I humbly present this little tip to save you agony over consequences that will otherwise result if you find yourself in similar circumstances:My friends, if you approach an underground parking garage in a rental vehicle, particularly a rather large vehicle - like a late model pickup truck (which you've never driven into an underground parking garage before), you need to do some serious evaluation of your situation before proceeding. I say this because even if there is a "height clearance bar" indicating how tall your vehicle can be to safely enter the parking structure, and even if your vehicle actually clears said clearance bar with a couple inches to spare, this is not - I repeat not, an actual true measure of whether your vehicle will actually clear all remaining overhead obstacles in that garage. Like overhead plumbing, for example.
While we're on the subject, if you find yourself in such a scenario as described above, do not for a moment assume that the owner of the parking structure will admit liability for damages to your vehicle, incurred while the roof of your vehicle comes into intimate contact with the roof (and any maladjusted protruberances) of such a parking garage.
No, I am not describing myself in the preceding tale - but I was an innocent bystander - OK, passenger, in such an event.
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I was a witness to a yuppie oil guy in his "New Land Rover" in the underground parking at Bow Valley Square. It took out every window in it and wedged it in so they had to flatten the tires or tyres since it's English to get it hauled out. Believe it or not the guy didn't think it was his fault.
dvd at the edge of the black hole
I watched a similar thing happen in the covered parking structure at Pearson airport a few years ago. Unfortunately, I was trapped in the traffic beside the trapped van and sat on ramp for 25 minutes while they got the guy unstuck.
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