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Originally Posted by Mini Cooper S
The doors do suck though. They swing too wide.
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They're just like many other low sports cars. Making them any shorter would make it difficult for many people to get into the car. Short doors work on higher/taller vehicles.
I just drove a Camaro for a week. Same problem with the doors, and it's not even a sports car. But I was used to it. I'm already in the habit of parking off in the back 40 to avoid door dings.
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Originally Posted by ToySub1946
And if you can't, at all, in any way, get in/out of the car with the door at it's lst detent from fully closed, you're too fat !
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Or you have normal sized feet, or you're taller than 5'1". The door doesn't leave enough of a gap to swing your feet in if you sit down first, and the steering wheel is in the way if you try to slide in sideways.
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Originally Posted by Tcoat
That is the presumptive equivalent to people I have known my whole life saying "mid life crisis car?" Did they not notice it fits right in with many I had?
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This is the thing that never made any sense about the so-called mid-life crisis. You get married and start having kids, and to be practical, you have to get rid of the Harley or the sports car because braces, college funds, marching band instruments, sports equipment and so on are more important than new carburetors and monthly insurance payments on toys. You keep wanting a sports car or Harley for years. You finally get the kids out of the house, you're finally making enough money after all these years to afford the things you did without... And then you're criticized for doing so.
Anybody who thinks I'm having a mid life crisis because I bought a sports car can fuck right off.