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Old 08-23-2022, 05:07 AM
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I didn't like having to lower my window and reach out with my card or push the Red button when it was raining. Also didn't like opening my window in the dark. So I contacted Joe Striano at 845-542-7365.
He came to the house and placed sensors on my driver's side mirror. Now I pull up to the gate box - wait a second - and voila, the gate opens. He's reliable and reasonable and likeable. Nice to sit in your care and say, "Open Sesame" and have it work.
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Old 08-23-2022, 08:06 AM
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I didn't like having to lower my window and reach out with my card or push the Red button when it was raining. Also didn't like opening my window in the dark. So I contacted Joe Striano at 845-542-7365.
He came to the house and placed sensors on my driver's side mirror. Now I pull up to the gate box - wait a second - and voila, the gate opens. He's reliable and reasonable and likeable. Nice to sit in your care and say, "Open Sesame" and have it work.

What is the charge for this service ?
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Old 08-23-2022, 08:36 AM
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Old 08-23-2022, 09:24 AM
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Old 08-23-2022, 09:37 AM
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I didn't like having to lower my window and reach out with my card or push the Red button when it was raining. Also didn't like opening my window in the dark. So I contacted Joe Striano at 845-542-7365.
He came to the house and placed sensors on my driver's side mirror. Now I pull up to the gate box - wait a second - and voila, the gate opens. He's reliable and reasonable and likeable. Nice to sit in your care and say, "Open Sesame" and have it work.
Then why did you move to a community that required that you do so?
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Old 08-23-2022, 10:01 AM
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I didn't like having to lower my window and reach out with my card or push the Red button when it was raining. Also didn't like opening my window in the dark.
I don't like having to open my glovebox and get out the garage door opener so I sit in my driveway, sound the horn and wait for my wife to open it from inside.
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Old 08-23-2022, 10:26 AM
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I don't like having to open my glovebox and get out the garage door opener so I sit in my driveway, sound the horn and wait for my wife to open it from inside.
What we did was duct tape our opener to our front bumper and just keep running into the closed door til the button gets pushed and magically the garage door goes up...... don't have to say "Open Sesame" or anything.
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Old 08-23-2022, 11:26 AM
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I have my gate opener inside my mirror, but recently I noticed a few gate card readers have been raised and now some of them require me to use the gate card anyway. Seems odd that they actually raised the gate sensors, but I am sure they had a reason.
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My SUV has a groove at the top of the door. My gate card fits in the groove, and doesn't interfere with the opening and closing of the driver side window. It opens all gates, except the ones in the older Villages, where the sensor is about 8 inches higher. No need to open the window. I covered it with back cardboard, so it is virtually invisible from outside the vehicle.
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Old 08-23-2022, 11:46 AM
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We don't open our window for the sensor....just hold it and the gates will open. The concept of having one put on vehicles is o.k. until one sells the car and needs another one for the new car. As for the garage door opener...ours has a clip that we put on the sun-visor and never have to search for it in a glove box. BOTH of these is easy-peasy solutions.
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Old 08-23-2022, 02:51 PM
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I don't like having to open my glovebox and get out the garage door opener so I sit in my driveway, sound the horn and wait for my wife to open it from inside.
FUNNY. I will bet you will get hostile posts. In case not, there is talk they should be allowed to vote.
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Old 08-23-2022, 03:05 PM
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We don't open our window for the sensor....just hold it and the gates will open. The concept of having one put on vehicles is o.k. until one sells the car and needs another one for the new car. As for the garage door opener...ours has a clip that we put on the sun-visor and never have to search for it in a glove box. BOTH of these is easy-peasy solutions.
I've heard most of these things. Working through a closed window, mine does not.
Reason-beats me. Type of glass in the car? Burning out the window motor. I think the way it is made you stall out the motor when you close it. Let go of the switch as soon as possible when the window is closed.

There is a law you can't use your cell phone while driving. Hum they try to legislate COMMON SENSE. Play with the GPS, the radio, the cd player, the ac that is all ok IF YOU CAN FIND THE CONTROL without peeking at the road and other cars..
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Old 08-23-2022, 03:20 PM
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You’re supposed to stop at those arms? I just keep driving, they come right off.
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