Did I ruin my "regenerative braking"?

[neka]

So I sadly suffered the first dings on my lovely '05 Prius...

I put it on a DIY-carwash tunnels (those automated tracks) and **stupidly** left it in drive instead of neutral.

As I got out of the car to meet it on the other end of the tunnel...my Prius gently hit the truck in front of it b/c it was still in drive.

I immediately jumped into the Prius and braked. B/c the tracks were automatically rolling, the car "bounced" a bit...

When it was all said and done, the truck had nary a scratch but my Prius suffered to symetrical dings on either side of the Toyota badge on the hood. And the front grill (connected to the bumper) suffered minor damages.

For the most part, everything seems aesthetic. I'm still getting 50+ MPG on my commute along the 405 FWY (from West LA to the South Bay) BUT is it possible for me to have ruined the regenerative braking system?

Sadly, I don't understand that technology enough to decide whether I should just get the car checked out...

PS. The alignment seems fine.

THANKS IN ADVANCE! (for your advice, words of wisdom, et. al.)

[efusco]

No, there's no reason to think what happened would damage the brakes (regen or otherwise)...and if something was wrong you'd have a Christmas tree on the display.

[neka]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Jul 24 2007, 10:50 AM) [snapback]484211[/snapback]</div>

No, there's no reason to think what happened would damage the brakes (regen or otherwise)...and if something was wrong you'd have a Christmas tree on the display.
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Thanks for the advice -- good point you brought up. The display would indicate if there was a problem.

[Darwood]

I used to manage a car wash back in college that had a track and these things happen all the time. Tires skip over rollers quite often and they are designed to handle this, with the roller bearings free to roll either way. No damage was done other than the cosmetic issue of hitting the truck.

I saw amazing things working at a drive through car wash.
"Put your car in nuetral please!"
customer yells back "I don't have a nuetral!"

"don't steer, please" Followed 30 seconds later with their car off the track in the middle of the wash. They then open their window and get soaked rather than watch the hand signals as we set up a ramp to get them back on.

"left....no your other left!"

A Customer freaks out in the middle of the wash and proceeds to put the car in gear and drive rapidly over ALL the rollers and out the exit.

MANY customers turn on their wipers mid wash so they can see...
Or, they get halfway through the wash and decide to check what's on the radio. Antenna goes up and is ripped off. Customer blames the wash.

Middle age employees pretending to repair the blow dryer at the end to "get a better look in the window".

Cops come throught the wash as new employee is putting out a joint.

Frequent washers come in during rainstorms, or 20 below weather. We'd actually close the wash when it was worse than 10 below and people would get PISSED. DUDE...You'll get frozen inside your car, literally unable to open the door!