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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RTPEV" data-source="post: 5054871" data-attributes="member: 44538">I know that when I back in to my garage (to charge) I partly turn into my driveway (forward) until the door starts to open, and then I crank my wheel to the left to line up so I can back into the driveway.  The reason I do this, as you've anticipated, is because the GPS receiver appears to be in the front of the vehicle so if I don't trigger the door to open while facing the garage and instead let it trigger while I'm backing up to the garage, it won't trigger before my rear bumper is already at the door.Now I have my open/close distance set fairly low for a few reasons (I live on a corner so I like the door to open/close while it's well within view before I round the corner).  But in your case, with such a longer driveway, you probably don't have this problem, so yeah, you could probably get away with just increasing the distance (or setting it up further away from your garage door).  It should be very consistent in your case if you ALWAYS back in.  You'll definitely want to set it higher than 40 feet, but probably won't need to set it much higher.  (I don't know what the maximum distance you can set it is).</blockquote>