A variation on this is the large hangar at the Verdant Meadows airstrip, in which larger vehicles including planes can be stored. In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, a maximum of four vehicles will be saved in any of the garages though fewer or more may actually fit inside, depending on the size of the garage as well as the vehicle. Parking a vehicle in a garage usually protects it (with exceptions noted below). The primary purpose of the garage is to allow the player to preserve vehicles that have been obtained normally, vehicles left outside are subject to disappearing after the player saves a game and restarts it later. Garages may vary both in number of spaces and height clearance (for tall vehicles such as a Barracks OL or Hotdog).

The first type is garage for storing vehicles, almost exclusively attached to a safehouse, or located near one.