Is it just me or do other people get bothered when people slam the doors closed? It doesnt take a whole lot of strength to shut the door but people feel the need to display their strength when closing the doors... You can even let the door close by itself most of the time - once it gets the momentum, it can close by itself..

I guess it just frustrates me. I just feel that sooner or later if people keep doing that, rattling of the door will prematurely happen or you will actually need to slam the door to get it shut.

 

Word, I actually said something to a friend of mine after he slammed the door and he had the nerve to get mad at me!

 

I have no compunction about asking or telling people not to slam my doors. It's my car, it's my property and the way I see it, I have every right to expect others to show respect for me and what's mine.

If I had a friend who got mad at me for this, I suspect the friendship would suddenly become balanced on very shakey ground.

 

Oh yeah, I hear ya. I don't know about the need to display their strength. But my girlfriend has a '94 Accord and is conditioned towards slamming the doors to make it shut "properly". When I told her she was slamming the door way too hard, she looked at me in total disbelief. I had to actually show her that since it was a new car with new seals and all, a gentle amount of pressure can close the door...

 

It's time to dump this rude, thoughtless broad and move on, jelly. She's not good enough for you.

 

I'm with you on slamming the door and I've said something to people who've done it!

 

Oh dear, slamming the door isn't nearly as bad as just letting the door swing all the way open without any regard as to what it's going to crash into. An ex-girlfriend of mine used to push the door open, on one of my other cars, as hard as she could and just let it hit whatever it was that I was parked next to, whether it be another car, or a guard rail, or a wall, etc. If I give her a reminder to be a little more careful, she'd give me this incredulous look and ask, "what's more important, your car or me??" Some people are just very strange.

Anyway, I'm just glad she's an "ex".

 

Nah, Mike, she's quite the catch . I remember when I first bought the car, the door flew out of my hands when I went to close it. My previous car was a '96 Chevy Corsica. So, my TL has been the quite the upgrade ...

 

x2, man i hate that...and im glad shes an "ex" too lol

 

I agree, people that slam door sucks, especially when the window is half way open... then it just sound like the glass is going to shatter!!!

 

Let me add another to the list of frustrations: I can't get my wife to stop slamming the trunk lid.

Can seals really start to prematurely deteriorate if doors are closed too hard? If so, can someone post somethng to this effect that my wife will believe?

 

i can't vouch for trunks or specifically for the TL seals (yet), however, I can say with 100% confidence that my girlfriend's habit of slamming doors has caused the following things to happen within the 2 years we've been together, NONE of which ever happened before:

window pop out of its track
dozens of rattles and whistles to materialize
power window's up speed to slow 50% or more

I remind my girlfriend politely every time she does it, and she always claims that she either A) didnt slam it, and i must be delusional or B) she didnt mean to.

When I buy my TL in a couple of weeks she's going to be riding the bus if she can't cure herself of this habit.

P.S. i think this is my first post, even though i've been lurking for a couple of months. lots of great info to be found here, I look forward to contributing more once the car's in my driveway!

 

It's time to dump this rude, thoughtless broad and move on, massey. She's not good enough for you.

 

Well, if she means that much to you, then keep her. Just make her walk, since she's too rude and thoughtless to allow her to ride in your car. I mean, where are your priorities?

 

When a woman takes that attitude, then most definitely your car is more important. My advice is to drop someone like that quickly and without reservation. The car thing may only be the top of the heap of trouble just waiting to bubble to the surface in that relationship. Better to get another lady and let that one find another "ride".

 

is it just me, or do u guys notice that the front doors, especially the passenger side, dont sound as nice when u close the rear doors?

 

same here. Do we just care about our cars too much or something???

 

there is nothing worse than when my female friends slam the door shut from my car. i guess the guys car a little bit more about cars and dont od it to me as much.

 

I say... those are people not used to luxury cars with nice door closing sound and motion

 

I have to give almost every friend of mine that rides in the TL a talking to about slamming doors, it drives me crazy. I had to condition myself after owning a Buick Regal GS.

 

Nothing wrong with caring about something. Everything wrong with someone not respecting your concerns and your property.

 

This is starting to remind me of my own version of an old saying:

"If it ain't broken, don't break it."

 

i yell at people who slam my doors. no matter how close they are to me. even my parents

 

people who know me know not to mess with my car... I often have to remind them not to slam my doors, not to eat or drink in my car, not to drag dirty feet into my car, no smoking, etc etc

This is the first nice car I've had. it's not perfect due to a scratch on the hood from last year's ice storm, some scratches in the back from someone not being nice to my car in a parking lot, and rim scratches from my husband not being used to the width of my car ...! BUT I plan to fix these things and prevent future incidents as best I can...<sigh>

 

Let's see...door flies open or slammed shut.......Hmmmmmm.........First :angryfire Then :troutslap.

 

yeh i hate people who slam doors...the doors gonna close no matter how hard u slam it...also if you always slam it...the door lock on the door itself..that metal part will crack and that piece that locks onto the bar in the door jam will not catch....this is what happened to my brothers 97 grand cherokee and i had to put some fiberglass and some jb weld to fix that crack and i told my brother not to slam the doors and so far its ok...

 

It bothers me too....another one of my OCDs is getting fingerprints on the doors. People please use the handles or the trim to close the doors gently.

 

LMAO . . . I have that same problem, too!

What's being said here about finger prints on doors and slamming of doors just show lack of respect from the guilty party.

 

I feel ya! Especially when they slam the door and the window is down Whenever I can, I open and close the doors for them.

 

I wholeheartedly agree with SouthernBoy. Anyone who doesn't respect your property is telling you that they don't respect you. Without respect in a relationship, it becomes one sided very quickly. My current GF knows how much I care about my car. She will actually ask if she can adjust the radio or ever her side of the climate control. I always tell her yes but the respect and consideration is what carries the relationship. Good luck.

dsc888

 

LOL! i do this too. ESPECIALLY after a wash and wax. I'm so anal about my NBP.

 

I don't really think that if someone slams the door by accident, it's a lack of respect. Most people simply don't think of their cars as living things with feelings that can be hurt. I've had my car's door's slammed by a few people by accident, and it does sound bad when the window is down, and I've asked them to not shut it so hard... but I've never yelled at someone or talked down to them. They do have feelings, the car does not.

 

I prefer people using the door edge trim to close the door. I hate finger prints on the black trim.

Also I always yell at my sister for slaming the door. For some reason she cannot close any car doors properly.