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Blindy.
Suicide (Also: Gay.)
posted 12-05-2004 10:52:28 PM
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13259199,00.html

Can a woman please explain what difference the gullwing doors would make?

Monica
I've got an owie on my head :(
posted 12-05-2004 11:08:13 PM
I'm not sure... you'd still have to slide out the car the same way, so yer skirt would still ride up the same way, I'd think.
Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 12-05-2004 11:34:33 PM
The idea is that you knock the camera out of the papparazi's hand, so he can't take a picture of your cooch and sell it back to you for 100 grand.
That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



Beer.

Flea
Pancake
posted 12-05-2004 11:56:54 PM
"For those who cannot park, there is an autopark feature for backing into spaces."

They just alienated every female out there with this one feature by effectively saying that women can't drive.

Maradon!
posted 12-06-2004 12:12:49 AM
quote:
Dr Flea's account was hax0red to write:
They just alienated every female out there with this one feature by effectively saying that women can't drive.

They can't.

Flea
Pancake
posted 12-06-2004 12:19:47 AM
quote:
Maradon! had this to say about Punky Brewster:
They can't.

I never said they could.

Vernaltemptress
Withered and Alone
posted 12-06-2004 01:22:40 AM
quote:
Blindy. had this to say about Knight Rider:
Can a woman please explain what difference the gullwing doors would make?

Rain coverage when we've got to put our purchases/purse/child/pet in the car and can't manage to hold an umbrella at the same time because there are no chivalrous men about to hold the umbrella for us because any man who would do that is immediately suspected of wanting to take advantage of us against our will?

Obamanomics: spend, tax, and borrow.
Maradon!
posted 12-06-2004 02:00:08 AM
quote:
Vernaltemptress had this to say about pies:
because there are no chivalrous men about to hold the umbrella for us because any man who would do that is immediately suspected of wanting to take advantage of us against our will...

...because of feminists.

Ian Benjamin
Pancake
posted 12-06-2004 02:35:42 AM
Volvo, now with wings.
Ian Benjamin
(MJER)

Everything ever taught to you by Jim Bob of Billy Bob's Black Belt Emporium is a lie. Now, tie your obi UNDER the hakama and try again.

Led
*kaboom*
posted 12-06-2004 02:42:57 AM
quote:
Maradon! had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
They can't.

BITE ME.

Lashanna
noob
posted 12-06-2004 02:45:56 AM
I drive just fine. I've only been caught speeding once
Dad's going to kill you. Really. He is.
Addy
posted 12-06-2004 02:46:52 AM
quote:
This one time, at Lashanna camp:
I drive just fine. I've only never been caught speeding once
Sean
posted 12-06-2004 02:54:22 AM
I drive just fi- oh wait I have a penis sorry
A Kansas City Shuffle is when everybody looks right, you go left.

It's not something people hear about.

Led
*kaboom*
posted 12-06-2004 03:03:32 AM
quote:
Sean attempted to be funny by writing:
I drive just fi- oh wait I have a penis sorry

Yeah that sucks I would so go lesbian 4 u

Led fucked around with this message on 12-06-2004 at 03:04 AM.

`Doc
Cold in an Alley
posted 12-06-2004 10:08:59 AM
quote:
See, your Blindy. means your hair. So technically it's true.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13259199,00.html

Can a woman please explain what difference the gullwing doors would make?


In terms of preserving modesty, there's the only thing I can think of, and it'd have to be a really short skirt. Say when she's sitting, that short skirt bunches up, or gets tucked behind her fanny (ie her ass) instead of under it. Now say she opens the door. On a front-swinging door, her backside would be immediately visible. If the door opens upward, she can open it a sliver, drop her feet down, and fix her skirt as she stands up, so it's draping normally by the time the door is opened to waist height.

The downside seems to outweigh this though. To open the door from the outside, she'd probably have to bend over, unless the door opens by automatic hydraulics. Plus, if the space is narrow, she's trapped, because it's a lot harder to slide out the bottom of an ajar gull-wing door than out the back of an ajar forward-swinging door.

`Doc fucked around with this message on 12-06-2004 at 11:44 AM.

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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael
I posted in a title changing thread.
posted 12-06-2004 12:03:31 PM
I never really liked gull wing doors. They seemed an over-engineering faux pas. I don't mind the ones on a Lamborghini, where they rotate up and forward, but that's a variant gull wing, whereas the set in that pic are just obnoxious.

The big thing for convenience is...gull wing doors make parking a bitch. Unlike standard doors, where you can open it half-way and slip out, with gull wing doors you need a LOT of clearance on either side, because if you open it halfway you have to drop out of the car and roll out from under your door.

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`Doc
Cold in an Alley
posted 12-06-2004 01:11:20 PM
Why couldn't they just make the car so the door (well, the lower half of it) opens straight up? It'd need one additional hinge, have the same overall mechanics, and it'd be easier to get in and out, instead of harder. But no, they wanted a hood. Lord knows nobody ever parks in a tight parking lot. I guess that's why they put in the auto-park-me feature.
Base eight is just like base ten, really... if you're missing two fingers. - Tom Lehrer
There are people in this world who do not love their fellow human beings, and I hate people like that! - Tom Lehrer
I want to be a race car passenger; just a guy who bugs the driver. "Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Can I put my feet out the window? Man, you really like Tide..." - Mitch Hedberg
Please keep your arms, legs, heads, tails, tentacles, pseudopods, wings, and/or other limb-like structures inside the ride at all times.
Please submit all questions, inquests, and/or inquiries, in triplicate, to the Department of Redundancy Department, Division for the Management of Division Management Divisions.

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