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Old 05-04-2012, 11:52 AM
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If you only banged up the door and didn't break anything on the cart, then you're not in too bad of shape.

Don't feel bad: A few years back, I pulled a car (manual trans - not automatic) into our garage, shut it off, got distracted by something - then got out of the car and went out to our storage building to get the mower out to cut the grass. Noticed the garage door on the attached garage (100'+ away from the storage building) was still up so I hit the remote from the building to shut it, hopped on the mower......and noticed the garage door was still up. Hit the remote again and watched the door come down......on the car......then go back up again! WHOA!!!

Turns out I'd left the car in neutral without pulling the parking brake and it drifted backwards just a bit. The garage door was coming down, hitting the rear bumper, then reversing direction due to the resistance. Fortunate for me that it only scraped paint on the bumper and did no damage to the door. A little bit of paint touch up and some polishing took car of the bumper. Still have the car - and I think about my lapse every time I look at that bumper!!

We all have our moments........I tend to have an inordinate number of them. Hope you get everything fixed up o.k. with your door.

Bill....the Mental Midget