lattelady

I've had the car 3 weeks and already a boo-boo. Apparently, there is a black protecter on the bottom of the front of the car. Mine was hanging off the car today! That must be what happened when I heard a scraping sound as I parked the car the other day. I like to pull up as far as possible in a corner slot so there is less of a likelihood of getting dinged. But there is not much clearance under the front of the car, is there?! Anyone else had this problem?

znod

I sympathize with you. I have been dreading developing the problem--which I haven't yet. It must happen very frequently--just one little misjudgment will do it. And, the sides hang down lower than the front. I am surprised some enterprising sort has not come up with a protector protector. Is the protector hard to replace? I didn't even know that there is a protector. I though that we were completely naked (to the risk).

znod

I sympathize with you. I have been dreading developing the problem--which I haven't yet. It must happen very frequently--just one little misjudgment will do it. And, the sides hang down lower than the front. I am surprised some enterprising sort has not come up with a protector protector. Is the protector hard to replace? I didn't even know that there is a protector. I though that we were completely naked (to the risk).
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Hey gang. Is there a strip or not? Are we naked? I'll get under the car in the morning.

lattelady

Hey gang. Is there a strip or not? Are we naked? I'll get under the car in the moring.
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Anybody take a look?

znod

Hey gang. Is there a strip or not? Are we naked? I'll get under the car in the moring.
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Anybody take a look?
[/quote]There is a black strip. But, it can hardly be thought of as a protector. You'd have to be very lucky if it protected anything. It looks to me like the painted surface would be more likely to protect the plastic (or rubber) "protector."

jmdhuse

I did that early in my ownership (caught it on a parking berm and pulled it loose when I backed away) - it was easy to snap back on and I've had no more problems with it (now that I've actually learned where the front end of the car is...).

Cheers, Jon.

Merv the Derv

Both my last SE and current M model catch on speed bumps, kerbs etc. Its only the underneath though so no worries.

znod

I did that early in my ownership (caught it on a parking berm and pulled it loose when I backed away) - it was easy to snap back on and I've had no more problems with it (now that I've actually learned where the front end of the car is...).

Cheers, Jon.
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Yep, I now know too, but I feel confident I'll make a mistake someday. I am lucky (?) enough to park in disabled parking (motorcycle wreck in early 70's), and the-all-knowing ones install double curbs so that the precisious disabled signs don't get bumped. Sometimes the auxilliary curbs are extra high--not that the regular curbs also aren't extra high some of the time. So, to keep from hanging out of the disabled spaces into parking-lot traffic, I have to get as far forward as I can.