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caio1982

I love the falcon wing doors but what about when it's raining? That might be a stupid question but...

Exactly what I was thinking. When it's raining, I want to get in and out as quickly as possible. Not wait for the door to go through an entire opening sequence.

The car detects when someone is approaching, and which door they are approaching towards, and starts opening it in advance. I'm sure you'll be fine.

It's actually superior in the rain because the doors offer rain protection from above when they are open.

Assuming the rain is coming straight down. Wind would push in the rain just as with any other door.

Actually, I was most curious about what happens when two Model X's park next to each other.

also what about when someone parks too close to you? Malls, for instance, put parking spaces tightly next to each other, so either you park like an asshole diagonally across two of them, or run the risk of someone else parking just a little bit too close to you and then your doors can't open, whereas in a standard vehicle, you'd be able to squeeze in. They should have made them slide laterally like on a minivan.

If you watch the presentation (or look for some .gifs around) you'll see they parked some of them pretty close to each other and the doors opened just fine. I think that's a minor issue given you can "flood" your car during a severe rain :-)

Watch the video. They do a demo of this exact situation.

https://s.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/ee4d25fc09c13298fde2d...

They also opened the slide doors on the minivan on one side, showing that the mini van door blocks the entryway, whereas the wing doors don't.

I think in tight spaces, the wing doors have sliding doors beat. It has disadvantages, but purely from a space usage perspective it's a pretty good solution.

They are far superior to normal car doors for this situation. You'll quite likely find yourself unable to use the driver's door, but still able to get out the back!

The site says the minimum distance required is about a foot which is reasonable given that the protruding rear view mirrors would be close to half of that.

I certainly cannot get out of either of my cars with just 12 inches of space. The door thickness alone in around 6 inches. No way is my body squeezing through a 6 inch opening in anything short of an emergency and it's very unlikely even then.

Did you even bother to do watch the video?

And what about snow?

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