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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: HOW TO AVOID HITTING THE WALL IN GARAGE
- Message-ID: <exuptr.245.722554288@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 21:31:28 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.020843.4524@attila.weitek.COM> <By03xI.D0M@mail.boi.hp.com>
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- In article <By03xI.D0M@mail.boi.hp.com> wesf@boi.hp.com (Wes Fujii) writes:
- >From: wesf@boi.hp.com (Wes Fujii)
- >Subject: Re: HOW TO AVOID HITTING THE WALL IN GARAGE
- >Date: 20 Nov 92 06:12:53 GMT
-
- >Ehsan Kalami (ehsan@attila.weitek.COM) wrote:
- >:
- >: 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?
-
- >Pretty interesting at all the tennis ball entries. As for myself, our
- >garage was equipped with a concrete stop just like the one found in
- >parking lots and by code it was secured to the floor with bolts. I'm not
- >sure where the builder got it but many times I just come flying into the
- >garage, and abruptly park the car against the block. No gentle, time-
- >consuming parking maneuvers. Heck, I just ram the sucker, shut the
- >engine off, set the emergency brake and I'm outta there! I bet I can
- >park and get out of the rig in 1/5th the time it takes to position against
- >a "tennis ball".
-
- Somebody sneak into this guy's garage and move that thing back about 1 foot
- ;-)
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