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How do I get out of the auto-mechanic's garage?
1 of 17: Try the door.
2 of 17: Then back away from it very quickly!
3 of 17: It is destroyed by some grenades shortly after you open it.
4 of 17: You could quickly crouch-jump over the explosive box and run for it as soon as you open the door, but then you'd have to take two marines on face-to-face out in the open. That's probably not the best way to do things.
5 of 17: The grenades rock the entire building and part of the wall will break apart.
6 of 17: This large hole offers plenty of space to jump through, but it is too high to reach with a standard jump.
7 of 17: You need to get higher to make the jump.
8 of 17: If you could get on top of one of the automobile lifts, you could jump from it and out of the garage.
9 of 17: One of the lifts does not have a car on it and is close enough to the hole in the wall to allow you to make the jump. It needs to be lowered first, though.
10 of 17: You need to locate the controls for the lifts.
11 of 17: The controls for the empty lift are hanging on a wire from the ceiling, just in front of the lift.
12 of 17: Press the button to lower the lift, then press it again to raise the lift.
13 of 17: The lift tends to pause before it either raises or lowers, allowing you enough time to act.
14 of 17: Therefore, press the button for the lift to go up and quickly run over to the lift and hop on.
15 of 17: Jump through the hole in the wall once everything is clear.
16 of 17: Note that there are a couple of soldiers outside the garage, so you may want to fire some hornets through the wall hole before going up on the lift.
17 of 17: Once you're out there, use the big gun emplacement to destroy the door and the alien grunts just past it.
