Tokyo Carpark
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Fri 2007/02/16 22:48
What do you do if you want to park 4 cars in front of your house but only got space for two? Well you get one of these contraptions.
The car on the bottom has to be moved manually by a human in order to fit a car on top. Not sure about this particular one but many of them are powered by motors and air pressure. If you want to park 6 cars in front of you house you can always get two of these...
The car on the bottom has to be moved manually by a human in order to fit a car on top. Not sure about this particular one but many of them are powered by motors and air pressure. If you want to park 6 cars in front of you house you can always get two of these...
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That's a good invention, very interesting for those free-space management maniacs. I think having the car in the bottom is okay! If you are the kind of person who doubts about everything, there is no need to live in a place where there are stairs to climb or a bridge to cross (logic is the same). And have in mind those trucks that carry cars on two levels, the system basically being the same. And this metal should not be fragile (possibility of rust or that it will fall apart), it should resist some tons. We don't live in the Iron Age anymore where hazards were common, I believe!
(ID #44374) Posted on 2007/02/17 03:42
Besides I would sue the company to death if my car was smashed by the one above ^^
(ID #511702) Posted on 2009/03/07 06:09
Link Cosplayer, Video Gamer, Amatuer Programmer, and Artist
I like my car! I don't want it to be crushed if that thing fails! lol It is an interesting way to fit more cars. But I don't think they sell any of those here in the states. :P
(ID #44375) Posted on 2007/02/17 03:43
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
Danny, are you listening through my iSight? ^^; My fiancee and I where talking about this earlier... I'm surprise we don't have these lifts in the U.S., with as car poor we are. It should be perfectly safe to park your car on the bottom. Safety mechanisms keep the lift in place regardless of lose of pressure or power. Only thing you need to worry about is an earthquake... ^^; Whatever you come up with in the end will work well. Have you given thought to allowing members to customize what information is displayed on the top page? I sure you probably have that planned for the future. ^_-
(ID #44376) Posted on 2007/02/17 03:44
it would suck if it fell on you :(
(ID #44377) Posted on 2007/02/17 03:44
Professional Student
I've seen those before. Quite a few race shops have them. They're perfectly safe as long as they're built correctly and installed properly. I wouldn't hesitate to park my car on the bottom. Just make sure the one you buy is quality.
(ID #44378) Posted on 2007/02/17 03:45
But what if I drive an SUV?!
(ID #44379) Posted on 2007/02/17 04:28
Cool idea. Space saving.
(ID #44380) Posted on 2007/02/17 04:39
cloneofsnake in NYC
What? You guys haven't seen these in NYC? 4 stories high mechanical car park! http://flickr.com/photos/flatazor/390086583/ And yes, I've seen cars crushed under one of these. >:D
(ID #44381) Posted on 2007/02/17 04:43
We have those but they're only available in commercial areas. It would be cool if it was available for home use. But yeah, a problem if you have an SUV.
(ID #44382) Posted on 2007/02/17 04:56
wait who buys 2 of the same car??? the 2 on the right are the same yr, make and model, hmmm ive parked in the 3 story one in boston, heck if my car got crushed i would cry i love my little old beemer (but then realizing i can sue the company meana i can get a litle new beemer, i win)
(ID #44383) Posted on 2007/02/17 05:51
i wouldn't park a car on the bottom incase any "accidents" happen n there goes my precious car although it's useful when comes to space saving i'm not gonna spend few thousand dollars to risk few ten thousand dollars =P meh
(ID #44384) Posted on 2007/02/17 06:10
anime/cosplay events organizer
there are these automated underground car parks in some parts of tokyo that let's machines and computers to park your car automatically and when you're ready to get your car, you'll just instruct the computer and it'll get your car like a vending machine ^^
(ID #44385) Posted on 2007/02/17 06:11
Gaspard de Coligny
Somebody knows how much these costs ? Got the same issue in Aichi prefecture... house got 2 parking places... got 3 cars in the family, soon a 4th one. (big family/house)
(ID #44386) Posted on 2007/02/17 06:36
Web Developer/ウェブデベロッパー, Photographer/写真や
Ah. I have seen these around. The only thing is, what happens if a stranger's vehicle's parked at the bottom, whilst yours on top and you would like to drive off. What will you do? ^___^
(ID #44387) Posted on 2007/02/17 06:54
this thing wouldn't be popular here i think. we have a lot of parking spaces available (with a fee of course), not to mention those roadsides which become free parking lots for those law-breakers haha.. one more thing is that not too many people here has two or more cars, if if they do they sure have a big house (with a big parking space) where they can stock theirs!
(ID #44388) Posted on 2007/02/17 06:59
.NET/Web Developer
I wouldn't even think about getting me one of those. too risky IMHO. Accidents can happen just about any time. heheh! ^^
(ID #44389) Posted on 2007/02/17 07:56
That carpark looks like a disaster waiting to happen. I would be scared to put my car under or on top of another car. I does save space through.
(ID #44390) Posted on 2007/02/17 07:57
Webdesigner - Freelance
I think the same, it looks so dangerous to put your car under another ^_^ It will always have a tired guy to forget the first car before to put down the second...
(ID #44392) Posted on 2007/02/17 08:12
Dan in Alberta, Canada
I like because it's very space friendly, but i think it's too risky to park it on the bottom or on the top. If an earthquake, strong wind and other natural calamities/issues strikes my place those 4 cars are screwed.
(ID #44393) Posted on 2007/02/17 08:25
Thats a good idea. If your car is on the top, and you need to access it quickly, but have to wait for the other guy, it wont be so good.
(ID #44394) Posted on 2007/02/17 08:31
Jimmy in UK
who needs to buy one when you can steal it from your local garage:P
(ID #44395) Posted on 2007/02/17 11:51
Might be good if you have friends/relatives over who drive, but would be a royal pain in the backside if your car was on top and you needed to nip to the shops or something.
(ID #44396) Posted on 2007/02/17 11:56
shingen in UK
I love these car parks, but not as much as I love the tall ferris-wheel type ones. You drive into the building and into some tracks then you get out and the car raises up, there could be another 4+ cars on a long conveyor. Then when you want to leave you back up and get turned around on a turntable... great stuff!
(ID #44397) Posted on 2007/02/17 11:59
kaito kunn in Hong Kong
kool these things appear in hk too but not too often
(ID #44398) Posted on 2007/02/17 12:42
Man, tokyo is so awesome. Its jus like in the movie, tokyo drift.
(ID #44400) Posted on 2007/02/17 15:24
Hmm I like to hear the reliability of that contraption... would be horrible if one day it just breaks down and your second car crushes your car on the bottom. and what if some wiseguy forgets to put on the breaks?
(ID #44402) Posted on 2007/02/17 17:28
I saw a couple of these at some of the buildings near at my office and they seem to be ok. But if you ask me, I prefer my car to be on top if in any case this contraption breaks down, thank you.
(ID #44403) Posted on 2007/02/17 17:48
Email & Network Support/Administration
That's a pretty spiffy idea. I admit that I'd have some trust issues using that, bug its a great space saver idea. I suppose none of those cars are yours
(ID #44404) Posted on 2007/02/17 18:02
if im not confused there was a carparking like that in the fast and the furious (Tokyo drift) XD
(ID #44405) Posted on 2007/02/17 18:30
Animator
At first I thought "I would take a bottom spot over a top" because I wouldn't have to wait for some fool to move their car so I could leave. But then I though... wait. I'd be the fool that would have to move his car so some one else could leave. ARG! I think I'll just walk and/or take public transit.
(ID #44406) Posted on 2007/02/17 19:14
i cant help but think what would happen if the thinge collapsed with 4 cars in it. You would be screwed
(ID #44407) Posted on 2007/02/17 19:16
OMG thats soo cool! Not sure that i would wanna park on the bottom...but its still very cool! I like the one in the Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift...that goes round in a circle xD
(ID #44408) Posted on 2007/02/17 19:57
It does save alot of space but i dont think i would trust it... oh well!
(ID #44409) Posted on 2007/02/17 21:16
oh yeah and btw, Dalong already got mg hi-nu!!! wtf!?!?
(ID #44410) Posted on 2007/02/17 21:16
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
More than likely a real problem would be a head gasket or such letting go on the car on top. That would ruin your day, in a big way. People in Japan are not always getting in their cars to go down a block or two, like us crazies in the western world. ^^; I spent a large part of my life around cars. Racing, auto restoration and the automotive industry have been influential in my life. I look forward to moving to Japan and not having to drive everyday and everywhere. grouch grouch grouch ^^;
(ID #44411) Posted on 2007/02/17 22:31
Student Engineer
Lets just say I won't be parking an SUV on top heh ^^ As an Engineer I don't like the design of it, but if it works it works. I would add beams in the front to further add stability, but the beams must be wide enough apart for the cars on the bottom (and eventually cars on top) to get down. It's a great contraption for use in Japan and neighboring China, but in the USA you either park your car in your yard and let grass grow around it, or there is space for 3 cars in most garages.
(ID #44412) Posted on 2007/02/17 23:07
That would be cool for my house lol.
(ID #44413) Posted on 2007/02/17 23:33
Web comic artist, yada yada
Love the site redesign, and can't wait for the finished Bikini version of your mascot (hint hint). Looks like you didn't add a stripslashes function on your main page of your nav 2.0 for the comment preview under your post previews, as I see slashes after apostrophes, etc. Also, beware of feature creep, where you add so much stuff to your site that nobody can effectively use it.
(ID #44414) Posted on 2007/02/17 23:43
If I had a old car I wouldn't mind parking in the bottom slot, but for a newer car I would park only on the top.
(ID #44415) Posted on 2007/02/17 23:51
If only UK has something like that haha. But then again its a pain to er... drive out> lower and drive out, Lift up, drive first car back in, get into second car and shoot. Just takes a while longer D: BTW: Looking forward to new site Danny.
(ID #44416) Posted on 2007/02/18 00:44
Gordon Pekeur in south africa -cape town-
I used to work in my uncles garage, they had to of those!! It takes a while to move cars in, out and on .... etc. etc. But I think its a cool idea for parking and space saving ....
(ID #44427) Posted on 2007/02/18 07:22
Come to think of it, it is kinda time consuming to do all that just to park. Unless the top cars are not used daily then it would become practical. Tuned car upstairs, daily driver below.
(ID #44430) Posted on 2007/02/18 07:37
Jens Meiert in Berlin, Germany
Reminds me of duplex garages anyway, relatively popular in large German cities ...
(ID #44464) Posted on 2007/02/19 00:49
Dude! i wish we had those around Thailand. I would save up alot of parking spaces. Man! why none of the engineer in here haven't thionk of that. Japan rulez!!
(ID #44532) Posted on 2007/02/20 08:25
Cribba (Registered on 2007/01/27 20:13)
http://parkinglot.istheshit.net/ :O
(ID #44533) Posted on 2007/02/20 08:45
Otaku / Student in Computer Science
It seems like who will park thiere car at the bottom, will get more chance thst the car at the top will fall down and crash you car.
(ID #44602) Posted on 2007/02/21 21:39
theblip (Registered on 2008/05/29 21:49)
You can buy ones where they have dug a hole into the ground.. and both cars can be lifted up or down at the same time by a push of a button so both cars can go out whenever they want :) Something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGZrhKpNSvg
(ID #201127) Posted on 2008/05/31 11:12
Designer
If I am not wrong, the 2 storey carparking thing you posted in your picture has a flaw... which is: the car below always need to drives off 1st for the car on top to descend and drives off. Most of these multi-storey carparking thing has it made that there is a basement... so the car below won't need to drives off in order for the car on top to get off.
(ID #201384) Posted on 2008/05/31 19:16
Otaku / Student in Computer Science
It saves much more spaces ^^
(ID #447679) Posted on 2009/01/14 18:09
My question is.... If you wanna take your car and it is in the top ? How you get it if there is a car down ? O_o
(ID #447683) Posted on 2009/01/14 18:13
former Emperor of Britannia
Not sure if want....
(ID #447692) Posted on 2009/01/14 18:21
O_O No thanks. It looks cool, conserves space but too much trouble ^^;
(ID #447695) Posted on 2009/01/14 18:26
Otaku
That is really not something new, Hong Kong and Taiwan already started using this type of parking method and I think Singapore are starting to do it soon. Sooner or later all the world Island Country will start to use this method of parking to conserve space. With growing population and requirement for lands increase, this is a smart and cheap idea.
(ID #447746) Posted on 2009/01/14 19:33
Hey hey, I see some of these in Australia too, first time I saw it I was like "what the hell is this?"
(ID #447766) Posted on 2009/01/14 20:24
Hmm what happens if it malfuntions? O.o
(ID #447773) Posted on 2009/01/14 20:52
i like the idea
(ID #447776) Posted on 2009/01/14 20:58
Interesting idea. Sure would I park my car in the bottom slot. The framework should hold it and you can leave without problems, but the other cars on the top have to wait for a free slot, to leave =)
(ID #447812) Posted on 2009/01/14 22:01
there's a few in singapore where the car goes underground. like a reverse of the one shown in picture. nice feeling u get your car out from underground - looks like a gundam
(ID #447817) Posted on 2009/01/14 22:11
Student, part-time Haruhi wannabe (that bit about godhood etc)
Not sure, but I think I saw one that's operated by hydraulics- so the guy on the bottom doesn't have to move first.
(ID #447874) Posted on 2009/01/14 23:40
If you go to the big Toyota showroom in O-Daiba, they have a sort of car vending machine. It is like a huge juke box and contains six or so cars in a stack. You choose which one you want and press a button. Then the machinery picks it out of the stack and brings it down for you to look at.
(ID #447884) Posted on 2009/01/14 23:50
I would only park my car if it wasn't expensive. Well where I live, there isn't a big space issue so I won't be needing to anyway.
(ID #448084) Posted on 2009/01/15 02:46
Actually this seems a very practical solution, especially if the cars belong to one family. I wish we had such things here too. And looks someway cool:)
(ID #448127) Posted on 2009/01/15 03:24
Actually, I would be more scared parking on the top spot, looks like there is so little space between the top and the ceiling.
(ID #448183) Posted on 2009/01/15 04:32
Ninja / Engineer / Sensei / 魔法少女 (What!?! I can't be, I'm a guy...)
These sorta things creep me out. I don't want to be the one who gets the "1 in 10000 malfunctioning" contraption. Knowing my luck, I just might get it. T_T
(ID #448295) Posted on 2009/01/15 06:13
Marketer, Advertising Specialist
They have similar parking facilities in downtown San Francisco, California. When I visited a group of coworkers parked the car in bottom slot. No Worries. Could it have been because it was a rental???
(ID #448311) Posted on 2009/01/15 06:56
lol, insurance i'd want insurance first.
(ID #448348) Posted on 2009/01/15 07:54
You see quite a few of those in Manhattan,New York. Since they are very limited on space. Only seen 2 locations in Miami, fl , which have those contraptions.
(ID #448349) Posted on 2009/01/15 07:54
Would have been cool if it was that niffty thing I saw in Tokyo drift.
(ID #448507) Posted on 2009/01/15 10:31
Close-protection officer/Martial artist
That's the one I keep thinking of too. :P
(ID #448606) Posted on 2009/01/15 11:32
freelancer, Spanglish speaker
no way, i love my car and don't wanna know what happens if one of those things fail
(ID #450224) Posted on 2009/01/16 14:31
thats so cool, too bad seattle hasnt done this, would be so much better downtown, so many cars crowding the streets <.<
(ID #460372) Posted on 2009/01/24 16:07
Clone Instrument Engineer; Seleção XXV
I need to show this to my dad then the Brunei Government XD and prove that this invention is convenient. XD
(ID #492816) Posted on 2009/02/17 15:29
My company already using these system as there are limited parking space for employees. The make is a bit different from the ones at my company... d@@b
(ID #513380) Posted on 2009/03/08 14:59
Otaku Programmer/Gamer/Artist/Photographer
LoL thats a pretty good invention i guess but...I'd hate to be moving the bottom cars all the time whenever someone's car is up on the second spot heh
(ID #540606) Posted on 2009/03/29 22:55
waisting money on studying..
This is nice.. i could parked 6 cars in front of my house like this :)
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