Garage into listening room?

OP

approximately where do you live?  Is the garage climate controlled?  How hot will the summers be and how cold the winters?  If you are going to have to open the garage doors to tolerate weather then it doesn’t matter what sound treatments you do.  And even if you drive prosaic cars, leaving them outside will cause them to age faster.  Squirrels and mice love to nest in engine blocks and chew on cables (I know several people that have to park outside that have encountered this).  And then there is the most dangerous mammal of all, the car jacking homo sapien.  Parking outside makes you a more vulnerable target.

  In short, a terrible idea, imo.

@ernstmach 

Is the garage attached to the home?  If not do you live in a warm climate?

I live in Chicago.  Even if I had a heated garage the thought of trooping out to an unattached garage with my galoshes and multiple layers of clothing in winter would definitely cut down my listening time.  My wife wouldn’t be to thrilled about bundling up if she needed to tell me something.  And no telling what friendly neighbors with firearms I might encounter as I trudge back into the home.

  Now are you getting insight into “why more people don’t do it”?

@ernstmach 

hey, I’m sorry if I was snarky in my comments.  The state of the world has me in the dumps right now, and re reading my response to you made me cringe just now.

I appreciate the civility of your response.

  I am from Michigan originally and we go there several times a year.  Perhaps on your next time in town we can meet at a record store or something and have coffee.  Send me a private message if you’re interested.  In the meantime, since we have the same weather, do you bundle up inthe winter to go to the listening room?  It sounds like the OP s having second thoughts!