Why do women always slam/fling open car doors/boots?
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It's taken me years to train my other half that the force required to close the car door, to achieve a successful latching with minimal wear to the door components, is dependent on the air pressure differential either side of the door, and should be adjusted based on whether or not the other door or window are open 
My ex used to slam the door of my 106 so hard sometimes the door handle surround would fall off...
People really seem to struggle with the tail gate on my 106 and my Saxo, slammed hard every time making every interior trim piece rattle. A side effect of French quality as much as anything!
People really seem to struggle with the tail gate on my 106 and my Saxo, slammed hard every time making every interior trim piece rattle. A side effect of French quality as much as anything!
Yep. My last G/F, and every one I can remember, have all done this.
However, my last G/F used to do it when OPENING the car door, despite being told time and time again!
I had a Porsche 911, which had a feature where once the car was moving over 5mph, would automatically lock the doors. I quite liked the feature - I guess it might stop someone running up and yanking the door over in traffic?
Anyway - once the doors were locked, when I stopped the car and parked, in order to get out, you had to pull the interior door handle open once, then allow it to return to it's resting place, and then pull it a second time to get out. Basically, the first pull unlocked the door, and the second pull opened it.
Despite telling my G/F this over a billion times, and owning the car for over four years - the dopey woman never got it!
We'd park up, she would pull the door handle, see that the door hadn't opened - and so continue to PULL the bloody handle even harder and harder towards her, all the while cursing that she couldn't get out. I am surprised that the damn handle didn't snap off - testament, I guess, to Porsche build quality and metal handles.
All she had to do was release the handle and pull it once more. But no....she just never got that!!! Arrrgghhh!!!!
However, my last G/F used to do it when OPENING the car door, despite being told time and time again!
I had a Porsche 911, which had a feature where once the car was moving over 5mph, would automatically lock the doors. I quite liked the feature - I guess it might stop someone running up and yanking the door over in traffic?
Anyway - once the doors were locked, when I stopped the car and parked, in order to get out, you had to pull the interior door handle open once, then allow it to return to it's resting place, and then pull it a second time to get out. Basically, the first pull unlocked the door, and the second pull opened it.
Despite telling my G/F this over a billion times, and owning the car for over four years - the dopey woman never got it!
We'd park up, she would pull the door handle, see that the door hadn't opened - and so continue to PULL the bloody handle even harder and harder towards her, all the while cursing that she couldn't get out. I am surprised that the damn handle didn't snap off - testament, I guess, to Porsche build quality and metal handles.
All she had to do was release the handle and pull it once more. But no....she just never got that!!! Arrrgghhh!!!!
My 17 yr old son does this twice every schoolday despite being told 10 times a week for 7 years, his sister is as bad, I am starting to think it is some sort of teenage rebellion.
The force of an E46 Coupe door being slammed shut when the car is on a slope is something to behold. Their mother grew up in the car trade and never does this, so it is not learned behaviour.
The force of an E46 Coupe door being slammed shut when the car is on a slope is something to behold. Their mother grew up in the car trade and never does this, so it is not learned behaviour.
Yes, slamming is normal but not in her father's car, now owned by our son.
She does it in her car, my car, and any other car.
as does our daughter, her sister, and 2 nieces.
Son, brother in law, nephews, dad and uncle NEVER slam.
I have tried having words, but apparently, I am being petty.
She does it in her car, my car, and any other car.
as does our daughter, her sister, and 2 nieces.
Son, brother in law, nephews, dad and uncle NEVER slam.
I have tried having words, but apparently, I am being petty.
My girlfriend doesn't slam the doors or boot, which is a relief, but she does treat her car like a dustbin on wheels, she had a slightly older Suzuki Swift Sport and I thought she treated it that way as she didn't feel it was valuable or worthwhile looking after, but no... She has a three month old Fiesta ST and that is heading the same way with not even 2000 miles on the clock, AAAAAAARGH!
Does nobody consider losing their temper once in a while? You know, to remind these self-absorbed idiots you live with that ocassionally you f***ing well mean it when you tell them repeatedly not to do something?
Sometimes the hairdrier treatment is the only language people understand when they've heard and understood what you've said but dismissed your needs and wants as unimportant to them.
Sometimes the hairdrier treatment is the only language people understand when they've heard and understood what you've said but dismissed your needs and wants as unimportant to them.
jamieduff1981 said:
Does nobody consider losing their temper once in a while? You know, to remind these self-absorbed idiots you live with that ocassionally you f***ing well mean it when you tell them repeatedly not to do something?
Sometimes the hairdrier treatment is the only language people understand when they've heard and understood what you've said but dismissed your needs and wants as unimportant to them.
hairdryer treatment?!?!Sometimes the hairdrier treatment is the only language people understand when they've heard and understood what you've said but dismissed your needs and wants as unimportant to them.
The Moose said:
hairdryer treatment?!?!
I had to look it upSir Alex Ferguson is famed for his hair-dryer treatment, an up-close lecture generously given to underperforming players.
The "hairdryer treatment" name came from Mark Hughes, nickname: Sparky. Mark Hughes, former United striker and now Wales manager, said: "He would stand nose-to-nose with you and just shout and bawl, and you would end up with your hair behind your head." Mark Hughes gave the nickname to the fearsome decibel-busting rollickings dished out by the boss over his 20 years in charge at Manchester United.
Ferguson insisted: “There are a lot of myths. One of the papers once claimed that I used to go behind the stand at East Stirlingshire and practise screaming. But there’s an element of truth in it. The hairdryer thing was started by Sparky, he owned up to it after he left. I can understand that because of my policy in the dressing room.”
k don't people close bonnets properly I.e. Drop them on to the slam panel. See loads of people gently lower bonnets the. Push on the flimsy panel to make it close, far more likely to cause damage.V8forweekends said:
Bungleaio said:
Beware of people who own range rovers or discoveries as they are likely to slam the door.
My boss owns a discovery and is forever slamming my passenger door but since I've bought a range rover I can see why. They are so well sealed that when they close it creates a cushion of air which will stop the door closing properly unless you put some force into it. After a while I suppose you just get used to giving the door a good swing.
Ex OH used to take the piss out of me as I regularly failed to shut her Disco 3 door properly as I don't tend to slam them My boss owns a discovery and is forever slamming my passenger door but since I've bought a range rover I can see why. They are so well sealed that when they close it creates a cushion of air which will stop the door closing properly unless you put some force into it. After a while I suppose you just get used to giving the door a good swing.
g3org3y said:
Lack of mechanical sympathy?
This. Mine does it as well. One day she'll slam the door so hard it will push her poor smart 42 back on the street . What I don't understand: this is limited to cars. Other appliances, e.g. of the kitchen or sewing type, are treated with care.
I think a certain amount of the time, it's because the people who do it are relatively physically weak. They've never had to learn to modulate their strength, because they don't really have any.
Rear hatches are a favourite. Some are actually very nicely balanced, get them about 3/4 closed and gravity pulls them down just right to latch. When someone slams one of those, you really know about it.
I don't have too much of an issue with people in my cars about doors being slammed open/closed (perhaps I only give rides to people who respect other people's property), but the existence of people like this is why I park faaaar away from everyone else if I'm having to stop in a car park.
Rear hatches are a favourite. Some are actually very nicely balanced, get them about 3/4 closed and gravity pulls them down just right to latch. When someone slams one of those, you really know about it.
I don't have too much of an issue with people in my cars about doors being slammed open/closed (perhaps I only give rides to people who respect other people's property), but the existence of people like this is why I park faaaar away from everyone else if I'm having to stop in a car park.
I must live with a very unusual family.
None of the females in my house (and there are 4) slam the doors of either car my parents own.
Having said that, I do witness this phenomenon on quite a regular basis, and that is a result of my neighbours.
The husband is careful, and shuts the doors of his car gently, but the wife likes to shut them with a force equal to that of a mammoth jumping.
None of the females in my house (and there are 4) slam the doors of either car my parents own.
Having said that, I do witness this phenomenon on quite a regular basis, and that is a result of my neighbours.
The husband is careful, and shuts the doors of his car gently, but the wife likes to shut them with a force equal to that of a mammoth jumping.
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