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08-14-2012, 08:48 PM
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Forgot to put the park brake on!
Guess i wasn't concentrating when I got out of my car cause I always put the brake on, I saw it start to roll back and couldn't stop it in time from bumping the garage door. Now there's 2 scratches where it hit the garage. it's not very noticeable but it's my first scratch so not too happy with myself.
Will touchup paint fix it good enough or will I have to pay someone to fix it? |
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08-14-2012, 08:49 PM
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Drives: COTW 8/29/11 2010 CAMARO Join Date: Jul 2009
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Could have been alot worse.....
 
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08-14-2012, 08:49 PM
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by Odeon
Drives: '12 SS/RS A6 IOM SOLD, '13 1LE IOM Join Date: Nov 2011
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Try some scratch remover first. You can't really see how deep the scratches are though.
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08-14-2012, 08:50 PM
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by Odeon
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It's in such an awkward area, that even if they're deep, some touch up paint would hide them nicely.
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"Some say it's a waste of time, others say it's an incredible waste of time." "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." 2013 IOM SS/RS - 1LE. Born 5/6/2013 (1 of 32 1SS IOM 1LE's) |
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08-14-2012, 08:51 PM
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Drives: 2017 Camaro 2SS 6MT Join Date: Aug 2006
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OMG!!! The irony......
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...=243649&page=4 See post #90...... And, uh, always park your manual in gear!
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08-14-2012, 08:54 PM
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Pull up Cougar!
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The first thing I thought of when I read you're linked thread is below \/\/ LOL Quote:
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08-14-2012, 08:58 PM
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by Odeon
Drives: '12 SS/RS A6 IOM SOLD, '13 1LE IOM Join Date: Nov 2011
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I think I have one more embarrassing. I invited my friend to a local Camaro meet one evening, and unfortunately he forgot to set the brake on his 944 Porsche and rolled into the front bumper of my friend's SS. Thankfully, those era Porsches had rubber style bumpers and so my friend's SS didn't have a single mark on it.
Needless to say, that was the last time I invited my friend to a meet lol.
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08-14-2012, 09:06 PM
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RE: the BMW video.....
I chased a truck down a sloped driveway one time, parking brake was out of adjustment. I left the driver's door open, I just whipped up there to leave something on the porch. I chased the truck down, the open door and me took out a bush going backwards. Finally got it stopped, got all scratched up by the bush. you gotta do what you gotta do.
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08-14-2012, 09:11 PM
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yeah i will be parking in gear from now on, not used to it so gotta get in the habit. Theres definitely paint missing from what i can see, i'll try touchup paint and see if it looks ok.
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08-14-2012, 09:13 PM
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Lesson I learned the hard way:
Always park your stickshift car in gear. Set garage door sensors to bumper height to prevent door closing on car. (it will not close until you pass the sensors) When closing garage door with opener, run around to rear of car to make sure door doesn't hit it anyway. If jacking the car up in the garage, make sure the bumper is at least 6" away from the door.
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08-14-2012, 09:20 PM
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Or be this guy:
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08-14-2012, 09:24 PM
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08-14-2012, 09:27 PM
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08-14-2012, 09:31 PM
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That is awesome how long it takes him to notice. He didn't quit pumping until the biker says something like "Are you missing something" Or at least I hope that's what he said.
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