Front end too low to the ground?

[qbee42]

Originally Posted by rwb2035

When my father first saw our car the first thing he said is "Boy the front sure is low to the ground" We live in Michigan where the winters bless us with deep snow.

It's a free snow plow!

We live in Michigan too, but our snowfall isn't too bad. I don't remember ever getting over twenty feet in one season.

Tom

[patrix]

Originally Posted by rahamanmd

I received my new 2010 Prius from the dealer already with scrapes under the front spoiler on both sides!

same thing here. It's a good thing my wife noticed it. Big scrape under the front spoiler on the passenger side. I also found a scratch on the front spoiler (driver side). If this is any other car, we would have walked away. We're bringing it to their body shop this weekend to have the scrapes and scratch repaired. We participated in C4C, so we can't really afford to wait for the next PRIUS to arrive (who knows when that money will run out).

[azgringo]

Thanks everyone for their feedback. My previous car was an Infiniti G35. Also low to the ground, but never had the "bottoming out" effect that I have w/ the Prius. If anything, I'll just have to be more aware now that I know of this issue.

[eddiehaskell]

Can anyone take a picture of the scraping? Is it scraping the paint off or just scraping some plastic underneath? If it's low enough to scrape the paint off, that might be a deal breaker for me.

Yeah, it might be under the car where you can't really see it, but I still hate it. I had a Trans Am one time that was like that and it got on my nerves to no end.

[DeanFL]

Originally Posted by eddiehaskell

Can anyone take a picture of the scraping? Is it scraping the paint off or just scraping some plastic underneath? If it's low enough to scrape the paint off, that might be a deal breaker for me.

Yeah, it might be under the car where you can't really see it, but I still hate it. I had a Trans Am one time that was like that and it got on my nerves to no end.

I only noticed this after taking this picture while installing side turn signal lights for PChat. I'm quite sure I didn't scrape anything, so had to be done during the initial 5 miles before delivery. The front air dam does come close to curbs etc. But don't know if this should be a deal-breaker for you. Recommend you ask to take a test spin as you normally drive including up/down driveways etc.

[adamace1]

I would like to add that the Prius is alot better than my 04 impala
so to me i have no problem with the ground clearance of the prius.

[mccats]

It's not TOO low, but it is low. I like my gas mileage though, so it's not an issue.

Check out the Corvette and Camero forums.....same topic discussed on them.

[eddiehaskell]

Originally Posted by DeanFL

I only noticed this after taking this picture while installing side turn signal lights for PChat. I'm quite sure I didn't scrape anything, so had to be done during the initial 5 miles before delivery. The front air dam does come close to curbs etc. But don't know if this should be a deal-breaker for you. Recommend you ask to take a test spin as you normally drive including up/down driveways etc.

Thanks for the picture! I'm going to do what you recommend and take the car for a test drive over roads I'm normally on.

[JimN]

My Intrigue would scrape too. Damage is limited to scuffing of plastic panels underneath the car and maybe losing a fastener. You'd have to run over something "pretty high" to scrape paint.

[eddiehaskell]

Originally Posted by mccats

Check out the Corvette and Camero forums.....same topic discussed on them.

On those cars I would expect it, but on my daily driver, I would hate it...especially considering I'm not the only driver and I know others wont be as anal about "approach angles" as me.