I must be missing the idea of what the garage is then...
Isn't it just a page with detail of your car on?
Same as a build page? Like the one in my signature?
Taking this one as an example http://www.mr2roc.org/phpBB3/garage.php
it combines a number of things in an easy to follow way and also introduces new elements at the same time.
Picking out sections that are of interest:
On the front page you have the summary of all the vehicles in the club, say it's for bragging rights or just to make people enthusiastic about filling in the information for the chance to get on the front page, its still a load of fun. ontop of that, newly joined members can see what a fully modified car looks like and how much it costs to get there in the real world.
-Top rated vehicle gives you an idea of what people on the whole like, not necessarily the most costly car.
-newest vehicles, like the newest member section on the front page but for the car rather than the member
-top dyno runs, this would bring order to the dyno runs thread that is buried away somewhere and fold it into the garage.
-most modified vehicle & most money spent, lets you see how those show cars and track cars compare to other members vehicles
-The insurance tab gives a fair statisistical view of what insurance really costs us. How tmany threads saying "how much did your insurance blah blah blah", now they can be pointed here for the information they need. So this folds in all those pesky insurance cost threads.
-Garage review tab, this nicely organises the garage thread into something readable with attached ratings, also this gets rid of the need for appreciation threads everywhere, if you recieved good service fill in the info.
I honestly think an add on to the forum that folds in; dyno threads, appreciation threads, garage review threads, insurance cost threads, build threads, new member vehicle threads & a whole bunch of fun info to chat about, is worth while I appreciate it takes time and I don't suggest it appears overnight Just that it would be good to have.