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Front Warning Radar for my 850? 850 1997

posted by  rtparr on  Sun Jan 13 09:43 CST 2002
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I have a 97 GLT wagon and installed the backup warning radar on it, which I find very helpful, though the warning range (5 feet) is a bit short. I am sick and tired of scraping my front airdam against those seven inch high concrete stops in the parking lots, and was considering buying another rear warning radar kit and intalling it on the front bumper, so I know when I'm getting close to one. Has anyone ever done it? Or are there other solutions? The rounded nose of most modern cars makes it difficult to know how close you are coming to some road or parking barrier until it is too late. Besides getting better glasses, what's out there? Dick








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    Front Warning Radar for my 850? 850 1997

    posted by  james_a_sousa on  Mon Jan 14 15:15 CST 2002
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    A visitor to New York asked a passerby "How do you get to Carnegnie(please excuse my spelling) Hall?" The New Yorkers answer? "Practice, practice, practice."

    If you can't back a wagon near an obstacle without hitting it you NEED practice.
    Look at the inside of the hatch and figure that the car is about one foot longer.

    Get or make a highway cone or something like a cone to put in your driveway and practice backing or pulling close to it every time you get home.

    Does the radar tell you how close to the obstacle you get? Does it have some feature to tell you that it is working? How did you find out that five feet is short? Does the radar pick up curbs in the rear?
    --
    2 8s & 2 7s 700,000 miles total







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