Zesty
Not A Dude
- Joined
- Sep 24, 2007
- Messages
- 2,861
- Location
- Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
- Car(s)
- 05 Honda Jazz VTi-S
My car has a slightly odd quality in that although they appear quite flimsy and the doors themselves feel light, but they close with a nice solid 'thud'. Must be a sort of 'soft-close' design Honda have gone for. My mother's 306 is the complete opposite, the doors look solid, but close with a rather disconcerting rattle and tinny noise. Especially the front doors, but those are rather broken. After a couple of fairly decent accidents and repairs the driver's door is also stuck out of perfect alignment and can take a few attempts to close properly. Used to be far better then it was new and not 14 years old.
My father's XC70 definitely falls into the 'bank vault' category of door weight and thickness (except for the locks, they actually don't sound like they could even keep the doors secure, but they obviously do). The doors are so heavy that when I park in some of the deeper gutters around town, and have to push the door open 'uphill' to get out of the car, being so little I can't physically open the door with one arm. I have to brace myself against the door to stop the weight plus gravity equalling me awkwardly tumbling backwards back into the seat. I have also had the driver's door slam shut on my ankle in that same situation, as I was getting in. I let go of the door too soon, and that hurt quite a lot.
My father's XC70 definitely falls into the 'bank vault' category of door weight and thickness (except for the locks, they actually don't sound like they could even keep the doors secure, but they obviously do). The doors are so heavy that when I park in some of the deeper gutters around town, and have to push the door open 'uphill' to get out of the car, being so little I can't physically open the door with one arm. I have to brace myself against the door to stop the weight plus gravity equalling me awkwardly tumbling backwards back into the seat. I have also had the driver's door slam shut on my ankle in that same situation, as I was getting in. I let go of the door too soon, and that hurt quite a lot.