T-Man Posted 12May, 2013 Report Share Posted 12May, 2013 I thought I'd throw a spin on the incredibly successful "What did you do to your Porsche today?" thread.So what has inspired me to start this thread?Here goes.................Hadn't driven the Porka for over a couple of weeks as I had a few things to sort. Finally this morning, while waiting for the women in my family to prepare themselves for our Mother's day outing, I managed to finish off the last of the maintenance and looked forward to going out for a squirt in the afternoon.It was like being reunited with an old friend. Two weeks only, can't imagine going through any real long term issues!!!Great drive, a little drizzle and I back the car into the garage, smack bang in the centre to wipe down the rain. The wife wasn't home when I got back and I thought I should move the car back into its corner to make room for her return.Drive the car forward onto the driveway, put it in reverse and start to back in when I see her out the front beeping.It was that moment that my eyes were drawn rearwards and upwards to see the garage door closing in upon the rear of my pride and joy!!!!! I was in reverse and everything happened so quickly that I had no time to switch gears and move forward. Door comes down, senses it had hit an obstacle and eventually goes up again. Hastily back the car in, shaking my head and throwing out expletives at a rapid rate.Now of course she swears she didn't use the remote (but may have bumped it). Thankfully the door hit the spoiler and not the paint, so the marks just rubbed off. It was like a bloody insurance commercial!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveF Posted 12May, 2013 Report Share Posted 12May, 2013 Jeez Theo. I felt ill reading that one! Glad it worked out ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunky Posted 12May, 2013 Report Share Posted 12May, 2013 +1 that could have ended badly but glad your baby was unharmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvs11 Posted 12May, 2013 Report Share Posted 12May, 2013 +1 feeling ill reading this. Lucky escape! It may be time to fit an optical sensor to stop the door if there is anything/anyone in the garage door opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevepGT3 Posted 12May, 2013 Report Share Posted 12May, 2013 I thought I'd throw a spin on the incredibly successful "What did you do to your Porsche today?" thread. So what has inspired me to start this thread? Here goes................. Hadn't driven the Porka for over a couple of weeks as I had a few things to sort. Finally this morning, while waiting for the women in my family to prepare themselves for our Mother's day outing, I managed to finish off the last of the maintenance and looked forward to going out for a squirt in the afternoon. It was like being reunited with an old friend. Two weeks only, can't imagine going through any real long term issues!!! Great drive, a little drizzle and I back the car into the garage, smack bang in the centre to wipe down the rain. The wife wasn't home when I got back and I thought I should move the car back into its corner to make room for her return. Drive the car forward onto the driveway, put it in reverse and start to back in when I see her out the front beeping. It was that moment that my eyes were drawn rearwards and upwards to see the garage door closing in upon the rear of my pride and joy!!!!! I was in reverse and everything happened so quickly that I had no time to switch gears and move forward. Door comes down, senses it had hit an obstacle and eventually goes up again. Hastily back the car in, shaking my head and throwing out expletives at a rapid rate. Now of course she swears she didn't use the remote (but may have bumped it). Thankfully the door hit the spoiler and not the paint, so the marks just rubbed off. It was like a bloody insurance commercial!!!!!!!!! phew, that could have been bloody expensive, lawyers cost a lot more than panel beaters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withers Posted 12May, 2013 Report Share Posted 12May, 2013 Oh dear Theo! I'm glad there wasn't any real damage! I can relate with the exception that I never saw this - I got told after the fact that the garage door was accidentally shut on the boot of my SLK! Fortunately not a mark on it. But made my blood boil!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveT Posted 12May, 2013 Report Share Posted 12May, 2013 Now I know how "lucky" I am to not have an electric garage door! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9fan Posted 12May, 2013 Report Share Posted 12May, 2013 Now I know how "lucky" I am to not have an electric garage door! The wind can still move the manual swing ones. I also know from experience ! (but not the baby-preventative measures have been taken). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 12May, 2013 Report Share Posted 12May, 2013 I know that feeling. The day of the SMT and wheel bearing saga, I limped the car to my sisters place. After some reorganising of cars, parked the "wounded" in the garage. Being a single car garage and packed with all kinds of "it will come in handy one day", I wasn't game to drive all the way in, so stopped, got out to check for space and the garage door started to close. Not having anything to do with these new fandangle technamalogical thingamajigs "DONT PANIC" didn't apply. Tried to push the car, handbrake on, so made a grab for the door and noticed the buttons, went to push, right...which one?, but the door started going up. Phew !!!! Who pressed the close button? Nobody knows ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Man Posted 12May, 2013 Author Report Share Posted 12May, 2013 phew, that could have been bloody expensive, lawyers cost a lot more than panel beaters Yep, and I may have lost the 993 in the process!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted 12May, 2013 Report Share Posted 12May, 2013 You really know how to scare us Theo... Glad the white Porka is ok and up and running. I think it needs a good SMT to recover from its shock.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Posted 13May, 2013 Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 My old man walked past my car and gave it and me a look of "I hope you know what the firetruck you're doing as it looks like a lot of work you nut case" That's what most people do to my car(s) when they walk past them in the shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted 13May, 2013 Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 So lucky. I had to read most of it a few times to make sure i know what im reading before i went to the end. on a very similar note. Check your insurance policy... Because some don't cover family accidents such as if your wife hits your car.. ect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vas Posted 13May, 2013 Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 Lucky for you Theo. Glad everything is as it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunky Posted 13May, 2013 Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 Garage door remotes are mostly pretty low tech so can be effected by cordless phones, baby monitors, microwaves ovens, wifi networks, etc. Never good idea to leave a vehicle under one as it could be triggered by many things other than the remote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caver Posted 13May, 2013 Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 I was washing, drying and cleaning my car, detailing the window surrounds and rear view mirror brackets, vinyl clean etc, etc. whilst parked on the driveway out the front of my home. Then I took the car for a drive around the block to get the water off the brake disks before putting it back into the garage. In the 5 minutes that I was away, a large branch, say 4cm diameter and 3 metres long fell out of the tree and landed heavily exactly where the car was previously parked for the last 2 hours. Whew! Dodged a bullet there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withers Posted 13May, 2013 Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 Well for the RWC I need a new windscreen from non-euro indicating drivers hitting the wipers instead of the indicators!! Yesterday I saw this happen around 4 times when someone else was driving the car and on Sat when someone else test drove it! I think some bug debris from Fri combined with a very dry windscreen caused this. Not happy Jan... another bunch of dish I need to find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Man Posted 13May, 2013 Author Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 My mate occasionally polishes his screen to remove wiper marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted 13May, 2013 Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 My mate occasionally polishes his screen to remove wiper marks. I do this to! works great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withers Posted 13May, 2013 Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 Ooh how? PORSCHE Brighton want to fit a new one $700 aftermarket or $1200 genuine. The car is there now, they need to do it for RWC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveT Posted 13May, 2013 Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 I have windscreen cover included with my insurance. It would be a terrible shame if it ever accidentally got damaged.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvs11 Posted 13May, 2013 Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 Well for the RWC I need a new windscreen from non-euro indicating drivers hitting the wipers instead of the indicators!! Yesterday I saw this happen around 4 times when someone else was driving the car and on Sat when someone else test drove it! I think some bug debris from Fri combined with a very dry windscreen caused this. Not happy Jan... another bunch of dish I need to find! No matter what we teach our kids, some things are NOT meant to be shared. Rusty's yours!! You are allowed to be a bit selfish now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunky Posted 13May, 2013 Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 Now car is at PCB it is too late to polish windscreen as they won't let it go now with RWC unless unroadworthy screen is replaced. Be the same any where, as once some thing is deemed unroadworthy then it must be rectified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withers Posted 13May, 2013 Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 No matter what we teach our kids, some things are NOT meant to be shared. Rusty's yours!! You are allowed to be a bit selfish now and then. Well after this, nobody else drives her! With the exception of fellow Porsche purists! Bruce - yeh it's all too hard now. I think a windscreen is a bit like tyres, a consumable. I'll just let it go but know better for 'next time' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvs11 Posted 13May, 2013 Report Share Posted 13May, 2013 Check your insurance. You might be able to claim on that, umm , let's call it a "big rock" that hit it on the way to getting the RWC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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