# Disappearing Car Door Option. Is This a Hoax? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 26, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325 "2007-12-26T22:28:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MIGHTYTHOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MIGHTYTHOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MIGHTYTHOR)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325/41 "2010-05-17T20:18:53Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > You are going to have to explain this one. > > You say you made the floor thicker, by adding a box that the door fits into. And yet, you also seem to be saying that you did not raise the top of the floor (which would raise the seats) and you did not lower the bottom of the floor (which would affect the ground clearance. > > So how do you make the floor bigger without making it bigger? There is space underneath your driver and passenger seats. You know the place where you throw your scraper and where you always seem to have Mc donalds wrappers? I said the seats would not need to be raised ---
**Author:** ![MIGHTYTHOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MIGHTYTHOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MIGHTYTHOR)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325/42 "2010-05-17T20:23:03Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > 'Doh! Nothing like looking closely and skeptically at almost all the evidence. > > Though doesn’t really change the conclusion to change that bullet point to > [ul]Two-year-old (and long dead) thread on discussion board questioning the product is revived and commented on by someone who joins the message board just for this purpose, revealing that they have supposedly “been a consultant for the marketing of this” and the technology really works!1!!1 ;[/ul] > My bet would be that the company supposedly developing the technology currently has a very special offer to invest in this sure-fire get-rich scheme. Sorry, wrong again, this venture will be funded privately. Many people have inquired as to investing however. I find it sad merely showing a new and good concept engenders such a negative response by some naysayers. Let us move back to the original concept. 1 This door is a new and better idea. Appreciate it as such 2 You are lucky I found this thread on the net after all these misconceptions have been floating on this page for 2 1/2 years. Otherwise you would still be ignorant of the facts. Thank you for your interest though ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325/43 "2010-05-17T20:33:36Z")
> [@MIGHTYTHOR](#): > > There is space underneath your driver and passenger seats. You know the place where you throw your scraper and where you always seem to have Mc donalds wrappers? I said the seats would not need to be raised On my cars, that space may be empty in the middle, but on either side of that empty space are the seat’s mounting rails. Take out those mounting rails and the seat can’t be adjusted back and forth. You install modified seats as well? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325/44 "2010-05-17T20:41:54Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > On my cars, that space may be empty in the middle, but on either side of that empty space are the seat’s mounting rails. Take out those mounting rails and the seat can’t be adjusted back and forth. You install modified seats as well? This was my question too. And, in my car I have some sort of computer/control module down there. The space is used. And what about the foot well? Is that to be raised up 6 inches? ---
**Author:** ![MIGHTYTHOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MIGHTYTHOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MIGHTYTHOR)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325/45 "2010-05-17T20:43:57Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > On my cars, that space may be empty in the middle, but on either side of that empty space are the seat’s mounting rails. Take out those mounting rails and the seat can’t be adjusted back and forth. You install modified seats as well? Yes you are correct. This modification entails substantial refit and remake. But sitting inside the car I was not aware of any less legroom or headroom. Furthermore, due to the setup the door will not be stuck in a down position due to deformation as previous threads have suggested. I admit all the neat engineering solutions are not shown in the website but there has been a lot of problems overcome from the original prototype One last thing, there is still a bit more room underneath the floor too and the containment box is 6" ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325/46 "2010-05-17T20:51:47Z")
Hey everybody - **MIGHTYHOR** ’s website will be more than happy to try and load some malware on your computer if you try to open the “company” tab of the web page. That really puts a big plus sign on your credibility list, doesn’t it **MT?** ---
**Author:** ![MIGHTYTHOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MIGHTYTHOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MIGHTYTHOR)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325/47 "2010-05-17T21:01:36Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Hey everybody - **MIGHTYHOR** ’s website will be more than happy to try and load some malware on your computer if you try to open the “company” tab of the web page. > > That really puts a big plus sign on your credibility list, doesn’t it **MT?** 1 It is not my website 2 Thank you for notifying me regarding malware. I will notify the webmaster ---
**Author:** ![MIGHTYTHOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MIGHTYTHOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MIGHTYTHOR)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325/48 "2010-05-17T21:12:07Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Hey everybody - **MIGHTYHOR** ’s website will be more than happy to try and load some malware on your computer if you try to open the “company” tab of the web page. > > That really puts a big plus sign on your credibility list, doesn’t it **MT?** A simple observation. Attempting to impugn my credibility in no way detracts from the fact that the technology is real. Attack the messenger , right? ---
**Author:** ![zwede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ac91a4/32.png) [@zwede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwede)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325/49 "2010-05-18T00:12:39Z")
I’m just not seeing the easy ingress/egress. The door sill is VERY wide so the model has to rotate on her butt to get her legs out. Maybe doable in a luxury car but anything remotely sporty will have deep buckets and make it very uncomfortable. I remember the C4 Corvettes had a wider-than-usual sill (not nearly as wide as this one) and it made it quite annoying to get in and out. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325/50 "2010-05-18T00:20:53Z")
> [@MIGHTYTHOR](#): > > 1 It is not my website > 2 Thank you for notifying me regarding malware. I will notify the webmaster Right. It is your customer’s website. You represent a customer whose website attempts to load malware onto computers. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325/51 "2010-05-18T00:27:23Z")
> [@MIGHTYTHOR](#): > > A simple observation. Attempting to impugn my credibility in no way detracts from the fact that the technology is real. Attack the messenger , right? Actually it was my simple observation that your customer’s website attempted to attack me. Like it or not your credibility is affected by the fact that your customer has made very little progress in two years and their website attacks visitors. Throw in the fact that you’re the guy who opened the zombie thread which invites people to the malware site and your credibility as well as any semblance of integrity that you may have goes straight into the shitter. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325/52 "2010-05-18T03:10:11Z")
Old thread should not be reopened. If you have something of value to offer, start a new thread. **samclem** Moderator, General Questions [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325.md?page=2)