3dr?! 5door?! what?!

[Piggy]

Why the hell do we call them all 3 and 5 doors???

Occurred to me today in a daydreamy moment...

3 or 5 door evokes the idea you use the extra door (or boot) to enter the vehicle...

Really cant remember the last time I used the boot to get my passengers in...

and in saloons you can't get in the cabin from the boot...so why the 3rd or 5th door?!

Anyone got any thoughts?! I know sometimes they are referred to as 2 and 4 door...but its not as common as the 3 and 5 dr.

And if we are going for ways to enter, then I have a 6 door, coz I gota sunroof!!!

Or if its just openings to the car in general, then why dont we count the bonnet?!

where did it all start?!

[Mattcheese31]

it's a 2 door or 4 door with saloons or sedans or whatever . .

[Toms306]

A salloon is a 4 door for a start. A saloon style car with a hatch is still a hatchback.

Also I frequently enter through the tailgate to get stuff from the far end off the luggage space.

[Niall]

A salloon is a 4 door for a start. A saloon style car with a hatch is still a hatchback.

Also I frequently enter through the tailgate to get stuff from the far end off the luggage space.

Thats because your short. I can reach stuff from the front of a artic without getting in past the doors.

[C.A.R.]

A door is classed as anything with a window in it iirc. You can still get a 5-door Mondeo (saloon) for example it will just have the bootlid hinged from the roof rather than from the bottom of the rear window/c-pillar...

3-doors look the best though, especially on a 306. Fake fuel caps ftw.

[Toms306]

Only short compared to you niall....6ft is usually considered over average though.

[Piggy]

so a sunroof counts...win! I have a 6 door

3 door/2 door is pointless unless you dont have rear seats IMO

[KrisB]

It differentiates between a Hatchback or Saloon.

A 306 will be 3 or 5 door, a 306 sedan will be a 4dr, my 405 is a 4dr.

[Toms306]

A door is classed as anything with a window in it iirc. You can still get a 5-door Mondeo (saloon) for example it will just have the bootlid hinged from the roof rather than from the bottom of the rear window/c-pillar...

3-doors look the best though, especially on a 306. Fake fuel caps ftw.

That's still a 5 door hatchback though...a saloon has a wank little boot that hinges under the window and isn't big enough for a weeks shopping...

Alternatively called a 'liftback' if Japanese...

[Piggy]

You can still get a 5-door Mondeo (saloon) for example it will just have the bootlid hinged from the roof

not so...they did a mondeo hatch...

and a saloon...

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and a boot is not a door

[Curt]

Family editions are pointless unless you have a family... practicality is for when you're old and boring. Or Toms306

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It is true, you can get a 5 and 4 door Mondeo, same with a Vectra etc

[KrisB]

PS, Tom, saloon boots are better than hatch boots. You have about another foot of bootspace. Just obviously you cant fit bigger objects in/fold down seats very much/well. And dare i say, i prefer my saloon boot for bass

[Toms306]

Nope, luggage space is longer and higher with the seats down in a hatch, you don't have that option with a boot. My mate had a view when I had the golf, I had all 4 wheels in my hatch boot, he could only fit 2 in the Nora boot due to the way its setup.

[bigcheez2k3]

Only short compared to you niall....6ft is usually considered over average though.

Try standing near Niall and Dum-Dum, felt like a child and I'm average height (5'10")

[Niall]

Only short compared to you niall....6ft is usually considered over average though.

Try standing near Niall and Dum-Dum, felt like a child and I'm average height (5'10")

Dont diss man. All the cool kids are tall these days!

[Toms306]

Somehow 'bora' was a autocorrected to Nora and view.

And lol Sam, they are both scary in real life tbh...

[bigcheez2k3]

Only short compared to you niall....6ft is usually considered over average though.

Try standing near Niall and Dum-Dum, felt like a child and I'm average height (5'10")

Dont diss man. All the cool kids are tall these days!

But Tom is tall-ish too?

:p

[Toms306]

Well thanks.

[Piggy]

still begs the Q why we call a boot a door?!?!

And saloons suck for a boot...what the hell...enclosed space for nothing

[Toms306]

A 'boot' isn't a door. A tailgate is.

[Piggy]

...in that case...

why is a tailgate a door?!

Is it not a gate?!

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I dont open the garden door and go down a garden road...

I open a gate and go down a path

[Toms306]

Lol...because that's what its bloody well called!

This is like trying to explain stuff to my nan....

[Piggy]

No, I just wondered if it was something we adopted from america...

But then I realised that bonnets are hoods over there and boots are trunks...

just got me thinking thats all...seems silly to me...i have a car with 4 doors, a sunroof and a boothatch...so I think thats 6 door...or was it 5?

[Toms306]

Can you get anything in or out of the sun roof in normal use? Nope, so its not a door.

[Piggy]

yes....a plant pot, a mars bar, a phone, a cd case,......

and I probably could too, I am well skinny!!!

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....some clothes....bottle of water....cash....few car bits....

[C.A.R.]

If it has a window and is hinged, it's a door....technically.

[Piggy]

so my sunroof does count!!!

[Toms306]

Imo a sunroof is a window rather than a door....

A piece of glass with a rubber surround, no handle and either a motor or wonder to operate....how many other doors are like that?

[Piggy]

mine has hinges and a handle

[Eeyore]

unfortunately i have better things to do than join in discussing this...