I'm the first person to admit it - occaisionally I get absent-minded. This used to be especially distressing when I would forget to close the trunk before lowering the garage door.
What happened is that the bottom of the metal door track, which slides backward when the door is going down, used to hit the rear trunk trim. Thus I had a record, over the years, of how many times I had done this.
Depending on the position of the car at the time, the ding that that resulted when I lowered the door used to hit near the center-left of the trunk trim. Here I count around six episodes, although there is evidence of more out of the picture frame.
Anyhow, the cost of a new piece of trim isn't really very high. I also replaced the small trim connector pieces, which were aged and nasty. Result - a pristine, record-free transom.
I only attempted this fix after going for at least a year ding-free, proving that an old person CAN learn new tricks.
What happened is that the bottom of the metal door track, which slides backward when the door is going down, used to hit the rear trunk trim. Thus I had a record, over the years, of how many times I had done this.
Depending on the position of the car at the time, the ding that that resulted when I lowered the door used to hit near the center-left of the trunk trim. Here I count around six episodes, although there is evidence of more out of the picture frame.
Anyhow, the cost of a new piece of trim isn't really very high. I also replaced the small trim connector pieces, which were aged and nasty. Result - a pristine, record-free transom.
I only attempted this fix after going for at least a year ding-free, proving that an old person CAN learn new tricks.
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