[LRflex] Re: NY Int'l Auto Show
- From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:33:48 -0500
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.
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Regards,
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA
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