People slamming doors

craichoe

ARRRRGGGGGGH

What is it with people SLAMMING doors, would you cop the f*ck on.

Wierdly enough they seem more inclined to do it if its not their car !

I mean this must increase the wear and tear on the door, window falling off railing or locking mechanism becoming damaged ?

Bluetonic

craichoe wrote:

Wierdly enough they seem more inclined to do it if its not their car !

How is it weird? If it's not their car they are less likely to be able to estimate the force needed to shut it.

DukeDredd

I reckon whats worse is someone closing the boot on your car while you're sitting in the drivers seat - it always seems like they used all their might to slam the thing down!

Seth Brundle

The worst is when someone tries to slam the door only for the seat belt buckle to be caught in the door frame - crunch

run_Forrest_run

this annoys the hell out of me too! i've found that the biggest offenders are those who do not actually own their car. door slammers in general drive me nuts..whether it's in a car or a house....arrggghh!

rymus

DukeDredd wrote:

I reckon whats worse is someone closing the boot on your car while you're sitting in the drivers seat - it always seems like they used all their might to slam the thing down!

definately... especially if you're driving a car derived van

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

When you are used to a heavy solid door on a well built car you can sometimes be overly forceful when closing the doors of some inferior lightwaight cars. You are so used to the force taken to close your own door that you can seem to slam other doors.:p

Bradidup

The old Beatle was an excellent car for slamming doors :eek:

blastman

run_Forrest_run wrote:

this annoys the hell out of me too! i've found that the biggest offenders are those who do not actually own their car. door slammers in general drive me nuts..whether it's in a car or a house....arrggghh!

I find that too, the worst offender is a mate who doesn't drive or own a car.

peepsbates

blastman wrote:

I find that too, the worst offender is a mate who doesn't drive or own a car.

Have to agree here ^^^^^^^ a mate of mine has pushed the door panel on me punto forward about half an inch from slammin it, must have a word

DukeDredd

Slightly OT about having friends in your car but a friend of mine in college used to think the side mirror on the passenger door was for the passenger and not the driver! Found this out one time when i was giving him a lift home and he proceeded to adjust the mirror when he sat in!!

ZiabR

craichoe wrote:

ARRRRGGGGGGH

What is it with people SLAMMING doors, would you cop the f*ck on.

Wierdly enough they seem more inclined to do it if its not their car !

I mean this must increase the wear and tear on the door, window falling off railing or locking mechanism becoming damaged ?

I have to agree with you mate, people think it is necessary to take the door off the hinges when the get in or out of my car.

FX Meister

logik wrote:

I have to agree with you mate, people think it is necessary to take the door off the hinges when the get in or out of my car.

Why do you let them take it off the hinges? It must take ages to go anywhere with these friends if they have to go to that mush work just to get into your car.

Zaph

Neither my mother or my sister are particularly big women, but when it comes to closing the door after being in my car they both miraculously become as strong as the Incredible Hulk. It doesn't matter if I tell them not to slam the door beforehand, they do it anyway and then apologise and say that they didn't think they closed it that hard. :mad:

DeBeere

My doors a pretty heavy and alot of people have to try a second time a closing the door.

But I have definitely noticed people without a car trying to slam doors as if it was made for it!

JoeA3

Whatever about slamming doors, its the bell ends who smack their doors carelessly off the side of my car which does my head in... no matter how carefully I park, some idiot, usually in an MPV will squeeze in next to me.

G Luxel

I find that its people who dont have a car are the worst offenders and it has got to the stage where I have to open the door for them and close it behind them. Usually I tell them before they get out of the car NOT to slam the door no matter what mood they are in. This thread reminds me of the advertisement on UK tv for the Yaris where the girl whose boyfirend slams the door on exiting, gets her revenge by crashing his radio control airplane into the ground......

ZiabR

FX Meister wrote:

Why do you let them take it off the hinges? It must take ages to go anywhere with these friends if they have to go to that mush work just to get into your car.

haha nah, i just cringe when i hear the initial slam.

Esel

Bradidup wrote:

The old Beatle was an excellent car for slamming doors :eek:

Yeah, The Beatles really slammed The Doors! What forum is this anyway?