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Posted: 12/16/2010 6:07:52 PM EDT

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:11:02 PM EDT

[#1]

riiiiight

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:12:55 PM EDT

[#2]

That's... interesting. Seems like an answer looking for a problem.

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:14:28 PM EDT

[#3]

How do you enter the car if there's an electrical failure?

Edit: I'd buy it, and maybe even be willing to pay a small premium for the feature, after it's been on the market for a few years to let others work out the kinks.

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:15:33 PM EDT

[#4]

Interesting

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:17:12 PM EDT

[#5]

and eliminating the B pillar; you're going to have to beef up the upper and lower longitudinal members to makeup for the loss in rigidity and dont even think about getting the torsional stiffness back

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:19:14 PM EDT

[#6]

I think it's a pretty brilliant idea, actually. How many in this forum have been pissed off by some jack off parking you in? I have. Door dings? Yep, that too. Why do we need doors that swing out? We don't, really. That's just how it's always been done. Probably would add a boatload to construction costs, though.

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:20:49 PM EDT

[#7]

if you get a flat your trapped

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:20:53 PM EDT

[#8]

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:22:33 PM EDT

[#9]

bmw Z1, google it

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:24:18 PM EDT

[#10]

Stupid, do not want.

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:26:17 PM EDT

[#11]

Unnecessary complexity.

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:26:36 PM EDT

[#12]

Wonder how it holds up in a side impact?

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:28:32 PM EDT

[#13]

Wonder what it costs to have that repaired?

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:29:03 PM EDT

[#14]

Wait till you open the door in a snowstorm and ALL the heat gets blown out of the car and replaced with snow.

Any way to open the damn thing manually? Esp in a crash?

Why can't they make it to where is just slides over the roof?

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:29:17 PM EDT

[#15]

Underwater evacuation?

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:31:07 PM EDT

[#16]

6" of ground clearance on that pickup-looking vehicle?

Kharn

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:33:32 PM EDT

[#17]

Two words: Rollover crash.

Two more words: Dead battery.

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:34:21 PM EDT

[#18]

I'd rather have Jeeps "disappearing" door solution.

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:38:10 PM EDT

[#19]

If you drive in crappy weather you would get all sorts of shit dripping onto your door from the undercarriage. Fuck that.

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:38:38 PM EDT

[#20]

Very cool.

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:41:51 PM EDT

[#21]

Interesting, until you get your first repair bill. Electric windows are bad enough when the glue on the brackets fail(replace perfect window), how is this going to work out economically?

You'll see this only on 6 figure vehicles I think.

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:45:30 PM EDT

[#22]

1987 called, they say you're retarded.

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:55:26 PM EDT

[#23]

Looks great until you are frozen into the car after driving 200 miles on MI's snow covered winter roads and giant slushcicles have built up on the rocker panels.

There's a reason it's not offered to the entire world on a production car and this is just one of them.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:20:12 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
1987 called, they say you're retarded.

Dunno what that means, but the Lincoln Mark VIII didn't exist until 1993. Not sure which year the ones in the video are.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:25:56 PM EDT

[#25]

It would suck in snow or heavy storm and it would remove all your AC/Heat. Let alone bugs flying into this giant, gaping hole in your car.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:31:30 PM EDT

[#26]

I don't think that would work too well in the rain either.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:31:53 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
Wait till you open the door in a snowstorm and ALL the heat gets blown out of the car and replaced with snow.

Any way to open the damn thing manually? Esp in a crash?

Why can't they make it to where is just slides over the roof?

How about rain, it will sling water up on your lap

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:36:03 PM EDT

[#28]

Interesting idea but hardly practical.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:36:05 PM EDT

[#29]

Well, that is kind of different. I could see all sorts of problems with that, but hey, maybe they have them all figured out.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:36:54 PM EDT

[#30]

I shudder at the thought of repairing one of those things, would probably be a nightmare. Another thought is that that is a hell of a way to get soaked if it is pouring out.

Granted I have to admit it is kind of cool but not very practical.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:37:20 PM EDT

[#31]

Great sales pitch. "The car door design has been used for too long so we're changing it".

Solution looking for problem.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:38:33 PM EDT

[#32]

how do you open it if the electrical sstem fails and your about to burn to death.

also it will add weight and reduced fuel efficiency to do that. Not worth the two seconds it will save by pulling a fucking door handle.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:39:51 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
if you get a flat your trapped

No. Not at all.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:42:20 PM EDT

[#34]

So if there is a power failure or if you get into an accident you're not getting out.

No thank you.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:43:38 PM EDT

[#35]

dunno..

first thing that comes to mind is its raining cats and dogs, the thing motors open and leaves a large part of the car exposed to the rain while you hop out.

i'd prefer a gull wing solution myself. course that opens out and requires side space too.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:45:04 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
if you get a flat your trapped

Your trapped what?z

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:46:58 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

dunno..

first thing that comes to mind is its raining cats and dogs, the thing motors open and leaves a large part of the car exposed to the rain while you hop out.

i'd prefer a gull wing solution myself. course that opens out and requires side space too.

That's not as bad as this type of door.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:49:48 PM EDT

[#38]

That's cool, is anyone using these yet?

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:50:13 PM EDT

[#39]

Power sliding van doors are sort of the same thing, except for the "going under the vehicle" aspect. There doesn't seem to be a huge weather problem with rain and snow with van doors.

I'd rather have a rear sliding door on a passenger car than one that went underneath.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:50:42 PM EDT

[#40]

Wait, what do you hit hitchhikers with?

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:57:35 PM EDT

[#41]

I want to see it on a convertible.

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:02:37 PM EDT

[#42]

Good luck getting out when you crash into a lake

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:15:10 PM EDT

[#43]

The BMW Z1 had such a thing, but I don't think it was ever sold here.

BMW Z1

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:20:01 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
if you get a flat your trapped

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:22:24 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
If you drive in crappy weather you would get all sorts of shit dripping onto your door from the undercarriage. Fuck that.

This was my first thought also.

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:25:45 PM EDT

[#46]

I've spent enough time around cars to know that shit breaks, batteries go dead, motors, relays and electronics fail. No chance I would own something like that.