How We Grew LA's Best Collector Car Storage Facility to a Second Location! - TheSmokingTire

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In 2020, we opened Westside Collector Car Storage Playa Vista after a 4 year construction process. Within 6 months we had sold out and had dozens of happy long and short term clients. We needed more space, and there were other things we wanted that our single facility could not provide, such as room for larger SUV's and Sprinter Vans, and a large parking lot for events. So we found a second property in the South Bay in order to expand! Well after 2 years of construction it's finally here - Westside Collector Car Storage South Bay is open! Matt takes you through all the details of the new facility, discusses the challenges faced in construction, and shares plans for the future of the business.
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How We Grew LA's Best Collector Car Storage Facility to a Second Location! - TheSmokingTire
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[@arthurXIII]

“I own the building next door” - Matt Farah Congratulations mate! Absolutely deserved 🎉🎉🥳🥳

[@jonotwist]

lmao its the best type of flex

[@jonotwist]

@@RogerM88 yeah the held ideal eschewing safety is clearly opposed to praise for someone using their means to seize their dreams. Especially when those dreams eventually gave way to the safety standards.

[@chriswashburn9430]

@@RogerM88I think you should look up socialism. What you’re describing is charity.

[@kc550]

Yeah that was baller

[@chriswashburn9430]

@@RogerM88 you should concentrate on making your own success and stop worrying about Matt. Just because he came from a well off family doesn’t mean he didn’t work hard to get where he is. Create your own luck. Pursue your own dreams. That’s what this county is about.

[@davidsteinhour5562]

Congratulations on gaining some independence from KZbin. I really love to see you and Zack in your videos here, but you guys have gotten the shaft from the algorithm for so long that I can't blame you for diversifying. I definitely hope you'll continue your podcasting, and my dream would be to see more All Cars Go to Heaven feature films.

[@ClinicalDecisionYikesYT]

They fucked up with middle of podcast ads. Only themselves to blame.

[@AndrewDRoyappa]

@@ClinicalDecisionYikesYT the skip button is very easy

[@mitch9894]

@@ClinicalDecisionYikesYTYeah, but that’s what Patreon is for.

[@matthewdurkee5673]

​@@ClinicalDecisionYikesYTthat's what KZbin premium is for

[@Mr.Meme01]

Independence from his daddies money really lmao

[@Labergemusic]

Wow this is an incredible contribution to the car culture and an impressive business. You're gonna crush it.

[@tr4ck_day]

I dont live in LA and will probably never need your services, but as a long time viewer, I am really stoked to see all this progress and happy to see all your hard work paying off. Cheers, brother! I will definitely try to make a C&C down there at some point.

[@OverlandBritishColumbia]

congratulations🎉 you earned it Matt.

[@joshuapoole7793]

You sure?

[@Heyitsallgoodman]

Sure did. Congrats Matt

[@paulpierce21]

CEO dad family helps.

[@joshuapoole7793]

@@paulpierce21 sure didn’t hurt. Lol

[@MyBridgestone24]

Former Electroplating Facility. Nearly fell off my chair. I’m sure you did but as a former environmental consultant, I hope you did your EDD and have a well written indemnity package for that space. Congrats. I truly hope all works out and you don’t find yourself at the mercy of the Cal env board.

[@MyMostBeautifuCinema]

Not to bring more eyes to this subject but can you further explain? I Googled but couldn’t find anything that made sense.

[@SledgeOfHouseHammer]

@@MyMostBeautifuCinema Electroplating usually deals in chemicals that are toxic/cancerous to humans. If there was some sort of slow leak into the soil over the life of the factory, Matt would be responsible for remediation and cleanup and that can be outrageously expensive.

[@TheSmokingTire]

yes of course! I didn't mention it in the video but there is significant environmental remediation required, subsurface injections etc. Fortunately, our ventilation system that is designed to remove car exhaust fumes doubles as a ventilation system for potential vapors that intrude into the building!

[@Guuggel]

Wouldn't those be more of the previous tenants responsibilities anyway or did they go insolvent or something? O why is it your burden to clean up after previous tenant@@TheSmokingTire

[@vnitto]

@@Guuggelhis property his problem, they had to disclose it at the sale.

[@ScramJamJohnson]

I use to do Public Works inspections and I appreciated last time when you went into excruciating detail about driveway slope angles

[@nevinlyne]

Can't wait to see the new location! Wife and I are super happy customers at the original Playa Vista location, and for convenience we will be sticking to Playa Vista, but can't wait to be in town for events at the new location! Keep up the great work Matt and Team! 🔥🎉

[@TheSmokingTire]

Thanks, Nevin!

[@Sigrafix]

Daaaamn Farah... You've come a long way since the Garage 419 days Lol.. Congrats on all the success dude, it's really cool to see your growth over all these years.

[@toasty5790]

Nice Sneakers. As someone who does site planning on Long Island it's interesting to get a glimpse of how stuff is done in LA/Cali. A lot of advanced systems and unique design techniques you would only see in a LEED certified building over here.

[@popanimation1]

It’s crazy to see you go from a blurb on Attack Of The Show about your Camaro prototype review of the bumble bee car for transformers back in 2007 to this. Congratulations on all the success.

[@TheSmokingTire]

hah I forgot all about that!

[@jonf6191]

I love the mix of business and cars on these videos. Very cool to see the details and extra knowledge. Do more of these! Yearly updates maybe?

[@BrandonLeTran]

Loved watching the playa vista construction updates, excited to see wccs grow and perhaps one day I'll join the club!

[@StewDogR]

Congratulations, Matt. Been watching/listening/reading your content for over 10 years and it makes me happy to see you winning, even though KZbin isnt quite working out for you all as much anymore. Hope I can make it back to LA one day and check out your facilities.

[@SoupyTurtle]

Congratulations Matt! Wishing you, Zac, and the team the best!

[@carsinthewild7883]

So awesome! Congrats on all your success Matt! The car storage king of the West Coast! Love what you are doing with the spaces. So great that you have all that public space for car meets and events also now! Wish I was in LA for the weather, and to be able to attend some of these first hand.

[@bigprocrastinator]

Been with you since early days of smoking tire. So cool to see you (literally)), in this case) building several rewarding professions from all the experience you gained from those early days! Congrats. And big time shout to Zach. Appreciating your chill car knowledgeability all around.

[@hitardo]

Congratulations! I am really happy to see you hassle and strive. Especially because you are a car enthusiast, but also because you have worked hard. Cheers from Portugal.

[@jconnway]

What a facility! Clearly a ton of thought and effort went into it. Best of luck and congrats on the continued success!

[@carlosl5766]

Love the shop tours!

[@evanhlavaty]

Love this update, I know you had so many issues building the last facility so I'm glad to see you have the 1 up on this build.

[@marcosairtravel]

Congratulations on the opening!! I love these kind of videos and I look forward to more content on the other building!

[@jasonrogers204]

Love watching your company (and you) grow. Location looks phenomenal - you have alot to be proud of.

[@Hammy16]

Congratulations Matt on your growing business! I love the attention to detail.

[@ericmah8137]

Congratulations Matt! I love your vision for this space!

[@firstflatsix1118]

Great vid matt. Your attention to detail is top notch. Best of luck with the new location.

[@IGDesigns]

So cool to see this. Thank you for years of content and congrats.

[@victorydiaz11]

Very well done. Glad to see your fruits of many many years of work flourish. Hope to see more of these pop up potentially in the Southwest.

[@sarahdell4042]

Congrats! Truly happy for the success you’ve had. Been watching on and off for years, it’s nice to see when hard work pays off.

[@MegaRetr]

Congrats! Truly happy for the success you’ve had.

[@2kanchoo]

Cool, grats on the success. The extra land and spaces is really going to let you expand all your capabilities. Nice to see all the extra things you're now able to offer.

[@DEEuroworks]

Very cool, congratulations Matt!

[@runechristiansen7372]

So awesome to see people with success, congrats Matt 👌thanks for the videos 👏

[@rjnation5042]

Congratulations big fella, you've done well, can't wait to see the podcasts & your business grow, Rj in Oz

[@christopherlaw9184]

All looks great. More good things to come Matt 🎉

[@joeljean-claude7582]

This is awesome man. Congratulations !!!! Place looks great. Lots of potential

[@wcmontana]

This is amazing! HUGE Congrats Matt!

[@VS666]

Hell yeah baby making big moves day after day! Couldn't be more happier for you, well deserved. Really excited to see all the events you can host

[@trinisuprazee]

major leveling up !! congrats matt!!

[@gpaje]

Great new facility and NSX, congrats Matt!

[@maxellenbogen228]

Looks awesome, Matt! Congrats!

[@ScramJamJohnson]

3:19 the stuff injected in the concrete is a type of epoxy

[@UnknownProductions0]

love what you are doing for this market.

[@jarod0406]

Good for you guys Matt. Congrats.

[@austinraymiller]

Nice spot Matt! Congrats and can’t wait to check it out in the future at one of the events or live podcast!

[@nickpappas4133]

Congratulations, looks great, nice to have extra area for different activities.

[@rajivepathirage]

Congratulations Matt! Awesome stuff!!

[@Abeylius]

Congratulations Matt. Very inspiring.

[@brandenconnolly9929]

Thanks for the walk through! Looks awesome.

[@buickgnx007]

This is so awesome! Congrats on the success!!!

[@PMD220S]

Congrats on all of the success, Matt! Been following since your garage 419 days.

[@wtfchazpwnt]

Such an amazing journey. Very cool to see such a good idea brought to life successfully.

[@dylanjoyal9257]

This is awesome. Been watching you guys from florida for many years. TST has come a long way.

[@ZoneKei]

Nice work Matt, the new facilities are looking rad.

[@beachmaster5000]

Nice work Matt. These places look amazing, do you guys do tours for out of town bozo's like myself? Wish you all the success.

[@FVPS904]

I’m sure the business insurance states that only paying tenants and employees can have access to the building

[@beachmaster5000]

@@FVPS904 Ahh good point. I shouldve watched the video first, hes holding events there. Thats cool enough.

[@gky3019]

He did hold tours at the Playa vista site, you just needed to book through them and not show up last minute.

[@TheSmokingTire]

yes we do! Email [e-mail] or fill out the "contact us" form on our website to make an appointment for a tour!

[@beachmaster5000]

@@TheSmokingTire Hell yeah. Will do!

[@spooksmagee]

This is so cool. Happy to see you continue to expand your business.

[@dougshaw2944]

Looks very professional ....and rad! Congrats

[@michaelgaffney7532]

Matt, great job on the new facilities. I don’t live close enough to be a customer, but wish I did! I hope to see you and your place when I pick up watch #59 in early December. Keep the great content flowing👍

[@twenty514]

Nice to see this come to completion and the future plans! As a longtime fan (since Garage419 days haha 😳) it's been great to follow your journey!

[@bjshaffer1983]

Looks really great but I think the floors would look better with an epoxy flake covered with a polyaspartic topcoat. Hides all cracks (after they are filled) and won’t UV fade or peel up with hot tires.

[@TheSmokingTire]

Epoxy wouldn't work for this application, we had an expert come in who gave us a long list of reasons to not do it.

[@cencio_1976]

Flaked epoxy hides dirt hence making it more difficult to clean, also good luck finding a fallen screw on a flaked surface

[@bjshaffer1983]

@@TheSmokingTire Understood there are reasons not to do it. It’s clear you guys did your homework for these buildings. Congrats on the new facilities.

[@Veritas925]

Congrats Matt!

[@stevenwilliams1805]

Very nice. This has got me thinking about storage facilities around where I live.

[@oznemur]

Well done dude! Congrats!

[@cantcatchm3m5]

Can you do a review on the center seat 911?! Congrats on the new space.

[@nwelsh84]

Congratulations! Great to see your business expanding.

[@TranceF0rmation]

Had a great time at the brekkies event for the opening! Congrats on the great spot

[@FalconXE302]

I've been watching your channel for gods knows how long... since the beginning just about... and man are you one successful smart man... Wish I had half your get up and go attitude.

[@solocamo3654]

Ammo products are always my go to, glad to see you guys support Larry. His products are top notch.

[@justinl109]

So proud of you! Giddy up!

[@abel5925]

These are my favorite videos of yours. I missed the construction ones

[@andrewhurstcars]

Congrats Matt! 👏🏻

[@toddbernstein9855]

Awesome Matt planning on parking one of my babies there!

[@the_canyon_carver]

Man you’ve been busy. Congrats this is impressive

[@Czechbound]

Well done. It was only a matter of time. Watch for the Monaco branch .. coming soon ! 🙂

[@superspeeders]

Awesome, congrats!

[@petersautovlog]

Awesome facilities Matt, Congratulations! Makes me want to get a car in Cali and store there for when I go to vacation/car events. Cant wait to visit one of these facilites in the future, I know you will set out soon! Cheers from sunny Orlando! :)

[@blueman5924]

Wow ! What an achievement ! 👏 When you reroof the next building, maybe you can do a roof top patio and a couple residences up top, for onsite staff/security too.

[@dougsmith4678]

Congratulations Matt! Awesome space

[@MrHelipilot]

Great choice on CTEK chargers!

[@snowlover71]

can' t wait for the next vids!

[@BarbWaltersMusic]

The outdoor stuff is so kickass, very cool

[@flyingscalpel7]

Good stuff. I concur with other commenters that your channel has been duffed for far too long. Good to see this work, keep it up, please know your content is massively appreciated!!!

[@iancamarillo]

Really cool. And appreciate the breakdown.

[@Cleverdad_itchy_back]

Absolutely amazing what you have done. I love the exit / sustainability plan to supplement your love and our entertainment. And if no one else is going to say it I will "BUILD THAT WALL, BUILD THAT WALL". LOL 😅😅😅

[@TheImacrox]

This facility is beautiful! Well done!

[@mogulmayhem]

When I'm in a nursing home someday I'm going to watch an endless loop of car videos and Top Gear (with the original trio)

[@GARAGESZERO]

congrats man!

[@stuartcudlip223]

Well done Matt, evolution of lessons learnt.👍🏻

[@Highlander1432]

Let's go Matt Nice work man!

[@onlinesearch4134]

Congrats Matt.

[@nathanbickel8050]

Thank you for the code I used it and am getting my CTEK charger here in couple days.

[@mrjonnyjones]

It's awesome to see someone winning. This is an astonishing building and what a business you've grown Matt! Huge congratulations, a fantastic venue for everything!🔥

[@Roblas69]

How AWSOME man. Glad you are diversifying you option other than just KZbin.

[@davidmoore349]

This is gonna be so rad for car people. Thanks!

[@SturdivantRacing126]

Awesome to see you growing a second location!

[@lukewaring2832]

You amd the business looking healthy.. Thanks for sharing.. 😎

[@sjuhawks1973]

This is awesome, congratulations, I'm jealous

[@realtorkeithstone3164]

Very nice facility! I’m glad you’re building out an empire.

[@Firemann487]

Lol. Spotted the G-Wagon that had the headlights stolen!!!

[@SpookyConcepts]

This is an amazing facility and you can tell attention was paid to the small details. “I own the building next door” total G move Matt