BMW M3 and Infiniti FX35 Compete for Parking in NYC!

sambonator · 07-30-2007, 03:00 PM

http://link.brightcove.com/services/...bcpid688013837

continentalg5 · 07-30-2007, 03:12 PM

That looks really interesting. Nice to see that the car never moves after it's parked. I wonder what the wait time is to get your car back?

dmboone25 · 07-30-2007, 03:18 PM

Wow--that's pretty cool.

btinl · 07-30-2007, 03:20 PM

I wonder what the hourly rate is.

jun · 07-30-2007, 03:24 PM

They aim for about 2 minutes. Pretty cool system! Great way to save space and lower expenses.

Apparently there are only 2 in the US. If you look at the wall it looked like about $10/hr. I'm sure the monthly rates are cheaper overall also. It's being used in a apt. building here in NYC, according to their website. Investors were able to take a 100 car garage and transform it into a 67 car garage with retail space on the ground level and residential properties on the upstairs, while only giving up 33 spaces. Pretty revolutionary if you ask me. Seems like their target market is high end condos in cities with limited space.. I could see this thing easily becoming popular.

voltron1011 · 07-30-2007, 03:28 PM

They had that in Tokyo as well.

jun · 07-30-2007, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by voltron1011

They had that in Tokyo as well.

You mean in F&F3?

Haha

07-30-2007, 03:31 PM

lol tokyo had this like 2 years ago...its crazy how much they are ahead in technology

T-MC-G · 07-30-2007, 03:31 PM

what a stupid reporter, "What happens if someone hacks into the system???" Dumb bitch.

07-30-2007, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by T-MC-G

what a stupid reporter, "What happens if someone hacks into the system???" Dumb bitch.

BMW F22 · 07-30-2007, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by that guy nico

lol tokyo had this like 2 years ago...its crazy how much they are ahead in technology

+1

laperacfo · 07-30-2007, 03:57 PM

And this has anything to do with the E9x how?

Leesi · 07-30-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by that guy nico

lol tokyo had this like 2 years ago...its crazy how much they are ahead in technology

Yup. I saw it in Tokyo, it's pretty similar with this one. Totally different with the one in F&F3

E90330iS · 07-30-2007, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by laperacfo

And this has anything to do with the E9x how?

Yes it does! look in the video a little pass middle you will see an E90 parked in the back!!

laperacfo · 07-30-2007, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by E90330iS

Yes it does! look in the video a little pass middle you will see an E90 parked in the back!!

Where in the video does it talk about the E9x? Just because there is a E9x in a video that has nothing to do with E9x, doesn't mean it relates to E9x.

Fixed!

CnoteMD · 07-30-2007, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jun

They aim for about 2 minutes. Pretty cool system! Great way to save space and lower expenses.

Apparently there are only 2 in the US. If you look at the wall it looked like about $10/hr. I'm sure the monthly rates are cheaper overall also. It's being used in a apt. building here in NYC, according to their website. Investors were able to take a 100 car garage and transform it into a 67 car garage with retail space on the ground level and residential properties on the upstairs, while only giving up 33 spaces. Pretty revolutionary if you ask me. Seems like their target market is high end condos in cities with limited space.. I could see this thing easily becoming popular.

From what I saw on the wall, the parking rates are actually pretty good! Much better than the $40 or so I paid for 2-3 hrs parking in Manhattan recently.

bbq · 07-31-2007, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by that guy nico

lol tokyo had this like 2 years ago...its crazy how much they are ahead in technology

Probably more than 2 years... The apartment that I lived in Tokyo back in 2001 has one already, and it wasn't exactly a new apartment.

Vikingus · 07-31-2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by T-MC-G

what a stupid reporter, "What happens if someone hacks into the system???" Dumb bitch.

That is a good question because hacker can easily download your car from that parking lot

bronco · 07-31-2007, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Vikingus

That is a good question because hacker can easily download your car from that parking lot

I dont know how "easily" it would be, since we dont know anything about the system

BMW F22 · 07-31-2007, 01:06 PM

In Japan they barely have any land so they had to come up with ways to cope with it. It's amazing what people can do with the limited resources given. Gives a whole meaning to "when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade".

normtrum · 07-31-2007, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by laperacfo

And this has anything to do with the E9x how?

It probably should have been posted in "off topic", but who cares? What's the big deal? I thought it was a pretty good find.

To the op....my only concern if I was parking there would be wait time both during drop off and pick up, if everybody showed up at once! Like maybe right at 5:00 for example.

RyBMW · 07-31-2007, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by normtrum

It probably should have been posted in "off topic", but who cares? What's the big deal? I thought it was a pretty good find.

To the op....my only concern if I was parking there would be wait time both during drop off and pick up, if everybody showed up at once! Like maybe right at 5:00 for example.

And don't forget that the garage is right in Chinatown. Once you get out of the garage, you will get stuck in traffic.

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jun First Lieutenant 17 Rep 306 Posts Drives: 335 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Somewhere iTrader: (0)	They aim for about 2 minutes. Pretty cool system! Great way to save space and lower expenses. Apparently there are only 2 in the US. If you look at the wall it looked like about $10/hr. I'm sure the monthly rates are cheaper overall also. It's being used in a apt. building here in NYC, according to their website. Investors were able to take a 100 car garage and transform it into a 67 car garage with retail space on the ground level and residential properties on the upstairs, while only giving up 33 spaces. Pretty revolutionary if you ask me. Seems like their target market is high end condos in cities with limited space.. I could see this thing easily becoming popular.
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