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    Image of alexio alexio
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    where else can you get valuable advice like this except for at the jalop house?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    Multiple Choice.
    If I had a Koenigsegg, the door styling would not bother me because:
    A) I would never want to get out of it
    B) I'm rich enough to replace dinged doors
    C) I will be exiting the car via the Jaws of Life.
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    Image of rotary_freak rotary_freak
    11/20/09

    @Novaload: because they would open out and up apposed to latching on a hinge like 99.5% of the rest of the cars in the world :D all about originality
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    Image of makopolo makopolo
    11/20/09

    @rotary_freak: "A" which will then probably lead to "C"
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    Novaload promoted this comment makopolo was starred makopolo was unstarred
    Image of Mr_Nowitt Mr_Nowitt
    11/23/09

    @Novaload: Not to Mention:
    D) No use to park near curbs when you have valet
    E) IT'S FREAKIN' CARBON FIBER PEOPLE!!!11
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    "Refer to it by anything other than a dihedral synchro-helix actuation system and Mr. von Koenigsegg, pictured above, will pummel you into linguistic submission with a carbon fiber reindeer femur."

    I believe I've declared to do the same thing previously on Jalopnik.
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    Image of FantozziUgo FantozziUgo
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    Stupid, unnecessarily dangerous door opening system. But mostly stupid. Stupid, that's it. If I were part of the Saab R&D, I wouldn't sleep anymore, just wondering about the crazy things they could ask me to do...
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/19/09


    @FantozziUgo: This insane 3 piece door mechanism was developed while SAAB was under GM ownership. How crazier do you think they can get with this guy at the lead?
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    Image of tekamul tekamul
    11/19/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: Is it opening the doors, or tipping its hat to a lady?
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    Image of Tata-Tada Tata-Tada
    11/19/09

    @tekamul: that must be the bonnet in question
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    It is such a pretentious showcase of useless technology. Ah, but what would a supercar be without a flashy way of getting into it?
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    That guy that opened and then closed the door did it a very arrogant and pretentious manner. Sort of like when you see someone drink wine or tea with their pinkie sticking out.
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    Image of GREY-KK GREY-KK
    11/20/09

    @Flathead Smith: he wasn't arrogant, he's a saleman, he was just happy to touch the dag on thing. I mean, he could have easily been selling Kias. ...*shudder*
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    Flathead Smith promoted this comment GREY-KK was starred GREY-KK was unstarred
    Image of skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube
    11/20/09

    @Flathead Smith: I do that, but that's because my pinky is awesome.
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    Flathead Smith promoted this comment skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube was starred skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube was unstarred
    Image of Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe) Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe)
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    You know, I remember way back when I was a teen going to the Car Show in little Harrisburg, PA. And at this particular show they had the original AM General Hummer in several formats. I remember climbing into it, looking around it, peering under the hood... and it was there that I spotted a sticker. On top of the engine it stated simply "NOT A STEP".

    That's a way cooler warning to have to display than this'n. Now, if they had put a warning sticker about top-heavy babes falling into your window while having a conversation... that would have topped the Hummer.
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    Peter Orosz promoted this comment Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe) was starred Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe) was unstarred
    Image of wkiernan wkiernan
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    Just curious. It seems to me that the hinges of a door like this would be under greater strain than the ordinary hinges of an ordinary car door, so they'd have to be bigger than conventional door hinges. In addition you'll need some kind of hydraulic razzmatazz to keep the car door from swinging down and bopping you on the head as you get out of the car.

    So wouldn't doors like this would weigh more than ordinary car doors? This is no problem for the kind of nitwits who put scissors doors - I mean "dihedral syncho-helix systems" - on a bloated garbage truck like an Escalade, but why in Hell would a super-car manufacturer ever put heavier components where lighter ones would suffice?

    Incidentally, though this has nothing to do with cars per se, so far as I know "door hinge" is the only common English phrase that rhymes with "orange."
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    Pessimippopotamus promoted this comment wkiernan was starred wkiernan was unstarred
    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/19/09

    @wkiernan: I believe Koenigsegg has stated that he had to put the dihedral synchro-helix actuation doors to give the CC a unique identity. And he also said that it was the hardest part on the car to conceive and engineer.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/19/09

    @wkiernan: Stonehenge
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    Image of clank-o-tron clank-o-tron
    11/19/09

    @wkiernan: I'm probably missing the point (conspicuous consumption), but those doors seem ridiculously over-engineered. Surely butterfly doors would've sufficed?
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/19/09

    @clank-o-tron: Butterfly doors don't play nicely with the removable tops.
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    Is that a new version of the Top Gear wing on the one in the video?
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/19/09


    @snapoversteer 'bout to get told: The so-called "Top Gear" wings existed since the 90's.

    As for the spoiler in the video, yes. They are new since the CCXR.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    For the uber-wealthy, even the phrase "Mind the Gap" means something completely different.
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    Image of Devin LaDawri Devin LaDawri
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    Devin, channeling his best Johnny Cochran;

    "If there's a 'sign' it's a bad design."
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    Peter Orosz promoted this comment Devin LaDawri was starred Devin LaDawri was unstarred
    Image of Fletch Lives Fletch Lives
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    I haven't had the least bit of trouble with this in my CCX. Of course there really isn't a parking and vehicle egress element to Need for Speed:Shift but if EA adds a parking mini-game I'll be sure to be on the lookout.
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    snapoversteer 'bout to get told promoted this comment Fletch Lives was starred Fletch Lives was unstarred
    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/19/09

    @Fletch Lives: You can open the doors of a CC8S or a CCR on Test Drive Unlimited!
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    Image of Fletch Lives Fletch Lives
    11/19/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: Might have to add that to my "garage" then
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/19/09


    @Fletch Lives: I own a car that exactly looks like this. Sigh. In a video game.
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    Image of Bailout Bailout
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    uuuum. How do you pull it closed when inside?
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    vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in promoted this comment Bailout was starred Bailout was unstarred
    Image of vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
    11/19/09

    @Bailout: you have your "help" that follows you around close the door from the outside.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    I thought it was warning about the danger of low flying pelicans smacking into the door.
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    Image of nataku8_e30 nataku8_e30
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Perils of Koenigsegg Ownership
    Hah, like anyone in the US has ever parked within 2 feet of a curb.
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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    11/20/09

    @nataku8_e30: HAHAHAHAHAHA
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