The people who sit in my car & slam my doors when they close it has reached an intolerable level. I cringe EVERYTIME someone whams it, mostly women I`m afraid. When I posted it on an international RAV4 community website, I got 18 responses. Here are the some them :
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waltrav
think it depends on a few things. Among those: the type of women, how they treat you, and sometimes the knowledge or lack thereof of mechanical objects. My Gfreinds know what the very few things that I treat as precious (one is my RAV baby) and make and effort to treat them good. But when we get cleaning ladies in the home (another precious item) that’s another story. Some are good, others drag buckets, bang pots and pans, smash objects into my custom doors and moldings. At least you told them how you felt… Now go find a few more sensitive Women this time
Toyota probably has 2 setting on their testing machine. 1. Toyota owners 2. Non Toyota owners
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AussieRAVer
EVERY time we take my wifes grandmother somewhere - BANG - she slams the door.... The only solution I have come up with is to "help" her in and out of the car - no more slamming....... and I look like a nice guy......._________________Keep on RAVin.....
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AlexNJ
Door-slamming: one of the things that get my blood boiling. Our neighbor and friend across the street (a guy, by the way) insists on putting all his muscle into slamming my room-mate's little Civic's passenger door every time. The car literally shudders. No way is he ever riding in my RAV4! You'd think these people drive old clunkers whose door latches don't hold judging from the way they wack the car doors.
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garfieldgurl
And my bf calls me crazy for treating my baby the way i do. He and everyone else i know like to slam/close hard the doors because they're used to their cars which you need to put a little more force to close their doors. They all say that my car is weird cuz you don't really need too much to close the doors, and it really hurts me whenever i hear the doors closing too hard. I think it's hurting my baby . Besides, isn't slamming/closing-hard-unnecessarily bad for the door gaskets, that by doing that too often they could wear out? Please someone enlighten me
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Erwin
Most cars are engineered to withstand this type of abuse. However, anything in excess could accelerate wear on almost anything. My friends and family know better not to slam my doors. The only exception is my wife. She's the only one allowed to slam my doors.
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summerwind
It gets worse if you have a window open. With the windows closed at least there is an air cushion to absorb some of the blow
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bmorton
I learned not to slam car doors while I was up north in the winter. Among other things, plastic gets brittle in extreme cold. Nothing like slamming the door on a -50C/-58F morning and having the door handle break off in your hand. Never been able to train my wife, though. She usually gives it a slam.
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RAVXD
HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE SLAM MY DOORS!!!!!.....my wife likes to slam doors, she learned her lesson on her cavalier and busted the drivers window, it fell off the track......after i gave her the bill she is now very very careful.....
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RAVMAN
Posted: November 15, 2006, 5:08 am Post subject:
Hah... for those of you that don't know what I do for a living... I spend anywhere from 4 to 6 hours per night sitting in a new Toyota (a different one every 4 minutes ) having the doors opened and closed. It's funny... but I've noticed that it's (in most cases) the OLDER coworkers that SLAM the doors the hardest Maybe it's because they are more used to OLDER vehicles from "back in the day" that required a good SLAM to get them to shut tight Whenever someone slams one too hard (in my opinion)... I yell back at them if they could please get me a rag. They ask what the rag is for... I explain that I need to wipe the blood from my ears It only takes once or twice of this process before they lighten up on the slamming. Occasionaly this process doesn't work at all... as it causes them to slam them even harder
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paraver
For me it's a women thing. My wife,sister & 90 year old mother seem to need to slam the doors like it's an old barn door. My wife thinks I am thoughtful,helping her,and my mother out of the door. Truth is I can nicely close the door. They even slam house doors???I have seen women take their foot and kick the door closed,or take their butts,and ram it closed. Seen a few guys slam their doors,but usually in a bent up clunker. Most people nowdays just don't give a $hit about what they own,and want to raise %#*& when things get broken by their abuse,and it's allways the products fault. Just a general lack of respect for theirs,and others property.
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Derek
Now that I think about it. I remember seeing that the little black rubber stopper on my front passenger door was missing. Guess who always shuts that door.
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Bluenoser
WHEW!!!.....I'm not alone!!! My wife knows better, but my 86 year old mother and my sister are door slammers!!! My sister claims it's because she's used to the big doors on her Sunfire convertible.......I think she's just plain used to any domestic...... Peeves!!!.....and another thing!!! I can't trust my mother to look for car movements nearby, she'll just open the door without looking.........that's why she finds the child locks always on!!! ......and an old peeve: Some of you can still remember hardtops, they had no window frames on the doors. Some ppl would always close them by pushing the glass......GAWD!!! I hated that.... Thanks for letting me vent.....I feel better already!!!!
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Guess it`s a well-known fact that women especially really old ones are door slammers. These people need to be disciplined & are not welcomed in my car anymore.
