From: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
> Back when I lived in Southern California, the garage doors were a solid
> panel.
Here in Minnesota, we call those "California doors".
> They worked well, but probably wouldn't work well in snow climates
That's why we don't call them "Minnesota doors".
> since
> the initial motion of the bottom of the door was outward - could hit the
> snow bank in the right conditions...
Virtually all the time there is snow.
There are a small number of them here. I like the overhead a lot better. I
like to be able to open the door and drive out through the snow.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.lotusowners.com
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