So Angry I could Cry

Reddwarf

Reddwarf

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I washed the Jag today. Pulled it into the garage part way to dress the tires, clean the windows, spray with Quik Shine.

Then on to some yard work. I asked the Teenage boy to go to the front of he house and clean up the grass clippings from my edging. Instead, he went to the back drive way, swept up the drive way a little and walked back into the house and pressed the button to close the garage door. I head it closing and ran to the back screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Too late. The door came down and scraped off a a huge scratch on the back of my car.

I'll post a picture later. I can't bear to look at it right know. I thought I'd drink a Guiness and write this post since my wife doesn't understand my pain.

AARGGGGGGGGHHH! :mad:
 
OHH my! Is your son up for adoption yet?? Just kidding. We understand your pain!
 
Sorry to hear that Reddwarf. I know that must have made you sick.
 
Soooooo..... sorry!!! Try really hard not to let it kill the rest of your weekend!!!
 
I did that too on my NSX, but the garage hit the spoiler felt the resistance and went back up. No damage.
 
Thats just awful, I can understand your anger. I hate to get scrathes on my cars! Is it to bad to remove with some compounding?
 
i was out with my 1965 chevlle convt. today and had a lady back into it she tells my i did not see it and there is only small dent and i will not pay for damage
 
bill walsh said:
there is only small dent and i will not pay for damage
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WHAT????? HOW DID YOU CONTAIN YOURSELF!!:mad:
 
:( sorry about the mishap. I'd be in pain too. I made a nice scratch on the bumper of my car with the garage door, but it's not in perfect condition and I didn't dread over it, and it's old. I do take care of her still. Now, if the car was in perfect condition, that would be a different story...

bill - did you get her info? dent is a dent, she just wants to avoid paying for it. Hopefully you have her info and take some action.
 
I'm truly sorry this has happend to you..honestly I feel your pain Reddwarf...it's better the door came down on your car then his head..can you imagine what your ER deductable would be..crap happens
 
I know that pain all to well. In March my truck was broken into...door had to be repainted and blended.

Then 2 months ago I shut the garage door on my F250, took me 2 hours to buff out that mark. then 2 weeks later, I did it again. (I only have 2.5 inches of clearance to get in)

Just last week, we were pulling our brand new 5th wheel and I was backing into our camp site...on the blind side of the truck I heard cruch....backed into the site marker pole. A cool 1500.00 to fix that.

Argh

I have some pictures of my scratch removal. Hope yours is as easy as this was.

Here is the scratch, about 14 inches long in the middle
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Here is the after
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Here is what I used.
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Oh I am so sorry!! My husband did that to his own new van - left the liftgate up - and to my Supra, which was before the vette. UGH.....
Keep us posted....you have my sympathies!!
 
I feel your pain, I just got my back bumper tonight.......a few minutes ago to be exact! No damage though.......thought I pulled in far enough but guess I didn't! Reddwarf, turn the "downforce" down on your garage door opener so it's more sensitive and will go up easier when it "bumps" something.
 
Sorry to hear :( and bill walsh I would have gone ape S&*% on that lady.
 
dengood1 said:
turn the "downforce" down on your garage door opener so it's more sensitive and will go up easier when it "bumps" something.
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Aaaahhhh what? :confused: Can you elaborate, please. If there is something simple I can do to my opener, I would like to try. :D
 
There are two "adjustment screws" on the back of my opener in which one controls how much pressure is needed for the door to go back up once something gets in it's path and the other adjustment is for door travel(how far up or down it goes). Not sure all openers are the same, mine is a 13 year old Craftsman.
 
Oh man......oh Reddwarf I feel for you my friend. Knock on wood, I haven't done anything like that to any of my vehicles but I honestly don't know how I would react if something like that happened to any of my vehicles...bbbbrrrr..just the thought gives me chills.

Looking forward to the pictures, I'm interested to see what the damage was.
 
you guys dont have the little light beam sensors mounted on your garage? like the door wont move if something is obstructing the beam? if you do, im guessing it is lower then the car, you should move them up so the car disrupts the sensor when its in the way of the door. I know theyre for prtoecting children from getting in the way of the door when its closing, so dont move them too high... And yea the door force sensitivity should be adjusted if you got it

sorry to hear about your car... hopefully you can take care of the damage.
 
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