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eastender - 25 Oct 2006 10:17 GMT

Has anyone else noticed how easily the V70 door panels dent, thanks to
people opening doors in car parks? Ours has several now.

E.

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Roadie - 25 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT

> Has anyone else noticed how easily the V70 door panels dent, thanks to
> people opening doors in car parks? Ours has several now.
>
> E.

The doors and other body panels of most cars will dent if someone opens
a door into them. Remember all that force from a door that weighs well
over 100 pounds is being slammed into one small area in your door.
Because so many people squeeze their supersized SUV's and trucks into
parking spaces designed for standard sized cars it is a good idea to
look carefully at what is next to you before parking.

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eastender - 25 Oct 2006 13:47 GMT

> > Has anyone else noticed how easily the V70 door panels dent, thanks to
> > people opening doors in car parks? Ours has several now.
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> parking spaces designed for standard sized cars it is a good idea to
> look carefully at what is next to you before parking.

Sure, but I'm surprised how easily it's happened with our V70 - not seen in
other cars we've had to this extent.

E.

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Tom - 25 Oct 2006 16:37 GMT

In truth the 2001-2007 V70 doors do dent very easily. The material is very
thin and the projection strip is place to low on the car to-do any good.
You can see how fragile the rear doors are by pushing on the sheet metal
of the rear doors. I'm always looking for "safe" parking places but still
have three dents. All my 200 series cars had dings but not dents. One
thing with the dent it does not ding the paint. That¹s right the doors are
that soft no chip paint just a dent. One owner¹s opinion. Tom

> > > Has anyone else noticed how easily the V70 door panels dent, thanks to
> > > people opening doors in car parks? Ours has several now.
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> E.

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Robert - 26 Oct 2006 21:32 GMT

I have a 1998 V70 XC with all of the AWFUL plastic body cladding on the
side, but I can say that it is good for preventing dings. I don't have
any, and I've been hit by some doors: they just bounce off of the
plastic molding.

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