Car Condos Give Your Vehicle Luxury Housing
No longer satisfied by regular parking garages, some drivers are upgrading their luxury vehicles’ homes.
Jessica Shaw drives a 2007 Prius and is probably looking for a parking spot in Brooklyn at this very moment.
Jack Griffin, a former racecar driver, owns a double-size condominium in Carrollton, Texas, complete with a library, fully stocked wet bar and custom-designed floors.
The big-screen television on the main level is 50 inches. A bigger-screen television on the mezzanine level is 75. Placed precisely throughout are photos of his races, from Le Mans (France) to Daytona (Florida), along with a few family heirlooms.
Griffin, 81, doesn’t live in the condo, but 11 of his 12 Porsches do.
Even thinking about relegating square footage to a car is enough to make a New Yorker go mad. To anyone who engages in the 45-minute ritualistic hunt for a neighborhood parking spot, praying to the car gods that the fire hydrant at the end of the block is just the devil’s mirage, there is nothing more luxurious than an assigned parking spot.