 Wednesday, August 14, 2013 10:27 PM
well, you obviously bought the wrong car.... 
Reply #19 Thursday, August 15, 2013 12:45 PM
Styrofoam walls would allow for some pinball action after a pint or so.
Reply #20 Thursday, August 15, 2013 8:31 PM
The garage is so short I need to park the nose touching the end wall...to be sure the roller door will close. It's 12mm rubber foam on 3mm ply sheet and there's nothing behind the point of contact so the ply 'springs' one or two inches...
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Reply #1 Tuesday, August 13, 2013 8:21 AM
Should be "parked".
"something".