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Upon reading the manual to our new car, [livejournal.com profile] markgritter was startled to discover that it can be taught to open garage doors. ([livejournal.com profile] timprov and I were startled, too, but did not read the manual. Suffice it to say that this is not a feature we would have been willing to pay for separately, but it's kind of cool to have it around.)

[livejournal.com profile] markgritter: Okay, I've programmed it now so that 1 is the left door and 2 is the right door. We can make 3 your folks' if you want.
me: Awesome.
[livejournal.com profile] timprov: Can we make 3 something else?
me: Like MIA so we can program the car to run off with all their Chinese treasures?
[livejournal.com profile] markgritter: Well, it has to be 1-3 inches from the current garage door opener when it's activated.
[livejournal.com profile] timprov: I was thinking more like Narnia.
[livejournal.com profile] markgritter: If you can find a garage that already opens onto Narnia and get 1-3 inches from the opener when they use it, then yes, we can teach our car to open the door to Narnia.
[livejournal.com profile] timprov and me: Awesome.

Date: 2009-09-13 05:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] athenais.livejournal.com
Can I borrow that when you're done going in and out of Narnia? I've always wanted to get there and we didn't have a wardrobe.

Date: 2009-09-13 06:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
Sure. We have an armoire instead of a wardrobe, and the drawers on the bottom bit make it very awkward, so the door opener will be a big improvement.

Date: 2009-09-13 06:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pnkrokhockeymom.livejournal.com
I like that pic!

Date: 2009-09-13 06:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
Thanks! Alas for us, it was not taken in Narnia, but rather in [livejournal.com profile] timprov's aunt and uncle's garden.

Date: 2009-09-13 06:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pnkrokhockeymom.livejournal.com
That's just like Narnia. Really.

Date: 2009-09-13 06:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
Oh, so you've met Stan and Judy. I should have guessed.

Date: 2009-09-13 06:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dd-b.livejournal.com
Some of the higher models, and other cars I considered, had a feature like that. I was amused there was enough standardization for this to work. The one practical thing is it avoids the garage door opener battery ever being a problem -- if the car can drive, it has enough battery power to open the door.

Date: 2009-09-13 10:42 pm (UTC)
guppiecat: (Default)
From: [personal profile] guppiecat
The lower models just open doors to Shannara and Fillory.

Date: 2009-09-14 12:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
Uff da, and I thought we didn't get the S60 because [livejournal.com profile] timprov and Dad didn't really fit in the back.

Date: 2009-09-13 06:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] howl-at-the-sun.livejournal.com
I really like Mark's adherence to the technological possibility of the thing.

Date: 2009-09-13 10:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] orbitalmechanic.livejournal.com
That was my feeling as well.

Date: 2009-09-13 09:45 pm (UTC)
aedifica: Me with my hair as it is in 2020: long, with blue tips (Default)
From: [personal profile] aedifica
Hee!

Date: 2009-09-13 10:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tacithydra.livejournal.com
I love this.

Date: 2009-09-14 12:22 am (UTC)
pameladean: (Default)
From: [personal profile] pameladean
Best post title ever.

Also, I can absolutely hear Mark saying that. *snork*

P.

Date: 2009-09-14 02:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
He is verifiably not anybody else. Even if he was wearing a funny hat, you would know it was him. It's just as well he has never sought a career in Scooby Doo Villainy.

Date: 2009-09-14 01:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] columbina.livejournal.com
If you can find a garage that already opens onto Narnia and get 1-3 inches from the opener when they use it, then yes, we can teach our car to open the door to Narnia.

Please tell Mark that this statement has made my Monday a considerably happier and more charming place to be. (Or, if he happens to read this, he can tell himself.)

Date: 2009-09-21 05:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miz-hatbox.livejournal.com
I'm just getting to it now, and it has done very good things for my Sunday evening as well.

Date: 2009-09-15 01:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jbru.livejournal.com
You will, of cours, have to leave that button unassigned to take advantage should such an opportunity present itself.

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