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Motor Mansions: The 7 Coolest Celebrity Garages
Anyone can buy a hot whip, but it takes real money to put it up in a garage fancier than most people's cribs. There are thousands of car collectors who've put as much time into their cars' home as into their actual cars, but we decided to focus on the ones you might actually know. Check out seven famous dudes that built themselves the ultimate automotive palaces...
Jerry Seinfeld
WHERE: NYC
HIGHLIGHTS: Five parking spaces, touchscreen wall controls, 844-square-foot living space with flat screen TVs, kitchen and bathroom
COMPLEX SAYS: Instead of paying a monthly parking fee for all his Porsches, Jerry decided in '04 to up and build his own. It may look unassuming from the street, but inside it's a motorhead's dream.
John Travolta
WHERE: Ocala, FL
HIGHLIGHTS: Parking for 15 cars, a jumbo jet, and a private jet
COMPLEX SAYS: Hov may claim to use his jets like automobiles, but John Travolta, who's licensed to fly jumbo jets (e.g., 747s), really does. To do so, he built a crib in Florida with airstrips and spots for his two planes. We call that "ballin'" 'round these parts.
Adam Carolla
WHERE: Hollywood Hills, CA
HIGHLIGHTS: Full car elevator, glass showroom, office, entertainment lounge
COMPLEX SAYS: Many know Adam Carolla for his real-talk comedy, but we also know him for his love of cars. Real cars, not glitzy supercars. (Dude built a Porsche 911 RS replica.) He already had a dope garage, but decided to build a new multi-room "Super Garage" complete with a car elevator that lifts his whips to a scenic, glass-walled showroom. The above photo doesn't even do it justice.
Ralph Lauren
WHERE: Long Island, NY
HIGHLIGHTS: Three color- and brand-coded garages, battery tenders, gas station
COMPLEX SAYS: When you run a company that brings in over $2 billion a year, you can afford to organize your 70 classic sports cars by brand and color. That's the good life, son.
Guy Fieri
WHERE: Northern California
HIGHLIGHTS: Rolling car, custom bars, diamond-plate wainscoting and chair rail, black-and-white murals, and classic auto parts, including classic car hoods on actuators
COMPLEX SAYS: We didn't want to include this dude on the list—he's like the white, TV version of DJ Khaled—but his garage was too dope. Modeled after old-school diners, he had the garage renovated on Bill Goldberg's new show, Garage Mahal. This is the last time you'll hear his name on this site. We promise.
Jay Leno
WHERE: Southern California
HIGHLIGHTS: 17,000 sq-ft, full machine shop, full mechanic tool set-up, full mechanical team, 200+ cars
COMPLEX SAYS: If we had four wishes, our fourth wish would be for Jay Leno to stop hosting late-night TV and create a car show. His knowledge is encyclopedic, which is not surprising considering he has a huge collection featuring extremely rare cars housed in what looks like a museum.
Jon Shirley
WHERE: Medina, WA
HIGHLIGHTS: 24 cars, bookkeepers office, mezzanine lounge
COMPLEX SAYS: He may not be a celebrity to you, but in the tech world everybody knows the former president of Microsoft. After netting millions as the head of the world's biggest tech company, he indulged in his love of cars (Ferraris to be exact) and built himself a museum-grade garage for his cars.