[LRflex] Re: NY Int'l Auto Show

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Jeffrey L. T. Gluck <jgluckphoto66@xxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Charlie,
> A fellow I know in the auto body business tells me the backward-opening
> doors are called 'suicide' doors because you are more likely to get
> crushed and killed exiting the vehicle if another car comes from behind
> you too close. The door slams shut and crushes you. At least, that's his
> theory. In the auto body business the preferred term is 'coach doors'.
>


I think they were called sometimes called suicide doors because they could
blow open if they were not closed good.

No matter; for someone like me with big feet and long legs, a car with doors
like that make it a lot easier to exit a car.

-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


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