User @portablecarhoist, an account that demonstrates the machines at work and sells them to willing buyers, showed a Toyota car strapped into the lift. The lift itself was attached to a Ford F-150 ...

That said, installing a car lift can be expensive, and it does require a decent amount of real estate. Don't worry, though — we'll break it all down for you.

Jeff Smith:Above-ground car hoists can be separated into three basic configurations of two-post, four-post, and scissor lifts.Let's start with the popular two-post style. This hoist places the car ...

It’s equipped with a lift that can grab each car off a platform and lower it down to a car bay, where the new owner can jump in and drive it home. Credit Sarah Kovash / 90.5 WESA 90.5 WESA ...

(5) A robotic lift takes the car down and slides it to the customer, with no human intervention. No, the cars don’t get stuck in the tower. No, you can’t shake it for a free one.