# OG, I'm an IDIOT! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 23, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516 "2004-07-23T14:36:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@amie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/1 "2004-07-23T14:36:34Z")
I’m pitting myself for getting to close to close to the side of the garage this morning while backing out of it and subsequently ripping the passenger side mirror off! Explaining how I did it to my fiance was even more fun… Now I just hope I can find a body shop to fix it for less than $500 bucks!! :smack: :smack: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/2 "2004-07-23T15:17:24Z")
This way please: [Intelectuallly Inferior Dopers, UNITE!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266994) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/3 "2004-07-23T15:19:31Z")
$500 for just a side mirror? Do you drive a gold plated Porsche or something? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/4 "2004-07-23T15:22:47Z")
Heh, and the moderators all crowd round to point and laugh 😛 Welcome to the boards 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![amie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@amie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/5 "2004-07-23T15:23:56Z")
> [@Coldfire](#): > > $500 for just a side mirror? Do you drive a gold plated Porsche or something? 🙂 No, just an Acura, but Honda/Acura parts are insanely expensive. The power window motor that I needed several months ago would have cost me $350 plus labor except that the bodyshop that fixed it got a discount from the parts department at the dealership (It still cost me about $200). ---
**Author:** ![amie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@amie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/6 "2004-07-23T15:27:21Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > Heh, and the moderators all crowd round to point and laugh 😛 > > Welcome to the boards 🙂 I should have learned when I was in Basic training to stay under the radar of the people in charge. At least the Mods are laughing at me rather than yelling. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/7 "2004-07-23T16:14:39Z")
> [@amie](#): > > No, just an Acura, but Honda/Acura parts are insanely expensive. My driver banged the side-view mirror in the Honda, and we got it replaced for US$20. Electronic adjust and all. Should I send you a dozen from here ? That should keep you safe for a while 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/8 "2004-07-23T16:21:02Z")
Your _driver_, eh? That’s it. I demand a raise, Zotti. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/9 "2004-07-23T17:08:49Z")
> [@amie](#): > > I’m pitting myself for getting to close to close to the side of the garage this morning while backing out of it and subsequently ripping the passenger side mirror off! Hey, welcome to the SDMB, **amie**. Don’t listen to any of those guys, it was a simple miscalculation – a common mistake shared by thousands of perfectly intelligent drivers. Hold your head up high, aimee, and know that however bad it looks, despite how many people call you an uncoordinated idiot, besides the fact that you will never be able to show your face again in polite society, you are not alone. I did the exact same thing. ---
**Author:** ![amie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@amie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/10 "2004-07-23T17:20:14Z")
Thank you for the kind words, **koeeoaddi** 🙂 My coworkers have all done the same thing, but they still laughed at me, lol. ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/11 "2004-07-23T17:57:08Z")
Welcome to the boards, **amie**! I’m from Charlotte, myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/12 "2004-07-23T18:08:03Z")
Welcome **amie**. So far I haven’t managed to rip off a mirror yet but I have hit the door facing on my garage _twice_ while pulling into the garage. _Sigh_ And I was sober too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/13 "2004-07-23T18:19:03Z")
> [@Rysler](#): > > Welcome to the boards, **amie**! I’m from Charlotte, myself. 😃 I’m from Betsy, and she never lets me forget it. “Thirty-two hours I was in labor with you!” “I have a fear of open places,” I always say. “Besides, who doesn’t resist eviction?” ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/14 "2004-07-23T18:19:11Z")
Mr. Pundit keeps trying to convince me that I should fold in my mirrors each time I pull into the garage door because I keep hitting the sides. I used to falsely promise that I would fold them in but now I don’t even do that. CLEARLY the problem lies in the size of the garage, not my driving abilities. It’s nothing that a stick of dynamite couldn’t solve. ---
**Author:** ![amie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@amie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/15 "2004-07-23T18:29:00Z")
I hit the facing on the garage while backing out last week, now this… I wouldn’t have ripped the stupid thing off if Acura made mirrors that fold on my car (My fiance has an Integra, and his fold)! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/16 "2004-07-23T18:45:29Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Mr. Pundit keeps trying to convince me that I should fold in my mirrors each time I pull into the garage door because I keep hitting the sides. I used to falsely promise that I would fold them in but now I don’t even do that. CLEARLY the problem lies in the size of the garage, not my driving abilities. Park in the middle of the garage. That’ll show him! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/17 "2004-07-23T19:09:58Z")
How “off” is off? Is it a power mirror? If so, did you break the motor connection (a little cable running from the interior to the mirror)? If not, spending a few dollars on some epoxy might be all you really need… I did the same thing, but instead of a garage it was the rear corner of pickup truck who halfway changed lanes, and then stopped… ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/18 "2004-07-23T19:25:55Z")
> [@amie](#): > > I hit the facing on the garage while backing out last week, now this… I wouldn’t have ripped the stupid thing off if Acura made mirrors that fold on my car (My fiance has an Integra, and his fold)! My Mazda has folding mirrors. How do I know? Err…hmmm…I read the manual? …pay no attention to the chipped paint on the garage door… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/19 "2004-07-23T19:36:08Z")
I feel your pain, as I did the same thing some years ago with my van. My ex is a packrat and made me keep an appliance packing box, which I folded up and slid into a spot near the garage door. It stuck out about six inches into the opening. Next morning…WHACK! ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516/20 "2004-07-23T20:10:53Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Mr. Pundit keeps trying to convince me that I should fold in my mirrors each time I pull into the garage door because I keep hitting the sides. I used to falsely promise that I would fold them in but now I don’t even do that. CLEARLY the problem lies in the size of the garage, not my driving abilities. It’s nothing that a stick of dynamite couldn’t solve. You hae foldable side mirrors? Just what kind of a freak-ass car are you driving? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-im-an-idiot/256516.md?page=2)