This Lady Knits

Every car I’ve ever owned I’ve backed up into something within the first year of owning it.  This time I figured I’m covered, I won’t back into anything, I’ve got a back up camera in addition to my normal checks when I’m backing up.  But no, my car curse struck again. 

 So I’m in the garage this morning, the garage door stopped, so it’s open right, ok, back up camera says there’s no one behind me.  Mind you my SUV is quite large, and there is a support beam in the middle of my garage, so it’s a tight fit, so I mostly use my side view mirrors to get out of the garage without hitting the garage or the support beam.  Wel ok, so the garage door opener stopped, so the doors open right?  Of course it must be open, it’s always opened all the way up before, why should I think anything different now.  So I start to back out of the garage, and guess what, the door was open, just not quite all the way.  This SUV being quite a bit taller than my last car, I hear a thunk, fully thinking i’ve hit somethe side of the vehicle, I get out to see what I’ve hit.  Silly me, i look up and there the garage door and my rear window have now met each other. 

In my last car it wouldn’t have mattered if it was fully opened or not, so I have no idea if it’s been not opening all the way or not up until now.  Guess who’s going to be checking the garage door from now on. 

 No damage to either car or garage, not a scratch or dent anywhere, it was just the window that met the garage door, and it’s fine.  So I get to work and tell DH what happened….his response… “Again?” Now I know we’ve been together now for just over 9 years, but apparently he’s picked up on this car curse thing.  The thing is once I’ve backed into something it never happens again, so maybe I’m covered this time….knock on wood.

 Just so you know, I’ve only done any major damage once, the first time I backed up into a garage door and I’ve only hurt property, never any living beings.