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Why don't Americans ever paint or finish their garages? They always just leave it bare gyprock.
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Why don't Americans ever paint or finish their garages? They always just leave it bare gyprock.
Mine is painted.

And many Americans style up their garages. Some look like an extension of the interior, and dare I say better styled than my home. Auto motifs abound in higher end homes with tread plate fixtures, textured floors, artwork on the walls.
 

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Why don't Americans ever paint or finish their garages? They always just leave it bare gyprock.
Mine is painted.

And many Americans style up their garages. Some look like an extension of the interior, and dare I say better styled than my home. Auto motifs abound in higher end homes with tread plate fixtures, textured floors, artwork on the walls.
My walls are taped, textured, insulated, and painted, as is the ceiling. My floors are sealed with an epoxy finish, I have a couple pictures on the walls, I'm installing a new TV and surround sound system. All for my wood shop. I also have air filters and fans to keep it nice inside.
 

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Why don't Americans ever paint or finish their garages? They always just leave it bare gyprock.
Mine is so full of tools, etc., you would never see paint if it were painted. Anyway, there really aren't any 'walls' in my garage. Open joist.
 


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This isn't real, right? Isn't the bed supposedly over 6' long? If so, wouldn't the bike fit in completely?
I was thinking the same thing. There's either some very wonky perspective going on, or that's Shaq's bike.
 

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This isn't real, right? Isn't the bed supposedly over 6' long? If so, wouldn't the bike fit in completely?
I’m a mountain biker so I thought I might be able to help. I just went out to my unpainted, cluttered garage to measure my mountain bike which has a nearly identical wheelbase to the S-works in the photo. From front edge of front tire to rear edge of rear tire my bike is 80” long. From the head tube (where the bike is hanging on the tailgate - without a tailgate pad or blanket I might add, which is blasphemy to any self-respecting rider) to the rear edge of the rear tire is ~53”. So the bike is probably projecting about that far into the bed which could makes sense for the perspective view here I would think given the back wall angle as mentioned earlier on this thread.
 

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Probably another good indication of why, for hauling stuff, a van, with its tall, boxy shape, is superior to a pickup truck. Even a van based people carrier or a large SUV (with dropped seats) would allow you to carry the bike on the inside. I know, blasphemy for Americans ;)
 


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Why don't Americans ever paint or finish their garages? They always just leave it bare gyprock.
Same reason they ("we") buy the most expensive 3-story house they can get approved for and never add a deck. Or, buy a $150,000.00 wakeboard boat with $500/down and $399 a month for 420/months. Drives me nuts...but I digress. :p

Love the bed lighting!!
 

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This isn't real, right? Isn't the bed supposedly over 6' long? If so, wouldn't the bike fit in completely?

I was thinking the same thing. There's either some very wonky perspective going on, or that's Shaq's bike.

this photo is mostly just showing how the CT bed (that is visible) is only 5'6" to 5'3" long - like a SCREW F150

I’m a mountain biker so I thought I might be able to help.... From the head tube (where the bike is hanging on the tailgate ...) to the rear edge of the rear tire is ~53”.
@kev12345 is coming around to it 🤣


the largest of those bikes, an XL, has a wheelbase of 46.81”.

In this picture, while dramatized by the angle of the photo, what you’re seeing is this:

the bed is 6’.75” only at the bed floor

the bulkhead slopes back another ~6”

and on top of that, the race over the back window extends even further to the tailgate, another ~4”

so the usable portion of the bed for a bike (given where the wheel hits the bulkhead), is about 5.5’, while the “open air” length of the bed (from the eave lip to the tailgate) is nearer to 5’ than it is 6’

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The above profile diagram proportions aren’t correct (in particular, the bulkhead isn’t that tall) - but it gives a cartoon sketch of the way the bulkhead and race encroach on the usable bed space for something shaped like a bike

below, “X” is the “open air” length of the bed (nearer to ~5’.3”), where “Y” is the length of the bed at the ~max encroachment of the bulkhead (nearer to 5.5’)



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So, despite the 3-4” of bed floor that is 6’, a bike in the CT still looks a lot like a bike in a 5.5’ bed truck, like a Lightning:

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