http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/ Switched Comments for The Worst Gadgets of All Time 13 http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/they were a bit dangerouse, but not because of why you described. it was because if you were exining the rear door when a car was passing, if the door was hit ,it would slam it shut on you like a guilatine.]]>Aug 13th 2008 9:45AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/Aug 13th 2008 9:59AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/Aug 13th 2008 10:01AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/this? This is supposed to be about gadgets. It's funny to hear
about all these electronic gadgets that failed, but obviously the
writer knows nothing about cars. The Lincoln Continental of 1961-1969
were arguably the best-designed Lincolns of the postwar era. The
suicide doors were a result of the engineeers' desire to build a
4-door convertible. Rear-hinged doors allowed the heavy doors to be
supported by the stronger section of the unit-body rather than the
weaker B-pillar. To keep the design consistent and to avoid wasting
money on a completely different design, the suicide doors were also
used on the hardtop version as well.]]>Aug 13th 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/The Lincoln with suicide doors came out years before 1967.
I got out of the Air Force in 1961 and they were being built then.

Also, you tell him, sharky 90012.

Professor Chuck]]>Aug 13th 2008 11:17AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/Aug 13th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/Aug 13th 2008 12:32PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/Aug 13th 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/Aug 13th 2008 11:03PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/Aug 13th 2008 10:32PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/
I was watching a very old movie the other day and saw these doors in use and realized they had some very good points to them (and they had NOTHING to do with gangsters!): the driver could stand in one place and open the doors while remaining close to the driver's position; the opening to enter the back seat with both doors open was wide enough for a formal dress (remember, I'm talking about a really old movie here); and the door was no longer in the way so that one could easily sit down and swing his feet into the back seat foot well (something most older men cannot do in most modern cars).]]>Aug 14th 2008 2:39PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/Sep 2nd 2008 10:09AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/Sep 2nd 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/
This has me wondering, what other facts didn't Mr. Shamoon research correctly to come up with this article?

I think Shamoon deserves an award for being one of the shallowest and worst researched writers on the internet today! Way to go!]]>Sep 2nd 2008 1:33PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/http://www.switched.com/2008/08/13/the-worst-gadgets-of-all-time-13/
"Really! Wasn't John Kennedy assasinated in a Lincoln with "suicide" doors?"

Kennedy was killed by an assassins bullet, not because he tumbled out of the door!

"Dunno' why this writer chose the year 1967.....perhaps that's the '67 model in the picture"

And we don't know what year the car in the picture is - they made the 4-door convertible from 1961 through 1967, And the wheel cover in the corner isn't even a factory design - looks like an aftermarket wheel.

All this has me wondering why Shamoon didn't include the 1960-1964 Corvairs, which proven unsafe with incorrect tire pressure. And a Corvair is the size of a gadget! BW

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