機械式駐車場

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

reply to D_Blade's comment

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

reply to HaoDesu's comment

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

reply to Demacrez's comment

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

reply to Edward's comment

it would suck if it fell on you :(

(ID #44377) Posted on 2007/02/17 03:44

reply to Jason's comment

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

reply to Tom's comment

But what if I drive an SUV?!

(ID #44379) Posted on 2007/02/17 04:28

reply to Eric R.'s comment

Cool idea. Space saving.

(ID #44380) Posted on 2007/02/17 04:39

reply to cocofire's comment

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

reply to durendal's comment

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

reply to penpen's comment

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

reply to Rei's comment

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

reply to Henry's comment

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

reply to windbell's comment

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

reply to henrybob's comment

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

reply to BeLe's comment

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

reply to Kira's comment

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

reply to david -M-'s comment

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

reply to AndyH's comment

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

reply to Gav's comment

Man, tokyo is so awesome.  Its jus like in the movie, tokyo drift.

(ID #44400) Posted on 2007/02/17 15:24

reply to X-Gear's comment

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

reply to Arrot's comment

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

reply to JQ's comment

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

reply to Leo's comment

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

reply to Ryu's comment

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

reply to Hondo's comment

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

reply to OMNI Strike's comment

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

reply to Arekusu's comment

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

reply to heiheit's comment

oh yeah and btw, Dalong already got mg hi-nu!!! wtf!?!?

(ID #44410) Posted on 2007/02/17 21:16

reply to heiheit's comment

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

reply to Edward's comment

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

reply to -XYZPDQ's comment

That would be cool for my house lol.

(ID #44413) Posted on 2007/02/17 23:33

reply to Matt's comment

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

reply to Matt Larson's comment

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

reply to astroblue's comment

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

reply to SG's comment

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

reply to Haito_kanakura's comment

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

reply to BUUboy's comment

http://parkinglot.istheshit.net/

:O

(ID #44533) Posted on 2007/02/20 08:45

reply to Cribba's comment

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

reply to Monkee's comment

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

reply to theblip's comment

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

reply to Kyori's comment

It saves much more spaces ^^

(ID #447679) Posted on 2009/01/14 18:09

reply to Monkee's comment

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

reply to quicoto's comment

Not sure if want....

(ID #447692) Posted on 2009/01/14 18:21

reply to Lelouch Lamperouge's comment

O_O No thanks. It looks cool, conserves space but too much trouble ^^;

(ID #447695) Posted on 2009/01/14 18:26

reply to lerry[maru]'s comment

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

reply to General Noodles's comment

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

reply to TickTug's comment

Hmm what happens if it malfuntions? O.o

(ID #447773) Posted on 2009/01/14 20:52

reply to Riz's comment

i like the idea

(ID #447776) Posted on 2009/01/14 20:58

reply to trebors's comment

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

reply to EMîkro's comment

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

reply to Wynn's comment

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

reply to aprilius20's comment

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

reply to Kilkrazy's comment

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

reply to Hidden Oasis's comment

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

reply to Harts's comment

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

reply to RoodyPooUS's comment

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

reply to spidr245's comment

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

reply to El Guapo's comment

lol, insurance i'd want insurance first.

(ID #448348) Posted on 2009/01/15 07:54

reply to MasterSkirtChaser's comment

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

reply to Greendap's comment

Would have been cool if it was that niffty thing I saw in Tokyo drift.

(ID #448507) Posted on 2009/01/15 10:31

reply to Salt's comment

That's the one I keep thinking of too. :P

(ID #448606) Posted on 2009/01/15 11:32

reply to Optimus Skiver's comment

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

reply to jano's comment

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

reply to tensa zangetsu's comment

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

reply to yamada's comment

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

reply to zer0ne's comment

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

reply to Argyle's comment

This is nice.. i could parked 6 cars in front of my house like this :)

(ID #551745) Posted on 2009/04/06 20:43

reply to sam.'s comment