Garage storage vs cars...

My previous garage was bigger and there was enough room for 2 cars, yak on wall. It was also deep enough for supplies in front of my car. I a smaller garage now and have the portabote/yak/freezer on my side of the garage and park my beater outside. It wasn't worth trying to cram everything inside and I have extra room for projects or to prep/dry things between trips.

If it's a new car, it might be worth looking into ceiling hoists, etc?

Garages are the best place for cars. What you need is a shop.

I put two Kayaks, two car, fishing and other stuffs inside two cars garage with no problem.

Cali cars dont need garage 

San diego sun does some brutal stuff to cars and it gets roasting in them.

But thanks for the input all.... probably gonna go the 1 car route

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Then definitely put the yak inside 

I guess I'm very fortunate to have a three car garage.  My wife's  car gets one door, my Subaru gets a door, and the third door is the kayak trailer and yak gear.  The Man Van is on the driveway.  It's too tall to fit in the garage.  I tend to keep my cars a long time and garage storage makes a big difference in the condition of the exterior.  My wifes' 03 Landcruiser has 125,000 miles and still looks very good. 

living in Fresno with temp in the 115+ in the summer...car definitely in the garage. I'm fortunately lucky to have a 3 car garage with a pass through on the 3rd car so I can drive into the backyard (whenever I get a boat). 3 car plus motorcycle and kayak live comfortably in there. I did install a kayak hoist but since I use the kayak more and more, I just put it on a kayak stand in front of the cars so I don't have to raise and lower it each time. Its there so when I get another kayak I can store it on there perhaps.

Kayak hoist? Those exist? I always thought they were home-made. I don't have the engineering or creative skills to come up with some custom one, but I have a drill and ladder and can read instructions on a commercially made one. This is the answer to my 1 car garage problem.

Crazyfisher - that's a dream garage and one of the most ingenious garage setup I've seen. You would usually have to be a corner lot to be able to park anything in the backyard. Envious because you would be able to back a boat into the backyard easily.

Oooo, kayak hoist! Where can we get those?

Crazyfisher...... can you even squeeze a fart between you and the neighbors house? Remember a clean garage is a sign of un untwisted mind, I thought you kayak fished? Nice sets of wheels btw!

Oooo, kayak hoist! Where can we get those?

Kayak hoist? Those exist? I always thought they were home-made. I don't have the engineering or creative skills to come up with some custom one, but I have a drill and ladder and can read instructions on a commercially made one. This is the answer to my 1 car garage problem.

this is the one I got

https://www.amazon.com/Sportz-Kayak-Hoist-Quality-Capacity/dp/B001EUL2DO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494027712&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=kayak+hoist&psc=1

Crazyfisher - that's a dream garage and one of the most ingenious garage setup I've seen. You would usually have to be a corner lot to be able to park anything in the backyard. Envious because you would be able to back a boat into the backyard easily.

I do have a corner lot but the pass through is an option when I built the house. Only a few model have this option but its a great feature to have when I do get a boat or need additional parking (building a car port in the back to house a boat or car)