Passengers closing your doors with excessive force

[Glendon]

Hi,

 

Anyone, besides me, feels a little annoyed when your passengers close your car doors with too much force? Though I doubt it, can someone confirm if that would cause any damage to the car?

 

Thx.

[Virginkilla]

Maybe passengers too used slamming doors with similar force on Taxi. We are sometime guilty of slamming action too .... Dunno own stength.

Edited October 21, 2006 by Virginkilla

[Captain_redbeard]

u know what... i agree so much with you... espeically when someone you don't really know well. like your friend's boyfriend or friend.. slams it real hard like they don't care... i encountered once when he kept slamming hard and said sorry a couple or times but still act blur..even if it doesn't damage your car.. u still feel like sxxt ..i dunno if i should just scold him or what..

Edited October 21, 2006 by Captain_redbeard

[Kyousuke]

It will not damage your car. If it does, then it is the car that needs fixing. Not the passengers.

[Diesel]

Tell them off jokingly: "friend, it's not lolly(lorry) or ban(van), no need use too much force to slam one..."

 

If it's my van door, it's: friend, not mercedes so lousy metal will dent easily one, so gentle force will do, vans also got hinge & spring..."

[Paffendorf]

I also scold to them when they slam my door.

I said, "Either be gentle or dun be with my ride". " My ride is my 2nd wife.Pls take care also"

 

I;ve paid $$ for usage and they juz lompang for free.if I want i gonna charge you guys .

[Rollagt]

Thou car doors are made of metal but constant slamming it will lead to premature wear and tear to the joints I guess..

 

Got to educate the passengers, by observation those who dun drive normally have this problem. COz they are not in the driver seat position to "feel" the slamming ..hehe!

[Lala81]

Hi,

 

Anyone, besides me, feels a little annoyed when your passengers close your car doors with too much force? Though I doubt it, can someone confirm if that would cause any damage to the car?

 

Thx.

 

I try to close doors with as little force as possible and i always apologise if i slam my frens door.

But actually i notice a lot of pple just slam doors as they are used to it even on their own cars. Some pple just treat the car as a transportation tool and hence use it more roughly then others.

I used to be slightly irked by it but now, i just accept it

[Ac67]

actually some car doors are heavy (like mine) and some are light.

 

so unless you know the door weight, thus to ensure you can close the car doorly properly is to slam. like me, been so used to (my) heavy door, everytime i slam my friend's light door very hard.

[Fitvip]

Hi,

 

Anyone, besides me, feels a little annoyed when your passengers close your car doors with too much force? Though I doubt it, can someone confirm if that would cause any damage to the car?

 

Thx.

 

Can't agree more with you.

 

When my Tumpang passenger slammed the door, my heart skipped a beat! WTF! but i did not scold lah. Sim Thiah!

[Apollo]

lower ur window to dampen the effect.

 

usually, i dun gibe them chance to close door second time. either tell them off or say, it's ok, leave the door open, i need to get something.

[Vit4wd]

I used to drive a continental car, the Fiat 131 and when I switched to a Jap car ('81 Lancer), I sub consciously slammed it too... took me some time to get used to closing the door with less force.

Edited October 21, 2006 by Vit4wd

[Glendon]

you must be quite unpopular with your friend. haha... kidding hor. :)

[Glendon]

Well, if we said that to our passengers, they might misunderstand that they are not welcomed in our cars. After all, they are guests in our cars. But really, when they slammed too hard, quite 'heart pain'. :)

[Pisces69]

Yah. Damm irritating these pple who slam my car door.

 

Next time they sit, I tell them gently, this is not a taxi hor. Please dont slam the door.

 

This is cos I regularly lube the hinges & latch, so the door closes very easily.

 

Also the door is not sagging which makes it easy to close.

 

I had one guy who got offended when I told him & next time, he scarcisticly close the door so slowly it cannot close.

 

Then he look at me & smile. Damm @sshole.

 

The only reason I give him a lift cos we work together & he stay near my house.

 

Oh & constant slamming of the door wil cause the door to sag & become loose.

 

Another thing I dont like is some pple like to rest their elbow on the side mirror. I have to gently tell them it might break if u lean too hard.

 

They might then give me a surprised look as though your car so lousy issit.

[Pisces69]

Thou car doors are made of metal but constant slamming it will lead to premature wear and tear to the joints I guess..

 

Got to educate the passengers, by observation those who dun drive normally have this problem. COz they are not in the driver seat position to "feel" the slamming ..hehe!

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I think I wil look for a small sign with a light that says 'Please don't slam the car door".

 

I wil activate the light (with buzzer) just b4 they get down. It's a more friendly way like this.

 

If they mention it, I just say it's automatic & came with the car when I bought it. Hehehe

[Spikedoll]

my colleagues sometime also slam too hard..i was like but LL ...

[Qpik]

Hi,

 

Anyone, besides me, feels a little annoyed when your passengers close your car doors with too much force? Though I doubt it, can someone confirm if that would cause any damage to the car?

 

Thx.

 

Yes, especially if u r inside the car.

 

Well, I tell pple that my car is not a Conti, no need for too much strength.

 

Furthermore, I tell them if they cause damages to other pple car & my car when they opened the door, be prepared to pay regardless of blood relations.