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Motor City Dream Garages: Amazing Collections from America's Greatest Car City

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I found Motor City Dream Garages by Rex Roy to be highly enjoyable
> reading. Roy not only escorted the reader through some fantastic
> garages, he also gave us an inside look at the stories and passions of
> the garage owners. As a reader I finished one chapter but was
> compelled by the content and my curiosity to go to the next until I
> had completed the book in one sitting. The text was as well written as
> the pictures were stunning. For anyone who loves cars or just owns a
> coffee table, Motor City Dream Garages is a "must purchase". Doug Schmidt

Most great Broadway musicals were the creations of talented songwriter/lyricist teams, e.g., Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe. The notable exception was Cole Porter, who wrote words and music. Rex Roy, a photojournalist with solid credits (AOL Automotive, The Winding Road et al), is the Cole Porter of the Dream Garage genre. The lyrics are Mr. Roy's clever intertwining of garage-owner stories with his own auto-avid anecdotes; the show-stopping music is his engaging photography of the collector cars, tamed and untamed, corralled inside their dream stables. MOTOR CITY DREAM GARAGES has found a permanent spot on my living room coffee table, but it's seldom parked there long. Like a great car, it's difficult for visitors (and this reviewer) to refrain from "opening it up."

What an outstanding collection of great pictures and well written descriptions guaranteed to capture the heart of every car enthusiast. Motor City Dream Garages by Rex Roy is an example of great art and great journalism combined to share with friends and relatives. I look forward to seeing this book all around the "Motor City" and coffee tables everywhere.

If you love cars you will enjoy this book. Lots of photos, and interesting ideas for you when you win the Lottery!

It was a wonderful gift for my husband and he is totally enjoying it. He says it is one of the best garage books he's ever seen.

Top drawer. The very top. In this autophile's opinion, Motor City Dream Garages is the quintessential compilation of true garage stories... in its telling, its photos and the Dreamers tinkering therein. A requisite book for the aficionado's library; a nice gift for the person who just admires fine automobiles.

Quite obviously a blatant imitation of Phil Berg's ground-breaking "Ultimate Garages" books, both of which should be standard equipment in every car guy's workshop.

This is obviously an attempt to capitalize on the success of Phil Berg's Ultimate Garages (Motorbooks Classic), which is a must for any car guy's bookshelf. Motor City Dream Garages: Amazing Collections from America's Greatest Car City falls far short of the target.

For about the same money you can buy Berg's Ultimate Garages II, which is a far better book. UG-II is also better than the original Ulitmate Garages.

Motor City Dream Garages is a must read. It is a fascinating blend of great photography and text. I thoroughly enloyed the book and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys cars, good photography or just great writing.

I am a Motor City guy (now living in Wisconsin) and I really love Ultimate Garages by Phil Berg. I bought this book to fill my craving for more cool garage stories and photographs. Motor City Dream Garages didn't quite hit the spot. It is a decent book but the original garage book (Ultimate Garages) is still the best.