Okay. This really is just a tale of my stupidity yesterday. So im in my garage and im backing out. My friend was in his F150 waiting on the street so we could leave. Being far more spaced out than usuall i pressed the button on the remote for the garage door opener to close the garage door when i wasnt even halfway out. From here on everything happened so fast but i will try and break it down for you. I have a two car garage and there isnt much room infront or behind when i park my car usually because there is alot of random junk in my garage. Now as i was watching this giant garage door with huge metal hinges sticking out closing down on my car a couple of thoughts ran through my mind. I was already in reverse and the garage door was quickly closing down for the kill... i began to frantically press the botton on my already broken and screwed up garage door opener and no it didnt work. i was thinking of just letting it stall in revers and just running out and stopping the garage door with my bare hands. I have done this before its not so hard lol. FOr some reason i didnt do this. At the very last moment i slammed my car into first gear and layed down some rubber (with only one wheel... no positrac)... i wasnt even haflway out of the garage but i shot back in and braked very hard. The garage door shut behind my car... this was the moment of truth. I could have my back bumped scratched up hugeeee by the hinges on my garage door... or i could have nailed something in the front... i put the car in neutral and pull the handbrake up. I opened the door and made my way to the back... NOTHING. Then i made my way to the front of the car again NOTHING. I had hit absolutely nothing... i consider that the luckiest moment of me and my cars life toegether lol. I had a couple centemeters in the back and a couple in the front. My garage is just a very tight fit... Now yes i am really bored so i decided to spice up the story a little bit for you guys. You probably didnt read most of it and thats okay with me. I now have a small tire mark from my back right wheel in the garage to remind me of this near catastrophic incident. When i opened the garage door my friend was just sitting there laughing at me. I also began to laugh at myself. Then we continued on with our day and all was fine and dandy. I hope you have enjoyed my story as much as i enjoyed writing it.

Have a nice night boys and girls and remember to close your garage door AFTER you have left the garage.

 

Haha, good job! And i did read the whole thing. But i think im going to take my own advice and park half inside the garage and half out, and shut the door right ontop of my car in the middle. Il let ya know how it goes!

 

haha thats an amazing idea! good luck man!

 

glad you made it through this ordeal unscathed....

 

Luckily my garage door has a sensor and it won't close when the sensor is obstructed

That's gotta have been the scariest moment of your life dude.

 

Doesn't the door have those sensors on the bottom that make it stop if something's in the way? I thought it was a law to have those, after some kid got killed under one.

I have a similar story.

My girlfriend was over and we were going out for ice cream. She looked really cute that day, and I was staring at her *** as she was walking in front of me. Then she goes to open the passenger door to get in as I was putting my shoes on, and I jumped off the stairs to open the door for her. A girl can never open her own door, right? We were just messing around, I'm not that whipped. So I got in the car and turned it on and put it in reverse.

Now go through all the steps I went through. Notice one is missing? I forgot to open the garage door. So I start backing out and the car won't go after about a foot. I hear a rubbing noise and I'm like "WTF?" I look back and notice my own stupidity. My girlfriend starts laughing at me as I freaked out. Luckily no damage. My bumper fit right between the two hinges.

 

haha i read the whole thing, that is awesome, things like that have happened to me and its such a sigh of relief after, good stuff

 

a good many years ago I drive in to the garage with my mountainbike on the roof rack , bent rim 40.00 dollars , feeling completly stupid priceless. about two years ago I watched the kid down the road drive his fathers brand new h-2 hummer into the garage that was a little too short, K-runch

 

LMaoo. You guys have some funny A$$ stories ... i guess im not the only one here whos had an accident or near accident with a garage door. Those things are nothin but trouble i tell ya...[sm=headbang.gif]

 

uuuuh. 1 problem bro. if your car is where his was...in the middle, the sensor probably wont catch the car because most of them are too low. maybe yours isnt because i have seen a few higher up but most are really low and it would continue to shut if your car was halfway out. just thought id throw that in