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It can be a bit trick to get your car parked perfectly in a tight garage. Too close to the front and there's no space to move. Too far back and the door won't close. Fortunately the Striker garage parking sensor has you covered with its easy install and easy functionality. Just look for the red light, as Dave Taylor of http://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ explains and demonstrates!
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hi Dave Taylor here welcome to my garage
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it's a little bit of a mess but there's
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definitely space for a car to pull in
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but here's the problem like probably
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most drivers I don't always know exactly
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how far to pull into my garage so I have
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to sometimes struggle and I'll pull in
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and it's like super too too close to the
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wall and then people can't get in front
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of the car or I'm too far back and it's
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like ooh I better move the car in just a
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little bit more before I close the
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garage L something horrible happen
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enter here's my prop enter the striker
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garage parking sensor let me move in a
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little closer you see what I got here
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all right this is actually this really
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cool little device and it's pretty
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simple it here I'll pull it out of the
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container um
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and it sits on the wall it has an
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ultrasound sensor and it basically gives
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you a red yellow green to show you how
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far into the garage you're parking how
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do you do that well you put it on the
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wall and then you pull your car into the
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exact perfect distance and that might be
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a little bit of back and forth and then
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you push the button that basically says
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set and it's pretty hard to miss the
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button it's that big red button on the
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bottom right once you've done that then
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every time you start to pull into the
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garage it will sense you coming in and
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it'll actually give you those different
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LED colors so you can see just when
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you're at the perfect distance so let's
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go ahead and I'll install it which is
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just going to be a simple matter of a
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couple of pieces of velcro tape and then
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I'll show you what happens when I pull
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my car in once I've set the distance so
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hold on I'll be right back
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so that's how the striker works pretty
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straightforward you pull your car in the
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first time push the red button to set
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your distance anywhere from 6 in to 6 ft
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from the sensor at the bottom of that
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wire
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and then every time you pull in as you
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saw in that video um all you have to do
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is pull in until it turns yellow and
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then maybe just another inch or two and
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once it turns red stop and you're good
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you're perfectly parked and here's the
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thing this thing's available pretty much
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everywhere you can find it at Lowe's
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probably Home Depot and it's $24.99 this
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is not rocket science there's no
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Bluetooth there's no app for your phone
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it's just a straightforward garage
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distance sensor and it's actually really
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useful particularly if you have friends
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or spouses that have a hard time
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figuring out exactly how far the car
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needs to be in the garage so you can
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learn more at striker
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one.com their website or you can just
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check it out at your local hardware
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store this is Dave Taylor and my car is
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successfully parked so I'm out of here
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