If you're gonna put a yuge splitter on the car, Dodge

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 05/02/2019 at 12:35 • Filed to: None

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You could at least set the parking sensors up in a way that protects it. If an offroader can have sensors that detect approach obstacles, you can do the same.

450X_FTW > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 12:43

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That........makes great sense. Golf clap. 

HammerheadFistpunch > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 12:43

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off-roaders have obstacle avoidance sensors?

DipodomysDeserti > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 12:43

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My old 335d had parking sensors and they didn’t even account for the bottom of the stock bumper. If they did they’d go off for speed bumps.

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 12:43

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lmao where are your protectors now!?

Deltyn drives a meh car > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 12:45

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But it has the pre delivery lip guards on it. I don’t see a problem h ere . Isn’t that why they’re there?

bob and john > HammerheadFistpunch 05/02/2019 at 12:46

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yea, called skid plates

Spanfeller is a twat > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 12:46

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I have to worry about the stupid bumper on my car all the time because it’s only a cm higher than the under body clearance and it isn’t even a splitter ... it doesn’t slope up as much as regular cars.

Maxima Speed > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 12:52

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*Sees removable factory guards* TRIGGERED!!!!

Edit: When will Dodge  start charging for this “feature”?

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 12:56

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I hit those parking stops much more than I would like. And my car isn’t even that low. 

vondon302 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 12:58

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The new Ram trucks do have a camera on the front for parking.

Id take that over parking sensors anyday.

ihm96 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 12:59

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Eh, idk of any parking sensors that pick up objects that low. You should know if you have a splitter low enough and be careful when parking in spots with one of those things. My Z3 is too low and would scrape and my E34 isnt, I just park accordingly.

How would you park any supercar from before like 2010 if you need sensors to tell you that your bumper is low and may scrape on curbs

ihm96 > DipodomysDeserti 05/02/2019 at 12:59

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They aren’t aimed downward because why would they be

Chariotoflove > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 12:59

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These concrete stops are the bane of anyone with a modern car anymore. Sometimes my front sensors see them, but sometimes not. And if my front bumper misses it, there is a lower piece behind it that I can still scrape.

Oh, how I hate that sound!

Shift24 > Maxima Speed 05/02/2019 at 13:09

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When they put development behind it. These fade and crack easily as they were only meant as guards and removed at dealers. This was just an added cost that   FCA took to prevent a consumer complaint.

But if they start to put UV inhibitors to prevent fading/ cracking and then start color matching (doesnt have to be stock car colors, more so just making sure the color is consistent) they might start charging.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Chariotoflove 05/02/2019 at 13:10

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The front bumper on my 528i is split badly because it’s a 1/2cm lower than parking curbs. It catches w hen you back out and flexes and eventually a crack formed. I zip-tie stitched it and then those pulled out...

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Chariotoflove 05/02/2019 at 13:10

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The front bumper on my 528i is split badly because it’s a 1/2cm lower than parking curbs. It catches w hen you back out and flexes and eventually a crack formed. I zip-tie stitched it and then those pulled out...

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > ihm96 05/02/2019 at 13:12

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A) I’m never gonna park a supercar so get out of here with that irrelevant hypothetical used solely to put me down

2) this rental car is about 3 0 feet longer than the car I’ve been DDing fo r years so my frame of reference for where the front of the car should be is skewed.

Nibby > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 13:14

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wow what a shortsighted affair on such an off road worthy vehicle

fintail > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 13:15

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It’s a rental, so....? :)

But seriously, I sometimes have wound up with my rear end too far out to steer clear of these.  My current car has surround view, so I can select the front camera and park more accurately.  Another feature that seems silly but is useful.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > HammerheadFistpunch 05/02/2019 at 13:16

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I feel like  I saw a range rover or something demonstrating that. At the very least I've seen them with cameras that show the ground immediately in front of the car 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > DipodomysDeserti 05/02/2019 at 13:18

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If we can make a car that detects when it's being emissions tested, we can make one that can figure out if it's being parked and turn on an additional downward facing sensor. Or a camera.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 13:31

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Backing in to the parking space will fix this. I don’t pull into many spaces and when I do, I’m back a bit, but I try to back in when possible. Sadly the previous owner didn’t and beat the crap out of the front lower valance .  

diplodicus forgot his password > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 13:35

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Or just don’t pull so far in

BeaterGT > vondon302 05/02/2019 at 13:47

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Corvettes too, would hate to run one of those front splitters into something.

Censored > HammerheadFistpunch 05/02/2019 at 14:11

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Doesn’t the Raptor have something like this. I know they have a camera in the front looking down, but thought I remembered seeing that they were using some kind of sensors as well.

DipodomysDeserti > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 14:16

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I just knew not to pull into parking blocks.

I definitely wouldn’t want anything like that on an offroad vehicle.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc 05/02/2019 at 14:19

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Unfortunately not all lots are spacious enough  to attempt that.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 14:37

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Yeah, that’s a bummer for sure. A couple spots I have to park in are diagonal for pull in only, gotta be cautious.  Nowadays the high end cars have the cameras.  Makes it nicer.  But it’ll take a while for that tech to trickle down to the domestics.

Snowrydr01 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 14:58

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T o be fair it does still have the scuff protectors on it. The drivers subconscious is a genius .

ihm96 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 15:09

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Sorry if it came off wrong, wasn’t meant to be a put down. And it doesn’t necessarily need to be a supercar, even a lot of regular cars like a Mini Cooper or CLA are low and will bash off those things

Hamtractor > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 15:17

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Backing in requires less room than nosing in...

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Chariotoflove 05/02/2019 at 16:12

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Seems not making cars so god damn low these days would fix that...

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 16:14

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Wouldn’t NOT pulling over the block be a cheaper/easier fix?

Chariotoflove > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 05/02/2019 at 16:15

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I guess with the CUV craze,  statistically they aren’t.  But the remaining cars that aren’t CUVs seem to get lower fronts.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Chariotoflove 05/02/2019 at 16:16

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Yet another reason I like older cars:

That is stock ride height! Saves for driveways, winter, etc.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 05/02/2019 at 16:26

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Listen. YOU try parking the U.S.S. Nimitz and then get bac k to me.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/02/2019 at 16:46

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Bitch Please:

I used to daily this, everything feels tiny to me now!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 05/02/2019 at 19:10

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A least with a pickup you can see the rear corners an d you wont ge t hung up on a curb. Not so with the Chally.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2019 at 07:01

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I just didn’t park on the cu rb, so I never had to worry about getting hung up ;)

Although driving over the curb may or may not have happened on numerous occasions  

Mostly just giving you shit, parking a bigger vehicle takes adjusting, I’m sure once you get used to it it won’t be a problem.