quote:Originally posted by TomCat:
Do you jave to back it for ramp clearence or door/ceiling clearence?
Yes, I have to back in because of garage clearance over the front hood is lower vs the tall rear of the car (see my photo in the post above). I was just wondering if your mirrors helped backing in, but it looks like you pull in forward. The baby monitor video camera that I got works pretty good in keeping the car straight. I velcro the 2" camera under the car by the rear wheel when I am ready to park and I have the ramp marked with a strip of masking tape where the rear tire is to travel. Then I get in the car, watch the video while backing it in and make sure my rear tire is just on the tape all the way to the rear of the ramp. Another method that kind of works is holding a small mirror out at arms length out the window so you can watch the rear tire on the ramp as you back on the ramp. The side mirrors don't work well since you can't see the tire/ramp area. For those that don't know, it is real easy to get crooked on the ramp when backing in almost blind in our cars that you can't see well anyway out the rear. Start off just 1" at a crooked angle and you got big problems 1/2 way down the ramp before you even know it. Can't keep the door open either to look back, since the lift post is there. I usually do a good dose of valium before backing in, seems to help some.