Rear diffuser installation

[Grizzly]

First, Randall, I'm sorry I ruined your thread. I have diffusers on my car but the guy who painted them put them on, so I'm no help to you whatsoever.

Now that the thread is already ruined, this is what your kitchen looks like after a hurricane comes through (photo by contractors):




My flood insurance was in place, up to the maximum amount you can buy. But, of course, the insurance companies have rules for their rules, for their rules, all designed to beat you out of as much money as possible. We came out six digits in the hole, and the first number was not a one. Also, we had to live in the house throughout the entire process. There were no shelters or FEMA trailers, and I can assure you no Feds showed up in my neighborhood with a credit card for me. My neighbors and I discussed rioting, looting and blaming the government for the actions of Mother Nature, but we voted against it.

This is how it looks now. Please ignore my large pile of unread mail and my Blunderbread.




Oh yeah, that Nissan wasn't mine. It belonged to the guy across the street.

Lol, I thought you were kidding. I thought it was one of those, we turned this


INTO THIS

[Grizzly]

Originally Posted by boggtown

Lol, I thought you were kidding. I thought it was one of those, we turned this INTO THIS

I wish I was kidding, dude...I wish...

[Boxter]

Since we are highjacking...here is our home both before and after a nightmare renovation...thought it would be fitting given the direction of this thread.

However I am glad we did not have to go through it twice!

Before


with the old Land Rover, Volvo and first German vehicle under the cover (74 Super Beetle sold to make way for the Boxster last summer)

After

[Grizzly]

Originally Posted by Boxter

Since we are highjacking...here is our home both before and after a nightmare renovation...thought it would be fitting given the direction of this thread.

However I am glad we did not have to go through it twice!

Really nice.

I like how the corner lot allowed you to have the garage around the corner as opposed to dominating the front of the house, as most do. I hid my garage on the back side as well. I could really use more garages, but our only available space would be right in our water view, so that ain't happening.

[Boxter]

Thanks Grizz,

Interesting that you pointed that out...the garage location (not dominating the home) is one of the things I loved about this particular lot when we picked it up 10 years ago. Given our relative location to NYC the lots in this area are commonly 100 x 50-100, so a corner lot and a garage in this layout really work well.

[RandallNeighbour]

All across America, land has become so precious that floorplans dictate that the houses all be "Garage with a 3 bedroom attached home".

I hate it. The elevation looks like crap, but worse, within a few years the garage is full and the cars are forced to be parked in the driveway. Then the kids grow up and they get a beat up car as their first car and park it in front of the house on the street...

Now drive down that street and all one sees is mass of cars... that's what really turns me off from attached front facing garages in new middle class subdivisions. In Houston, you have to pay an extra 75k for a much larger or older home to get a detached garage that is situated behind the home itself.

(no offense to anyone who lives in one of these homes... it's just a strong personal opinion)