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- From: abbott@priory.enet.dec.com (Robert Abbott)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: HOW TO AVOID HITTING THE WALL IN GARAGE
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.192541.12315@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 22:24:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.092443.11468@scott.skidmore.edu>, jreiser@scott.skidmore.edu (Jason Reiser... Asleep) writes...
- >ehsan@attila.weitek.COM (Ehsan Kalami) writes:
- >>
- >> 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?
- >> thanks.
- >
- >I don't know where to get the real McCoy, but for something that's
- >probably a lot less expensive, consider a "Park Block". It's a
- >plastic/rubber block that you stick to the garage floor and it stops
- >the car as you roll in. Available from Mid America Designs (Corvette
- >place) for only $12.95 at 800-637-5533.
- >
- >Of course, you could always construct something.... perhaps some
- >wooden beams?
- >
-
- Geez. For zero dollars you can learn how long your car is and how
- to park it by eye. I suppose you play bumper cars when parallel
- parking?
-
- On a more constructive note;
-
- 1. Mark a line on the side of your garage opposite the
- driver's window. When your head is parallel the car
- is in far enough.
-
- 2. Hang a weighted string from the ceiling. When the weight
- touches the windshield, it's far enough.
-
- There are other variations of this idea, all costing less than $1.
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- Robert K. Abbott
- abbott@tps.enet.dec.com
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