THE SPACE-TIME CONUNDRUM

HOW MUCH DOES IT REALLY COST TO HAVE A MUSEUM-SIZE CAR COLLECTION?

- BY MATT FARAH PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAKE NAUGHTON

The second-floor mezzanine lounge offers a scenic view of the facility.

If you love cars, as I do, you've probably fantasized about having a big collection.

You've thought about what you'd put in it, perhaps a highlight reel of hits from your youth paired with the raciest, rarest metal too exclusive to even make it inside a showroom. Maybe you've considered what your garage would look like, what kind of art and memorabilia you'd have on the wall. Would it be a home away from home for hanging with your homies? Or all business, with a fancy glass office in the corner and a partial tax deduction?

Sure, it’s incredible to walk into a warehouse that’s effectively your own full-size Hot Wheels set, or fun even just to have a smattering of cars to choose from. But where does reality crash into this fantasy? What are the costs and logistics of owning your dream collection?

Like Meek Mill said, there’s levels to this shit. The vast majority of enthusiasts are entry-level collectors, either driving their interesting car daily or keeping a fun car or two in their home garage while their everyday Subaru lives outside. Even big collectors started here.

Behind treasures including several Luigi Colani creations and an Oldsmobile Aerotech go-kart lies a Scuderia Ferrari motor coach used by Michael Schumacher.