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The State Farm Garage was a big hit at the <a href="http://www.laautoshow.com/" target="_blank">LA Auto Show</a>, and the garage will be making the rounds to other local auto shows in the coming months. Visitors who check out The State Farm Garage will have the chance to play a driving challenge game, compete in home run trivia and they also have this thing set up where you can see how your wing span measures up to LeBron James.

To go along with this auto show installation, State Farm is also running a pretty sweet contest: <a href="http://www.sfgaragemakeover.com/index.cfm?e=0&amp;action=main.welcome" target="_blank">The State Farm Garage Makeover Sweepstakes</a>.  For this contest, State Farm is teaming up with <a href="http://www.garagemahals.com/" target="_blank">GarageMahals</a> to give away a custom garage makeover valued at $35,000. You have to be 18 or older and live in the contiguous US (sorry Alaskans and Hawaiians). The grand prize winner gets a gift certificate redeemable for a 400 sq. ft. Prestige Class GarageMahal makeover in the winner's garage. <a href="http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/burst.png"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2948" title="burst" src="http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/burst.png" alt="" width="299" height="299" /></a>The Prestige class makeover includes the following:
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	<li>GarageMahals® creative and detailed design services</li>
	<li> GarageMahals® metallic floor coatings</li>
	<li> GarageMahals® rolling door storage</li>
	<li> Upgraded electrical system</li>
	<li> Moderate framing and drywall changes</li>
	<li> Complete paint scheme</li>
	<li> Architectural surfaces</li>
	<li> Custom trim</li>
	<li> Customized lighting</li>
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So basically, you can really transform your garage into a custom mancave-like area that you can brag about for years. You can enter the sweepstakes at your local auto show or just visit <a href="http://www.sfgaragemakeover.com/index.cfm?e=0&amp;action=main.welcome" target="_blank">the official sweepstakes site</a>. The sweepstakes ends on 5/9/11. Here’s a full list of the local auto shows where you can check out The State Farm Garage:
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	<li>11/19/10-11/28/10 Los Angeles Auto Show at the LA Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA</li>
	<li> 1/27/11-1/30/11 St Louis Auto Show at America's Center and Dome in St. Louis, MO</li>
	<li> 2/11/11-2/20/11 Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL</li>
	<li> 2/26/11-3/6/11 Cleveland Auto Show at the I-X Center in Cleveland, OH</li>
	<li> 3/12/11-3/20/11 St. Paul &amp; Minneapolis Auto Show at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, MN</li>
	<li> 4/7/11-4/10/11 Dallas Auto Show in Dallas, TX at the Dallas Convention Center</li>
	<li> 4/22/11-5/1/11 New York International Auto Show in New York, NY at the Jacob Javits Center</li>
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