Garage door hit my car

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

1) No, the card key has nothing to do with it.

Had I opened it one way or the other, the result would be almost the same. The difference is that the card key reader is next to my car, so instead of running inside to hit a button, I use the cardkey. It's placed awkwardly so if I don't get a perfect turn in to the driveway I have to get out of my car to use it. The sensor or whatever it is that senses the presence of my car is still required or else the door will close. Another difference is that yeah it takes a few seconds for me to run back into my car from the inside of the garage, but nothing too long. There's only like 30 spaces inside the garage. Yeah I gotta start my car also again because I had to use my key to get into the garage.

What basically happened was the sensor failed on this particular day to sense my car. It's worked every other time. If you car is on the driveway, the door remains open.

I'm guessing what happened was my car left the sensor one second before the 10 or 15 second limit they have for the door to remain open and so it figured no car is there after 10 seconds so it started closing? I don't know.

On this particular day IF I HAD MY CARD KEY, and I opened the garage door it would've closed on my car also if I timed everything the same way, and this is NOT how it's supposed to happen because the door is supposed to know that my damn car is there. So stop citing the card key as a reason. I add unecessary details to show the full scope of the situation just in case.

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
How is it their fault that the door hit your car? You tried to squeeze through while it was closing. If you are using something improperly, that's your fault, not theirs.

Would you try to make them pay for your hospital bill if you stuck your finger in an electrical outlet?

ZV

2) I did NOT squeeze through while it's closing. My car was already in the garage when it started closing. I was more out than in though so I started backing out. I was less than a foot away from the left side of the door, so it only has to move 1 foot to hit my car. Not much time to react huh?

Originally posted by: esun
A year and you couldn't replace your garage key? That's some serious laziness.

So I lost my first key in 2 months. Both times they gave me this piece of crap card that was broken into 5 pieces taped together. The second time it was HALF of a cardkey, but I guess the important half was still there and it was broken into many pieces, taped together. I had to pay $50 for a broken cardkey? Break rolled around right when I lost my key and I didn't really care. It's not that big of a hassle for me to go inside and push a button and come out anyways. I only have a semester left, and what's the point of losing yet another cardkey in this time period?

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
2) I did NOT squeeze through while it's closing. My car was already in the garage when it started closing. I was more out than in though so I started backing out. I was less than a foot away from the left side of the door, so it only has to move 1 foot to hit my car. Not much time to react huh?

It closes on a timer. It's effectively "closing" from the moment it's fully open. You're just doing the equivalent of trying to beat a train when crossing railroad tracks. Sorry, this one's your own fault. Not the apartment's.

ZV

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: DLeRium
2) I did NOT squeeze through while it's closing. My car was already in the garage when it started closing. I was more out than in though so I started backing out. I was less than a foot away from the left side of the door, so it only has to move 1 foot to hit my car. Not much time to react huh?

It closes on a timer. It's effectively "closing" from the moment it's fully open. You're just doing the equivalent of trying to beat a train when crossing railroad tracks. Sorry, this one's your own fault. Not the apartment's.

ZV

Can't argue with stupidity. It's pretty apparent whose fault it is, just leave him be to rant.

 

[Delta6Echo]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
So I lost my garage key like a year ago at my apartment, meaning I can't use the cardkey reader right on the driveway. I've been getting in by parking my car outside the garage door and then running inside, hitting the switch, running outside and driving in.

There are weight sensors inside and outside. Sometimes I park in the street and go in and hit the switch. Then I pull into the driveway. If I'm slow enough the door will start closing but the second I get on the driveway, the door pops back open because the weight sensor knows I'm there.

Well I parked on the driveway 3 days ago and I opened the door with the switch. It's a sliding door btw and as I'm driving in, the door slides shut on me. I freak out and I go oh crap. REVERSE! Too late. Bam. Hits the side of my car right behind the left blinker. What's worse is it doesn't pop back open. It stops. Then it tries to close again. I have no choice but to back the fvck out. This pulls on the metal gate and drags it back. Oh God I think to myself. I just repaired my bumper from a rear end collision, and my car was spanking clean on the outside since this also got rid of old scratches.

Now there's a fat dent on the side of my car.

Today and yesterday I did some parallel parking for the first time in a while (school just started, and I'm back at my apt again), and today as I came out I noticed my front license plate is bent. That means either I hit someone or someone hit me. I'm guessing it's the latter.

GRRRRRrrrrr

Anyways, I dialed my apartment manger's # in like no time when the garage door hit me, but no response. I've been too busy these few days to get a hold of her but I'll do that tomorrow. Will they be of any help or do I have to fix this dent all by myself?

Is a replacement remote/card key really that expensive? :roll:

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: Delta6Echo

Originally posted by: DLeRium
So I lost my garage key like a year ago at my apartment, meaning I can't use the cardkey reader right on the driveway. I've been getting in by parking my car outside the garage door and then running inside, hitting the switch, running outside and driving in.

There are weight sensors inside and outside. Sometimes I park in the street and go in and hit the switch. Then I pull into the driveway. If I'm slow enough the door will start closing but the second I get on the driveway, the door pops back open because the weight sensor knows I'm there.

Well I parked on the driveway 3 days ago and I opened the door with the switch. It's a sliding door btw and as I'm driving in, the door slides shut on me. I freak out and I go oh crap. REVERSE! Too late. Bam. Hits the side of my car right behind the left blinker. What's worse is it doesn't pop back open. It stops. Then it tries to close again. I have no choice but to back the fvck out. This pulls on the metal gate and drags it back. Oh God I think to myself. I just repaired my bumper from a rear end collision, and my car was spanking clean on the outside since this also got rid of old scratches.

Now there's a fat dent on the side of my car.

Today and yesterday I did some parallel parking for the first time in a while (school just started, and I'm back at my apt again), and today as I came out I noticed my front license plate is bent. That means either I hit someone or someone hit me. I'm guessing it's the latter.

GRRRRRrrrrr

Anyways, I dialed my apartment manger's # in like no time when the garage door hit me, but no response. I've been too busy these few days to get a hold of her but I'll do that tomorrow. Will they be of any help or do I have to fix this dent all by myself?

Is a replacement remote/card key really that expensive? :roll:

I bet it's cheaper than getting his car fixed !

 

[CycloWizard]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
1) No, the card key has nothing to do with it.

Had I opened it one way or the other, the result would be almost the same. The difference is that the card key reader is next to my car, so instead of running inside to hit a button, I use the cardkey. It's placed awkwardly so if I don't get a perfect turn in to the driveway I have to get out of my car to use it. The sensor or whatever it is that senses the presence of my car is still required or else the door will close. Another difference is that yeah it takes a few seconds for me to run back into my car from the inside of the garage, but nothing too long. There's only like 30 spaces inside the garage. Yeah I gotta start my car also again because I had to use my key to get into the garage.

What basically happened was the sensor failed on this particular day to sense my car. It's worked every other time. If you car is on the driveway, the door remains open.

I'm guessing what happened was my car left the sensor one second before the 10 or 15 second limit they have for the door to remain open and so it figured no car is there after 10 seconds so it started closing? I don't know.

On this particular day IF I HAD MY CARD KEY, and I opened the garage door it would've closed on my car also if I timed everything the same way, and this is NOT how it's supposed to happen because the door is supposed to know that my damn car is there. So stop citing the card key as a reason. I add unecessary details to show the full scope of the situation just in case.

So you can't see a difference between
1. swiping a card and driving into the garage, and
2. turning off your car, getting out, running inside, hitting a button, running back outside, restarting your car, and driving into the garage?

It's hard to have much sympathy for you. The damage you've done to your engine with these constant shenanigans is probably almost as bad as your new dent. The system is designed for you to use it in a certain way. You didn't use it that way, and now you suffer the consequences. If they gave you a shoddy card, you should have complained and gotten another one. The fact that you repeatedly make excuses for your behavior obviates the fact that you know you did something wrong.

 

[Tiamat]

The garage door called you out on your laziness to get the key replaced :/ The management will most likely not reimburse you for your mistake.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: CycloWizard

Originally posted by: DLeRium
1) No, the card key has nothing to do with it.

Had I opened it one way or the other, the result would be almost the same. The difference is that the card key reader is next to my car, so instead of running inside to hit a button, I use the cardkey. It's placed awkwardly so if I don't get a perfect turn in to the driveway I have to get out of my car to use it. The sensor or whatever it is that senses the presence of my car is still required or else the door will close. Another difference is that yeah it takes a few seconds for me to run back into my car from the inside of the garage, but nothing too long. There's only like 30 spaces inside the garage. Yeah I gotta start my car also again because I had to use my key to get into the garage.

What basically happened was the sensor failed on this particular day to sense my car. It's worked every other time. If you car is on the driveway, the door remains open.

I'm guessing what happened was my car left the sensor one second before the 10 or 15 second limit they have for the door to remain open and so it figured no car is there after 10 seconds so it started closing? I don't know.

On this particular day IF I HAD MY CARD KEY, and I opened the garage door it would've closed on my car also if I timed everything the same way, and this is NOT how it's supposed to happen because the door is supposed to know that my damn car is there. So stop citing the card key as a reason. I add unecessary details to show the full scope of the situation just in case.

So you can't see a difference between
1. swiping a card and driving into the garage, and
2. turning off your car, getting out, running inside, hitting a button, running back outside, restarting your car, and driving into the garage?

It's hard to have much sympathy for you. The damage you've done to your engine with these constant shenanigans is probably almost as bad as your new dent. The system is designed for you to use it in a certain way. You didn't use it that way, and now you suffer the consequences. If they gave you a shoddy card, you should have complained and gotten another one. The fact that you repeatedly make excuses for your behavior obviates the fact that you know you did something wrong.

Uh, the door takes time to open you do realize that? In the time that it takes to open I'm already in my car. I said it's a small garage. The switch is right next to the damn door inside. It's like 10 steps at most. Usually I'm waiting for the door to fully open before I pull in.

It would've happened with the cardkey or NOT.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: DLeRium
2) I did NOT squeeze through while it's closing. My car was already in the garage when it started closing. I was more out than in though so I started backing out. I was less than a foot away from the left side of the door, so it only has to move 1 foot to hit my car. Not much time to react huh?

It closes on a timer. It's effectively "closing" from the moment it's fully open. You're just doing the equivalent of trying to beat a train when crossing railroad tracks. Sorry, this one's your own fault. Not the apartment's.

ZV

Uh it closes if there's nothing THERE after a while. If you park your car on the sensor the door will remain open. So it thought my car wasn't there and it closed...

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: DLeRium
2) I did NOT squeeze through while it's closing. My car was already in the garage when it started closing. I was more out than in though so I started backing out. I was less than a foot away from the left side of the door, so it only has to move 1 foot to hit my car. Not much time to react huh?

It closes on a timer. It's effectively "closing" from the moment it's fully open. You're just doing the equivalent of trying to beat a train when crossing railroad tracks. Sorry, this one's your own fault. Not the apartment's.

ZV

Uh it closes if there's nothing THERE after a while. If you park your car on the sensor the door will remain open. So it thought my car wasn't there and it closed...

Has it occured to you that you're going in the wrong direction for the switch use? This switch is to EXIT the garage right? Not ENTER it.

You used the door in an incorrect manner. Next you'll be blaming the severe tire damage spikes on the spikes themselves.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: DLeRium
2) I did NOT squeeze through while it's closing. My car was already in the garage when it started closing. I was more out than in though so I started backing out. I was less than a foot away from the left side of the door, so it only has to move 1 foot to hit my car. Not much time to react huh?

It closes on a timer. It's effectively "closing" from the moment it's fully open. You're just doing the equivalent of trying to beat a train when crossing railroad tracks. Sorry, this one's your own fault. Not the apartment's.

ZV

Uh it closes if there's nothing THERE after a while. If you park your car on the sensor the door will remain open. So it thought my car wasn't there and it closed...

Has it occured to you that you're going in the wrong direction for the switch use? This switch is to EXIT the garage right? Not ENTER it.

You used the door in an incorrect manner. Next you'll be blaming the severe tire damage spikes on the spikes themselves.

Stop jumping to conclusions so quickly. The switch is NOT for you to exit the garage. They have sensors once again for you to exit. Ugh. Stop comparing apples and oranges.

The manager has already told us before that if ever we forget the card key, we use the damn button. I asked him this one day I left my card key in my other car. I should've just not even mentioned the switch button. You all just misinterpret it all and blame it all on me not having a card key. This is ridiculous.

 

[alkemyst]

You do realize we realize you did it wrong...those weight sensors had to be walked over to get to the 'button'.

You obviously knew you were in error about the lost cardkey or you'd have not bothered mentioning it.

 

[Firebot]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: DLeRium
2) I did NOT squeeze through while it's closing. My car was already in the garage when it started closing. I was more out than in though so I started backing out. I was less than a foot away from the left side of the door, so it only has to move 1 foot to hit my car. Not much time to react huh?

It closes on a timer. It's effectively "closing" from the moment it's fully open. You're just doing the equivalent of trying to beat a train when crossing railroad tracks. Sorry, this one's your own fault. Not the apartment's.

ZV

Uh it closes if there's nothing THERE after a while. If you park your car on the sensor the door will remain open. So it thought my car wasn't there and it closed...

Has it occured to you that you're going in the wrong direction for the switch use? This switch is to EXIT the garage right? Not ENTER it.

You used the door in an incorrect manner. Next you'll be blaming the severe tire damage spikes on the spikes themselves.

Stop jumping to conclusions so quickly. The switch is NOT for you to exit the garage. They have sensors once again for you to exit. Ugh. Stop comparing apples and oranges.

The manager has already told us before that if ever we forget the card key, we use the damn button. I asked him this one day I left my card key in my other car. I should've just not even mentioned the switch button. You all just misinterpret it all and blame it all on me not having a card key. This is ridiculous.

There's a huge difference between forgetting the card key where you can bypass the card issue once, and losing a key for a year and relying on a 'racing the train' technique to use the garage door every single time. Each post you makes makes this even funnier and absurd.

If you think you are right, why not take the manager to court and have Judge Judy judge the case? I would LOVE to see her take on this case.

 

[alkemyst]

Folks, it's early in the running, this may be the first contender for PWND 2008.