OT. Gerald J Ford SB
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:38 pmHis home’s luxuries include a deck, pool, servant’s quarters, a basement, cabana and a porte cochere, which is similar to a garage with no walls.
The guy who wrote this needs to get out more often. 
Porte-cochères should not be confused with carports in which vehicles are parked; at a porte-cochère the vehicle merely passes through, stopping only for a passenger to alight.