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- From: hhtra@usho21.hou281.chevron.com (T.M.Haddock)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: HOW TO AVOID HITTING THE WALL IN GARAGE
- Keywords: garage
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.173858@usho21.hou281.chevron.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 23:38:58 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.020843.4524@attila.weitek.COM> <19NOV199212543467@lmsbv2.tamu.edu> <Nov.19.15.07.28.1992.8054@pilot.njin.net>
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- In article <Nov.19.15.07.28.1992.8054@pilot.njin.net>, birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:
- |> daniels@lmsbv2.tamu.edu (Lee M. Daniels) writes:
- |>
- |> >step 3: Hang the ball from the ceiling so that it just touches the center
- |> > of your windshield.
- |> >Now, when you enter the garage with the car, STOP when the ball touches the
- |> >windshield!
- |>
- |> My family has taken this one step further... We have a small object [the lid
- |> of a milk-jug, I believe] hanging in the garage so that it hits the radio
- |> antenna on the right side of the hood. Needless to say, this is a bit harder
- |> to line up, and anyone who successfully parks with the lid against the antenna
- |> is usually given an ovation.
- |>
- |> If we get a car with a trunk-mounted antenna, I guess we'll have to back in.
-
- Yeah, we tried that but the damn cats kept playing with it
- until they moved it or shredded it.
-
- I just velcro'ed a piece of 2x4 to the floor. Just go to a
- fabric store, buy 1" or 2" wide velcro lengths, super-glued
- one piece to the garage floor and the other to the 2x4.
- Now, if you need to move the 2x4, just "rip" it up.
-
- TRAVIS
-