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- From: marks@ssdevo.enet.dec.com (Randy Marks)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: HOW TO AVOID HITTING THE WALL IN GARAGE
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.173629.26369@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 17:33:06 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.020843.4524@attila.weitek.COM> <19NOV199212543467@lmsbv2.tamu.edu> <Nov.19.15.07.28.1992.8054@pilot.njin.net> <1992Nov19.210855.18497@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- In article <1992Nov19.210855.18497@engage.pko.dec.com>, sontakke@helix.enet.dec.com (Vikas Sontakke) writes...
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- >Just pick up few feet of a scrap 2X4, and lay it in front of the front wheel.
- >Also mark its position on the sidewall, in case the 2X4 moves. If it is long
- >enough and if you approach your car slowly, it won't move at all.
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- You can make this even more robust by cutting 2 more pieces of 2x4 and
- attaching them perpendicular to the piece you mention above.
- The 2 additional pieces are cut such that they position the 'stopper'
- 2x4 a precise distance from the garage wall.
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