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The worst thing about those falcon doors on model x is that I keep hitting my head ( I am 6'3") on the pretty sharp corner when it's sometimes not fully up, jus
by usaphp 10y ago
The worst thing about those falcon doors on model x is that I keep hitting my head ( I am 6'3") on the pretty sharp corner when it's sometimes not fully up, just like this bmw ceo did: https://electrek.co/2016/03/07/bmw-ceo-tesla-interview-model-x-hit-head/ https://electrek.co/2016/03/07/bmw-ceo-tesla-interview-model...
I think it's a pretty terrible door usability wise, but it brought some marketing buzz to model x, like a wow factor
- mrfusion 10y agoI don't understand who decides to put sharp corners on doors. It seems like an unnecessary danger.
- nickff 10y agoDoors are the toughest part of a car to design; if you pay attention to cars which get a mid-life 'face-lift', you will see that they never change the doors (even when they change every other body panel). There are an immense number of constraints on a door, not the least of which are the hinge and the gasket. When the Model X was announced, my first comment was that the doors were a bad idea, just because of the complexity of the mechanism, and the 'legacy' of door issues on innumerable cars.
- Vik1ng 10y agoBecause doors are part of the exterior design.
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- adventurer 10y agoNormally you're pretty careful opening a door that hasn't fully opened. It's too bad it was held down and he tried to exit it without looking.