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- From: donrm@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Don Montgomery)
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:07:27 GMT
- Subject: Re: HOW TO AVOID HITTING THE WALL IN GARAGE
- Message-ID: <3930145@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
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- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- References: <1992Nov19.020843.4524@attila.weitek.COM>
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- In rec.autos, ehsan@attila.weitek.COM (Ehsan Kalami) writes:
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- > hi, I am sure a lot of people have a similar problem. Where can one buy
- > blocks of cement/concrete so that we know how far to drive a car into
- > garage. similar to one found in parking lots?
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- Here's a simple idea I got from watching pilots taxi passenger planes up
- to the ramp:
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- Hang a tennis ball on the end of a string suspended from the garage ceiling.
- Adjust the position of the ball so it contacts the windshield at the point
- where you want to stop. Works like a charm.
-
- Don Montgomery
- donrm@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com
-