Member Since: 29 Sep 2009
Location: Wirral
Posts: 1034
Wife vs electric gates!
great start to Sunday morning, wife decides to take my car for a change.
comes back in a few minutes later in floods of tears.
reckons gates started to close and she couldn't get out the way
more like you backed into gates didn't you!!
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arch trim was hanging off
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thankfully the paint came off with plastic scourer pad and a good polish up means no sign of it happening
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lacquer must be pretty tough
Lesson 1 = hide keys
Lesson 2 = if gates do close on car DON'T move!XC90 T8 R Design Pro
MY14 D4 HSE Lux (sadly gone)
Mariana Black with Ivory interior and lots of toys!
8th Dec 2014 1:20 pm
Riccarton Disco
Member Since: 24 Jan 2013
Location: Scottish Borders
Posts: 565
I'm gobsmacked you got away with that
The first picture looks horrendous - Your wife is obviously an excellent driver who managed to prevent serious injury to your Disco
8th Dec 2014 1:23 pm
Paul White
Member Since: 27 Jan 2012
Location: Marshfield, Nr Bath
Posts: 279
Good lesson here....don't have electric gates
Paul2014 Face Lift D4 HSE Aintree Green
2012 D4 HSE Aintree Green Gone
2011 D4 XS Galway Green Gone
8th Dec 2014 2:02 pm
euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
Pretty lucky escape.....my wife has destroyed rear bumpers on 3 of my cars by reversing into gates.....all the cars had parking sensors "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
8th Dec 2014 2:14 pm
maplecottage
Member Since: 01 Feb 2011
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3171
Amazed you got away with that - good stuff
8th Dec 2014 2:15 pm
rockcrawler
Member Since: 31 Oct 2012
Location: Ferring
Posts: 2884
Very lucky not to have dented it or scratch the paintwork.
I secretly cringe whenever my wife says " Ok to take your's " D3 Metropolis Bonatti Grey-Alpaca Leather-adaptive headlights-fridge-EGR blanking kit-Harmen Karden-Cruise-4x4 info enabled-Tinted Windows-Heated F&R Seats-Rosen rear Entertainment-LED'S everywhere -Smoked Side Repeaters-Rear Aircon-Vredestein Wintrac 4 Extreme-Puddle and Footwell Lamps-Stainless Steel Side Protection Tubes- NEW ASHTRAY ( thanks to dsd1036 )
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BAS Remap
8th Dec 2014 2:24 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23639
Paul White wrote:
Good lesson here....don't have electric gates
Paul
Cheshire, hard to find a manual house gate there. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
8th Dec 2014 3:30 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72967
Time to get those essential discovery based purchases in while MrsC is in a "focused" mode.
8th Dec 2014 3:31 pm
THUB
Member Since: 10 Dec 2005
Location: West Berkshire.
Posts: 717
Have you considered sensors across the gap between the gate posts?
8th Dec 2014 3:31 pm
Bobs
Member Since: 29 Oct 2013
Location: Manchester
Posts: 2330
Good job on the tidy up though
SWMBO has a Mitsubishi Colt to wreck and goes nowhere near mine ...
The big crease in the tailgate of her 'car' (waiting for comments ) wasn't her fault apparently....
someone ran into her but just drove off D4 Front upgrade/cut back wings n things 'taking a long time but getting there'.
D4 rear upgrade - Narpys helped with that bit
Flack for problem solving and D4 Bluetooth Install/ D4 Heated Steering wheel with Flappy paddles n BBS enabling kit
Disco Mikeys work - Serviced, EGR blanking and 4x4 software upgrade, 3 flash indicators.
B.A.S - FBHIC. Uncle Rays spare wheel protector. Beanie Silver Black badges.
8th Dec 2014 3:48 pm
moorman
Member Since: 05 Jul 2009
Location: East Anglia
Posts: 276
She has her car and I have two - that's fair
Luckily she only likes small cars so I make sure mine are large
8th Dec 2014 3:57 pm
DaveC
Member Since: 29 Sep 2009
Location: Wirral
Posts: 1034
I did feel sick when I first saw it but definitely got lucky and it was just paint and no dents or scratches.
DSL, I'm lucky in that she's not too bothered what I waste my money on! To be fair though I do usually tell her they cost a 10th of what I actually pay!
THUB, got ones in line with posts but may now consider putting the extra rear ones in! If she had just have stopped and hit gate button again nothing would have happened. Gates aren't set to crush the car just close. Happened to me once when hooking up tin tent and all was fine.
Has made me decide to get a da polisher as first time I've noticed how much better it looks polished up.XC90 T8 R Design Pro
MY14 D4 HSE Lux (sadly gone)
Mariana Black with Ivory interior and lots of toys!
8th Dec 2014 4:12 pm
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posts: 17932
When I die I really hope my wife does not sell my tools for the price I told her they cost.Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
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