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10-01-2002, 02:03 AM | #1 | |
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Suicide doors
I was just wondering if any here knows why they are called suicide doors? I have heard a few reasons and was just wondering what you all thought.
The reason I ask is because I was talking to my nephew about a car we say and told him it had Suicide Doors and he asked me why they called them that. |
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10-01-2002, 02:23 PM | #2 | |
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not sure why they are called that. all i know is that the latches are on the same pillar.
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02-10-2003, 02:17 PM | #3 | |
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They are called suicide doors because if you were to jump out of the moving car, the door would hit you and you would die.
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02-10-2003, 03:35 PM | #5 | |
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Thats what i heard. I agree it does sound pretty stupid.
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03-02-2003, 01:34 PM | #6 | |
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because they're backwards... and if they start to open while you are driving at speed and you grab it to close it... it'll pull you right out of the car
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03-04-2003, 05:07 PM | #7 | |
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that dosnt sound too fun... and what about a seat belt?!
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03-11-2003, 06:41 PM | #8 | |
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Suicide doors blowing open - it happened to Consumer Reports when they test drove the Subaru 360 in 1969, of course anybody with half a brain is smart enough to know not to open a rear hinged door at 40mph!
My own 360 bares a scar on the passenger side where the door blew open and banged up against the body, it's never happened while I've owned the car though.
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