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Okay...

Small civic car...obviously low to ground (relatively low, anyways). I'm pulling into a parking spot and BAM...I guess I didn't realize how far I had pulled in...

Pretty upsetting since I'm so caring about my car and I take such good care of it... Could this have caused any damage? Anything I should check or be worried about?

Someone told me the bottom is covered with plastic near the front to prevent damage on small cars like that. They also told me that small cars like this are designed to prevent damage when things like that happen...

lease: Stupid me.

Comments/thoughts/ideas appreciated.

 
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if u werent going very fast, you probably jus scratched up ur bumper

 
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ummmm, crawl under there and see. you probably just scrated up some plastic

 
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Shouldn't be anything to worry about, did it the pulling into Fazoli's right after I bought my car. It Sucked, thought I had broke something. You shouldn't have anything to worry about. Mine is fine it just scratched the underpinning.

 
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Probably scratched up the subframe? most likely the lower bumper thoough

 
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What exactly is a subframe?

 
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Yeah...that's what I felt like...although mine is not brand new (I bought it recently).

I definately was upset

I don't think that I broke anything...just wanted to make sure. The bottom (not the bummer, but the stuff under that) is scratched up... Lots of plastic as far as I can see. I know I didn't go in terribly far, b/c I slammed on the brakes relatively quickly. Either which way, just wanted to make sure I didn't possibly cause some serious problems in the future

 
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if you look under right after the bumper theres metal there...i think your able too hook something to the metal if you need to be towed...but thats part of the subframe...Ive looked at mine and its all scratched up

 
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I did that once. The only damage was a scraped apart plastic clip that hold the rubber lip skirt on. Cost $2.50 to replace.

 
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Yea ive done this plenty of times since the driveways around school are REALLY steep. Its hard to even roll in without bottoming out. It basically jsut scratches the hell out of the plastic areas under the bumper/engine. Not too bad except one of the clips was so scratched away that I couldnt get it out the other day when I replaced my grill so I had to cut it off. At least it wasn't high enough that it hit your bumper itself as opposed to going under the car. I hit a snow bank this winter and the ice did a number on the paint of the lower part of the bumper.