In the summer of 2008, I took a tour of Jay Leno’s Garage, and interviewed the man himself for over 3 hours about his collection, what he loves about cars, and life. You can find the entire set of interviews over at Fast Lane Daily, though you may have to search a bit, but what you won’t find is my own personal mega-gallery of shots taken inside the garage. I never intended on publishing these photos, but since Jalopnik ran quite a few photos of the inside of the garage yesterday, what’s the harm?

Unedited Leno Mega-Gallery Awesomeness after the jump.

Not only are the cars and bikes absolutely unbelievable, every single one is registered and insured, and in essentially perfect working order. There are steam engines, one of which was owned by Thomas Edison, and a giant steam generator outside to run them all. The large wall paintings, done by NBC’s set designers, correspond to the cars stored underneath them, and the wall space behind every car has memorabilia from each car. He has thousands of model cars, small engines, and a full restoration shop, where he could pretty much build anything from scratch. And he has some fireproof cloth, which he asked my friend to put on while he hit him with the blowtorch. Enjoy!

My short list of places to visit in Germany has now dropped by two, after last week’s Audi Museum Gallery. This week, we bring to you Zuffenhausen’s newest architectural masterpiece, the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. Not only is the building itself beyond gorgeous, the machinery inside really reminds you how Porsche has led the way in sports and racing cars over the last sixty years.

Going on a road trip across Europe in a great car, say a Porsche 997 Turbo, Audi R8, or BMW M3, would qualify in my very short list of “car guy shit” to do before I die. In fact, odds are I’ll get to do something like it before I even turn 30. Knowing myself, I’ll save it till the last minute, and end up driving a 1994 Peugeot with three plastic hubcaps and a 1-liter hamster wheel under the hood.

Like my car insurance, I just saved a whole bunch of money on that trip because The Smoking Tire viewer Edward0 Hofman took the trip for me, and sent back a ton of photos! We’ll break them up into German Car Museum Segments #1-4, one for each marque. Today, we bring you Ingolstadt’s finest work: The Audi Museum