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DerangedGoblin - 2009-09-18

Oh... Oh my.


Cube - 2009-09-18

Yeah, that's great... Unless you're living somewhere where it snows and it's cold. You don't exactly want to open up the whole side of your car.

It's also a terrible idea to have the doors depend on a charged battery.


Aelric - 2009-09-18

Not to mention the lack of last minute change of plans, meaning "Wait, my arm is still outsid...AHHHH!!!!!"


Cube - 2009-09-18

That hurts with conventional doors, too.


Goethe and ernie - 2009-09-18

All my stars are for the sheer enthusiasm for car door-related technology that led to this video being created.


oddeye - 2009-09-18

There is a reason why the design of a door hasn't changed since almost forever.

I can see this for disabled people but not for anything else.


Aelric - 2009-09-18

Well, obviously you didn't see those classy ladies of the night coming out of that classy fucker of a car door. Retracting floor door=pussah!


Camonk - 2009-09-18

I was waiting for this, cause until the last 20 seconds of the video, it was secretaries who do pilates all still wearing their sensible pantsuits.


Hooper_X - 2009-09-18

I note that they didn't show any crash tests.


dododge - 2009-09-21

Considering that they've been showing off those same two 10-year-old cars since forever, it's likely they're the only (road-going) ones that were ever built.


Smellvin - 2009-09-18

Hey kids! Now YOU can pay an extra k on your car just so you don't have to open those boring old doors like the plebs.


Billie_Joe_Buttfuck - 2009-09-18

pretty sure this was here already


fluffy - 2009-09-18

I am positive we've already had at least one video of a car doing this but I'm pretty sure this is a new video that catalogs many of them.


boner - 2009-09-18

I want pants that can do that.


Desidiosus - 2009-09-18

No, you want a car with a zipper.


TeenerTot - 2009-09-18

But what do they open as they approach critical massholes?


kennydra - 2009-09-18

probably would have caught on if they marketed to rappers instead of posh mansion owners.


Longshot- - 2009-09-18

Now I want my house doors from Back to the Future 2 that open at the push of a button like these doors. It's almost 2015 damn it.

And while I'm at it, i want a slightly calming female voice to welcome me home when I step in the door as well.


Big Beef Burritos Supreme - 2009-09-18

There are actually no benefits to this whatsoever. Traditionally sliding doors are used where access is an issue - ie on delivery vans, London black cabs, minivans.

You're paying $$$ for complexity, a reduction in stiffness, questionable crash safety (will it jam?) and a reduction in interior space. Not to mention the BMW Z1 already did this better.


OgreMkIV - 2009-09-18

Looks awesome, but it reminds me of the windows on the BMW 328is from the E36 body series.

You see, the door on that car had no window frame. Since this car was intended to drive on the Autobahn, wind noise was a concern, and that always happens on doors without a window frame due to poor sealing. So those clever German engineers decided that the window would make a better seal by pushing up into a channel on the roof. But this would make it impossible to otherwise open the door (the window would be stuck inside the channel and break). So they decided to automatically drop the power window into the door about a 1/2 inch every time the door is opened.

Great idea, except they didn't plan on window regulator failures. You see, the window regulator used a geared system instead of the more common cabled system to raise and lower the windows. The constant up and down motion from opening and closing the door ground down the gears and eventually caused the thing to jam (in my case, as a thunderstorm hit).

Replacing a window regulator involves taking all the interior panels off the door, drilling out the rivets that hold the part in place, removing the part from the door and detaching it from the window glass, and then fitting the new regulator in place using bolts. It is not a convenient procedure, made even more frustrating as you are trying to dry out the interior that was soaked in a downpour.

So I can only imagine how fun these doors would be once there was a gearing failure during the open/close transition.


Big Beef Burritos Supreme - 2009-09-18

Don't want to call you a liar, but a lot of cars use that technique and you can always open and shut the door in a failure.

Still, a similar thing's undoubtedly happened somewhere, probably involving a convertible or sunroof.


Big Beef Burritos Supreme - 2009-09-18

Minimal research says that the windows dropped to reduce pressure when using the doors, and that the seals didn't actually grip the glass.

Better luck next time.


Time Travel Mishap - 2009-09-18

You done got schooled by Mexican food mutha fucka


OgreMkIV - 2009-09-18

You're right, the door could still be opened with the stupid thing broken. Mostly because the regulator always broke with the window in the down position (happened more than once).

I opened the door once with the battery disconnected, and it didn't look like it was too good for the window or the rubber. The loud "thunk" noise and glass deflection was disconcerting. For at least the 328is I had, the window did not clear the rubber on the roof when the window was in full-up position.

Regardless, it sucks when the thing gets stuck in the open position. All my cars with a power sunroof or convertible top at least included a little emergency hand crank to get you out of trouble. The BMW windows, not so much.


Big Beef Burritos Supreme - 2009-09-18

I've heard of people getting their window regulators frozen solid and just giving it a good yank to get it open and a good slam to shut it.

I don't doubt this is a pain up the ass, but all that it means is that the glass doesn't fit quite right until it's thawed.

Anyway, why the hell am I defending windows? All that I thought is that you'd regaled us with one of specious automotive stories that appeared about the time of the 8 Series.


bopeton - 2009-09-18

What happens when you get in a crash and the electrical system is borked? (Then the car catches on fire and you are slowly roasted alive in your robo-broiler)


kelpfoot - 2009-09-18

Don't worry, they pulled out a few support beams while making the modification. Chances are you died in the crash anyway.


memedumpster - 2009-09-18

I can just see me trying to get the half jammed door to come up when it's snowing. Or the electrical system screws up and the door goes down on the Interstate.


Triggerbaby - 2009-09-18

Finally, a solution to that car door problem that everybody is always complaining about.


themilkshark - 2009-09-18

What's wrong with DeLorean wings?


DrVital - 2009-09-18

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.


splatterbabble - 2009-09-19

Where do the cup holders go?


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