My bumper!

"JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!" (jqj213) 05/07/2014 at 20:19 • Filed to: civic, bad week, bad luck, bumper, scratches

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I was pulling out of the community center today (my sister had an art show there) and I never brought the Civic there before. It has a really steep driveway. As I was leaving, I went slowly down it and sure enough I scraped the crap out of it! I'm so upset.

The worst part, you can't see it unless you go under the car. No one knows it is there but me!

They are deep scratches. The noise it made dragging was so ugly. My face cringed and my sister mocked me. What I don't get is that my Civic is stock. How do people with even lower cars (Miatas, any sports car, anything lowered) manage? Also, why the hell is my Civic so low?

I wish Google Maps showed the topography better. Either way, I'm just upset now. This week just will not get better.

Am I crazy for being so bothered by this?

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 05/07/2014 at 20:23

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When I got my Elantra a month ago, It would scrape every time I backed out of my driveway, Eventually everything grinded itself out, and it no longer scrapes. Luckily on my car, and on yours it does not appear to be very visible to the average person.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO 05/07/2014 at 20:24

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Its not at all, which is why it is bothering me so much. You honestly will never know unless you are laying under my car.

But I know its there. I have to go down and look at it all the time now

Leadbull > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 05/07/2014 at 20:25

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My friend's Civic Hybrid came with plastic crap covering the undercarriage. It's pretty much gone now, haha.

If you load the car up with four people, it'll scrape on speedbumps.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Leadbull 05/07/2014 at 20:26

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I remember when I first went to get the car, I was amazed getting in and out of it ho low it was. And when it is loaded (which I do going to and from school most days) the speed bumps are so rough...

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 05/07/2014 at 20:27

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It looks like it could be fixed with some touchup paint. A bottle should be less than $10

Alex B > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 05/07/2014 at 20:30

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That stinks. : / It would annoy the heck out of me too, I guess after a while I might forget about it...

Leadbull > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 05/07/2014 at 20:30

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Also, it doesn't help that this guy routinely flogs it on gravel roads.

He takes great pride in the amount of plastic that's not there.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Leadbull 05/07/2014 at 20:31

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I really was amazed when I got under it (and I just have a normal LX) how much plastic there was covering everything! I don't remember them doing that on our other cars

Leadbull > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 05/07/2014 at 20:40

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I'm guessing they owed 3M a favor.

E92M3 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 05/07/2014 at 20:50

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Hey it could be much worse. I did that the other day on a curb when I was parking. Mine scraped right on the bottom edge so you could see it everytime you went to the car. I WISH it was all underneath. In 5 years that was my first blemish.

Moose Kitty > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 05/07/2014 at 21:18

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felt the same when i scraped the front splitter of a friends M5 track car. H said it was fine and showed me how many times he had scraped it too. Still though for like a month i could stop saying sorry. Eventually you should get over it.

and 100 more > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 05/07/2014 at 22:49

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Civics have always been low-slung. I rode in a buddy's '87 once; it's like your ass is levitating juuuuust above the asphalt...