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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Ripsnort on December 19, 2007, 01:42:18 PM

Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: Ripsnort on December 19, 2007, 01:42:18 PM: Kind of neat, but one has to wonder what would happen if you were t-boned...I'm thinking along the lines of structural integrity.

http://www.disappearing-car-door.com/
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: lasersailor184 on December 19, 2007, 01:48:13 PM: I don't see how it would be any less able to withstand an impact then the current doors.
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: john9001 on December 19, 2007, 01:59:23 PM: ""No matter where you are, whether you are visiting your club, grocery store, gas station, or restaurant, your drivable work of art will be appreciated and admired. When you pull up next to other high end cars, yours will render them boring by comparison! ""

take that you other boring high end cars. :p
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: crockett on December 19, 2007, 02:05:18 PM: I'm sure the Paparazzi would enjoy those.. :D
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: Gunslinger on December 19, 2007, 02:13:01 PM: FLIPPIN SWEET!

Seriously I don't know how many times a door on a hing has caused me to drop somthing or bang my head or what not!

Too bad it'd be impractical for my Jeep!
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: john9001 on December 19, 2007, 02:16:59 PM: jeeps have doors?
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: AquaShrimp on December 19, 2007, 02:22:19 PM: Took too long to get to the action, I closed it after the first 15 seconds of watching a car pull up.
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: Chairboy on December 19, 2007, 02:47:45 PM: Your short attention span makes you the PERFECT market for this product! Yes, my friend, all those extra seconds spent opening and closing doors will be a thing of the past when you use this fine product!

But seriously, it's a near technology. I've wondered what the cost of installing it is. Probably somewhat prohibitive.
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: FrodeMk3 on December 19, 2007, 02:53:11 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Chairboy
Your short attention span makes you the PERFECT market for this product! Yes, my friend, all those extra seconds spent opening and closing doors will be a thing of the past when you use this fine product!

But seriously, it's a near technology. I've wondered what the cost of installing it is. Probably somewhat prohibitive.

Yeah, and wait until the first time a relay or a door motor burns' out. Fixing that will be a *****. Especially if it's down(open) at the time.
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: Bodhi on December 19, 2007, 03:27:23 PM: Bet those will be a lot of fun in the snow and slush, or during mud season...
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: Tac on December 19, 2007, 05:35:36 PM: Very cool.

Issues though:

-What kind of emergency access does the door have? If the car is in a collision, how would rescue teams be able to open or 'cut' the door out?

-If the door's motor fails.. get out through the window? Though probably it will have some kind of manual release so you can slide it down yourself.
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: Chairboy on December 19, 2007, 05:40:22 PM: All of these same concerns apply to electric windows, anti-lock brakes, electric windshield wipers, etc, but they seem to have become moderately popular.
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: JB73 on December 19, 2007, 06:42:35 PM: must work great in the snow banks we have to park near, and when the plow pushes 2 feet of snow up next to the door. :rolleyes:
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: Viking on December 19, 2007, 07:21:11 PM: I don't think the people that can afford this gadget have such problems 73.
Title: Disappearing car doors
Post by: Wayout on December 19, 2007, 07:58:31 PM: Hey!!! I don't remember them filming that. They must have used my house when I was on vacation. :furious