Prius vs Garage Door

EDIT: Fixed the pictures

Well, my hatch had an unfortunate meeting with the garage door this Monday morning...
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(Please excuse the dirt, I was camping this weekend )

My wife accidentally hit the button to close the garage door when she reached for the switch while the hatch of the car was resting against the padding of the door. Luckily I was close enough to step in teh beam to reverse the door before significant damage set in and got away with three relatively minor scratches.

Of course, had I not been close by, it could have been much worse. Here is a reverse angle of what was in store, you can use your imagination of the damage that would cause... :huh:
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Anyway, I will get a quote from the body shop on how much it would cost to repair this when I bring my car to quote on the other hit & run damage I experienced about 7 weeks ago. I may just touch it up with a paint pen, haven't decided yet. (This really sucks for a car that is not even 4 months old yet).

Anyway, I think this calls for a mod like Darrelldd came up with to limit the opening height of the hatch.

Live & learn... <_<

Kevin

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Springtime @ Aug 23 2006, 08:28 AM) [snapback]308142[/snapback]</div>

Well, the hatch definitely hits the door itself, so the opener really is not a factor here. I agree in principle that you would think garage door heights would be standard, but they are clearly not as I have seen a few other threads discussing this topic and it is pretty divided between those who have the problem and those who don't... <_<

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ichabod @ Aug 23 2006, 09:08 AM) [snapback]308163[/snapback]</div>

That is my thought too. I agree there is really not much to lose...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(gailmo @ Aug 23 2006, 10:22 PM) [snapback]308616[/snapback]</div>

I always make a point of stepping in the safety beam whenever I have the hatch open to prevent anyone else from accidentally closing the the door. Unfortunately, this time I was a couple feet away (I was not the one who opened the hatch) and as soon as I saw the door coming down I jumped over there as quick as possible break the beam and reverse the door. I was bit late, but at least prevented major damage.

Thought: maybe I should manually mount the beam projectors on the wall to project across where the hatch would be when open and use that as my 'safety' instead!

Anyway, I plan to pick up the paint pen in the next couple days and address it before risking any rust setting in (not sure if it is deep enough or not).

Kevin