OK, I concede that this one looks way cooler, but those of us who don't live in the Land O' Acres (i'm sure it's near Land O' Lakes) are familiar with this concept. I once visited a friend in SF who let my friends and me borrow his extra spot in a non-robotic, but lift-style indoor garage...only to be called an hour later because the Rav4 we had parked in it needed to be removed before it hit the ceiling when the guy in the lowest-tier spot wanted to get out. Yet another reason not to own an SUV.  

posted by ms cegenation at 12:50PM CST on May 16

i saw something similar (well, on a much much smaller scale) in either london or NYC. some really crowded place where the costs of a crane were offset by the exorbitant parking fees. 

posted by reid at 12:52PM CST on May 16

There was an email going around that indicated that this was just how the Germans parked all their cars but of course that's inaccurate. The ad copy makes it sound like picking up a car from the Volkswagon plant is more like a trip to Disneyland than a business transaction. 

posted by natedogg at 02:00PM CST on May 16

You saw it in "either london or NYC?" What? Like you weren't sure whether you were in London or NYC? What were the people's accents like? Maybe I can help. 

posted by matthewlane at 05:21PM CST on May 16

I'll offer a second distinguishing characteristic: were the surrounding streets laid out in grid format and easy for even the directionally challenged, or did they meander in arcs and loops, with eight of the same name (road, court, lane, square, way, street, park, circle)?  

posted by ms cegenation at 04:37PM CST on May 17